oh tianyake is shortish... maybe... maybe i can have a little zhou zishu as a treat

making the elective decision to start on TYK forreals at 1am. I’ll go ahead with raws since it should hopefully not be too much of a departure from 7ye... with added wuxia I suppose

开弓没有回头箭

really like this phrase

There are no arrows which return from [being shot from] its bow.

this is the kind of phrase I like to keep literal in translation as the figurative meaning is easy to glean and the imagery of the words is strong

heavy is the crown

Man Zhou Zishu must have been really depressed for a while

ZZS: this is my escape plan

RUROUNI ZISHU—

feels like both qiye and TYK are mired in regrets and how to make it better

he really gave his all to Helian yi... and, I’m wondering if he took over Jing Beiyuan’s role in the original timeline

it’s a very lonely way to live... ah zishu. I’m glad you’re free.

why did I never know that water chestnut was lingjiao LOL

Oh maybe it’s a regional thing... seems like there’s multiple names for it

am I the only one amused that ZZS has never cussed in his life until he broke free of politics

you live like that???? not calling anyone “your mom”????

it’s like a little kid cussing for the first time and savouring the Feel. Oh so forbidden. ZZS man...

bc I did so much random research I know he’s using a pejorative that originated from male prostitutes lol

Fun history time!!!!!! Male prostitutes in the Qing dynasty were called “tu er ye” (tu = rabbit). so government officials would joke “this place is like a rabbit warren”. Tho clearly this is set in a nebulous time period before Qing so *handwave*

莲花形状的暗器 so... like diao chan???

wah punch people got colour one

Midnight Heartbreak Powder yeah this is how I know I’m reading wuxia XDD

Love it when authors use real places so I know where they actually are

Oh I love the parallels with Qiye... the next life... ah.

every time female characters call themselves gunainai XDD

I’m v bad at names so this for my reference:
Li bobo — cussing guy, now dead
Gu Xiang — purple girl
Zhang Chengling — son of a well-known daxia, can’t fight for shame
Zhang Yusen — his dad, leader of Nanhe Manor

I’ve seen these tropes in handsome siblings wow it’s kinda amazing how some genre tropes last through the decades

zishu aren’t you supposed to be half dead???? you’re still a killing machine?

why tf was I getting anxiety about reading fiction. TIANYAKE IS SO FUN

Wen Kexing... for some reason I had it in my mind as Ke3 Xing1 but it’s actually Ke4 Xing2

ok guys pls RT all the TYK fanart I’m coming for you—

I’m just like uh do you change your clothes, how long have you been wearing these grey robes, or are all yout robes grey, Mr Wen Kexing sir

BRO I JUST BUST OUT LAUGHING MR WEN KEXING SIR YOU CAN TELL BY THE BONES????

Wait Gu Xiang was saying that Wen Kexing went to go look for his old flame??? To sleep with him?? WHO IS THIS OLD FLAME now I’m curious

when you’re being called out on having too much sex

I SCREAMED

Wen Kexing’s following them to make sure his hypothesis that this Zhou guy is a beauty is right

Y’all say TYK is good for gen but I haven’t had a slutty character in a pairing I like for damn long (Zhong Wan doesn’t count cos he’s only thirsty for Yu She)

I’m like. RELEASE THE GAYTES

Oh my god he’s so persistent?? Oh my god this is the hill that wen kexing will die on

THE FRIEND FROM NANJIANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JING BEIYUAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so glad I read 7ye first omg I’m excited

He’s remembering Liang Jiuxiao and I’m Not Okay

Liang Jiuxiao RIP died with his morals and conscience intact... ily shidi

the music as weapons trope in wuxia and xianxia... gotta love it. now I’m imagining someone playing the grand piano in western fantasy and having that as a boss attack

if someone tried to play Chinese orchestra in the middle of the night I’d be mad too

Wen Kexing is like Gu Xiang’s Shishio lol. TSUYO KEREBA IKI, YOWA KEREBA SHINU!

He kena shocked that Zhou bro is not a beauty... so he’s going to the brothel to work out his shock

Wen Kexing is a manho and I love it

he call Wen Kexing cockeye

Wen Kexing

Happy Funeral Ghost Sun Ding’s Raksha Palm

feels like I’m 10 years old again reading subs off the 7pm wuxia show

I just realized “plucking flowers” was used as a euphemism for... rape

Wen Kexing will not let this go!!!! He’s Convinced. Behind Zhou xiong’s face is a beauty