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marginalia) wrote2019-08-25 11:42 am
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[’cause it’s a complicated Chinese novel / everyone’s got nine different names]
Okay kids I finished watching The Untamed this week & I need to not be alone in this situation. I thought I was gonna have to write a goddamned old school pimping post myself but thank fuck for Tumblr. (Note: Am I going to have to learn how to use Tumblr? Signs point to yes.)
ANYWAY. This is the best one & I especially point you to section 7. This one is pretty good too. (Both of these folks describe themselves as old, & I will bet five American dollars I am at least a decade older than both of them.)
My addendums:
* Seriously, the beginning is SO CONFUSING. I went back & watched episode 1 about halfway through and it made SO MUCH MORE SENSE. Also having read the book by then helped. Basically, it's a soap opera, and for a long time I was like "I don't know about this" and then suddenly it took over my life.
* The book is. Well. I don’t know how much of it is the book & how much is the translation, but it is not terrific writing-wise, and it’s also not terrific gay rep wise (because it’s a BL novel), especially to me, constant eye-roller at fandom top/bottom fights. So honestly, I’ve found the series more satisfying in a lot of ways because censorship required they cut the (cringey) gay stuff, but they went ALL IN on the *~romance~*. I could write an essay on the use of the closing-title love ballad and perhaps someday I will.
* I have described literally half of the characters as cinnamon rolls at some point, including (especially!) Wen Ning who is basically a zombie. So there’s that.
* It’s not great for the ladies, if that’s a deal breaker.
* This is my favorite gif set from the whole damn series.
* There are a few ways to watch it, but I recommend Tencent’s YouTube playlist here. I watched a lot of it on Viki first because they released episodes faster, but not only do they have commercials, their commercials aren’t timed to the show, so they’re just maddening. So now that it’s all out, just YouTube it. That’s the official channel; it’s fine.
* I have downloaded like five versions of this gif. (This actor, Wang Yibo is a tiny infant child, & I have no idea what casting magic led him to this character, because just seeing him as a dude in the world it never would have occurred to me - though he is a dancer, so that part makes sense. He’s the only cast member who read the cut parts of the novel, which is perfect, because for most of the novel LWJ’s the only one aware he's in love anyway.)

Any questions?
ANYWAY. This is the best one & I especially point you to section 7. This one is pretty good too. (Both of these folks describe themselves as old, & I will bet five American dollars I am at least a decade older than both of them.)
My addendums:
* Seriously, the beginning is SO CONFUSING. I went back & watched episode 1 about halfway through and it made SO MUCH MORE SENSE. Also having read the book by then helped. Basically, it's a soap opera, and for a long time I was like "I don't know about this" and then suddenly it took over my life.
* The book is. Well. I don’t know how much of it is the book & how much is the translation, but it is not terrific writing-wise, and it’s also not terrific gay rep wise (because it’s a BL novel), especially to me, constant eye-roller at fandom top/bottom fights. So honestly, I’ve found the series more satisfying in a lot of ways because censorship required they cut the (cringey) gay stuff, but they went ALL IN on the *~romance~*. I could write an essay on the use of the closing-title love ballad and perhaps someday I will.
* I have described literally half of the characters as cinnamon rolls at some point, including (especially!) Wen Ning who is basically a zombie. So there’s that.
* It’s not great for the ladies, if that’s a deal breaker.
* This is my favorite gif set from the whole damn series.
* There are a few ways to watch it, but I recommend Tencent’s YouTube playlist here. I watched a lot of it on Viki first because they released episodes faster, but not only do they have commercials, their commercials aren’t timed to the show, so they’re just maddening. So now that it’s all out, just YouTube it. That’s the official channel; it’s fine.
* I have downloaded like five versions of this gif. (This actor, Wang Yibo is a tiny infant child, & I have no idea what casting magic led him to this character, because just seeing him as a dude in the world it never would have occurred to me - though he is a dancer, so that part makes sense. He’s the only cast member who read the cut parts of the novel, which is perfect, because for most of the novel LWJ’s the only one aware he's in love anyway.)

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ALSO HI THERE <3
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HIII! I'm trying to break with tradition & put together a nomination list for FemslashEx.
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