A plume in the hadal zone

writing, over-analyzing, and brainrotting; the usual. Smut and Angst are my Bread and Butter; AO3 Currently doing: #NK Reading

[hadalplumes]

The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 2 - Natsu Hyuuga

[jet-apologistmybadhomies]

Maomao in sua's clothing.. for a friend

[gabbyp09]

[xiaonme]

Pllllllllease consider drawing jinshi dying upon seeing a catgirl maomao 🙏 i beg this of you and my life is yours!

nya. as they say in Li. out of sight of a certain cat-like creature, of course.....

[cat-n-bug-team]

lakan is that way on purpose. lakan thinks he ruined the only one he loved, the only one he could ever see. he "knows" she's dead but he doesn't know what happened to her. he knows she left him a daughter.

lakan left for 3 years and when he returned he kneeled in the stormy streets, covered in his own blood, because he ruined her. he killed her and he didn't even know. all he has is her finger in his palm.

he is the villain in his own story. he is the cunning man who dropped a star from the sky. the master strategist who arranges the board and sees his game to victory.

there is no twist. he has always been him.

he has always loved fengxian, and he will always love fengxian. he is repenting for life. don't you see that? doesn't anyone see that

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[hadalplumes]

We have all of Maomao's thoughts in LNs 5 6 and 7 about her complicated feelings on Jinshi and his several indirect proposals, but man I can't imagine how infuriating Maomao's behavior must've been from Jinshi's point of view this entire time

Because he already knows Maomao almost never asks for things out right. Their earliest case of miscommunication had him almost losing contact with her forever and her being driven into prostitution because she couldn't even ask to be kept as a mere servant in the rear palace

So then, he has to work with what little she says and she does, to make sure they never find themselves in a situation like that again. And what does Maomao do? Lets him sleep on her lap, She feeds him, tucks him into bed, sings him to sleep, constantly fusses about his health and sleep, lets him lay down in her bed, strokes his hair, etc

Also, I may be speaking on conjecture here (forgive me Maomao & Luomen) but was him sleeping in the carriage on the way to WC his indirect way of wanting to cuddle up next to her in some privacy, that Maomao's pov just scowled at and left (there's also always the option he's just dense as fuck ik)

And this isn't a modern friendship where: hey! boys and girls can cuddle watching a movie and still just be friends! don't be weirdo!

You don't do that stuff with the opposite sex in such a conservative society unless it's courting (even then their actions are a tad inappropriate).

Not to mention, it's not even just him initiating all of this anymore, it's Maomao, too, meaning his initiative is being reciprocated. And then she wears his hairpin to the fucking bride banquet Jinshi is excited this is working! they're on the same page, she took the final step of making it public to everyone, and then... she says he should marry Lishu?

She can complain about Jinshi not saying what he wants or means directly, but she's just as guilty

[julietcpulet]

Yes yes and yes. Seriously I keep saying that it wasn’t normal for her to just keep being so touchy with him and also in private (which they mention all the time having to be discreet about anyway). And then she actually ups the intensity several times by playing around with him (the face make-up, the bar interaction) and stroking his hair and wearing the pin yet everyone sees it as his problem when he takes that as her finally showing interest? If a girl told me she did all that even now but then had the audacity to suggest the guy go out with someone else I’d tell her she’s being rude as all get out. I love Maomao but she did Jinshi really wrong in taking all his affection, reciprocating a lot of it but then acting like it doesn’t exist (basically the in-novel equivalent of “new number, who dis?”).

Jinshi is not the predator people make him out to be, at worst he’s just a super confused guy who has immense feelings for one girl and thought she was finally crushing him back only to be summarily brushed off. If the roles were reversed and a guy did this to the girl we’d all be screaming at him going, “you can’t play with someone’s feelings like that.” Again, love them both but noting Maomao’s part in it all is critical to getting that when Jinshi pouts or acts out, he’s ironically still showing an immense level of restraint for his age given the way Maomao sends so many mixed signals. Love that more people are posting about this!

[hadalplumes]

From LN 2

But Maomao truly believes herself to be incapable of love. It's not true, of course. Evidently by the way she acts around Jinshi and other people she cares about. No one else believes this, but it doesn't matter because Maomao believes this about herself

I think there's an element of care for him when she suggests Lishu. She knows he doesn't want any of the women lusting after him, that he wants someone he can trust and be vulnerable with, someone who'd love him and show affection, and out of all the available option, Lishu is not only the least bad, but she's also kind of a good option that somewhat meets this criteria from Maomao's perspective

Jinshi really is trying his best and has been having more character growth than the MC dammit! Any mistake he does in pushing her boundaries is only done once and then he's immediately learning. Maomao? She continues to do the same ol bullshit for 10+ LNs with no reflection even when she hurts others

In LN 7, when she likens Jinshi to the man who visited a courtesan constantly but never made his intentions clear, girl... YOU are that man! It's you who just assumed you'll forever have this lovely ambiguous relationship with Jinshi that brings you immense comfort and satisfaction without having to put yourself out there! And eventually, it is Maomao who needed to be unequivocal in her intentions and feelings for things to move forwards, because Jinshi has always been that

[hadalplumes]

like sobbing girl that's YOU! You're the loser man!!!!

"he would never just come out and say it" you mean your chronically monologueing ass??

"obvious from the way he acted" you mean how you always care for Jinshi and touch him?

"he never sent as much as a letter" you mean only sending Jinshi letters when it pretains to work and then nothing else because ohoo nooo it's not my place to be corresponding with the Moon Prince. i'm soooooo of lowly birth, please don't behead me daddy

"I remember how forlorn he looked when someone in swooped in" YOU WERE ABOUT TO CHOP OFF YOUR FINGER BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT YOU'LL NEVER SEE JINSHI AGAIN!

[cat-n-bug-team]

who up sobbing about how much they love maomao. her story starts off by being kidnapped and sent to work in a place that is just enough like home to be unsettling and she's drowning. she's loved. she left the ability to love in the womb. her story starts off by being the ruin of her mother. she can only do enough good that her two small hands are capable of. she respects her father more than anything and anyone in the world. her story starts off by selling a girl into sex work. she wakes up thinking of the women in her life and goes to sleep thinking of them. she wants to create a panacea to sell it at a very high margin. her story starts off when she sees herself in someone she can't understand despite that being what she loathes the most. she loved poison. maybe she doesn't as much anymore. her story starts off with two people who loved each other very much. her story is about two people who love each other very much. who up

[mournfulroses]

Anne Sexton, from a poem titled "Loving The Killer," featured in The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton

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[feral-ballad]

Sandra Cisneros, from Loose Woman: Poems; "I Am on My Way to Oklahoma to Bury the Man I Nearly Left My Husband For"

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[gazeldhazel]

when you put your penis inside her and then move back and forth 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Maomao when Lakan is harassing Jinshi because of her: lol not my problem

[hadalplumes]

smth smth if you're of dubious parentage but were indirectly mothered and fathered by Ah-Duo and Gyouyoh you bang your head against the wall when shit gets rough

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AU Idea: everything is the exact same but Maomao (the woman) purrs when she's happy

(but also when she's injured/sick)

[hadalplumes]

Maomao seeing Jinshi: wow he'd look so good in a dress and makeup

Maomao seeing Ah-Duo: wow she'd look so good in a riding suit

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