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[clevermanka]

Guardian/adjacent:
Before getting to the fun stuff, there's another hijacked translation of the novel on Wattpad. If you have spoons, please report it and leave a note for the user.
Audible yearning.
*banging pots and pans* BALLROOM DANCE AU that I am not writing god damn it
Actual college-age Bai Yu! (omg so skinny so so skinny)
Fanart: Saucy chibi ZYL. Battle Husbands! Studies and kisses. Redraw of ZYL's recent publicity photo (with the short hair). I feel like I've reblogged this forehead kiss before but it's SO GOOD y'all get to see it again. More ballroom dance AU that I am not writing.

Untamed/adjacent:
HS Modern AU doodles.
Chief Cultivator and dragons.
IDEK but I laughed and that takes something these days.

Continued thanks to naye and wrote_and_writ for keeping this train rolling.

Gonna try to get house stuff done while McKitterick is out of the house. I've already made boiled eggs and a breakfast casserole. Now to clean the oven and maybe the bathroom. *cranks stereo*

Comments

[naye]

Mmmm, lovely stuff. ♥ I love battle husbands! And ballroom AU!! OMG.

I should mention that you can't actually report the Wattpad translation - to file a DMCA complaint you have to be the copyright holder. But you can absolutely leave a note for the person who thought it was okay to take the translation without credit, edit it, and then use the "I'm not sure they want to be credited" excuse for not naming the original translators. (One of whom contacted them May 13th to ask for credit. So. That's how well the "they don't want to be" excuse flies.)

[clevermanka]

Well, I reported it to Wattpad, anyway, under the "I think this doesn't belong here for other reasons" option (or however that was phrased).

BALLROOM AU 😭 Shen Wei is the lonely instructor (or maybe just a lonely student, new in town and friendless). Zhao Yunlan enrolls in the class to add another pick-up technique to his repertoire.

[naye]

"I think this doesn't belong here for other reasons" option (or however that was phrased)

OMG CLEVER! I reported the stolen artwork - because yes, of course this person is also stealing art - as "using copyrighted work". I'm glad so many people are backing up the translator. This person is absolutely shameless.

I love this Ballroom AU already. :D

[clevermanka]

OMG CLEVER! 😁

I'm now thinking way too much about this Ballroom AU. Might as well add yet another activity I'm bereft of to my growing bunny pile, eh? Ha! Ha ha!

[wrote_and_writ]

That bird thing was weird af and I am here for weird these days.

[clevermanka]

SAME BB. I don't even watch Phineas and Ferb but I recognized the drawing style immediately. So well done. And hilarious!

[marycrawford]

I left a prompt at the fest and got art \o/ so just in case you didn't see - Shen Wei rolling up his shirtsleeves by musicalluna

ETA MAN those pics for the ballroom AU, daaaang

[clevermanka]

[write_out]

I LOVE breakfast casseroles. What did you make?

[clevermanka]

Oh, it's super easy:
Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 9x13 pan. Fill it with baby spinach 2/3 from top. Thoroughly mix eight eggs and one small container of cottage of cheese with ~2T of seasoning blend (I like Penzey's Arizona Dreaming or Greek Seasoning). Top with shredded cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes to brown cheese. Ta da!

[tinny]

Ah yeah, the novel copies on wattpad. The fun never ends. (Although I have noticed an uptick in (idiot) readers on the gdoc version, so I'm thinking most people still know where to find it.)

That BALLROOM DANCE AU (the first one) is exactly what I imagined for my prompt. Well, I imagined a fic, but this is excellent indeed! <3

The worst part about Bai Yu is that he's *still* this skinny, at 30. O_O

[clevermanka]

I really want that Ballroom dance AU *sob*

Bai Yu looks like was carrying a little more weight in Fairyland Lovers... although perhaps that was just wardrobe. God help me I love skinny men.

[tinny]

I really want that Ballroom dance AU *sob*

You and me both. :)

God help me I love skinny men.

I like men who don't have obviously sculpted/pumped up muscles - i.e. skinny men definitely fall squarely into that category.

Bai Yu looks like was carrying a little more weight in Fairyland Lovers... although perhaps that was just wardrobe.

Hmm, I didn't notice. Okay, you made me go through my caps. :D (What a hardship. :D) He was indeed wearing a lot of loose sweaters in it, but not always:









full size in the gallery:

https://postimg.cc/gallery/hq41QD0

And I would call him (his usual) skinny in those bts pics:







https://postimg.cc/gallery/KRHsJ07

[clevermanka]

Hmmmm, idk. Comparing that one of him lying on his back on the bed to the one where Zhao Yunlan is lying on his back in a bed--he looks like he might be a little heavier. Or it just might be the cut of those pale trousers instead of the jeans...

[tinny]

It is most obvious when he's lying on his back, true. And Zhao Yunlan was skinnier. So was Luo Fei. Hmmm. Okay.

[clevermanka]

I do love skinny men, but I've also written it into two fics that both Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei gain a bit of weight after they win the war, buy their house, and are living happily ever after. 😄