FairyTaleDreams

I’m on Tumblr to make friends with people who understand the obsessive nature of fandoms. Pronouns: she/her. I'm a Purple Turtle (owning it!) and this is largely an YiZhan blog with occasional posts on anime, Harry Potter, BTS and HP interspersed. I’m an author on AO3 as well!

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Pentopaperposts Masterlist

This list is mostly for my own use - but I hope new 🐢s out there find it helpful. I follow a lot of fandoms but this blog is largely a GGDD/YiZhan blog and this list proves it 😂

EDIT: I've expanded the post to include other topics I frequently post on. Again, this is more for my reference than anything - feel free to ignore the other sections if they don't interest you.

Enjoy!

GGDD:

How life changed when I became a 🐢: 6 months with YiZhan

Fic rec that follows GGDD online interaction timeline

Thoughts on ‘Wu Ji’

Why I stan YiZhan

GGDD Connections that make me go 👀

GGDD Day Day Up Episode: A summary

The Little Prince: A peek into the story that YiZhan love

A note to new turtles

2021 NYE candy - my OMG moments

YiZhan candy in DD's "Like the sunshine"

DD-specific:

SDOC3 DD-focus Episode Posts Masterlist

Why WYB is a great singer

DD and Happy Camp Part 1

DD and Happy Camp Part 2

DD and Happy Camp Part 3

DD and Happy Camp Part 4

DD and Happy Camp Part 5

WYB through the years

DD’s inspiring attitude toward life

First thoughts: Twenty by WYB

My take on DD's drama 'Luoyang'

Off-beat DD performances: post 1, post 2

GG-specific:

Ask response: GG’s character bleed post-CQL

Dedication post: Green Light performance by GG

GG Drama Reviews: The Wolf

GG Drama Reviews: The Untamed

GG Drama Reviews: Joy Of Life

GG Drama Reviews: Duoluo Continent

GG Drama Reviews: Ace Troops

Random CPN and cute moments:

#unexpected candy:

Candy tastes sweeter when you least expect it - these are some of the ones that took me by surprise.

An instance of QF being sly on DDU

Bobo's fear of tigers

Summer Surf Shop candy #1

Summer Surf Shop candy #2

The Venus Rabbit

Horror movies are relaxing (Breo Press Con)

#DDU moments:

A collection of my favorite moments from my favorite DDU episodes.

DD and his DDU brothers playing in the pool (DDU brothers relaxation day episode)

DD's chicken adventure (virtual cooking lessons episode)

DD dancing to duck parts ('sell that cuisine' episode)

DD meets his fave magician (magician episode)

DD being 'cool' aka adorable (coffee shop episode)

DD and LoF HB have a heart-to-heart (Hu Bing hotel room episode)

MDZS

I ended up in the YiZhan rabbit-hole because of MDZS and so, WangXian will forever be my first love. Here are a collection of posts where I ramble a bit about the books, the characters and the relationships.

Why MDZS is worth a read

Online article on what writers can learn from the way MDZS was written

WangXian the song

Unpopular Opinion: Jiang Yanli

WangXian confrontation scene: The Untamed

Wangxian confrontation scene: MDZS donghua

MDZS donghua finale reaction

Happy birthday WWX (2021)

Happy birthday LWJ (2022)

The Untamed 2023 Rewatch: post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4

MDZS Donghua Rewatch 2023

Ace of Diamond

I can't believe there's yet another fandom I've been posting about enough to add onto this list, but it's true. This manga and anime is right up there as one of my most FAVORITE ones of all time! I've been deep in the fandom for over 4 years now and not looking to leave any time soon.

