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geraineon, 7 months ago to random

Ship bingo seems fun!

Fandoms: you know what, even if I don't know it, I'll look it up and answer based on impressions

But I guess there is a cheat sheet here (my memory of some of them are kinda not very good anymore though): https://sakurajima.social/notes/9kldlvtaxpgvknph

geraineon, 5 months ago to random

Started Evil As Humans and I'm already very amused. Go Yin Ren! I support your desire to be a salted fish

#NeonReadsEAH #EvilAsHumans

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

General question to #danmei readers: what's your top three fav danmei?

(Regardless of objective quality)

geraineon, 5 months ago to random

Lust at first sight is really not something I understand but I guess if there's something already connecting these two people (I assume so anyway due to the suspicious first meeting)

#NeonReadsGuardian

geraineon, 5 months ago to random

Saw a comment about hiding long posts under CW on other account... Maybe I'll do that moving forward too. But what is long, really? 🤔

(Something more than a paragraph?)

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

You all can join us in Tomb Raiding Grave Robbing hell too!

Ask us about this canon!

RE: https://sakurajima.social/notes/9oa70i7c3j

geraineon, 2 months ago to random

related to asshole characters people love: Oskar von Reuenthal, misogynist playboy, and probably dubcon a woman at best (it depends on your read on it but he did hold her against her will and she tried to kill him and he was also absolutely thinking about his mother issues when he was with her, he is A MESS)

and yet fandom (and me) love him

(in a "please get ruined" way and "he's so pretty" and "wow he's a disaster")

#LoGH

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

Reading danmei recs and reviews I think there are generally two types of preferences:

1. Very romantic, relationship focused, grand gestures of love

2. Romance? What romance? This is mostly non-romantic plot things with some relationship build up slipped into the crevices of the plot

geraineon, 7 months ago to random

I would like to read a danmei where the MC and ML are ordinary ppl with no particular advantage in beauty or smarts, and neither of them have status or money. Is it because I either read historical setting/fantasy historical, or right now quick transmigration/infinite flow plots?

Or is this the same for other genres within danmei too?

geraineon, 8 months ago to random

It's official. CDrama mood has died XD ... Maybe I should try to tl fanfic for Chinese learning instead

geraineon, 2 months ago to random

LB: I tried to play FF14 thrice and realized MMORPGs are not for me but lots of ppl I know like it so... Go forth if you have time

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

someday I will write that essay in hopes it will help CN diaspora folks who are grappling with identity: you can be Chinese and not care about China

(I had... never thought about China at all, growing up, until now, except "omg stop encroaching into SEA waters"... but it seems to be a Pain Point for many)

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

Sticky weather, airport train down, ppl complaining in the airport bus about the train down, downpourrrr, drugs = death warning by cabin crew upon landing, smell of food

Home!

geraineon, 6 months ago to random

Woke up today and found blahaj zone and sakurajima social down so I just spent time off social media, which was nice, I guess. Glad sakurajima is back

geraineon, 10 months ago to random

I binged from ep 1 to ep 11 of Mysterious Lotus Casebook today so consider this a recommendation from me. It's a wuxia crime/mystery drama. Very good pacing, light on the romance/relationship, more on the mystery/crimes and the main characters are hilarious.

One of them bullshits like he's BORN for it, another is a rich young master turned detective wannabe (ran away from an arranged marriage) who is way too easily lied to, and the third is (very unexpectedly) a muscle-head RIVAL!11 of the grandmaster of bullshit with a shared past (TEN YEARS AGO, THEY FOUGHT and nearly killed each other). Together, they solve crimes! (mostly!)

#MysteriousLotusCasebook #CDrama #NeonRecs

geraineon, 8 months ago to random

#Danmei News Alert!

QiangJinJiu has been licensed for translation by Seven Seas!

https://sevenseasdanmei.com/#qjj-ballad

#QiangJinJiu

geraineon, 3 months ago to random

#FanChats11

A toss up between Japanese voice actors and legend of the galactic heroes.

Legend of the galactic heroes:

• there are two sides of this fandom: nice, warm, friendly, queer vs. white nationalist HAHAHA. it's okay, I was in the nice, warm, friendly, queer corner
• the series is 110 episodes long, the books, 10 volumes, there are two manga series, and now a remake TV series. Plenty of material! And plenty of discussions about adaptation decisions
• quotable quotes everywhere, always relevant, especially in these times of failing democracy 🥲
• lots of characters = there will be at least someone you'd like!
• great cast of voices

RE: https://blorbo.social/users/FandomChats/statuses/112061136658826963

geraineon, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Watch thread for Ponniyin Selvan part 1! I'm gonna start from the start coz I probably forgot details (why are tamil movies so long)

geraineon, 7 months ago to random

One thing I want to point out to people new to cmedia (or even international cmedia fandom with no connection to the cfandom side of things) is that engaging with cmedia (from China) has specific undercurrents:

• Things have to undergo censorship review
• There are shifting lines in the sand about what themes/stories/content is okay and not okay (deliberately left somewhat vague so people self-censor a lot)
• Actors/actress can and have been cancelled/edited out from their own works for tax evasion/moral misconduct/visiting Japanese war shrine (don't debate me on that photo, I'm not interested in discussing whether or not any of these are valid reasons for disappearing people's works, so it really doesn't matter if it's real of faked).

geraineon, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Lunar New Year family visitations common problem: Wait, what should [person] call [person] again?

(Context: unless you are elder, you do not refer to another relative by name, you need to use Chinese kinship terms)

geraineon, 7 months ago to random

There's an upcoming game based on Journey to the West and this is Guanyin.

Is this a dating game? Do we get to date Guanyin?

... I'm gonna grill my friend for more information.

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

sometimes, i wonder if ppl see my feed and go "wait, how many danmei novels is traipsing about in neon's brain at any one time?"

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

not me checking this top used Chinese names to see if my name is on there anywhere 😆

https://improvemandarin.com/most-popular-chinese-names/

(yeah, this is a China list but just curious)

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

It's been ages since I read the books but it's interesting how differently people interpret what happened with LXC and LWJ's parents (we don't know a whole lot but kidnap, rape, and confine, maybe murder or she killed herself is not what I got from it)!

geraineon, 4 months ago to random

I have zero clue what's happening with Taylor Swift but I'm happy to just be making guesses based on the posts I've seen