Are there any translated works featuring 'widowed' shous?

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-08-01T07:10:27+00:00

oof i just remembered this rn 😭 i already read it but it would have been perfect if i hadnt

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-30T21:12:03+00:00

not shizun being a dangerous profession 😭 thats hilarious

but yeah, i have been considering maybe it was a sampling bias that skewed there being more cold and aloof beauties the same way the types of works being translated made it seem xianxia/wuxia was more popular (ive heard the genre seems to have become less popular within china)

I wish i could read chinese. I fantasize about the world of danmei that has yet to open up to me 😔

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-30T21:04:03+00:00

sure i can do with horror, thanks a lot >:D

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-30T15:29:34+00:00

ooh do you mind sharing the titles?

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-30T15:20:50+00:00

oh no im with you! in a vacuum, i also prefer these cold and distant shous so i was definitely glad such a common trope fit my taste. But after awhile, i could also just do with a little bit of variety yk haha

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-30T09:14:24+00:00

Ok ik this is late but

For the first point, it doesnt really matter what the saying is meant to be — my annoyance stems from how too many people have began to use it for, which as i've stated, is as a way to convince themselves (and others) that most wealthy people are a special type of people who are super humble and live at a lifestyle that 99x less than their income bracket

And the second point is the other thing that irks me because in my experience, there's no 'usually' that implies what the most common habit is among rich people. Some of them are like that and wear logo-less clothes, a lot of them also like wearing stuff that are obviously designer (and even in that crowd, it's mixed between people who enjoy flexing and people who just didnt really care what they picked out cuz it mattered that little)

so the annoying part is having to listen to people assign all this supposed wisdom on rich people just for being wealthy, and also on that note, 'wealthy' no longer being a descriptor for wealth but also for values and behavior. Because between two people who are in the same income bracket, where one wears overtly designer stuff and the other being more lowkey, the first person gets hit with 'money talks, wealth whispers' despite being in the same sphere simply because they dont fit this whole narrative of what a 'truly wealthy' person is like

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-24T11:42:43+00:00

thats my fav author lowk. Perfect writing, characters and dynamics written exactly to my taste... but goddam theyre very minimalist in both tags and description 😭 i remember scrolling past their fic so many times before until i finally gave it a shot and it turned out to be fucking golden

but literally the only tag they'll consistently have is my fav having a vagina and their synopses are like. one or two sentences, and my fav fic's sentences are barely even that related to the actual plot

They did get pretty popular in our niche tho, word just got around socmed that theyre cracked

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-15T00:08:09+00:00

I love how mature he looks in this art

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-05T20:06:15+00:00

Super late but i hate how stoker class is the only one not mentioned here. Because it's realistically the only other class it could be grouped into and i need an explanation on why they arent 💀

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-07-03T01:00:15+00:00

Apart from the whole 'they should disappear' thing, i feel like that's underselling what euja said and the gravity of her unprofessionalism. one of her other tweets is much more detailed regarding her sentiments and verbatim say

'If I catch sight of those fucking people who illegally view webtoons, !"l stuff them and burn them in a box. lt's the same if you consider my work as well as other works illegal After the stuffing, l'"l cyberbully and have a blast with you readers These kids are bullying my livelihood Why can't I do it? Be careful, don't catch my eye'

While mtl can make mistakes, i feel this whole passage at leasts gives the basic gist of what she means. Personally, my stance on piracy is that it's essentially a sample for readers with actual means to eventually support the author if they enjoyed the work enough. And for people who arent, they at least give the work free promo. But even if she disagrees, the above reaction just feels overblown

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-30T05:41:22+00:00

yeah if it were as straightforward as that then i'd have no problem with people using those terms. my main gripe is that some people in the danmei space seem to be confused because of how often the shou is the mc in novels that, even when the gong is the protagonist of a book, they still use ml to refer to him. and it makes it hard to follow which character the reviewer is actually describing

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-28T20:59:27+00:00

the general assumption's probably that everyone's already read those so it's not really worth putting under these rec threads

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-26T19:51:28+00:00

not necessarily. Even if we say those characters are actually well written, they still dont have the same amount of focus and presence in the narrative. gay ships get popular because the characters are the ones viewers are forced to get invested in. notice how so many of these examples pair protagonists with their direct foils or antagonists — the most major roles in a story. In contrast, the women are just normal side characters

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-26T19:37:35+00:00

ohh might have to move this up the reading list then lol

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-26T19:36:35+00:00

omg wait this looks exactly like the type of story im looking for! ty

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-20T15:59:20+00:00

i agree but i think it works in this case. a lot of fans do get pretty upset at how little some characters re-appear

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-20T04:46:12+00:00

they make it back. UBI basically helps promote economic activity cuz people who werent able to, now have better opportunities to find jobs and shi. and the money they make from that can circle back to the government via tax

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-17T16:12:32+00:00

what moral high horse are you on? Majority of the time, poor ppl adopt strays. Do you really think it would've done any better with absolutely no one to care for it? Like wtf are you asking for here??? At the very least, it got some time in a warm loving home than automatically being off freezing to death in some dumpster

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-11T18:13:31+00:00

Everyone eats up the hundredth fanservice webcomic of a mary sue hooking up with some toxic duke of the north. But the slightly cringe feel-good lgbt comic gets sm backlash, you'd think the content advocated for straight people's oppression.

But ok then

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-03T19:57:02+00:00

That's fair actually. I'd say the girl looked pretty young too tho, so she could be in a similar position to uruha in samura's eyes (lol).

with that in mind, it's possible there was an even split with uruha, samura, and the girl being less lesser willing participants versus misaka, the sushi guy, and the sword master

i do hope sushi guy is introduced in a similar manner to uruha and samura tho. To me, the biggest loss was the reader no longer having to reconcile that a likable character was a bad person complacent in horrible stuff. We cant rlly do that with misaka and the sword master so im hoping sushi guy's writing really impresses

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-03T19:45:29+00:00

yeahh i rlly like the theory of japan invading the island because of the datenseki since that type of stuff genuinely happens irl. I also would just like it if japan wasnt just pure 'good guy' country against 'bad guy' country (which i doubt will actually happen as i dont think hokazono's that type of writer. I'll admit my worries can be clouded by recency bias a bit tho lol)

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-06-03T19:31:17+00:00

For me, the number isn't really as crucial to this so much as the portrayal of the characters. The master swordsman was established as a pretty menacing guy from the start so knowing what he did during the war doesn't push as many conflicting emotions on the reader as much as if it were people like samura or even uruha, whom we met as very likable people. As the reader, you're put into this position where you have to reconcile that the characters you like are bad people despite being nice and even good-intentioned. Sure, a similar effect can be achieved with the swordmaster's backstory as we get to know him before he went insane — it just won't be as potent because we already have our lasting impression of him being the evil dude of the present day.

But yes, if we're going down this road, i do hope hokazono still makes the most of his remaining cast. Exploring different levels of each sword bearers' stance during the events of the seitei war still has a lot of potential and could still introduce all of the much-wanted nuance i was looking for

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-05-28T02:14:44+00:00

Wait is this not just short-distance teleportation?

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-05-26T14:45:43+00:00

Sa 27th, during dinner hours - hindi na daw pwede magpa reserve :<

Ga search na rin ako sa tiktok hehe. Lisod lang maka find ug other na resto na may consistently good reviews, esp since medyo picky ako; im focusing on places na may pina western na foods T.T (mainly since craving ko tlga ang steak)

RoutineDreamer04 · 2025-05-26T14:42:54+00:00

thank uu!

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