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@ivylor You asked for my AO3 skin code! I don't really know code either but I know what's vaguely happening. So I don't know where I got the main code originally but I do know that I got the stats icon code from (here). Then I think I picked bits and pieces from other places. I would like to mention I have code in there to remove buttons. This prevents me from accidentally deleting my fics. Still working on some of those pieces. If you want to delete a fic you will have to turn off the skin. Also, Ivylor you could have commented on the post, you didn't have to msg me. I thought you were a bot tbh. For next time ig. Also meant to make this earlier sorry for making you wait!
Anyways! Photos of my AO3 skin!
Code down below! WARNING THIS CODE IS VERY LONG:
Edit: If you ever need help with the skin please contact me! I will be very happy to help!
Danmei Bookstore Masterpost - Where to Buy Your Usual Books
Heya guys! Okay so I get these questions really often - where to get digital or physical copies for danmei; there are plenty of guides for the digital copies so I’m just going to briefly mention other guides that have been done up and focus mostly on which “legit” bookstores you can get your simplified, traditional Chinese danmeis :DDDD And some familiar terms you might see.
This list includes only links to the Chinese sources - With the exception of one bookstore, I’m clueless on if there are actually official EN translated sources. It’s not entirely exhaustive but it’ll probably help you to discern real from fake stores!
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Common Terms:
预售 yu shou — Pre-order; most danmei books published are usually pre-order when the listing is first announced, quite rarely do I see immediate sales
通版 tong ban — In stock; you’ll see this most often with traditional Chinese (Taiwan) prints, that are usually limited edition or available only during pre-order periods and are sold again after the pre-orders are all fulfilled
陆商 lu shang — Chinese bookstores
北美 bei mei — Literally translated is North America i.e. Via Lactea, the only store that currently sells uncensored Chinese and translated EN danmei for selected titles (see below)
无删(减) wu shan (jian) — Uncensored, no deleted parts
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Why buy from China bookstores? They’re cheap, come with tons of freebies that vary from store to store. Pre-orders usually take about 2-3 months to deliver, but the content is censored. Still good to get for the artwork and freebies though! The ones below, unless otherwise stated, can be found on their Taobao official stores. Usually when a notable title is published, ALL of them will list the new title with varying freebies.
✅ 博库网 Boku Wang
One of China’s biggest general bookstores; they don’t take in every single danmei that comes to publish, only the major ones (e.g. Sha Po Lang, 2ha), but when they do, their freebies are out of this world XD
✅ 锦瑟闻香 Jinse
One of the more reliable bookstores in terms of choice of artists and freebies. Recently I think Jinse got into an agreement with Chang Pei, one of the danmei online publishing sites, to make official danmei merch for certain titles. Got into a bit of trouble if I recall with the bigger artists for Sha Po Lang for using their art (with permission) but erasing the artist’s watermark (without permission) and had to scrap their initial plans 2 days before the book PO went live, but other than that, has been okay. Takes on every danmei set to publish in China
✅ 快乐图书 Kuaile
A hit and miss, but for major titles they’ve managed to get quite good artists and freebies made.
✅ 源创 Yuan Chuang
Also another hit and miss, more known for hilariously missing the mark entirely i.e. unable to get any artists to offer their art to them for book prints, but they’ve gotten real good at it recently. And their weibo admin is hilarious, users poke fun at the store for missing out on freebies but all in fun.
✅ 天宇图书 Tian Yu
Mostly sells without freebies and art, only the book itself and its intended gifts inside. Helpful for when you don’t have space anymore for freebies or don’t like the freebies and just wanna have the book itself.
✅ 磨铁 Mo Tie
A really small bookstore but shines from time to time e.g. their print for 2ha.
✅ 翰联图书 Han Lian
Hit and miss as well, more hits than misses for artwork and freebies! Takes on every danmei set to publish in China
✅ 新华文轩网 Wen Xuan
Used to be more hit than misses, nowadays it’s mostly misses XD They’re still pretty reputable and is also a general bookstore, but their artwork/freebies recently have been terrible!!! Takes on every danmei set to publish in China
✅ 新视角 Xinshijiao
MY GODDAMN FAVE!!!! I don’t know how XSJ does it but they NEVER miss when it comes to art and freebies. They either get the best or second best always!!! Packaging is great, customer service is great~ Takes on every danmei set to publish in China
✅ 心诺 Xin Nuo
Had one of the nicer Sha Po Lang print box cases, but has a history of stealing art without permission for their freebies.
