MXTX novels have taken over my life

Blog meant mostly for posting links to some of my more risque fics on tumblr+hanging around. https://letqirenfucc.carrd.co

[letlanqirenfucc]

Jiang Cheng shipping Discord server

Interested in ships for our favorite Grape Uncle Jiang Cheng and want a place to chat about the various ships there is for him? Then hit me up via DM for a link to a discord server focused on ships for him! You must be 18 or older to join the server, and you also must keep in mind that when I say any ship for JC I mean any ship. You will be able to only see the content you wish to see via the role system that is set-up, and can safely ignore ships that you do not wish to see.

[letlanqirenfucc]

And now posting a link to the invite for it! https://discord.gg/nFkt8zd Again: you must be 18 or older to join this server.

[elasticitymudflap]

tiktok literally scares me so much bc it's literally a bunch of kids making the same extremely bad take/poorly-recieved ""ironic"" posts we did here 2010-2014 but this time they're actually attaching their REAL LIFE HUMAN FACES TO IT???????????????

[elasticitymudflap]

this growing trend of kids especially abandoning any instinct to preserve their online anonymity is so massively concerning, especially now with facial recognition softwares on the rise all over the place... idk man. it keeps me up at night sometimes.

[letlanqirenfucc]

Reading Transparent Desire has me going nuts bc everyone is "well, at least Sizhui's not pregnant" and wELP. I laugh about it, but it's the laughing-bc-there's-no-acceptable-response-to-this kind of laugh.

Ahahah~ I get what you mean, mm!

[letlanqirenfucc]

hi! do you still give jc discord server invites?

Ah! Yes, my apologies for answering late! I've been a bit uhh. bad about checking this account admittedly! But here's a fresh link to the SLJ's harem discord: https://discord.gg/9xf4ZRBgq5 It's good for 50 joins! But sorry again for answering you late!

[autheane]

A friend of mine started the long process of transitioning and he keeps being blocked by money for papers upon papers. He's tried everything he could to pay the bills but it's just a lot. (He explains it all on the page itself) His transition is literally the only thing keeping him going with life so it's extremely important.

If you could help even with the tiniest amount or just share, I would be incredibly grateful. Thank you! ❤️

Autheane on Twitter

“⚠️Important ⚠️ A very close friend needs help to transition but the bills for papers / procedures are huge. It would mean the world if you

[himejoshikomaeda]

“let people enjoy things” is quickly becoming a very dangerous phrase

[yootsart]

[rogue-translator]

[welcometoaurorashell]

[shirasade]

Respect the KINKTOMATO!

[cinemapix]

CINEMAPIX’S 1st Year Anniversary: Top 10 Films as Voted by Our Followers:

2. Knives Out (2019)

I suspect foul play, and I have eliminated no suspects.

[griffinmcelroyspisskink-remade]

I think more people need to add /s and /j into their online vocabulary and this isnt a joke whatsoever

/j stands for /joke and if u put it at the end of ur sentence that means ur joking

/s stands for /sarcasm and if u put it at the end of ur sentence that means ur being sarcastic

a lotta autistic people (and other neurodivergent ppl tbh) have trouble reading tones in peoples sentences so if you add /j or /s it doesnt like… distract from the sentence but it makes it clear that youre joking/being sarcastic, so people who wouldnt have necessarily read the correct tone will now know what tone its supposed to be conveying

Anyways. Use /s and /j

[constellations-and-energy]

Hey Siri, how many times in a row can I legally reblog a post?

[legsdemandias]

If you ever see /s on a post of mine, this is what I mean

[kanna-ophelia]

So I have read several people complaining that they can't be expected to know the "unwritten rules" of fandom. So here's what I wish people knew:

Fanfiction is fiction.

Fictional people are not real.

Fictional people do not have rights.

Fictional people cannot be abused.

Reading or writing about something does not mean the desire to do or support it in the real world.

If I find art upsetting/triggering/disgusting/outraging/unpleasant/squicky/distressing/offensive, it is on me not to read it, not the creators and hosts to remove it.

Curate your own experience. The back buttons exist for a reason.

If you don't trust yourself to do that, get someone you trust to do it for you.

Fandom is an adult space. Adults create and own and host fandom spaces. If minors want to participate, then the onus is on them and their parents/guardians/trusted adults to ensure they participate appropriately, not on strange adults to stop being adults.

