#ur like my reason why i started watching this donghua

[minsarasarahair]

Lang Bailing sending off General Qiu Shenji.

[cruelsister-moved]

Omg I thought I was the only one who thought MDZS is a better written story. Like the major criticism that I have seen (that's not sex scenes) is the structure of the story and side characters, that a linear story like that in CQL would have been better and it should have had more focus on the side characters but I vehemently disagree. MDZS is about defying expectations and re evaluating the narrative, the purpose of the past in MDZS is to re- contextualise the present, every new information presented makes us rethink our stance, there is a reason that the story starts with declaring Wei Wuxian as the villain. Plus withholding information is essential for a mystery like?.

MDZS is also very character driven story with the major focus on Wei Wuxian, I don't think focusing excessively on side characters just for the sake of it achieves anything especially if it doesn't add anything to the plot, narrative or themes.

As far as TGCF goes I love it and I think it is MXTX’s most ambitious work. I think she went crazy with the worldbuilding but it requires so much editing and polishing to do considering TGCF as it exists now isn't even the final version (mxtx said she would heavily edit it and some things might be changed but she hasn't been active since 2 years). I think it's expansive world can be entertaining but also a drag.

I feel like that the way MDZS and TGCF are written are also affected by the the publishing site(JJWXC). MDZS is definitely the most experimental of the two and comparatively short . MXTX had complete control of her work because it hadn't reach such widespread popularity back then. Compare this to TGCF which is pay-by-chapter right from the start because mxtx's work is hot shit right now, JJWXC wanted to bank on the length of TGCF and mxtx was definitely encouraged to write longer. I am just parroting what the Chinese fandom has to say about this but also I absolutely agree

yeah ummm the cql style linear story was super boring n hard for me to watch and the similar tgcf thing with huge chunks was hard to read like i guess it can be hard to follow idk but i have adhd so my style is just preferring shorter bites i wouldn't want to go through the whole sunshot campaign and meng yao arc and shit all at once and like u said the way the past is constantly recontextualised.... like in the audio drama finding out abt the cave scene right at the end n seeing wwxs actions and lwjs reactions in a whole new way at the same time as wwx himself for example is sooo good.... like tgcf doesn't try to withhold information in the same way really like it's kind of obvious that this guy is san lang and this guy is san lang and this guy is also san lang <3 which I think is fine but then those scenes have no mystery to drive them so they could've been way shorter!

also yeah i think tgcf is very ambitious and to be fair when I try to think about what could be edited out i start to see how each part is useful to the plot or the characters BUT that's what an editor is for because there is just a lot going on and it could use some quality control and focus (to be fair i reckon the donghua will do a lot of editing to some extent bc they are going to have to). also it frustrates me at times that all that world building sets up a LOT of things to explore and then doesn't necessarily explore all of them so again it could use an edit like don't introduce a theme if u aren't going to explore it -_- it is good for fans though in how it offers a lot for fans to explore themselves and other stuff like the whole debacle with babyified hua cheng feels a lot like fanservice and an unnecessary tangent but at the same time like ppl love drawing fanart of it lol.

also that's a point i hadnr thought about at all like if tgcf was pay by chapter then... yep. like I think it could do with a serious bit of editing to the point it sometimes feels much more amateurish than mdzs ever does, but why would u want to edit it down if ur being paid per chapter. -_-

[nekomatexts]

about me, the admin

imma be real chief. this isn’t gonna be formal like all my other posts, bc it’s just me.

“tHiS iSn’T gOnNa Be FoRmAl” i say, putting a gif on this one but not on the other ones...

anyways lesgo

this is honestly a mess, now that i look at this,, don’t feel obligated to read it all but if you do,, <3

GENERAL:

my name’s rua (not actually but like one of those internet names lmao). i got the name from an older internet name i had: aurelia, but it’s reversed and i took the last three letters to make rua. Yeah, it’s Weird

17, soon to be jared, never learned how to read

i live on the east coast so i’m EST (eastern standard time)

if it wasn’t obvious, my favorite team from hq is... wait for it

shiratorizawa

I’M CAPPING, PLEASE. NO ROASTS,,, but eita semi?? shirabu?? goshiki?? my children

i don’t think i have favorites, but i do like nekoma a lot

idk why i was so formal when i dealt with asks in 2016. i’m prob gonna change that (idk when ur reading this but its jan 2020 rn)

headass is my main language, however i do speak english, tagalog, and french (un peu). i am currently learning japanese by myself. i’m in pain

i’m multishipper, but,,, im rare pair shipper too so,,,, im in more pain

OTHER INTERESTS (besides,,, yknow):

anime, easy one to figure out. i try to watch everything “mainstream” however i’m partial to idol anime, sports anime, and romance anime. isekai isn’t my jam but i’ll watch if it’s good.

MOBAGE; llsif? a3?? enstars?? shining live? obey me?? yea, i play that. feel free to hmu for friend codes

i’m a gamerrr. i PlAy LeAgUe. not really but i do with friends and just mess around. i also play minecraft lmao. 

i like utaite, so mafumafu,,, basically. no i’m kidding. i’m also an aspiring youtaite, but i’m waiting on my mic,, and a nice computer :-) 

go follow me on twitter: aileruua

honestly, i have so many interests that i could talk about anything so just hmu

for example: hypmic, mxtx (mdzs, svsss, i need to read tcgf), etc.

FAVS ig:

starting with haikyuu!! i can’t NOT mention the pretty setter squad, and by that i mean every setter. Every Setter ever. my favs for hq! are just the setters.

there’s also nishinoya, but that’s a Seiyuu thing. i love Noburin.

idk what else to say for hq! so we’ll leave it there

speedrun time:

a3: itaru chigasaki oshi, autumn troupe oshi

llsif: kotori, yohane

enstars: i quit enstars but pull every once in a while,, anyways, Kanata & ryuseitai & oddballs

anime is its’ own category:

naruto: I LOVE THE GENIUSes, ie: SHIKAMARU and NEJI. HERE’S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF RARE PAIR: SHIKANEJI. I COULD WRITE AN ESSAY ON THOSE TWO

bnha: ofc this is here, but bakugo for,,, obvious reasons (Noburin) but i do love Denki Kaminari with all of my heart

bungou stray dogs: ,,, my main is literally chwya,,, i love that funky short man

(donghua but) mxtx: i started with mdzs but i love svsss,,, but that’ll prob change once i start tgcf. hua cheng??? so attractive

i don’t want this to be too long, but if you made it this far, thank you so much. ily. i’m sorry that this was a mess. this is just my thought process in headass.