✅ 风入松 Feng Ru Song
This store does either the super big name prints or the super small ones, never the in between, hilariously, but their gifts are also pretty good when they do!! Feels a lot like an indie type of bookstore
✅ 酷威 Ku Wei
Only does gifts for super big prints, otherwise they just sell books normally on its own.
✅ MANCOOL (China Address Only)
A bookstore accessible only on WeChat! They’re pretty cool; they don’t do prints for all danmei that come to publish in China in the pipeline, but they usually work in conjunction with one or two bookstores as mentioned above. They have their own freebies/gifts, and because they’re on WeChat, they sometimes to extra gifts via online games on gachapon!!!!
✅ 萝卜 Luo Bo
OOOMPPPPPHHHH okay Luo Bo is NOT an official bookstore or danmei seller, but their reputation is REALLYYYY GOOOOD. Their unofficial stores on Taobao and Weidian (China only) basically sell limited in stocks from Taiwan, so if you missed out on the Taiwan preorder, you CAN camp and wait for their notice and listing to buy them. Well-known in the Chinese danmei community for selling authentic/rare ones!
✅ 诚品 Eslite
Functions like Books TW, sells any Taiwanese danmei print if there’s stock e.g. TGCF or anything from Pinsin. General bookstore, ships internationally BUT if I recall, slightly more complicated to buy on Eslite than on Books TW as you have to input your passport number.
✅ Animate TW (Taiwan Address only)
Sells selected, popular danmei and BL works from China, Taiwan, Korea and more! Also sells merch. Recently more known for selling the TGCF Traditional TW prints.
✅ 博客来 Books TW
Ships internationally! My to-go for usual danmei prints or those from Pinsin that are not on pre-order. Shipping goes by DHL ($20 to SG for like 5-6 books), get it within the same week. Easy-to-use interface when checking out, just a tad bit more checkout pages than necessary but ain’t complaining. General bookstore in Taiwan, the biggest online one.
✅ 平心 Pinsin
OUR FAVE DANMEI PUBLISHER FROM TAIWAN!!! Super reliable, has a functioning site, knows how to configure landing pages for big pre-orders, has clear instructions in English on how to buy etc. Always makes deadlines for prints, and plenty of stock most of the time!!!
✅ 墨扉 Mo Fei
Known for uncensored version of Nan Chan and other nice titles - Site looks okay to use so far (much better than others tbh), but they do POs like once every two months or something! Takes about 6 months or more to print a book after preorder but acceptable so far
✅ 威向 Wei Xiang
I’m actually super impressed with the range Wei Xiang has! They carry plenty of danmei books, old and new, known and unknown, and while their login account needs like some updates, their cart has the least number of pages I’ve seen amongst all the TW bookstores so far, easy check out too!
✅ 葭霏 Jia Fei
GOD where do I start with Jia Fei. They’re notorious for taking 10,000 years to produce one book (*ahem* 2ha) and their customer service sucks. Their website is prehistoric, and you have to email or call in via Facebook to make any sort of orders via a third party argh IDEK. They’re terrible with updates after PO as well, the only saving grace is that they do take on some of the popular titles, which honestly is shite for international customers especially. Of course once you get the hang of it, it’s fine, or if you get the items through a GO, but yeah…. I’d take any other bookstore ANYTIME.
✅ 壹乐 Yi Le
So Yi Le is one of the newer players in the industry (since 2019) and only recently started to produce danmei regularly! They’ve got good covers, they select good titles, but their website is useless - You have to be on Weibo for updates XD
There are a few more lesser known ones like 顶狄社 Ding Di, 出格文化 Chu Ge, 槐安 Huai An etc., but the above are the more recognizable ones!
✅ Via Lactea (Canada)
Recently, this would be one of my favourite bookstores. They’re located in Canada of all places and sell BOTH uncensored Chinese and official, translated EN danmeis - but for selected titles only. I’m not sure how they managed to cut a deal BUT in terms of niche/small danmei prints, Via Lactea is possibly your best bet.
It has great covers, super aesthetic and artistic ones. Nothing is censored, and it comes with plenty of freebies as well, including some new epilogues or extras. They function like a China bookstore but with much better resources, and they take on smaller name danmeis!!
Local shipping in Canada is cheap, and expensive anywhere else, BUT if you ship back to China to your warehouse or proxy, shipping is FREE, and you only have to pay for China warehouse/proxy to yourself.
They don’t have a huge team, so they contract translators to translate danmei, currently the speed seems to be two titles per year, and they’re also venturing into ebook versions, in both Chinese and EN.
✅ Cam Phong (Vietnam)
Vietnam’s main publisher of danmei, has done 2ha, TGCF and other notable titles so far! Their local artists do the covers really, really well!! Freebies are amazing too
✅ Clover Book (Thailand)
Thailand’s main publisher of danmei, has done 2ha and other notable titles, and also some smaller danmeis too!
