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I dropped LBC before the end back when, because I really didn't want to see that plotline play out. Yikes.

Thank you for putting all this so eloquently into words! Brava!

Mud is acting as if the event was an affront to *him*, rather than an assault on his little brother. His behaviour seems to fit someone who only cares about his own pride, nurturing his own beef with Knight as if Knight had, say, stolen his car and totalled it. Not as if Knight had (allegedly—I'm 80% sure it's not in fact what actually happened) severely violated and harmed someone who was very close to him and supposedly under his care. He doesn't really care about Mild's well-being at all, just about being right and marking his territory. There's no care, no empathy there. I don't understand what the writers were thinking when they wrote these characters and these events. It's not just bad writing, it's lazy. And lazy direction, too.

Agreed on all points. I've been enjoying the series as some very undemanding, light hearted entertainment up until now, but this? This is stupid, bad, lazy writing. I don't mean that there can never be dark themes in a BL, but it needs to be written with some intelligence and empathy, and the reactions and the fallout need to be realistic. Nobody's behaviour or responses seem appropriate, or even like they fit with what happens (or with what everyone *thinks* has happened). It just doesn't make sense.

Exactly. This feels 100% like a red herring. Maybe that's my wishful thinking, but the way it's set up looks very obviously like they're trying to make us believe one thing, only to later reveal that the truth is something else entirely.

I don't believe it. I know Li Longshi doesn't have the best track record with his BL roles but this really seems like it's a very different type of story, and it seemed too much as if they *wanted* us to believe that's what happened.
Still, it does leave a bad aftertaste. It feels like bad and lazy writing. Everyone's behaviour is off and doesn't fit. If that's what everyone thought happened, why are they all still able to be in the same room as Knight? If the friend group (aside from Mud) do NOT believe it, why haven't they made an effort to find out the truth before now? Mud also acts as if he's more mad that someone stepped on his turf than that he's protective of Mild. As if his beef with Knight is more important than the wellbeing of his own brother.

That's what they want us to believe, but I'm pretty sure it's going to turn out it's not at all what everyone thinks. Well. I sincerely hope I'm not wrong about that.

That's just a ratings thing, it's on every BL series. Trigger warnings are something else.

I think that should probably be "Little did HE know, ..." but i can't edit my comment for some reason

Google-translated from the Youku app:
"Green Fox Song (Simplified Chinese Version)

Thousands of years ago, Yao Ling'er, a young cultivator, failed her tribulation and fell into an extremely cold land. With her life hanging by a thread, a massive fox warmed her with its own body, saving her and helping her overcome the tribulation. Years later, the Qingqiu fox demon, possessing uncontrollable destructive powers, became a demon king. Surrounded by the immortals, he suffered severe injuries. Fortunately, Yao Ling'er, now a supreme immortal and earning the title "Taotie," had become the immortal sect's foremost culinary master. Recognizing the Qingqiu fox demon hiding within the sect as the giant fox who had saved her, and realizing her cooking could neutralize the demon's destructive power, she took him in and treated him. Little did he know, Yao Ling'er was now critically ill. Having failed her tribulation, she desperately needed to prepare a Floating World Brew to save her life. However, the brew remained elusive, and she lacked the Qingqiu fox demon's innate fox fire."

The PRC values "social harmony" above all else, which is why they have censorship to begin with. There are other things that might make lots of money but are also not allowed for fear that they might cause disharmony or disrupt the (preferred) social order.

Regardless, this is just a rumour so far, and wasn't even mentioned in the first leak about the possible new NRTA guidelines.

It says "Not Found" 🤔

The reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/comments/1mtax6r/megathread_online_rumours_about_chinas_nrta/

I found a reddit post referencing a weibo post, stressing that so far there seems to be no official announcement from NRTA, just this leak/rumour, and the original leak/rumour does NOT mention anything about danmei or danmei actors. I'll put the link in a reply to my comment in case mdl doesn't like hyperlinks and deletes the comment.

RL was also listed as Singaporean on Gaga

Just a correction: it's not *China* that's producing uncensored BL, it's individuals from China who are doing it, and they still can't air them within China. They've just figured out a workaround to sell them directly to non-Chinese platforms. China still has a ban on both censored (dangai) and uncensored BL (danmei).

Which subs are these, because there are multiple versions

Let's hope it is! 🤞🤞🤞

It does mention 耽美 dānměi, which is Chinese for BL. (Censored, bromancified BL like TU and WoH are called "dangai", which was not mentioned.) Let's just hope that this is an unfounded rumour.

As for the platforms, China has no power over platforms that aren't Chinese, like Gaga (Taiwan) and Viki (USA), so I assume it's just the international versions of WeTV, iQiyi and Youku they're referring to. But I guess it's not impossible that they could put a ban on Chinese productions selling their uncensored works to foreign platforms. And both WeTV and iQiyi have coproduced BL dramas from other countries, so I'm wondering what this would mean for them, if it's true and not a hoax.

Hey, please put spoilers from the novel under spoiler tags!

Something something social harmony above all else something something... Unfortunately I think the unhinged behaviours of Chinese danmei fans and netizens when it comes to BL is not helping 😢