douqi 随笔

mostly words. she/her. twitter: @DouQi7s. wordpress: douqi.blog

[douqi7s]

About

I translate and subtitle things from Chinese to English (mainly baihe/GL), write original fiction, and make the occasional fanvid (do people still say fanvid).

This post will be regularly updated with things I've perpetrated done.

Where Else You Can Find Me

Twitter: douqi7s

Wordpress (translations, original fiction, random bits and pieces): douqi.blog

YouTube (subtitles for webdramas, short films and audio dramas): douqi7s

Translations

To Embers We Return, a historical cyberpunk baihe novel by Ning Yuan (ongoing)

Jianghu, a wuxia baihe short story by L Si X Xi Y (complete)

Purely by Accident, a historical baihe romcom novel by Leng Qian Shan (complete)

Couple of Mirrors, a (mostly) text translation of the manhua based on the drama of the same name (complete)

Couple of Mirrors Novel Extra, a translation of the extra written for the Couple of Mirrors novelisation (complete)

For smaller translation projects, see this page.

Subtitling Projects

Purely by Accident, a baihe audio drama based on the novel of the same name (ongoing)

Legend of Yunqian, a GL xianxia mini webdrama (complete)

Legend of Yunze (Season 1, Season 2 and Special), a GL xianxia mini webdrama (complete)

Led Astray by Love, a GL historical/transmigration mini webdrama (complete)

The Vampires, a GL vampire-themed mini webdrama (complete)

A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant, a GL entertainment industry mini webdrama (complete)

Ye-Mu (aka Wicked Wealthy Women), a soap opera-style mini webdrama (complete)

Ye-Mu 2, a soap opera-style mini webdrama (complete)

A Flower for Three Lifetimes, a xianxia mini webdrama (complete)

Nü Er Hong, a GL wuxia mini webdrama (complete)

The Calabash Siblings, a mini webdrama based on the animated series of the same title (complete)

The Lost World, a contemporary GL mini webdrama (complete)

When the Moonlight is Shining, a contemporary GL mini webdrama with fantastical elements (complete)

Various GL MVs

Various GL short films

Original Fiction

What If They Had a War, and Nobody Came?, a GL wuxia/historical short story

Editorial Work

I have provided or am currently providing editorial support for the following projects:

Reading the Remnants, a translation of the baihe novel Wen Guan by Qi Xiao Huang Shu (ongoing)

Exploring an Empty Tomb, a translation of the baihe novel Tan Xu Ling by Jun Sola (ongoing)

Burn, a translation of the baihe novel Shao by Chu Dao (ongoing)

Mosquito Bite, a translation of the baihe short story Wenzi Bao by Agent3144 (complete)

第九宫的吉迪恩, a translation of the science fiction novel Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

第九宫的哈罗, a translation of the science fiction novel Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

第九宫的诺娜, a translation of the science fiction novel Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

赛克斯博士的神秘研究, a translation of the science fiction short story The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

尚未发送, a translation of the science fiction short story As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (complete)

Curation and Recommendations

List of recommended baihe novels

List of Chinese GL short films

last updated: 28 October 2024

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Promos for Fan Long (樊笼) (no English title yet), airing on iQiyi from 28 May.

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Reblogged to add new poster, also to note that the title is Cage of Shadows on iQiyi international! Watch here.

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Promos for Fan Long (樊笼) (no English title yet), airing on iQiyi from 28 May.

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Rounding up all the 焚情 - 宁远（To Embers We Return - douqi) fanart I've made so far (2024-now) in honor of the Queen's birthday tomorrow (Ning Yuan). One more gigantic piece to add tomorrow, with a surprise from someone else 😈 last edited 30/4/26 Art below the break, some NSFW

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Happy Birthday to Ning Yuan!

It's 30 April today, which means it's Ning Yuan's birthday, and I was planning to put together an epub of 'volume one' of the translation of To Embers We Return (chapters 1 to 36). Unfortunately I haven't quite been able to finish that due to Life (my nemesis). Fortunately, all is not lost as I can still show you the amazing cover graphics which @guoldu created for the epub!

