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Word of Honor (it actually hurts a bit to type 'honor' but that's the title *shrug*)":

先兵后礼, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu, explicit, rape roleplay, by pumpkinpaix. Please see more warnings at the tags. Also same fic translated into Chinese by purplesheep22

with inexplicable fondness, Han Ying/Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu and combinations thereof, threesome, explicit, by noelia_g and sequel with tenderness to keep


MDZS:

Songs of Joy and Regret, academia-AU, reincarnation, reference and rumour of Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, by Aki_no_hikari

Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu:

the annals of history, now dust, ending spoiler, Word of Honor by sundermount

The Viscera of Our Souls, by Zelos. Also by same author: And We Shall Toast the Heavens

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Just one thing: I see authors apologising for making WKX the top and I'm... ?_? I had the impression that if anything the author meant for WKX to be the top and ANYWAY what does it really matter and does it need apologising for? So, mildly perplexed.

I think maybe (just off the top of my head) that it's the difference between how Chinese (and haphazardly lumping them with Asian) fans decide who's the top and how non-Chinese (ditto) fans do so? (I remember a number of similar debates in Japanese fandoms.) Or perhaps Chinese fans simply go with what Priest states (while recognising that they probably switch). I dunno. I've been watching too many fan-made reactions by Chinese fans that simply assume WKX is the top so *shrug*.

My thoughts on how TV characters might be for top/bottom dynamics: WKX is taller, more shameless, manic, feral, the avenger, better kungfu, versus ZZS who is older, rolls his eyes disdainfully, suffers prettily, the one who is guilt-stricken, the one who adopts the kid first and is a hugger. *shrugs* Any assumptions would collapse once we brought up other characteristics like how ZZS is the leader of a sekrit assassination organisation and stuck nails into himself while WKX twirls a fan and has magical red eyeshadow and provides for his family. ZZS has better hair, though. <3

As for dynamics: Whatever works for the story.

Watching lots of Word of Honor fan-reaction vids, so much so that I had to take a break and re-watch The Untamed, haha.

Also I belatedly realised Zhang Zhehan was young!Lin Shu in Nirvana in Fire and now I love him unreservedly.

终盟 (language: Chinese), Word of Honor, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu, getting married, by othello244

The Scene of the Crime, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, humour, romance, Untamed |MDZS, by concernedlily. Also by same author: keep going to the river, picking up pieces of the past, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, Untamed | MDZS

Haha. No, just a note that my brain outside of work has been consumed by Word of Honor and 《天涯客》. Just as well, because RL is pretty much wringing me out and I feel if I weren't fangirling WoH, I'd be banging my head against the wall.

On that note, though:

(1) The version of Wen Kexing in the novel is a bit more dark-edged.
(2) There's way more flirting and even a stolen kiss here and there.
(3) Priest's writing style is quite clean, occasionally reminds me of Gu Lung, and has a few poetic moments, which are lovely.

I need sleep.

Also I can't stop listening to this end theme song for 錦心似玉, Sword and Brocade. Lost interest in the drama after episode 15 or so, but love the song.

I haven't watched HiStory4 yet... apparently some love it and some hate it? It seemed very tropey but I was hoping they could do something interesting with those tropes. I've always enjoyed the HiStory series. (Has everyone watched Trapped yet? They must.) I'll catch up over the weekend, or when I finish《天涯客》.