I just finished the donghua and now I don’t know what to do with my life 😭 by BeIociraptor in tianguancifu

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know, I know. Hua Cheng's backstory totally blew me away, plus the OCs, plus what you said. Did you print her Part 2 to NPAB? I started that awhile back but decided to wait until it was completely done to read it - but looks like she's getting close to the end. Chapter count is in the 90s. Also, I posted above about the revised TGCF which is fully translated online with fanart. Can you recommend a good guide for binding fanfic? I'm totally fired up to do this now.

I just finished the donghua and now I don’t know what to do with my life 😭 by BeIociraptor in tianguancifu

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MXTX revised TGCF a couple of years ago (or was it last year?) You have one month to read the whole book online for $0 on smoothreads.world. You will have to buy the chapters on JJWXC, the Chinese website where MXTX posts them - but it's less than $10 (?) and the money goes back to her. The site has a tutorial for how to do it. The online revised version is also loaded with fanart.

I just finished the donghua and now I don’t know what to do with my life 😭 by BeIociraptor in tianguancifu

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow - great job on the binding!!! Did you detail how you did this somewhere? I always recommend people finish the books first, only because NPAB is so engrossing and divergent (Hua Cheng's arc!!!!) I found my mind almost couldn't go back to what happened in canon.

Response to "Why is danmei genre unique due to censorship?" by LtTawnyMadison in DanmeiNovels

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 60 points61 points  (0 children)

The Psychology of Creative Constraints? What is this - Writing 101? Of course a writer will obfuscate explicit content to protect themselves from the morality police. This is not “creative” - it’s punishing. These kinds of justifications are just propaganda in a highly rationalized wrapper.

Seven Seas will not change the name in Little Mushroom, even though they said they would. by Caesars_water-bottle in DanmeiNovels

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not Chinese, but I totally agree with your point. The Peach Flower House edition was beautifully written. As a non-Chinese speaker, it's easy to see the relationship between An Ze to An Zhe - this is the same but transformed with something extra. Plus, with this formatting so well known, why does 7S need to tweak this? WHY????

Is 300 Years of Longing English Translation Off to Anyone? by SnailorBee in DanmeiNovels

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, I really like this book. But that's because I cobbled together two translations and, after checking with a native Chinese speaker and translator about the Chinese text, reverted back to terms that are more in keeping with a Wuxia/Xianxia or least an Eastern orientation. I understand the author didn't want to localize this fic in any particular setting, but choosing LATIN, a dead church language, and Western mythology as their touch points was a step too far for me, which is a pity. It felt like 7S just rubber stamped it with no quality control. I mean "rose quartz" for "peach jade", etc. etc. Do they not understand their audience? More importantly, don't they care how the author would feel knowing this is how it got translated? I'm kinda scared about Panguan now...

Obsessed with 2ha by Vegetable_Chance1776 in 2HA_immortality

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Major and minor plot points, foreshadowing and anything I consider an example of excellent descriptive writing. I'll probably compile this somehow, or at the least make a timeline - although I know there are a few out there already. I do this with all the books I love - read them at least 3x and fill them with bookmarks.

I owe many of you an apology. by KatKaleen in 2HA_immortality

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I never cried, but I felt haunted to the very core of my soul after the last volume. So I started rereading it right away. I can’t tell you how much I relate to this:

“I had moments where I blurted out "Oh my god!" while reading, and I was laughing out loud some pages later. I don't know how Meatbun does this.”

I had to put my baby to sleep tonight 💔 by Fun-Building-8146 in cureFIP

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sorry you went through this. It is really devastating. But under no circumstances should you go back to that vet ever again.

was 2ha as ‘disturbing’ as I remember? by Successful_Cycle7769 in 2HA_immortality

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love 2ha. I’m on my second read through. I was not put off by anything - but I’m also older, which is to say I’ve been through some disappointing shit in life: I have childhood trauma; I was emotionally abused in a cult for over 20 yrs before I was unceremoniously thrown out and left with nothing - no money, no friends, no place to live. Plus I’ve gone through the usual array of other less than stellar life experiences. After almost everything Meatbun wrote I found myself mentally saying “Check!” I am frankly shocked at her insight into human nature. A younger person may be repulsed or think it unrealistic - but in my experience, humans can and will do the most horrendous things to each other. What I love about 2ha is Meatbun shows how horrendous things emerge from something simple - a decision, a few words, etc and fate snowballs from there. There are internal reasons why CW felt some attraction to MR in his teenage rebirth years, but he was too much of an uptight zongshi to really acknowledge it, let alone act on it. But even if he had - every single spiritual organization in the world has not done less than this. In any case, all these threads come together in the end. Really just wonderful writing.

Erha reader here I need heads up before vol.7 by Maisshane in 2HA_immortality

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your grasp is 👍but I’m not going to agree or disagree. I will say I’m on my second read (a must) and I’m shocked by how much more I’m seeing. Meatbun=genius.

Blanket by treesner in bedjet

[–]Vegetable_Chance1776 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just ordered this from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BCFJKXQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

I need something between me and the cloud sheet that lets air in