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clevermanka ([personal profile] clevermanka) wrote2019-11-17 08:10 am

Sunday Snippet

Twitter finds:
Love Shen Wei holding a hair elastic in his teeth while styling Zhao Yunlan's Kunlun hair.

[personal profile] yantantether posted a distracting collection of Zhu Yilong photos and in the comments qikiqtarjuaq noted that his trousers are undone in that lying-on-his-back-in-the-water one. Harper's Bazaar China, truly Coming For My Life. I mentioned how that image has been my laptop wallpaper since that damn shoot hit the internet and it is a testament to Zhu Yilong's hideous beautiful face that I never noticed the open trousers. Now, of course, that's all I see. I want to open them more

I never understood how people wrote so many fics for a fandom. I could imagine one, maaaaaybe two possible ideas for a few of the shows I'd watched, but dozens? Hundreds? Incredible! Magical! Y'all are wizards!

Then I started writing and I now understand the danger (delight? danger? both, both is good?) of plot bunnies. Thanks to [personal profile] stultiloquentia, I now have a corset fic in my list of potentials. It's been a long time since I spent any time in a corset (well, technically, a bodice), but the memories are visceral, y'all. Some things don't fade. So add Corset Fic to: Canadian Shack, Lollipop prequel, Shen Wei getting fucked over his desk (from[personal profile] yantantether 's porn plot bunny post), and the Garage Mechanic AU.

GOOD LORD. So y'all are still wizards for writing that much (still can't imagine hundreds--hundreds!) but now I see that magic is a curse as well as a blessing. =D

Most anything new from Ghost Story is gonna be highly spoilery at this point, but here's something from early last week. A conversation, completely unrelated to the plot, between Zhao Yunlan and Chu Shuzi--who only appears a few times in this fic, sorry, but I am highly entertained by my version of him .

“So, um, it’s none of my business, you can tell me to fuck off, but what are you two gonna do, after? After he leaves, I mean.”

He had no idea what he’d said, but the look Chu Shuzi gave him clearly indicated he’d said something idiotic.

“Sorry,” he said, holding up a hand. “None of my business.”

“I’m going to go get him.” Obviously, Chu Shuzi's tone indicated. “I’ve written his uncle about my intentions.” He looked offended that Zhao Yunlan would have thought any less of him.

Zhao Yunlan was glad to have the cover of dope smoke to explain the next several seconds he spent choking. “Uh, wow. Um. Very…traditional of you! I guess? Uh. Does he…have you…”

A flicker of emotion passed over Chu Shuzi’s face before resuming its usual implacability. Zhao Yunlan suspected it had been delight at his shock. 

“Not until I hear back from his uncle.”

That made sense. Zhao Yunlan nodded. “What’ll you do if the uncle doesn’t approve?”

Chu Shuzi cocked an eyebrow. “I won’t give advance notice that I’m coming to get his nephew.”
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[personal profile] qikiqtarjuaq 2019-11-17 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so happy to have brought that information about his open trousers to more people in the fandom. Everyone must suffer just like me!

Also, I feel you so so hard on the millions of plotbunnies and not *nearly* enough time to write anything issue! This fandom is too inspiring.
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[personal profile] winter_blossom 2019-11-17 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Your Chu Shuzhi sounds utterly delightful! I can picture his facial expressions so well just by reading this bit of dialogue. Especially the delight at ZYL's shock XD

And I cracked up at the “I won’t give advance notice that I’m coming to get his nephew.” Go get your boy, Lao Chu, that's the spirit!
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[personal profile] write_out 2019-11-17 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
There really is something so, so sexy about undone trousers. There's nothing on display, but oh, the potential!
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[personal profile] trobadora 2019-11-17 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Congrats! :D
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[personal profile] umadoshi 2019-11-17 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
CONGRATS! *twirls you*