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katey- ’94 - She/Hers this blog is gay and so is its owner. ateez, seventeen, twice. mxtx.

[dreamworksoverdisney]

Maomao: Not to worry. I have a permit.

Court lady: This just says, "Maomao can do what she wants" with master Jinshi signature.

[pinkikiwi]

Jinshi finally realizing his future wife is a cat. We are so back!!

[batcows]

one of my favorite parts of apothecary diaries is how every one of gyokuyou's ladies in waiting immediately goes, "this is our maomao. we found her in a back alley, that's why she's so scraggly and weird. isn't she gross? what an angel. we would kill and die for her. she's such a little freak. insult her and we'll eat your family :)".not kidding it's actually almost instantanous.

[pixelatedtaken]

A fascinated thing about Maomao is how she's not immune to Jinshi’s beauty, and yet it feels like it! Because that's what Jinshi believes!

And so, collectively, the fandom treats it as such (reading some posts and fics), but it's really not true. Maomao is not immune to his beauty, has never been even from the very first novel, and the examples are right there!

The descriptions when he's in the room (or not!), the comparisons with other beauties, the "can topple a nation" commentary, the nymph that should hardly be a real walking human but is. Fascinating.

What she's immune to is his facade. She's the first to acknowledge, unbeknownst to Jinshi, that he wanted to and does use his beauty to seduce and even manipulate people (and her) for his benefit, and it's what doesn't work on her. She's seen that same notion in the brothels. She doesn't care for it.

It's why they work better when he's real with her.

It's him and it's her, it has to be.

[kamirai-k]

EXACTLY!!!

Oh my God!!!

I'm so happy someone else is finally talking about it because yes she's not immune to his beauty!

Like, literally the first time she sees him she compares him to a celestial nymph. He is the most beautiful thing she has ever seen and this woman grew up in Brothels were beautiful women are literally everywhere. She literally says how if he was a woman he would bring the country to its knees and I genuinely think that that is true yes but it is also her being like if he was a woman I'd be done for. And to be honest she's already done for because she cannot stop thinking about him 😂.

You would think that she is given where she grew up, but she's not.

The thing about Maomao is that she understands when beautiful people are faking their smiles because she grew up in a brothel and because she has seen so many women fake their smiles.

It's not that she's immune to his beauty it's that she doesn't care for how fake he is the majority of the time.

She's not immune to his beauty she just doesn't like the mask he wears and how he uses that beauty.

And notice how when he is being genuine with her when he actually smiles genuinely at her she folds so fast... Ya

And of course it makes sense when she grew up around Jinka like of course!

Like, she's obsessed with him and we don't talk about it enough 💥💥💥

[anyanary]

Modern au 💕

[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

[kaashina]

my favourite part of the apothecary diaries is jinshi freaking out over maomao's impulsive freaky tendencies (but he's lowkey into that)

jinmao in a nutshell:

[im-xzikill]

They are like father and daughter

[ikebanaka]

I love how immediately Gaoshun has to tell Maomao to stop treating Jinshi like a bug because he's being an absolute freak about it. He's like hey, I know we only met a week ago, but you've already given my insane boss a sexual complex and for all of our sakes you should probably try to avoid activating it

[gracewight]

I love how this scene was almost immediately followed by Jinshi saying something dumb and Gaoshun frantically waving at Maomao not to call him out on it PLEASE do not reduce my boss to a blushing giggling puddle in the middle of a serious business meeting.

[kaashina]

maomao when every important figure in the empire keeps asking for her help

[itsgarbageboy]

maomao is my favorite "not like other girls" style protagonist bc for one shes a girls girl through and through. to the bone. and two she's just a weird little freak. absolute lunatic. they have the whole "omg she's actually beautiful and everyone falls for her when she's all made up" trope but the punchline is that she does not fucking want to look like that. she actively puts dirt on her face every day bc she does not want to be perceived as attractive (mostly out of fear of being used for sex work though at the same time she has the utmost respect for women who do sex work like she grew up in a brothel those are her sisters). she's Sherlock level smart and solves every mystery so fast but goes "well thats none of my business. anyway back to testing poisons on myself" she has the 2nd most powerful guy in the nation head over heels in love with her and is like "man this guy is weird around me what's his deal. I guess he's fine though because he gives me rare medicines and has no dick" fucking ICON i love her. also she once slapped someone so hard they fell on the floor. 10/10

[conscbgb]

We are starting the week going insane over Wooyoung Arena photoshoot 🙂‍↕️🙌

Dumblr CAN'T handle Wooyoung's sexiness for this photoshoot 🙂‍↕️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[leadmetowar]

sometimes when I'm writing I'm like oh fuck i dont know what comes next uggghhh guess I'll just have to make it up :////// bitch... ur making the entire thing up ...it's fiction... thats the fuckin premise

[evyltalks]

emotionally constipated but so aesthetically devastating. that’s my andrew minyard.

[atzupdates]

WY 🌙 [230816] Instagram Update #YOUNG_STORY "😜"

[yunwooz]

@pinkyiren

[phantombohemian]

MinWon in [INSIDE SEVENTEEN] COSMOPOLITAN KOREA Magazine Photo Shoot Behind📷

[lanwangjihouse]