I find it so disappointing that 99% of the time people talk about harem danmei/baihe they mean "multiple people pursue the MC but they only end up with one person" or "the love interests turns out to be the same person" because I get my hopes up before I remember

ICE killed my fucking neighbor

I'm skeptical when I hear people describe the oldest sister in a family as "naturally maternal". Like was she naturally maternal or was she forced into a caretaking role because of gender roles

I'm watching this Egyptian show with my wife and some of the English subs feel weirdly off

One thing I don't get tired of is characters debating their age in fantasy cnovels. Usually it's characters arguing over who's older ("my body is literally 1000 years old!" vs "okay but you're mentally 30") but I also like the variation when the younger character regains their memory so they have

I'm reflecting a little on the Arab drama I watched recently and responses and the Western response I've seen for it because I think that was a good example of like, people not getting the dynamics because of cultural differences and often stubbornly refusing to get it because they don't like the

while were on the topic however, beautiful baihe already exists for you to read. Cant believe its already been a year out with douqis tl of this beloved baihe 🥹

Chapter 34 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (Shen Ni: I construct intricate mathematical models which allow me to touch the skin of other women, i.e. my wife) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/02/11/t...

I just made a Dreamwidth account! ruby6661.dreamwidth.org I'm hoping I'll use it consistently because I like its format a lot in theory

I don't have a Dreamwidth but honestly I'd love for more fandom activity on sites that allow long-form writing... I think it makes in-depth discussion easier and doesn't pressure people to condense their thoughts in ways that can lend to confusion and misunderstandings

Thinking of desensitizing myself to horror games by letting myself lose and die every time I get anxious as a form of exposure therapy

Reviews: The Rose in the Abyss (深渊的玫瑰) by Wu Liao Dao Di (无聊到底) and Salieri and Mozart (萨列里与莫扎特) by Z Lu (Z鹿), both very enjoyable reads 🔗 review here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/79349.html

It gets frustrating when you're trying to discuss a book or a movie, and you can tell what it's trying to do but you think it failed at it, and the other person is talking like you just didn't get it. No, I got it, I just didn't think it actually managed to do that and I'm not gonna give it credit

There's a billion of these right now, but my siblings coworker was detained by ICE (despite ICE being bullshit organization anyways AND the fact that he was here legally). Sharing and donating help support his family directly, who are left without their primary income-making family member

I'm also trying to guess which baihe they're hinting at. The Dragon seems likely, but I remember LCC mentioned something about an English license for Reading the Remnants? These are probably the top options

Re: 7seas licenses, The Sword Named No Way Out is the first Huai Shang novel they licensed which feels noteworthy because she's such a big author and her most popular works have already been snatched up by Rosmei. I'm interested in how the reception to this book will be because I feel like her

Maybe I should finally read Sayers this year. I'm interested in her work but I haven't tried it before because a lot of the praise I see is for her development of her detectives, and I'm not particularly interested in m/f detective romance. But maybe it'll be more fun than I'm expecting

Every time I talk to my family I become increasingly convinced the only reason they haven't turned into a stray cat shelter is because of my dad

When I'm looking for reviews of a book I wish I could easily filter out reviews which boil down to "I don't like the premise"

I need to leave the house but my dog has decided to rest on me and I don't want to upset her :(

On the Florida concentration camp: "Other treatment those detained have endured amounts to torture, including being put in the “box”,described as a 2×2 foot cage-like structure people are put in as punishment – sometimes for hours at a time exposed to the elements with hardly any water..."

may the year of the fire horse bring you resilience, forward momentum and the strength in community to enact change 🎇❤️‍🔥 (a few weeks early🤫) #马年 #万马奔腾 #guolduart

Anyway, on a more positive note, I've been reading Affinity for my English novel and it's really enjoyable so far! My first Sarah Waters

For the remainder of the year, I will be sending 100% of received personal commission funds to PIRC (Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition). This is not a decision made lightly, as I live paycheck to paycheck from my dayjob, but a min. sacrifice on my part nonetheless. u can read about them here:

A little ranting about AI "translations" since I lurk the baihe subreddit 1) AI has a myriad of ethical problems and hazards that I think make AI translations unethical by themselves, even if they were good translations (which they also aren't). But disregarding this for the sake of argument...

Also featuring: Shen Ni touches Bian Jin's hand, Bian Jin tries her best not to have an orgasm on the spot

Chapter 33 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which Li Si gets to shoot a really really big gun) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/01/21/t...

It's frustrating to try and look for feminist analysis of media and then see it fail at the most basic aspects. Like, "I'm glad this butch woman isn't a lesbian because it would be stereotyping and that's bad :)"

I've been wanting to read more in my native language and well I haven't started on that goal yet but I have started watching a show in my native language and I'm having so much fun

The covers for Song of the Peach Blossom and Spring Remains the Same are so pretty... I love the publisher's designs

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

Really liking the cover designs for the upcoming print edition of historical baihe novel Song of the Peach Blossom (桃花曲) by Ruo Hua Ci Shu (若花辞树)

What is the Jin Yong novel with the most lesbian potential, I wonder

Trying to pick some wuxia baihe I should read next year.

Some people always go on about how vampires should be scary and not-sexy and bemoan romance novels for turning them sexy, as if Carmilla isn't one of the og vampires and the sexiest one of them all

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...

What is up with the trend of new pages popping up on NovelUpdates for novels that already have pages? I've never seen this before recently. (One of these new pages is obviously MTLed too... The Witch's Garment for 魔女霓裳.)

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

Artists on Weibo have some interesting censorship methods. (I just saw an art where one character's boobs were partially blocked by a chibi of the other character.)

I find it funny that as opposed to the usual Hallmark plot, the first lesbian Hallmark movie is about two workaholic city women whose parents set them up with each other. My theory is that this means all women in Hallmark world are workaholic city people.

Li Shane's crush on Shen Ni is so cute.

I want to get into audio dramas, but I only want to listen to ones for books I've already read and that's... difficult.

On the one hand I want Ning Yuan to start serializing 风月之笼 because I'm excited for it, but on the other I do have a lot of novels by her I want to read so maybe I can be more patient

Sometimes looking at the comment section on novels makes me want to play a game of "Radfems or Conservatives" because istg, some commenters sound just like my relatives.

Gonna start 孽徒［穿书］by 无聊到底 for my next baihe. Premise: Li Yu transmigrates into a book and becomes the shizun of the protagonist, who of course, gets killed by said protagonist.

anyone up? i have 75% Poison 100% Machine-Free Han Fu (韩复) for you #焚情 #guolduart #baihe

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...