Hi, wuyus.....I don't know if you receive my first ask or not (my phone's signal suddenly off limit), so sorry if you receive it twice....if you don't mind me asking, can I ask, who are your top 5 favorite couples (can be canon or non-canon) from all of the danmei novels that you've finished reading until now? Thanks and sorry if you've answered this before...🌻
hello! ahh yes I received it twice hehe but no worries~ here are my top 5 (5 plus) and because I’m extra, I’m throwing in some past gifs I’d edited and screenshots of the manhua/ AD and my favourite quotes HAH (ง ื▿ ื)ว
RanWan - Mo Ran x Chu Wanning (2ha)
ranwan is really just... ANGST. PAIN. SO MUCH TEARS. really my all-time favourite cp ;-;
是我薄你，死生不怨。 It is I who wronged you, I won’t blame you in life or death.
长阶血未尽，那是他带你回家的路！ The long stairs are still stained with blood, that’s the path he took to bring you home!
原来光阴荏苒，我已然活成了我心目中，你的模样。 it turns out, in the passage of time, I have already lived to become the you whom I see in my mind.
师尊，我想为你撑一辈子伞。 Shizun, I want to hold the umbrella for you for a lifetime.
想要和你一样，吃火锅的时候，两双筷子可以伸进一个热闹的锅里，不再是一红一白，泾渭分明。 I want to be like you, when we’re eating hotpot, two pairs of chopsticks can reach into one hot, bubbling pot, no longer separated so distinctly by red and white.
他看到他的神祇在哭，楚晚宁……在哭啊。 He saw his god crying, Chu Wanning... was crying.
地狱太冷了。墨燃，我来殉你。 Hell is too cold. Mo Ran, I will accompany you (in death).
别怕，我不会不要你。我会一直和你在一起，生或者死，我带你回家。 Don’t be afraid, I won’t abandon you. I will always be with you, in life or in death, I will bring you home.
两辈子，都属于你。 Two lifetimes, they both belong to you.
人间很好。晚宁，我不要你殉我。 The mortal world is very good. Wanning, I don’t want you to accompany me (in death).
ConghuaYu - Bu Chonghua x Wu Yu (Tun Hai)
a tie with ranwan! completely different genre from 2ha and very much “normal” in comparison to the magical and fantastical elements of 2ha (xianxia genre) BUT despite that their romance and the angst (SO MUCH ANGST) and how much they love one another really shines through the writing and I just... I love them so much okay
fun fact their cp name in chinese is 葱花鱼 which literally means “fish with scallions” lmao
今天这座桥上只能有一个人活着走下去，那个人是我。因为这世上已经没人在等你了，但还有一个人在等我回家。 Today, only one person can walk off this bridge alive, and that person is me. Because you no longer have anyone waiting for you on this earth, but there is still one person waiting for me to go home.
尽管我们都有一些秘密隐瞒彼此，我还是爱你。我会独自向着长夜，去寻找那湮没在岁月背后的正义与公平。 Even though we still have some secrets we’re keeping from one another, I still love you. I will face the long night alone, search for the justice and fairness that have been buried in the passage of time.
但他已经忘记了更多年以前，他曾经分给过我一把火种，我也想追着那火种把他带回来。除了我没人能把他带回到这个世界里来。 But he has already forgotten that even more years ago, he once shared with me a seed of fire, I also want to chase that seed of fire and bring him back. Besides me, no one else can bring him back to this world.
我追了二十年，才终于追上你。不管再危险我都会来接你，你梦里都叫我了，我怎么能不来？ After chasing for twenty years, I finally caught up with you. No matter how dangerous the situation I will always come and get you, you even called for me in your dreams, how could I not come?
你也是我一生的伴侣，直到永远。 You are also my partner for a lifetime, until forever.
“你要带我回家吗？”“不，我不用带你。你在的地方就是我的家。” “Are you going to bring me home?” “No, I don’t have to bring you. Wherever you are, that is my home.”
*screams at that bottom left*
YanJiang - Yan Xie x Jiang Ting (Po Yun)
not as ultimate favourite as ranwan and conghuayu but I still adore them so much! shan ya zi (yan xie’s nickname in chinese fandom because the chinese character for “xie” 峫 can be split up into those three radicals 山牙子 lol) is an idiot (affectionate) but when it comes to his wife (yes they actually did get married it’s canon and yan xie calls ting ting “wife”)
I didn’t take note of my favourite lines while I was reading po yun alsdfkllk so I really only remember this one:
我活到九十九，你九十七够了。 I’ll live till ninety-nine, and you till ninety-seven. That will be enough.
RongNan - Zhou Rong x Si Nan (Bu Si Zhe)
LOOK bu si zhe REALLY needs a manhua/ donghua adapt okay so that I can see more of rongnan absolutely kicking ass and also moving from being cautious of one another to the most mutually over-protective idiots in love despite the world literally crumbling into an apocalypse
“下次有危险就叫戎哥。只要叫戎哥……不管在哪都去救你。”不论多远，都能接到你。 “The next time there’s danger, just call for Rong-ge. As long as you call for Rong-ge... No matter where, I will come and save you.” No matter how far, I will be able to come and get you.
山长水远，多年不见……如同你曾许下的承诺，最后请再来接我一次。 The road has been long, and we haven’t seen one another in years... Just as you once promised, please come and get me one more time.
JiLing - Xuan Ji x Sheng Lingyuan (Lie Huo Jiao Chou)
MORE ANGST (I have a type) but angst aside their day to day interactions are so funny sheng lingyuan is the sassiest, cockiest bastard EVER (I thought xuan ji would take that role in this cp alas I was proven wrong) and xuan ji is just BARELY tolerating this asshole but also very much in love with him
你曾说过，我同天上璇玑星。 You once said, I’m just like the Xuanji star in the sky.
他筋疲力尽，最后只能紧紧地……紧紧地把他再也碰不到的人搂在怀里。 He was completely exhausted, and in the end, he could only very tightly... very tightly wrap the person he could no longer touch in his embrace.
没有人知道这两三句话整整讲了三千年。 No one knew that those two or three words spoke of an entire three thousand years.
honourable mention: wangxian! for being my first danmei cp and till now I still break down when I think over their angsty scenes
non-canon cps: songxiao in mdzs, nangongxi in 2ha (het cp but still)
