Anime Trash Royalty

Katie. Anime/manga trash and ive totally accepted it. Enjoy :) My personal tumblr is laurakinneylance. My other tumblr fanblogs are: Digimon- digimonlife Fairy Tail- scarletguild RWBY- rwby-everywhere

[yukinnn]

maomao~

[sandumilfshous]

me, watching ep40 of the apothecary diaries: bro why does jinshi even bother to wear a mask in royal mode like anyone with eyes can tell its obviously him

me, booboo the fool, 2 minutes later:

[drcatco]

Maomao going full Rorschach

Source: Reddit

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In light of the anime's full Suirei heritage reveal I whipped up an Imperial Line Family Tree, since these complicated relationships can get super confusing. Click or open in new tab for better quality!

[sporadora]

make his pockets hurt

[neo--queen--serenity]

It’s incredibly important to me that the anime decided to include this scene that wasn’t in the manga. In the manga, Maomao does pass out in Jinshi’s lap after saving him from what was obviously an assassination attempt.

HOWEVER, the manga cuts off at this point, keeping strictly in Maomao’s perspective, and cuts straight to when she regains consciousness in bed after being treated for her injuries. The manga doesn’t show how she got back. They SAY how, and she briefly mentions, “wow that must have been embarrassing; he carried me back,” but we don’t SEE it. We don’t get to feel the true impact of what that means. But the anime DID show us, and holy shit.

They SHOW us how taboo this is. They show Jinshi carrying her out of the temple, after a public attempt on his life.

They show us the shock and horror on Lakan’s face as Jinshi silently walks past him. Horror at the state his daughter is in, horror at another man—a man with a status he could never dare to question—staking such a public claim over his child, horror at the fact that he could never have this level of closeness with her (as Maomao would never allow it).

Everyone hides their gazes, as is their custom when someone of his rank passes by, but the air is different this time. Jinshi is furious, he’s terrified, and he could not give a single shit about how inappropriate it looks to these palace officials.

The shot that slowly follows her trail of blood—even though it’s a small detail—that in particular leaves such a intense impression of how poignant this is for him.

Maomao talked about this scene in the manga like it was nothing to her. She did what she set out to do: she saved the person who was targeted by the attack. She didn’t even know the target would be someone she knew. But she has no idea that this happened afterwards as a result of her bravery. To her, it likely wasn’t even an act of bravery at all. She acted on impulse; she did what she knew was the right thing to do.

The anime didn’t need to include this, because the manga didn’t show it. But damn, I’m so glad they did.

[pruhledna]

cute af JinMao by @ munette

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im excited for season 3 for this particular reason

[sporadora]

idiots who have a grown son mind you

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JinMao by @ ayamame_d_love

[elitemaomaosequanimity]

[rcverberated]

i am so so glad maomao isn't written as a glorified intelligent woman who's good at everything she does as long as she's read through it once. she failed the service exam. she isn't strong enough for a physical fight. she knows the rules of Go but not enough to play with a strategy. it's great. it's realistic. science is her strong suit anyway, she's laser-focused only if she cares. amazing writing

[toughtsalot]

MaoMao x Jinshi ♡

[pruhledna]

cozy jinmao on a rainy day by @ tsubasa_syaoin

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Something about Apothecary Diaries and the complexity of what it means to have a mother. Something about Maomao and her only memories of her mother being silence or a pain that has nothing to do with her but is reflected onto her anyway, and yet still engineering things so that Lakan, years later, would come to find and marry her. Something about all of the courtesans in the Verdigris House being like mother figures to Maomao, yet never paying attention to her when she cried. Something about Loulan doing everything in her power to not be a mother - taking drugs to avoid it, knowing that to have a child would be a selfish, cruel thing, even down to 'killing' the children who adore her. Something about Jinshi, and both of his mothers - the one who birthed him and the one who raised him. Anshi, and raising him to be mature and older than he should have had to be to be the opposite of his grandfather, the man who victimized her, and Ah-Duo, unable to be in his life because she chose to give him up. Something about mothers not being unconditional and uncomplicated; something about motherhood being absent, ugly, confined by circumstance or by past pain. Something about not wanting to be your mother; something about being too much like your mother. Something about how your mother haunts you regardless.

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Jinshi and Maomao design artwork! I put them both in their own morning glory inspired looks. Morning glories seemed thematically fitting with their poisonous nature and the themes of rebirth in the show. Jinshi also features plenty of moon details.

Prints and stickers are available in my shop and can be found here!

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Gyokuyou's there to tease Jinshi, Jinshi just wants Maomao, Maomao has no idea what's going on– it's great here