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History 3 - Trapped; The Untamed
Sep. 11th, 2019 11:43 pm捕快捕心, Meng Shao Fei/Tang Yi, ancient China AU, History 3 - Trapped, by Rico. In Chinese.
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I think I went a little overboard on watching History 3 vids on Youtube, haha, because my entire Youtube history is now History 3 vids. Oh, well. I think of it as a meditative experience, especially while I'm thinking through my fic.
I do wish that there were more Trapped fics on AO3. I haven't tried looking at other websites; AO3 is pretty much where I spend most of my time these days. A good many of the current Trapped fics are RPS, which I don't really go for, so I'm stuck re-reading the ones I do like. Others that I've read (which ended up being a lot in Chinese) are sex-intensive (which is not unwelcome!) but I feel a bit perplexed by those that tend to characterise Meng Shao Fei as the... how do I say, the awkward sub. And Tang Yi the top, who pretty much dominates all of the interactions in their sex scenes.
Which is not quite the way I see MSF? And TY? I love how they are in the drama, how the tension between them waxes and wanes, how the role of aggressor (so as to speak) shifts through the scenes. E.g. the scene in the lift, where SF is the one who first backs TY into a corner, teasing him about his ears turning red, and then TY crosses his arms, and soon TY is pushing back, and it's his turn to back SF into a corner, and dip him, AND grab his handcuffs. I love the push-pull dynamics of their interactions; it's a deft way of showing that they're each dominant and passive at different points. It is SF who takes the first step and it is SF who baldly declares that he likes TY, and TY's the one for him, and that's that. And then he just moves in with TY, no further discussion needed. When I think of that, I feel like all the marriage proposal scenes (I wrote one too!) in fics are just struggling to keep up with canon.
I mean, SF and TY are already at the 'we're together forever' stage whereas we poor fic writers are still struggling to have TY ask SF if he'd marry him. Or vice versa. *rolls eyes* It's like they're bam! we want to be together, so we're together. Did we need flowers and rings?
Each of them have aspects that are codedly more masculine. TY displays aggression: he's a gang boss! He beats up baddies! SF is definitely protective: he shields Hong Ye and TY from gunmen! He fights off baddies! And both have sides that seem, erm (forgive me) more associated with female traits. Who got bashful when it came to sex? Who cried when someone celebrated his birthday? *shrugs* It just feels right to me to not have one person to be designated so obviously as the sole aggressor in the relationship.
Which is a very long way of saying I wish there were more fics that portrayed these parts of them.
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Also started watching 陈情令 aka The Untamed, the live-action version of 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù. Just the first three episodes, though I've read bit of the novel here and there. So much eye candy. I love the character of Wei Wuxian.
***
I think I went a little overboard on watching History 3 vids on Youtube, haha, because my entire Youtube history is now History 3 vids. Oh, well. I think of it as a meditative experience, especially while I'm thinking through my fic.
I do wish that there were more Trapped fics on AO3. I haven't tried looking at other websites; AO3 is pretty much where I spend most of my time these days. A good many of the current Trapped fics are RPS, which I don't really go for, so I'm stuck re-reading the ones I do like. Others that I've read (which ended up being a lot in Chinese) are sex-intensive (which is not unwelcome!) but I feel a bit perplexed by those that tend to characterise Meng Shao Fei as the... how do I say, the awkward sub. And Tang Yi the top, who pretty much dominates all of the interactions in their sex scenes.
Which is not quite the way I see MSF? And TY? I love how they are in the drama, how the tension between them waxes and wanes, how the role of aggressor (so as to speak) shifts through the scenes. E.g. the scene in the lift, where SF is the one who first backs TY into a corner, teasing him about his ears turning red, and then TY crosses his arms, and soon TY is pushing back, and it's his turn to back SF into a corner, and dip him, AND grab his handcuffs. I love the push-pull dynamics of their interactions; it's a deft way of showing that they're each dominant and passive at different points. It is SF who takes the first step and it is SF who baldly declares that he likes TY, and TY's the one for him, and that's that. And then he just moves in with TY, no further discussion needed. When I think of that, I feel like all the marriage proposal scenes (I wrote one too!) in fics are just struggling to keep up with canon.
I mean, SF and TY are already at the 'we're together forever' stage whereas we poor fic writers are still struggling to have TY ask SF if he'd marry him. Or vice versa. *rolls eyes* It's like they're bam! we want to be together, so we're together. Did we need flowers and rings?
Each of them have aspects that are codedly more masculine. TY displays aggression: he's a gang boss! He beats up baddies! SF is definitely protective: he shields Hong Ye and TY from gunmen! He fights off baddies! And both have sides that seem, erm (forgive me) more associated with female traits. Who got bashful when it came to sex? Who cried when someone celebrated his birthday? *shrugs* It just feels right to me to not have one person to be designated so obviously as the sole aggressor in the relationship.
Which is a very long way of saying I wish there were more fics that portrayed these parts of them.
***
Also started watching 陈情令 aka The Untamed, the live-action version of 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù. Just the first three episodes, though I've read bit of the novel here and there. So much eye candy. I love the character of Wei Wuxian.