You often don't know the assault status or mental health status or neurotype or race or nationality or religion or gender or sexuality or age of a creator or consumer, and they do not have to disclose to you to justify their fantasy.

AO3 is not a safe space. It is not intended to be a safe space. Proceed accordingly.

Just because you don't like something or find it offensive doesn't mean it is a "problem" that "has to be dealt with".

Most characters in anime are not white.

There is no onus on you to reblog or share anything.

Everyone makes mistakes in fandom and is less than their best self sometimes.

Persistent pseudonyms encourage long term relationships.

Ship wars are stupid.

Someone else enjoying things does not impact on your own enjoyment of other things.

Tagging and warning is a courtesy, not a requirement. Assume any fic might contain untagged content.

Rating is an imprecise art, not a science.

Don't hassle IP creators.

Most people who are in fandom are hoping to make connections based on a shared passion.

Trying to profit from transformative fanworks puts us all at risk.

No one is obligated to share your head canon or fanon.

Being kind rarely fails to pay off.

It is okay to block and remove people who make your experience unpleasant. You don't have to placate them. (Learn from my mistakes).

Britpicking is a good thing.

You don't have to justify why you like a canon/pairing/trope/kink. Sometimes navel gazing is fun, but you don't have an obligation to explain yourself, especially to strangers. I share the overwhelming desire to refute an unfair accusation, but the people accusing you are rarely doing so in good faith, so you're batting a losing wicket.

I'm not your Mum. (Well, okay, a very few of you can call me Mum or Mom, but if you are one of them you already know who you are ❤️)

If you aren't mature enough to take responsibility for your online experiences, you aren't mature enough to be in fandom spaces.

[dduane]

This.

[tinysidestrashcaptain]

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ Although I'm still the Fandom Grannie, and I still love you all, this is a darn good reminder that each of us are responsible for our own fandom experience

[geekinglikeaboss]

Please go watch Sex Explained on Netflix. Not only is it a great resource for the basic sex education that is sorely lacking in the U.S., but some of ya’ll need to take a deep breath and remember the difference between fantasy vs reality. This purity culture thing that we’re going through right now is directly harmful to responsible, healthy sexual expression. BTW this woman, Lisa Diamond, is a noted psychologist and has been pushing for greater understanding of womens sexuality as a whole.

[noncommited-writer]

!!!!!!!!!!!

[mharti-mcfly]

[cleo4u2]

THIS. I saw a post the other day that literally said if you do it to a fictional character, you’ll do it in real life.

No. Just NO.

I’m so glad someone put it into words.

[decepticonsensual]

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a legend, and he’s absolutely right.

And I really feel like there are parts of fandom that don’t get or don’t believe this, and I think that’s troubling.  I’ve seen arguments that people shouldn’t have dark fantasies, or that bad impulses in themselves make a bad person.  I’ve seen so much shaming over thoughts.

And if you get to a point where it’s bad to have dark thoughts and it’s bad to wonder what something would be like and it’s bad to put yourself in the shoes of anyone who isn’t “pure”, if fiction is no longer a realm where you can confront and explore, but an ongoing test of moral purity… well, maybe not everyone’s brain works like mine, but I feel like that takes away something incredibly important to being human.

[athenagray]

Purity culture is gonna kill art if y’all let it.

[rainbowloliofjustice]

Fiction is a safe place to explore whatever fucked up or dark desire that you have. You can write the most vile and fucked up shit in fiction and it be absolutely nothing you desire in real life. You can write about a serial killer who gets away with it. You can write about someone who goes on moral crusades to purge the world of all evils and still be the protagonist. You can write anything in fiction because that’s what it is meant for. 

It isn’t meant to be a social commentary unless you create it to be. 

It isn’t meant to be educational unless you create it to be. 

Sometimes a story can be just that, a story. Entertainment. Nothing more, nothing less. 

Not everything has to be deep, or have meaning, etc. unless the creator wants it to be and a lot of the purity types end up forcing something to have deep meaning or social commentary where it isn’t meant to.  Is this inherently bad? No, but these people don’t just say “But this is my interpretation of it.” they go as far as trying to force that interpretation onto everyone else, including the creator, as a means of saying “See? It means that they promote/condone xyz so they’re bad and shitty people who should spend the rest of their life in jail with/are the same as people who’ve actually committed acts of violence against other people.” 