✅ B Lab (Korea)
Sort of a new player for danmei prints, and they only do selected big prints e.g. TGCF and 2ha!
✅ JJWXC 晋江
This one needs no explanation I think. Biggest online danmei, baihe and yanqing novels. Here’s how to support your fave authors at a low, affordable price.
✅ Gongzicp 长佩
The other well-known danmei online platform. While JJWXC has a bulk of all danmeis, Chang Pei actually has like 40% of danmei novels I think? Which is quite a lot. If it’s not on JJWXC, 90% chance it’s on Chang Pei
✅ Bilibili Manhua
Downloadable from App store or just read on desktop. First 30 chapters+ are usually free then they start charging, but it’s easy to get credits via App store or Play store.
✅ Bilibili Comics (EN)
Usually one or a few chapters behind the original Chinese version.
✅ Kuaikan Manhua
If it’s not on Bilibili Manhua, it’s on Kuaikan, for sure. Works the same way as Bilibili manhua!
The LGBTQ community has seen controversy regarding acceptance of different groups (bisexual and transgender individuals have sometimes been marginalized by the larger community), but the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion and reflects the embrace of different identities and that we’re stronger together and need each other. While there are differences, we all face many of the same challenges from broader society.
In the 1960′s, in wider society the meaning of the word gay transitioned from ‘happy’ or ‘carefree’ to predominantly mean ‘homosexual’ and was an umbrella term that meant anyone who wasn’t cisgender or heterosexual. The community embraced the word ‘gay’ as a mark of pride.
The modern fight for queer rights is considered to have begun with The Stonewall Riots in 1969 and was called the Gay Liberation Movement and the Gay Rights Movement.
The acronym GLB surfaced around this time to also include Lesbian and Bisexual people who felt “gay” wasn’t inclusive of their identities.
Early in the gay rights movement, gay men were largely the ones running the show and there was a focus on men’s issues. Lesbians were unhappy that gay men dominated the leadership and ignored their needs and the feminist fight. As a result, lesbians tended to focus their attention on the Women’s Rights Movement which was happening at the same time. This dominance by gay men was seen as yet one more example of patriarchy and sexism.
In the 1970′s, sexism and homophobia existed in more virulent forms and those biases against lesbians also made it hard for them to find their voices within women’s liberation movements. Betty Friedman, the founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW), commented that lesbians were a “lavender menace” that threatened the political efficacy of the organization and of feminism and many women felt including lesbians was a detriment.
In the 80s and 90s, a huge portion of gay men were suffering from AIDS while the lesbian community was largely unaffected. Lesbians helped gay men with medical care and were a massive part of the activism surrounding the gay community and AIDS. This willingness to support gay men in their time of need sparked a closer, more supportive relationship between both groups, and the gay community became more receptive to feminist ideals and goals.
Approaching the 1990′s it was clear that GLB referred to sexual identity and wasn’t inclusive of gender identity and T should be added, especially since trans activist have long been at the forefront of the community’s fight for rights and acceptance, from Stonewall onward. Some argued that T should not be added, but many gay, lesbian and bisexual people pointed out that they also transgress established gender norms and therefore the GLB acronym should include gender identities and they pushed to include T in the acronym.
GLBT became LGBT as a way to honor the tremendous work the lesbian community did during the AIDS crisis.
Towards the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s, movements took place to add additional letters to the acronym to recognize Intersex, Asexual, Aromantic, Agender, and others. As the acronym grew to LGBTIQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAA, many complained this was becoming unwieldy and started using a ‘+’ to show LGBT aren’t the only identities in the community and this became more common, whether as LGBT+ or LGBTQ+.
In the 2010′s, the process of reclaiming the word “queer” that began in the 1980′s was largely accomplished. In the 2020′s the LGBTQ+ acronym is used less often as Queer is becoming the more common term to represent the community.
Soap is terrified that his love for Ghost is just a hyperfixation that he latched onto at the first sign of enthrallment. That it's not really there, just something his brain decided that would keep him happy for the time being. He's terrified for the day that'll come when he wakes up next to his Lieutenant, and feels.... nothing. Friendship, sure. Trauma bonded, definitely. But his brain decided to move on when his heart couldn't. That scares him more than most else.
Ghost?
Ghost has a hard time deciphering his feelings. If he's feeling platonic. Romantic. Hell, even just a touchy mood. What if he misreads a situation? What then?
