Ruby

It's so common 😂 I can't blame anyone because it feels like these novels are all harem bait anyway and it's easier to call them harem

JJWXC please unban harem novels

I find it so disappointing that 99% of the time people talk about harem danmei/baihe they mean "multiple people pursue the MC but they only end up with one person" or "the love interests turns out to be the same person" because I get my hopes up before I remember

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ICE killed my fucking neighbor

我反抗过，珍惜过，拼尽全力努力过。我活过。沈逆，我活过了这一生，我尽力了。

😭😭😭

I'm skeptical when I hear people describe the oldest sister in a family as "naturally maternal". Like was she naturally maternal or was she forced into a caretaking role because of gender roles

这是我为你造的星星。

This novel has been making me want to cry for the last several chapters

assumed it was a situation of the woman suddenly marrying someone else even though she had a flirtation with the MC. And also, the purpose of that scene was to highlight the MC's indecisiveness and resigned nature because he makes a choice to go against it at the end, so I don't get taking that out

MC: Fifteen years ago I bought a ring to propose to someone... Propose. Then someone came along and married her

But it's more like "I bought a ring to propose to someone but I hesitated. Then a braver person came and beat me to it."

It just paints a different dynamic imo? My wife told me she

I'm watching this Egyptian show with my wife and some of the English subs feel weirdly off

a 1000 years of memories/experience but they immediately insist they're still the younger one

One thing I don't get tired of is characters debating their age in fantasy cnovels. Usually it's characters arguing over who's older ("my body is literally 1000 years old!" vs "okay but you're mentally 30") but I also like the variation when the younger character regains their memory so they have

抱歉，璇玑，你又得换个新搭档了。

Fang Pan 😭😭😭

it makes her more resistant to responding to Li Si

Thoughts on the Lijing Bureau reveal:

1) Poor Fang Pan 😭 I just want her to be happy

2) I also feel bad for Li Shan, especially with her devotion to Li Ruoyuan and the implications of the reveal

3) I would be into an AU where the reveal also applies to Dou Xuanji and Li Si/Dou Xuanji angst where

Oh yeah the way it's described here is crazy. Chi Lin and Lou Mi have strong lesbian goggles on (strong enough to erase all the het)

List of the most popular Disney ships on AO3. Anna/Elsa ranks third with 2758 fics

Omg

But also, to be fair...

implication/writing choice. Which is fine to not like! I didn't like it either. But like, there's a big gap between that and refusing to understand the context the drama and character actions were in

I'm reflecting a little on the Arab drama I watched recently and responses and the Western response I've seen for it because I think that was a good example of like, people not getting the dynamics because of cultural differences and often stubbornly refusing to get it because they don't like the

while were on the topic however, beautiful baihe already exists for you to read. Cant believe its already been a year out with douqis tl of this beloved baihe 🥹

I've added you too! :)

Cover image from the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return

Extract from Chapter 34 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: A simple touch on the cheek from an ordinary acquaintance would yield a standardised tactility score of fifty. A caress on the same spot from a skilled and passionate lover would produce a much higher tactility score, between seventy-five to eighty-eight. The highest tactility score that had emerged from these studies was ninety-nine from the face, and one hundred and eighty-nine for the neck. As one went further down, the intensity of each subject’s response was determined largely by their own natural sensitivity and the skill of their respective lovers. The question of ‘skill’, of course, did not even arise where Shen Ni and Bian Jin were concerned. Yet even though Shen Ni was not actually touching her, the tactility score from Bian Jin’s face was already close to the maximum score that had been observed from her test subjects’ necks. In other words, all Shen Ni had to do was move her hand in a caressing gesture while it was still half a finger’s width away from Bian Jin’s cheek, and Bian Jin would feel it as intensely as if some master of seduction were kissing and nibbling at her throat.

Chapter 34 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(Shen Ni: I construct intricate mathematical models which allow me to touch the skin of other women, i.e. my wife)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/02/11/t...

I admire your dedication, I have Ning Yuan's self published books on my to-buy list but the high prices keep putting me off

The book itself is very fun though but with some very unpleasant aspects

Thank you! I'm thinking of doing a review for a Ning Yuan novel I read (我不知道的事) but it depends on if I can get my thoughts together

I just made a Dreamwidth account!

ruby6661.dreamwidth.org

I'm hoping I'll use it consistently because I like its format a lot in theory

I was actually inspired by your comment and went to make one! I'm so bad at making new accounts because I fuss over usernames so much (I used the same one as here)

I don't have a Dreamwidth but honestly I'd love for more fandom activity on sites that allow long-form writing... I think it makes in-depth discussion easier and doesn't pressure people to condense their thoughts in ways that can lend to confusion and misunderstandings

Update: they've decided to adopt a stray from the pack they're caring for

Thinking of desensitizing myself to horror games by letting myself lose and die every time I get anxious as a form of exposure therapy

Oh, that's a good point. I don't read much manhua so I wasn't aware of that! I'm curious what it could be