[one-lonely-whumperfly]

THANK. YOU.

[fangirlofall]

@ all the people in the notes saying “yes except u can’t write about (list of immoral things they don’t want to see in fiction)” congrats on missing the point so spectacularly I’m not sure I could create better performance art if I tried

[hotpocket-fucker]

Honestly, many of these people act like the literature teacher that says that the curtain is blue because the author was depressed instead of…idk they just choose a random color of curtain…

[kaelio]

A persons fanfic tells you a lot about them, i , a fanfic writer, realize in terror

[just-the-hiddles]

[bionic-buckyb]

Send me an opinion, anon or not, and I’ll respond with:

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Please humor me. I think this game would be a fun distraction and I need a fun distraction!

[discocritic]

for every "🌹" received in my inbox i'll post one random sentence of a random WIP i'm currently writing

[babycharmander]

A little PSA for people who use AO3…

Gen refers to fic that is not focused on romance. If your fic is not a romance fic, please give it this tag.

Other refers to fic that is focused on romance, but is not specifically male/female, male/male, or female/female (like an OT3 (ship involving 3 people), a ship involving characters that are not male or female, etc). IT IS NOT FOR PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS FOR ROMANTIC ONES. please for the love of all that is holy do not tag your family-relationship-centered fics as “other” you are going to give people a HEART ATTACK.

“Character/Character” is for romantic pairs. “Character & Character” is for platonic relationships like friendship, family, etc. Please do not tag family-centered or adult-and-minor-centered platonic character relationships as character/character for the love of all that is holy

The E rating is for smut and literally nothing else (unless you have other unusual reasons to rate it E–I’ve seen people apply it to non-smut fics as a deterrent to keep minors away from it, but keep in mind it’ll make it so people who are trying to avoid smut will not find your fic). Your fic that has a lot of graphic violence but no sexual content does not need an E rating.

The M rating is for fics that would basically be rated R if they were movies, and may contain graphic violence, some sexual content, and generally more serious subject matter than you would typically show a teenager. However, if your fic is almost entirely smut, please just give it an E rating.

Also, when you post a fic, you WILL want to give it a rating, or else AO3 will assume you’re probably posting smut and will warn everybody who clicks on your fic that it may contain adult content. If you don’t want that on your fic that contains no adult content at all, please just give it the proper rating instead of not rating it at all.

this post brought to you by PLEASE LEARN HOW THE TAGGING SYSTEM ON THIS WEBSITE WORKS YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A HEART ATTACK

[babycharmander]

ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING I FORGOT TO MENTION!

“Creator Chose Not to Archive Warnings” means that at least one or more of the archive warnings (that is, “Major Character Death,” “Graphic Depictions of Violence,” “Rape/Non-Con,” or “Underage”) DOES apply to your story, and you’re choosing not to say which one it is. If you select this option, AO3 will put a warning on the fic that potential readers have to click through.

“No Archive Warnings Apply” means that none of the aforementioned archive warnings apply to your fic.

THESE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. IF YOUR FIC DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR THAT NEEDS TO BE WARNED FOR, PLEASE SELECT “NO ARCHIVE WARNINGS APPLY.”

[tonyglowheart]

I think the other thing is…

people are saying “cql is a fantastic adaptation/most valid adaptation” when…I think they’re not really commenting on how CQL adapted MDZS? Because… I actually think, if we’re REALLY going to talk about the integrity of adaptations and such… I think CQL did quite poorly in preserving MDZS’s central themes &  even a lot of central characterization, and again yes it’s bc of censorship, but it quite neutered a lot of what makes MDZS punchy & instead makes it palatable for a more “mainstream” kind of consumption.

Actually, imo the most valid adaptation of MDZS is the audio drama, lmao, bc it stays so true to it while refining it, and fleshes it out well & with the blessing of the creator so that we can almost take the extras/extra bits as quite canon (or at least being descended from Word of God)

I mean, listen. In terms of “how well does the live action drama commodify & commercialize a niche genre for a niche audience for mainstream consumption now that corporations figured out that queer audience money is money too and fans/fandom can be quite lucrative,” I think it does a fantastic job. And I don’t think CQL is *badly* made, I think some of the changes they made make sense for the media and work to tighten the story to wrap it in a neat lil bow and fit it neatly into 50 episodes the way you want a constructed tv series to be.