We know Ghost is supposed to be portrayed as cold and emotionless in the new games. Killer, cold blooded machine. That was Ghost.
Simon's only scared that his lack of physical emotion too harshly masks what his internal emotion feels like. Like one day, Johnny will just snap, end it, because he couldn't show enough. Couldn't show that he felt enough. Felt anything. It was difficult. He had to really try.
And he did. Soap saw that much, at least.
Their fears are absolutely reasonable, as we all know they have foundation upon(Me, self projecting), yet they both work extremely hard to keep it... good. Happy. Well— happy enough, of course. You can only feel so much in their line of work, right?
Ones that don't rip my heart out this time
Ghost seriously considered getting Soap an engagement sword.(look em up they're really cool)
Roach lost a bet to Gaz, and had to wear a dress to the SoapGhost wedding. He killed it.
They don't have any dogs, (Soap's terrified of them), but they have a few cats, a bird that Ghost found and had insisted on keeping, some fish, and a singular moss ball that Soap keeps in a jar on Ghost's desk. It's name is Sherman.
Soap is shorter than Ghost, by a significant amount, so Ghost loves to hold things over his head so he'd have to stand on his tiptoes to get it. It was cute. You didn't hear that from Ghost.
Soap did goat yoga once, and dragged Ghost along with him.
Ghost will now not come near any goat in a 20 foot radius.
Johnny learned how to brew tea specifically for Ghost.
Ghost isn't allowed in the kitchen, he blew up their last coffee maker.
Ghost also is not allowed in the farmers market. He brings home too many plants.
The issue is, Soap killed a cactus. A cactus.
Ghost sent their plant children away on holiday to mourn. Price was not happy.
13+ I guess? Pure, tooth rotting fluff. Hope you enjoy!
Octavio was the one who asked TaeJoon out, unsurprisingly. He wanted to do something super big and flashy to ask Tae out, but after some consideration (and asking Ajay what she thought) he thought it best to do something quiet. He brought TaeJoon to an arcade and asked him out with some sort of cheesy video game pick up line.
They teach each other phrases and words in their native languages! Octavio loves to teach TaeJoon pet names and romantic phrases so he knows what they mean when Octavio says them. He loves watching TaeJoon's stoic appearance crumble into a flustered mess.
TaeJoon has taken to carrying around certain things for Octavio after one two many incidents of having to call Ajay for help. He usually has some snacks, Octavio's ADHD medication, testosterone, spare goggles and masks, bandaids and other medical supplies, and stim toys. He always makes sure Octavio has taken his medication when they're together, and texts him when they're apart, but he knows Octavio has a tendency to space out and forget.
Octavio loves sitting in TaeJoons lap!! He feels self conscious about his prosthetic legs and doesn't like to initiate any lap time. Thankfully, TaeJoon is good at reading Octavio, and constantly pulls him into his lap whenever he can. Working on his computer? Octavio's in his lap. Watching tv? Octavio's in his lap. Octavio is gaming? He's in TaeJoon's lap. TaeJoon loves wrapping his arms around Octavio's waist and resting his head against his shoulder.
Neck kisses!! So many neck kisses. Octavio understands that TaeJoon doesn't like PDA (Hand holding is the most he's comfortable with) and Octavio does his best to keep it to a minimum in public. When they're in private, he continously showers TaeJoon in kisses and all sorts of affection to make up for lost time. His favourite places to kiss TaeJoon are his jaw, his temple, where his skin meets his metallic skin, his shoulders and surprisingly enough, his hands!
Since TaeJoon doesn't like PDA, dated aren't very common. When the two go on dates, it's mostly movie theaters, home cooked dinners, stargazing or cloud watching, or even the occasional dinner date at a fancy (secluded) restaurant! TaeJoon does most of the cooking, as the last time Octavio was in the kitchen, he almost burned his apartment down.
TaeJoon can't help but constantly want to be around Octavio, holding his hand or cuddling with him while watching a movie. After so long on the run, he can't help but crave physical affection. As much as he wants to shower Octavio with affection in public, he knows its safer to keep it on the down low. As soon as they get home, TaeJoon is picking Octavio up in his arms, hugging him tightly as he carries Octavio to their room or the couch.
sokka isn’t very open about it when he’s having a bad day but zuko can always tell by the way his boyfriend starts acting quiet and burying himself in his work. at first, sokka doesn’t realize this, but eventually he catches onto the pattern of zuko sitting on his lap and hugging him and kissing his cheeks and his neck and playing with his hair while he’s working at his desk. zuko only ever stops when sokka finally agrees to take a break and go shopping with him or sit by the pond or just climb into bed and take a nap in each other’s arms.