Starting the '22 annual rewatch

Furuya<>Sawamura Rivalry (aka the battle for tyres)

OTP (for this show): MiyuSawa

Side-capped gremlin smile Kazuya through the ages

Iconic MiyuSawa Battery Scene

MiyuSawa (Act 2) - sparkly eyes

MuraMura battery journey mirrors MiyuSawa battery

Chapters 256-257: My take on Eijun's emotional turmoil

The bestest rivals to ever rival: SawaFuru (Act 2 Manga)

Chapter 305: MiSawa Victories

BTS ARMY

How I became an ARMY

Spring Day Vmin Moment

BV3 Malta: Yoonmin sharing a bed conversation

Handsome vs. Attractive (VMin moment)

EarthMix

EM Halloween 2024

Fluffy scenes in ATOTS and how they make me feel

[purewasteland]

LOVE you love you.

[spnsmile]

Close enough

[purewasteland]

many lyrics that were inspired.

[finelytaylored]

he was down SO BAD IMMEDIATELY

[hrgifs]

ilya 'needy top' rozanov

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Could anyone say no to this face? Shane never had a chance.

[cloudabserk]

he was bracing himself for bad news

[accio-victuuri]

source

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This color combination is so different - looks insane on him 🙌🏽

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Matching poses?

Source

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Bone necklace out and proudly shown off 😭🥹😭

I can't believe we made it here.

[baibixin]

My apologies to my tumblr peers and friends

I am never rational or objective about the quality of their shows

Its EarthMix god damn it

They could just air a show on garbage truck drivers I'd be interested

I just like them

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Unpopular Opinion:

Jiang Yanli was not perfect

Like a lot of people in the fandom who fell in love with WWX, I too LOVE Jiang Yanli. Shijie is beautiful, and graceful and everything that’s kind and wonderful about the world. But as a writer, I understand that my steadfast faith in shijie and her unimpeachable character comes from WWX’s completely biased portrayal of her through the novel, manhua, donghua and drama.

I’ve been reading a lot of fix-it fanfics recently (objectively amazing ones tbh) and while JYL is the perfect embodiment of sugar, spice and everything nice in these fics - they’ve just helped me see how when you put aside WWX’s rose-tinted view, shijie was flawed in MDZS, just like the rest of the characters.

JYL had her share of trauma.

Here’s the thing, in the kind of world MDZS is set in, it’s fairly obvious that women of JYL’s status were meant to slot into their ‘rightful role’ in the sect as the well-mannered, dignified spouse of a sect leader or high official. Yu Ziyuan broke through the boundaries of her role and was, as a result, portrayed as a woman who oppressed her husband and was too strong.

It is implied through the all formats of the story that Madam Yu used to verbally abuse JYL for being ‘too weak’, not excelling in cultivation, and above all for her penchant for doting on WWX.

When you grow up being told that your opinion is unworthy, that your judgement is bad, that you’re too weak to make a difference to anything - you start believing it. And this is the fundamental flaw in shijie: she never believed she had the power to make a difference.

Maybe it’s wrong to call it a flaw, but imagine an MDZS where JYL acted as a shield to protect her younger brothers from her mother’s scorn. Imagine a world where shijie had the confidence to tell Jin Zixuan off for his arrogance despite her crush on him and gained his respect for it. Imagine if JYL had been able to knock Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian’s heads together post the war when everything about their relationship began to go wrong. Imagine if she’d been able to get them to see that underneath all the insecurities and misunderstandings, they still loved each other. Imagine if she’d been able to fight for WWX after he made off with the Wens. Imagine if she’d been able to use her position as Jin Zixuan’s fiancée to censor some of Jin Guangshan’s actions.

There is a lot of fanfic out there where shijie does ALL of those things and they’re brilliant. And it just makes me a little sad. Because if JYL had known and understood her own strength - how might the story have changed?

Just food for thought, I guess.

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Rewatching The Untamed and I came back to this.

