i finished writing my "books i read in 2025" post yuerstruly.dreamwidth.org/6018.html

i'd have the same question tbh if i were a guest at this wedding

pour one out to an icon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Review: Memories of a Shanghai Summer (沪夏往事) by Shi Ci (是辞), Republican Era tragedy which did not quite work for me 🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77548.html

minguo's your wangxian (doodle for @francowitch.bsky.social who won the pact challenge for fall :)) #mdzs

Chapter 32 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which Bian Jin continues to find herself extremely turned on despite even more blood and even more eldritch horrors) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/27/t...

how are there SIX mini-dramas on the theme of 'two sisters get engaged to two brothers for vague corporate dynastic reasons and end up fucking the wrong guy on their wedding night'

suddenly reminded of the time i was earnestly explaining the appeal of the takarazuka revue to a very proper, very elderly british lady and she stops me and says sweetly, 'i know, dear. i went to a girls' school'

My 2026 commission waitlist is officially open! This will remain open on a rolling basis unless I get really overwhelmed by responses 😂 so save the link! Pricing Guide, including sliding scale definitions: guoldu.com/pricing-guide Commission Form: guoldu.fillout.com/commission #commissionsopen

Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally Please see it if you’re curious

Review: Home for the Funeral (奔丧) by Nan Hu Tang (南胡唐), folk horror which (at least for me) did not quite live up to the hype around its author 🔗 review here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77284.html

first up is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6I...

am i the only person in international 焚情 fandom (i.e. about five other people) whose favoured if 线 revolves around bian jin rather than shen ni

okay done for now! i'll add a spot for some other things once i'm ready to release them >:D

i've given myself three days off for christmas so time to watch questionable HK action flicks with surprise lesbians i guess

Deep breath Ok I'm going to try and stay calm But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France) (1/?)

feeling strongly that big accounts with 15K+ followers shouldn't be promoting unauthorised AI translations of baihe novels on a paywalled site that doesn't even consistently name or credit the authors but what do i know

奔丧 is like the anti-Hallmark Christmas story in that it involves a high-flying young woman returning to her mother's rural hometown, where she discovers the importance of love and family ties vs personal ambitions, but more importantly finds herself being hunted relentlessly by an eldritch force

For our We've Always Been Here zine, Julie Vasques ( @julievasques.bsky.social ) is taking us to Ancient Greece with a sapphic illustration, with one woman playing the lyre or phorminx while the other dotes on her. #AncientGreece #SapphicArt #Zines #WLW

the foreshadowing in the background of the promo art for the audio drama adaptation of Wish You Happiness

deeply unfair of 酒大 (that's Jiu Nuan Chun Sheng) to be posting thirst traps on main

why do undergraduates LOVE to glaze authors or feel like that's something they have to do: "melville was a master at writing," "charlotte perkins gilman did a phenomenal job" honey we know that you don't need to defend their reputation sksdhfksf

Round up of (plausibly deniable) GL mini-dramas 🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77032.html

HAN FU OUR 100% ORGANIC QUEEN

Chapter 31 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which Bian Jin finds herself extremely turned on in the midst of a pitched battle against an eldritch horror) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/14/t...

Chapter 31 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which Bian Jin finds herself extremely turned on in the midst of a pitched battle against an eldritch horror) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/14/t...

I hate how much I enjoyed this BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: See You There, Beyond the Ocean Wu Xiaorong was an introverted girl who hated going to school. But all that changed when she met Tong Kewei. After bonding over their shared love for drawing comics, thus begins the story of a beautiful, bittersweet friendship.

Somehow lucked out and managed to get a copy of this facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Press Keats for a mere £15?? (other listings on the internet have it at £200++)

this was a great motivation to clean up my harddrives and make backups, actually, so here's my #artvartist2025 if you said anything nice about my art literally anytime this year i soso appreciate you it's been really nice to hang let's do it again next yr too <3

new xiaxia/fuyu mini-drama collab!

oh my god Book of the New Sun had Amano covers in Japan and they're fucking crazy

Popped into the Kidderminster Museum of Carpet that is unfortunately closing down soon. It will be a great loss to the town and another symptom of the general lack of care for heritage in this country

currently revising my translation of chapter 31 of to embers we return and have just typed the words 'gatling gun', so that's where we are at the moment

currently on episode 30 (of 44). gay level: they've eloped

Historical baihe novel Spring Remains the Same (春如旧) by Ruo Hua Ci Shu (若花辞树) now available for pre-order! This is from Taiwanese publisher morefate, uncensored and in traditional Chinese

Alexander McQueen Resort 2026: Seán McGirr revives british aristocratic chaos #fashionsky

Baihe book mail: the My Ghost Girlfriend Trilogy by Taiwanese author Zui Liuli (醉琉璃)

Baihe book mail: volume two of Last Night at the PTA Conference/I Wish I Knew How to Quit You/There Are Always Teachers Who Want to Ask Out Parents (总有老师要请家长) by Jing Wu (璟梧)

Baihe book mail: Dual Channel (双声道) by Yi Zhi Mao Bu Yu (一只猫不语)

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Chapter 30 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which we learn that Bian Jin is Bad at the art of comforting the afflicted) 🔗read here: douqi.blog/2025/11/24/t...

Chapter 30 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which we learn that Bian Jin is Bad at the art of comforting the afflicted) 🔗read here: douqi.blog/2025/11/24/t...

this mini-drama starts airing on monday and i will be watching closely for signs of gay

Woop! I have been "selected to participate in Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)'s Kindle Translate beta" which is Amazon's new AI-powered translation service, and apparently they'd "love to hear" what I think about this! Well, they're going to hear it. Whether they will love it...

#3157 A helpful tutorial

Came across some Taiwanese editions of Thai GL novels recently while trawling for (even more) stuff to buy. Here's the cover design for the Taiwanese edition of Us by Chaoplanoy

LRT: it's also coming out from British indie press And Other Stories (not to be confused with the clothing brand And Other Stories)

We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social! literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...

so apropos of absolutely nothing, i have two questions for anyone who's been following this so far: (1) how old do you think li ruoyuan is? (2) how old do you think li ruoyuan looks?