But as an adaptation of MDZS… I really don’t think it’s as successful as the donghua or manhua (Audio drama is off the table in the running bc imo as an adaption it truly is god-tier, but I understand how the lack of visuals makes it challenging for some ppl as a first-media)

Anyway another half-baked idea I have on what is really maddening to me on this discourse is… we… have similar/parallel conversations in Western fandoms abt Western media? How, like, they’re not really out to help us or give us what we want, they’ll give us enough to get our money but like they still want us to not exist or have any kind of voice lol. Similar things in Western media. Think of the blink-and-you-miss-it “representation” presented as groundbreaking and earthshattering and “we did it kids we solved homophobia,” or the straight actors/actresses who play queer characters and get lauded for being so brave, etc. 

In the case of CQL, I do rather think that like the casting director and Lin Hai and the director of the series, and like individual staff members, do have a lot of love for the novel. But ultimately, all of the fan-catering we get with interviews & bts and stuff is a game that… Tencent/NSMGroup/whomever play to ride that balance of “please them enough to get their money while pretending they as ppl don’t exist.” And yeah, they’ve managed to quite successfully ride the curve this time, and ironically it’s by completely ignoring the elephant in the room and tiptoeing around it. Much like how corporations treat queer audiences in terms of hearing their voices.

*caveat yes I am pissed by certain lines of Discourse so I’m like. reacting kind of strongly on this. I mean like… listen I don’t think CQL is bad. But as an adaptation…. I think it leaves many things wanting. And like.. if it’s your favorite adaptation that’s fine! if you think it’s the most perfect adaptation whatever! you’re allowed to think what you want! I just… idk think some of the justifications ppl give are a little bit backwards and end up disrespectful to the original, and YES I am incredibly sensitive about this lmfao, but also the post I’m vaguing here does explicitly go “oh mdzs reads like a straight woman’s fantasy” and passes moral judgment lmao. 

[krysaniar]

Good points perhaps–as a mention–but I don’t see any elaboration where’s better… Meaning we hear you but to someone not having previously read the book it doesn’t say WHY he/she/they should read it spesifically only that its better:)

[tonyglowheart]

Your comment isn’t as helpful as you think. This post isn’t about “the book is better so you should read it.” It’s a “lmfao are you serious” post at specific lines of discourse from CQL fans who dismiss and belittle the novel and the author, and throw around all sorts of identity-politics and purity-wank-fueled assumptions & accusations they assert as fact to disparage and “delegitimize” the novel, compared to what they make out to be perfect paragon of gay representation CQL, when really they have no clue about the assumptions they’re making, and also the gross double standards and mental acrobatics they go through to make justifications for a corporation vs whatever they can to villainize, essentially, an indie author. Like, I’ve also seen ppl say MXTX is the same as JK Rowling, lmfao, like that’s any kind of real comparison. Some ppl rly be acting like MXTX is out to personally oppress ppl, and some who don’t go that far still act like an IP of a large corporate entity is more on the “side” of marginalized voices than a danmei author who is barely on social media. Like bro how willfully clueless and also Western-centric (which also has the unfortunate side effect of tripping into cultural imperialism) can you be.

I’m not setting out to evangelize with this post. Other ppl have made posts about the differences and what they like better and what etc. This isn’t it. This is frustration and exhaustion with this kind of gleeful smug superiority I see from CQL fans who, if they do deign to read the novel, then declare their moral superiority over the novel and the author, when like, they could have just said “I liked x better and cql does a great job with y, and xyz thing in the novel made me personally uncomfy.” Personal discomfort =/= need to be justified into a moral argument of why the source media is bad. Like ppl can dislike things, for no reason even.

[ciaran2020]

god I really wish people would stop treating the content they consume as like, some kind of diet where you can only read and watch things that are organic and free-range and chemical-free. diets aren't real because you made them about movies. you can read things that are objectively bad and still come out of it okay because your brain isn't a 1:1 what-goes-in-comes-out deal! you're capable of being discerning and enjoying things that you don't fully endorse.