[accio-victuuri]

every cpf is aware of the new/old bts videos going around. i am enjoying all of them of course, it’s nice to see new perspectives of events we are familiar with. also having “new” content even in the year 2025 is such a flex. lol. it will never end! next year is 2026, who knows what other videos or photos are there for people to share.

this one tho has to be my favorite. it may look simple, they are in a group just chillin. a normal moment. in between shooting — spending time with their co-stars and friends.

but what gets me and i guess everyone else, is how xz just had to sit next to yibo. he’s like — nope, i have to be next to him to wzc. 😂😂😂

then it cuts to a close up of them. again. just two guys next to each other. nooooo. they are so cute! i’m sensing it all with XZ. it trips me out how young yibo looks in this BTS. seeing him talk so animatedly and probably not noticing XZ’s internal monologue. the way i’m seeing ( and cpn interpreting tbh ) this, XZ is hyperaware of WYB. it’s the kind of sensitivity you get with someone you are attracted to. when you are unusually or intensely tuned in to everything related to them. your thoughts, feelings, and physical reactions tend to center around their presence, actions, or even just the idea of them. i’m torn between screaming in cpf and feeling a bit sorry for XZ’s struggle. lol.

i love this interpretation of their POVs.

XIAO ZHAN POV:

WYB POV:

it’s interesting to see this dynamic cause it’s a popular narrative that “wyb is the good puppy chasing xz”. tho that has it’s merit too and we literally have evidence to support it— it doesn’t mean that it’s all wyb. xz has his ways too. subtle ones most of the time and if you pay attention, it’s so obvious. and yibo acting like he doesn’t notice and being his usual handsome/charming/endearing self. xz had no chance at all. there was no other choice for him but to fall further. ❤️💛💚

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ALL. OF. THIS.

[lanwangjihouse]

Cr: 一口全麦兔司

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I came across this on my feed today and - is this new? Why have I never seen it before? Are we still somehow getting new Untamed BTS? 😭

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Came here to scream a little about HOW GOOD WYB looks today 🔥😍😭

All credits for images are in the images. Man these photographers got some WILD shots 😳

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I keep trying to watch Longest Promise and I just can't Zhu Yan is SO ANNOYING. Someone please tell me it gets better so I can find the motivation to push through this.

I'm finding her so annoying that it's ruining my enjoyment of GG's scenes 😭

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Okay so I know I've been on and off on here - but I've been interacting with other fandoms and I've been on the bird app a bit more because of that (I'm being really careful about curating my fandom spaces ✌🏼).

The beginning of my being a massive fan of ANYTHING was here - on this platform - with all of you back in 2020. You all taught me that fandom was fun and interesting and a great way to escape the stresses of daily life. You taught me that we can make fandom friends online and feel camaraderie with ppl we've never set eyes on before through fandom. (Shout-out to @accio-victuuri and @rainbowsky for literally creating the best playbook on being a healthy fan in any space - you guys are the absolute best 🙌🏽)

For years, I've been playing around with the idea of doing more with fandom. I already write - it's something I've been doing since I was 13 so writing fanfic came naturally to me. But I wanted to do more - a podcast of some kind. A way to engage with others out there like me and also to help normalize the concept of engaging with fandom as adults.

I finally brought this idea to life with my recently launched YouTube Channel - "The Massive Fan Podcast".

About the podcast

In this podcast I'm going to pick up one series I love at a time - BL, anime, dramas, anything - and do a series of videos for it. The first video will always be a kind of review - why I think the show is worth watching. And the remaining videos will dig into different parts of the show. The relationships between characters, incidents in the show, aspects or messages in the show I think ppl might have missed.

I started off with covering the Thai BL drama - Moonlight Chicken. Including the link to the videos below.

If you're someone who enjoys discourse, who's always looking for new things to watch or ppl to talk about the shows you love with - then the channel is perfect for you. I look forward to possibly interacting with you all over in the comment section 🥰

Moonlight Chicken: Why you need to watch it

Understanding Uncle Jim & Li Ming

AlanWen Relationship Timeline

Why did AlanWen continue living together?

Falling in love with JimWen

Warning to those who haven't watched MLC - only the first video is spoiler-free. The rest revisit specific scenes in the show and go into more detail. So avoid if that's not your thing :)

I'll hopefully go back to being active on here as I grow the podcast. For all my MDZS moots - I'm planning to pick up The Untamed as the next series I talk about 😁