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translation studies academic i spoke to last year said functionally there's no difference

just like how a surprising number of people still claim couple of mirrors was novel -> tv drama or manhua -> tv drama when it was actually tv drama -> manhua + novel

wait which ones are your personal BE trinity

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douqi @douqi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i ship it the bros who read danmei together stay together

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came across someone with the handle valancysnaith and was brought right back to my peak lmm fandom days (no not that lmm; the canadian one)

douqi @douqi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i finally understand the saying 'everything's legal in new jersey'

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The producers of the Fireworks in Winter (冬日花火) audio drama adaptation clearly out to artbait baihe enjoyers into breaking their hearts

Bonus art for the audio drama adaptation of Fireworks in Winter. Zheng Tingyu is caught in a web woven of red ribbon held between two massive disembodied hands. Shen Lian reaches out towards her. There is a clock in the backdrop, along with flowers and birds

Bonus art for the audio drama adaptation of Fireworks in Winter, showing Zheng Tingyu and Shen Lian by a seashore.

Bonus art for the audio drama adaptation of Fireworks in Winter. Zheng Tingyu and Shen Lian stand under an archway hung with lanterns, looking up at fireworks

Bonus art for the audio drama adaptation of Fireworks in Winter by 阿氓ameng. Zheng Tingyu sits in an armchair with Shen Lian's head in her lap

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 29/09/2026

shen ni: don't you lot have any ACADEMIC questions? students: can we add you on Messenger Pigeon?

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Folks, I'm happy to announce my next game will use up all water, destroy humanity in a global blaze, & lose $8 billion weekly. IPO starts at a 20 gazillion euros valuation based on me counting the amount of zeroes wrong. Upon checking the prototype I realized bigger number is better. Supersentience.

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Weyodi OldBear- The Root and The Seed is available. @weyodi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There are many good things about writing your first draft out long hand. It reinforces engagement and connection with the work, helps focus, but also you will have proof positive that it's the work of a human, not AI. The biggest issue for me is where to put all the damn spiral notebooks.

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Chapter 46 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (Shen Ni: What's my type? I like hot older jiejies. Well, I like one specific hot older jiejie) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/09/29/t...

Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return.

Extract from Chapter 46 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return:

The student, taking Shen Ni’s silence for assent, launched enthusiastically into his question. ‘When it comes to romance, marquess jiejie, do you have a type?’

Well, thought Shen Ni, that certainly is a very personal question. She could scarcely imagine anything more so.

Fan Sen’s words drew jeers and groans from the rest of the crowd. ‘How could you ask such a rude question, Fan Sen?’ chided another student. ‘Don’t you know that our marquess jiejie is already married?’

‘What?’ exclaimed Fan Sen, looking incredulous.

In her corner of the stage, Li Shan smirked to herself. There was no way Shen Ni would ever answer such an inane question, she was sure.

Shen Ni’s gaze flitted over the heads of the crowd and, amid the assembled stares of the audience, fixed itself firmly on Bian Jin. ‘I like sophisticated older women,’ she said. ‘Like my wife.’

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ahahahaha you know me too well! i'm also lowkey still looking for somewhere to put That Inigo Montoya Line

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Guoldu 🌚 future buff vol1 @guoldu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CACKLING shen ni: so in summary, we're all going to die. it's just a matter of time

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english readers can now have context for this old doodle of mine

doodle of Shen Ni sitting on a stool in a very relaxed posture with a drink cup in hand and a smug smile and sunglasses saying 'Oh Yeah It's Not Good" into a mic. top reads 'Shen Ni Lecture on Black Box Virus"

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i hope it doesn't spread to other shops 😔 so disappointing

I AM SORRY it was not a romantic quote 😅

ahahah so what was your guess

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just checked, there doesn't appear to be an author's note in the traditional one!

douqi @douqi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

putting a princess bride reference into my translation of ch 46

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i also frequently find myself yelling 'LET ME EDIT YOU' mid-reading haha

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aha thank you! i was vaguely contemplating reading 医仙, now i know i don't need to bother based on the one i've read, i think she has good instincts, so quite frustrating to hear about your experience with 病美人师尊

i thought her second novel (本座对她感到恶心) was a pretty nice, tight 400k+ that didn't outstay its welcome, but i have been wary about her longer works

douqi @douqi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i would but i'm having trouble thinking of something to fit the theme 😭 i'm so bad at writing to spec (when you announce one with a knights theme tho 👀)

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🔗 listen on the Fanjiao app: www.fanjiao.co/pages/share....

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douqi @douqi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bonus art for the audio drama adaptation of Fireworks in Winter (冬日花火)

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Review: 365 Ways of Surviving at a High Difficulty Level (三百六十五种高难度活法) by Mo Ran Piao, a psychological thriller that started out promisingly but did not live up to its potential 🔗 read here: (beware spoilers): baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/96215.html

Promotional art for season 1 of the audio drama adaptation of 365 Ways of Surviving at a High Difficulty Level, rendered in stylised black and white. Chu Yu sits on a chair in front of floor to ceiling windows, dressed in a white shirt and dark trousers. Xia Yihan, dressed Gothic Lolita style with her hair in two pigtails, has one hand under Chu Yu's chin and the other on her chest

Promotional art for season 2 of the audio drama adaptation of 365 Ways of Surviving at a High Difficulty Level. Chu Yu and Xia Yihan stand close to each other against a background of thorns/spiked wires. Chu Yu is in a white dress, Xia Yihan in a black outfit with leather jacket.

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we made so many romance mods (to make up for the fact that the game only shipped with one love interest for female protagonists)

lol can't they read (i'm guessing not)

it was the NICEST videogame community too

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Baihe book mail: Patch Loading (serialised online as Middle-Aged Love Patch, 中年恋爱补丁) by Ning Yuan (with handwritten quote + author's signature)

Mainland print edition of Patch Loading, surrounded by merch: art board, character cards, pin badges with character designs

Title page of Patch Loading with handwritten quote and author's signature

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

baldur's gate two made me a modder and also, through strange and convoluted means, gave me a career

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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq

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Baihe book mail: Patch Loading (serialised online as Middle-Aged Love Patch, 中年恋爱补丁) by Ning Yuan (with handwritten quote + author's signature)

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Baihe book mail: Missing the Bird (时差十四年) by Lin Zizhou

Mainland print edition of Missing the Bird, surrounded by merch: bookmarks, art board, postcards and pin badges with character designs

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