♡

next time, i will strike twice.

[visjules]

invigorating

[erabu-san]

Mavuika

[ideksams]

spy's moving castle 👒

[peanutseagle]

"Just relax and let go"

[punkitt-is-here]

the gang gets snacks

[elitemaomaosequanimity]

[ghostinthegutter]

I can finally post this lmao

[exmpdg]

“apothecary diaries is a romance” “apothecary diaries is a court drama” wrong. jinshi’s apothecary diaries is a first love romance and maomao’s is a workplace drama. her biggest problem is being fired via execution and his is falling behind on work worrying she’s taking the wrong man home

[dalooch]

[lleann-art]

maybe i just wanna be yours

[yokodash]

still obsessed over a week later

[shuravf]

Maomao is back!

(and Jinshi too I guess)

[julietcpulet]

Maomao & rescue

(Spoilers) You know what I hope they portray well coming up in the anime from the light novels? The fact that Maomao doesn’t seem to think anyone would come for her. When Maomao sees Jinshi outside coming towards the fortress and is like “Could he possibly be here to rescue her?” but then immediately dismisses the possibility and then bam! he kicks down the door into the room only for Maomao to ask “I’m sorry, but might I ask you to protect me, Master Jinshi?” Not getting at all that’s exactly what he’s there for. Apologizing for even asking like he wouldn’t have even considered it after he literally just kicked down the door to get to her.

Like yes this is partly denial on Maomao’s part on not wanting to see what she means to Jinshi but also it’s her complete devaluation of herself. The unwillingness to see she could mean this much to someone. That Jinshi basically was grateful to Lahan and Lakan for giving him a legitimate excuse to go after Shishou cause he wanted to go get Maomao but without adequate means given his position, he couldn’t do it. But he wanted to, and now he’s there and Maomao is trying to pass it off as political, for the Emperor but it’s like, oh Maomao, no. He came mostly for you, to make sure you were safe.

The novels are 99.9% about Maomao discovering what she’s worth in other people’s eyes and that it’s ok to love people even if they’re imperfect at expressing it. To want to be seen as valuable in their eyes and that she can be seen that way. I hope the anime doesn’t portray Maomao as the “strong heroine” archetype who doesn’t need anyone because that isn’t the point in this situation when she sees Jinshi, it’s that she just doesn’t believe a prince on a white horse would ever come for her and due to her rough upbringing she’s always had to do things herself. That’s the mentality. And when he does show up it’s too startling for her to entertain that he could be there for her alone. He is though, even if there is a complete political mess on top of it he has to deal with too. Just adore these two 💜💚.

[exhausted-undead]

tried out apothecary diaries the other day, got inspired to do a study, redrew jinmao as Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss", died

ive been sick for a while so excuse the messiness

[captainkirkk]

Maomao slaps a lady-in-waiting and brings her to tears for accidentally poisoning the concubine she serves, AND tells said concubine how to give the emperor a boobjob all in the space of one episode. No wonder Jinshi is obsessed with her. I'M obsessed with her.

[maomaop]

Top5 funniest things about knh (not in any particular order)

-The La clan dynamic

-Maomao saying “I love you” to Chue before Jinshi

-Maomao describing Jinshi’s beauty in the most poetic way everytime and then acting so normal about it

-The Ma clan dynamic

-The one-sided beef Jinshi has with Rikuson because of Maomao

[ultear-tigra]

Lakan: this is my beloved daughter Lahan: this is my esteemed sister Maomao: I have no idea who these weirdos are, we are not related