magnus AND untamed, you say

[felinejumper]

I am at:
- Ep 34 of the Untamed, I watched seven episodes today and cried for at least half of them, I have SO MANY FEELINGS
- Mag 176 ("Blood Ties") so I'm just skimming the mag 170 and 164 tags a LOT
- going to get SO MUCH FANDOM pumped into my brain whenever I hit the end of either of them and I am just. Peachy keen to get going.

Man, though, the untamed is so good [if nightmarish about women]. I want to SCREAM forever, fannish obsession feels amazing.

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[juushika]

I hardcore felt that feel when I watched The Untamed. I don't participate in fandom much these days, but it has that incredible intensity of feeling--so angsty and compelling and long, a work to drown in; it had that fannish-obsession feeling for me without actually engaging in fandom.

I'm reading the novel version right now and enjoying it in very much the same way, in no small part because it is so long, but also because its comperably explicit relationship feels a lot like a fannish retelling--except that it is of course the source material. But one thing that surprised me is that the show actually does better by the female characters--it gives them stronger arcs and more space to exist on-screen. Which I suppose is an underhanded complement, but here we are.

[felinejumper]

Very underhanded indeed. I don't know enough about cultural imperatives/context to know if I should be surprised by that at all, but I think disappointment remains a pretty solid response.

The length x intensity is very fannish, yes! It feels like a very rare piece of media insofar as the characters are actually changing in and around the relationship as it's happening, it's not just revelations about past influences, which feels like a complexity that I can really only think of novels/novel-like fic. I love it. Also, women aside (huge asterisk on that comment), I'm so pleased to hear that the novel is enjoyable in same/more ways!

[forestofglory]

The Untamed is terrible to all its female characters! But if when you get to the end you want recs for fic that centers those characters hit me up! I've been collecting them.

[felinejumper]

I a b s o l u t e l y do want those recs. (and if there's any non spoiler ones, I would love to read them now). But I will 10000% be back in, oh, I don't know, a week and be more than ready for whatever you have to throw at me.

[forestofglory]

Ok here are a couple of recs with no spoilers pass ep 34

yours truly by queen_gee | Mianmian/Jiang Yanli | Not Rated est T | 11122 words

Jin Zixuan asks Mianmian to pose as himself and write Jiang Yanli love letters, but of course she ends up falling in love with Jiang Yanli herself. Very cute!



How to Care For Corpses by dragonofeternal | Wei Wuxain & Wen Qing & Wen Ning | T | 3710 words

Wen Qing teaches Wei Wuxian medicine at the Burial Mounds so he can help Wen Ning. I really loved them studying together here!


Spring's Greening by Shadaras | Bàoshān Sànrén/Lán Yì | G | 600 words

lovely ficlet


"Arpeggio" by Shadaras | Bàoshān Sànrén/Lán Yì | T | 1548 words

featuring the invention of the Chord Assassination Technique. I loved the little craft details in this!

"The empty spaces by your hearth" by salinatrixx| Lan Wangji & Mianmian| T |3453 words

Lan Wangji's grief is so raw here. Also featuring lovely friendship between him and Mianmian , plus an apearance of the gay rabbit god.

[felinejumper]

THESE WERE SO GOOD. I am VERY in my feels about grief at the moment, in particular. I have made it all the way to 43 (!!) but I love the echoing of grieving patterns w. Mianmian in the sixteen years we don't see -- all the different kinds of loss. Fun, cheerful stuff. Ahh very good recs all around, though, all the craft i love itttttt! Wen Qing and Yiling patriarch dream team :(

[stultiloquentia]

Yaaaaay we got another one! I'm glad you're enjoying The Untamed. There's SO MUCH good fic, when you're ready for that. :D

[felinejumper]

I was actually just reading your recruitment pitch yesterday and aggressively copying and pasting it to people! SO excited to get to consume/participate/riff on/feel/read meta about this with everyone