:: feeling tookish: reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture

It’s Xiao Zhan’s birthday (I mean, tomorrow here, but today in China), so despite the fact that less than two months ago I said I wasn’t doing RPS anymore, it appears that was bullshit because here we are.

How the cup holds the tea, The Untamed RPS, Xiao Zhan/Wang Yibo.

(It was up on AO3 for *hours* with fucked-up italics tags, deeply embarrassing. Should be good now.)

In other news I now have Weibo *and* Douyin so I guess if China wants to track me more than they already are, they’re welcome to it. The thing is, I started working on Mandarin earlier this year, so it provides a great feedback loop, like, it’s okay that I’m plunging headfirst into a Chinese fandom because I can work on *~language skills~*. It’s a little bullshit but also not entirely. (I’d like to get more serious about learning, but it looks like there are only private language classes, & our mayor quietly cut the employee development program so I can’t get financial help from work, so. Apps & videos & pop culture it is for now.)

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?

Title: The Stories We Tell
Fandom: (On the) Jellicoe Road
Pairing: Jessa/Chloe P
Author: marginalia, skirmishes against the author
Notes: For fox1013 in femslash12. I own nothing.

( Jessa is thirteen years old the night of the fire that burned down half of Lachlan House at the Jellicoe School. )

Title: Quite a new thing
Fandom: Bridesmaids
Pairing: Becca/Rita
Author: marginalia, skirmishes against the author
Notes: For bonmot507 in femslash11. I own nothing, title from ee cummings.

( 1100 )

Title: Two irregular stones
Fandom: Deadwood
Pairing: Jane/Joanie
Rating: PG
Word count: 1075
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my Deadwood box set. It is fuckin' pretty, though.
Warnings: Mmm. Suicidal tendencies & public drunkenness, I suppose, both of which are fuckin' canon.
Notes: Thanks to M&S for the readthrough, as always! Anything remaining issues are all me, baby. Title taken ridiculously out of context from "Stepping Backward", by Adrienne Rich. Like you do. For jae_w in femslash10

( Because we know each other, crack and flaw, / Like two irregular stones that fit together )

Title: Ever Before
Fandom: Into the Woods
Character: The Baker's Wife
Notes: Written for romanticalgirl in yuletide.

( Once upon a time (a little bit earlier) there lived a young maiden. )

yuletide reveal!

title: i am one such dream
fandom: being human
notes: i am still afraid this is more gen than the recipient was looking for, but i really enjoyed writing it.

on the very (very) slight chance that there is someone other than dorrie6 who knows this canon, you can read & comment on my website or on yuletide.

(i still have recs coming! i have so many tabs open you would not believe it. firefox is freaking out.)

wrote all of two stories: go down the path (heroes, ando/(hiro)) & time will have his fancy (the history boys, dakin/irwin).

the yuletide reveal finally happened, so i can put this behind me.

title: time will have his fancy
fandom: the history boys
pairing: dakin/irwin

read & comment on my website or on yuletide.

i am totally wearing crankypants today for a number of reasons, but i am going to try to ignore that for now in favor of fic. twicetoldfandom has gone up here. there's no interface for feedback that i can see, though, so i'm crossposting all of it. for those unfamiliar with the ficathon, a number of authors were given the same image (mine is linked in the notes) and asked to write a story based off of it, to see how differently we might interpret it. how cool is that?

Title: Four Wizards Who Never Lived in the Attic Room
Author: marginalia
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Sybill Trelawney, Remus Lupin, Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter
Archive: marginalia: fiction archive & Twice Told Fandom
Notes: Alternately, read it on the archive. Also check out the other stories based on this image, as that's the entire point.

( three double drabbles )