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[valtsv]

it's always "you gnawed off your own leg to escape like an animal caught in a trap" and never "why didn't anyone try to help you out of the trap" or "why weren't you provided with any other resources to escape the trap with except for your own teeth"

[trufflesmushroom]

[hysieme]

gif request: something with the Jinlintai Demonic Research Quartet (Xue Yang, Jin Guangyao, Mo Xuanyu, Su She)

lyrics: Duohensheng

translation: @hunxi-guilai

for @blackteaaddict

[ohsehuns]

The Untamed | Wei Ying’s sweet & beautiful smile pt.1

[imaginaryalex]

Just wanted to comment on the Koi Tower translation issue: the Chinese words are 金鳞台, which can be translated as "golden" "(fish)scales" and "tower/ stage/ platform." Neither koi nor carp (鲤鱼）are explicitly stated, but the translators mostly have taken the golden scales to refer to a fish with golden scales, which could be golden carp/ koi. But another translation could be that 金鳞 refers to the golden shimmer of light reflecting off water, as referenced in a Yuan dynasty poem. (1/2)

*shrug* not even sure how that could be succinctly translated - Golden Light Tower?  Dappled Gold Tower?  Neither of which sound particularly great in English.  Anyway, mainly popping in to agree with your comments about the translation, and wanting to point out that even the dichotomy of koi vs carp is an artificial limitation, since the words could be translated in other ways.  Appreciate your very thoughtful analysis!  – chaoticjoy@Ao3. 

Okay that is extremely cool, I love that imagery. Thanks so much for sharing this, and for all your work on the MDZS resources! The golden shimmer of light on the water… that’s so lovely, and definitely fits in with the grace and beauty elements of other sect location names better than any particular fish. Dappled Sun Terrace? I don’t know either, but it definitely feels like there’s a sense of motion in the way you talk about it that is very difficult to capture in English.

I’m quickly coming to the conclusion that for at least some of these translations I personally would have preferred the retention of the Chinese name with an explanation in the notes, just for ease of reading. Especially for a fantasy novel, I don’t think it would be a huge barrier for most people, and the imagery is just so much more complex than can be accurately conveyed in a few simple location terms in English.

[veliseraptor]

i am terminally A Sucker for characters who have a towering and generally earned ego about their own ability and absolutely no self-worth about themselves as a person at all. intoxicating combo.

[ardagifs]

THE TWIN JADES OF LAN | THE UNTAMED 陈情令 - EP 26

[whovian-on-ice]

Happy Birthday, Jin Guangyao! (02.20.)

[kevinkevinson]

they are sworn brothers and they are gonna kiss

[aphel1on]

xue yang text post meme pt 6

[sarah-yyy]

That prompt list has me losing it how about "i cant tell if this is a date" for wangxian or "we fucked at the christmas party but we're both workaholics" for xiyao or xijue (i got xichen on the brain i apologize)

(LISTEN. i know this isn’t the prompt but i was too far in it to backpedal)

The first time happens the day of Nie Mingjue’s funeral. 

Lan Xichen wakes up with no memory of the night before, but it is clear, from the messily discarded robes in the room, from the naked form next to him, what they were up to last night. 

He spares a moment to lament over his loss of control. Even in his grief, he should not have drank more than he could tolerate. He eyes the bruises on pale skin that he must’ve left, ghosts his fingers over them. Lan Xichen hopes he did not hurt him last night. 

As if tickled by his movements, Jin Guangyao stirs in his sleep, and wakes. He turns his sleepy gaze to Lan Xichen, blinks at him once, twice, and then-

And then he flashes a dimpled smile at Lan Xichen. “Er-ge,” he murmurs, sweet and soft and content. 

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[redgeot-side]

When wwx gave wen ning that pouch for his protection and how wen ning kept it with him till his last moment - requested by anon

[linglynz]

The Untamed || weapons [part 3/3]

[linglynz]

The Untamed || weapons [part 2/3] 

[linglynz]

The Untamed || weapons [part 1/3]

[wanyinxichen]

jiang cheng + being like madam yu

[grapefruiters]

hey um. idk how to say this but. i played ur boyfriend’s motif with a little too many minor chords and now he’s becoming evil. sorry

[ceruleanvulpine]

#LEGITIMATE MDZS PLOT EVENT

[ctl-yuejie]

Mengyao’s expression when he is focussing on Lan Xichen

Mengyao is surprisingly open with his expressions when he is officially introduced to Lan Xichen for the first time. Surprising, since he is such a careful, controlled character all the time. But I guess that he knows that he fades enough into the background that no one will pay him any attention so there is no danger to showing how much Lan Xichen impresses him. His polite face is much more curated but there’s still an honesty beneath it that only shines on the surface when he is with Lan Xichen. It is fascinating to see, how taken with Lan Xichen he is right from the beginning.