The illustration is based on Chapter 23, aka the one where they don't TECHNICALLY fuck. TECHNICALLY.

Full clean art and detail can be seen here, and all of @guoldu's fan art for the novel can be found here.

The epub is still happening and will be available imminently! I just need to finish a bunch of edits first...

[guoldu]

hello and happy Ning Yuan birthday!

@douqi7s has been hard at work on a fandom gift for y'all (soon to come) & as part of it I asked her if I could join in to make a "volume 1" illustration for her fantl of Ning Yuan's 焚情 ❤️‍🔥 (To Embers We Return)

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Happy Birthday to Ning Yuan!

It's 30 April today, which means it's Ning Yuan's birthday, and I was planning to put together an epub of 'volume one' of the translation of To Embers We Return (chapters 1 to 36). Unfortunately I haven't quite been able to finish that due to Life (my nemesis). Fortunately, all is not lost as I can still show you the amazing cover graphics which @guoldu created for the epub!

The illustration is based on Chapter 23, aka the one where they don't TECHNICALLY fuck. TECHNICALLY.

Full clean art and detail can be seen here, and all of @guoldu's fan art for the novel can be found here.

The epub is still happening and will be available imminently! I just need to finish a bunch of edits first...

[guoldu]

hello and happy Ning Yuan birthday!

@douqi7s has been hard at work on a fandom gift for y'all (soon to come) & as part of it I asked her if I could join in to make a "volume 1" illustration for her fantl of Ning Yuan's 焚情 ❤️‍🔥 (To Embers We Return)

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Author-commissioned art for The Rose in the Abyss (post-apocalyptic novel by Wu Liao Dao Di).

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Fruit, an upcoming Taiwanese GL mini-drama. Starts airing on 27 March.

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Human translated Baihe

list of licensed baihe novels and fan translations that aren't AI/MTL

helpful list of baihe translations by actual humans (self-identified), compiled by @true0bIue

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Watch Be Her Resilience here on iQiyi international.

(note that they're technically adopted sisters, but imo the circumstances of the adoption are such that no sisterly feelings ever develop, plus they're separated as children and reunite only as adults)

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modern roommates au- Bian Jin thought that she was adjusting just fine until she encountered 'all-nighter in the garage, no spacial awareness' Shen Ni.

[guoldu]

I'm looking for illustration work! Please consider me for your next indie novel or magazine cover, splash art, spot art or album cover :) Tour poster!?

Particularly interested in mechs, queers, mammals and intricate clothing. Flexible rates for independent publishers and BIPOC self-pubbers.

[email protected]

guoldu.com

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Happy Qixi!!!! I bring to you Fen Qing artwork (To Embers We Return via Douqi <3)

Some of these are canon some of these are just ships of mine <3

Fang Pan & Dou Xuanji

Diwu Que & He Lanzhuo

Li Shan & Shen Ni (this is for Laine but also me)

Bian Jin & Shen Ni

All these are what i imagine these ships are doing for their respective qixi's

Escaping to somewhere quiet and away from their duties

Ruining an innkeepers day

Arguing over engineering at before they've even had breakfast

Testing out the love box

This event was put together by the ever amazing @douqi7s who also released some delicious food for y'all today. <3

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Happy Qixi!

It's Qixi today so I put together a few things.

Translation of another sex scene from Ning Yuan's baihe sci-fi thriller The Creator's Grace, another entry in the Ning Yuan's Smut Smorgasboard project.

English subtitles for 'Love in the Time of Artificial Intelligence', a (very short film) from Juzi Niannian.

English subtitles for 'The Butch/Femme Equation', another (very short) film from Juzi Niannian.

Over on Bluesky, Niq has also posted some AMAZING fan art for Ning Yuan's Tang Dynasty cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return!

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Xing En and Zhou Qianxiao, stars of the GL mini-drama Second Take, in a photoshoot for Wink magazine.

Watch Second Take here.