As fascinated as I am by the pouty boys I do not think this is a good idea. I mean just as a reminder, I this very day watched 3 eps of Pretty Noona. I am prone to addiction and obsession. Can you imagine me under the influence of these pouty pretty people? It wouldn’t be good. Or healthy. Possibly terrifying.
@isthatacorner, I don’t blame you feeling this way since I am the prime example of the cautionary tale, but the journey down the rabbit hole is sooooooooo ecstatically beautiful……the pout is only a glimpse of the sublimity of The Untamed…..
*twitches in that proverbial corner
@stpauligurl, how could I forget the music and also the fan fic (thanks for mentioning that @persianrose) as two other dimensions of the Demonic Cultivation!! 😂
I have been listening to TU ost daily for the last 6 months. It is undoubtedly the ost of my life for 2019!!
This post covers most, if not, everything I poured over and felt in the last six months and counting! Thank you, Kimbap! ❤ As you’ve said before, The Untamed has been one nutritious bean that’s kept us nourished for a while now. Looking forward to where it takes us! 😁
One of the best TU/MDZS posts! 👏👏👏 Can’t believe The Untamed gave us so much joy and a big drama slump to BL novels and me watching Our Song raw for XZ. Thanks for being a part of this fangirling journey with me.
@jenmole, I don’t quite know where we are going in this journey but I sure am glad that I have you along the way! 😂
Remember in the beginning we were trying to ween off the obsession and it took less than a week to realize that it was not possible….and the rest is TU fangirl history 😅
🤣🤣🤣 Since I have been shamelessly and devotedly posting TU content on the FW (in addition to running an imaginary presidential campaign for WWX) for the last 6 months, I guess it is not surprising that veteran Beanies like you @ally-le would expect that the symptom would exhibit itself once more when I start doing a decade review. 😅😅😅
As if I didn’t already spend a few hours today YouTub-ing XZ/WYB videos…
And – reading the novel, well, I get thru part of a chapter and think oh, yeah, I loved this part in the Untamed, then go watch that part.
Other BL novels. I tried Addicted but the story isn’t nearly as good as Mo Dao. Just discovered S.C.I. both the novel and the drama which aired last year and trying to find where to watch, where to read.
@linda-palapala, I love how you are reading the novel and the watching the drama congruently! 😆For me the novel does differ enough from the drama that it felt right to focus on the story as it is its own entity! The novel definitely makes me love WWX more, and feels LZ’s pining even more deeply.
it looks like you can find S.C.I the novel on novelupdates although it looks like so far only 28 out of 130 chapters have been translated so far.
Here is the link: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/s-c-i-mystery-series/
S.C.I the drama is definitely on my watchlist!
I was considering reading “Addicted” but the length scared me off a bit…..maybe a little later when I am ready to commit!
I’m still deep down the untamed rabbit hole… after watching the drama zillion times, reading the novel and rereading some chapters 100 times, watching every single BTS over and over, my new obsession is reading TU fan fics… I cannot believe myself but some of them are so damn good 😉😉😉
Oh I never knew fan fics were this fun until I read TU fan fics!
I rely on others to give recommendations, do you have any? We do talk about TU on c drama thread at Discord, join us if you want to talk about c dramas.
I never felt I need fan fics before watching TU… usually I feel satisfied after a drama finishes… this is the 1st time I feel thirsty for more (the more I see the more I want) 😉😉😉 my most favorite ones are the one that are Lan Zhan’s POV, or for modern one Yibo as an extremely cold boy aka ice prince Yibo 😅😅😅
What a great journey The Untamed has put us on. Any other novel recommendations? I just finished Heaven Official’s Blessing. *crosses fingers for an drama adaptation*
@stpauligurl the HOB link above only goes up to chapter 24. Another group took over and translated the rest. They used to have a Google Drive but they recently removed it and is now on their Discord.
They recently changed their setting to private coz of trolls but will open it back up later. The link above is a good start. I hope you’ll enjoy HOB as much as the rest of us did.
@stpauligurl, sorry I was so excited to share HOB, I forgot the Discord is for the MDZs audio drama, manhua and more. Just not HOB translated novel. The below tweet will bring you to the Google Drive that stores the novel. It’s a read only file. They’ve been burned too many times with people stealing and uploading their translatedbuts.
@infinitize, since I am a native Mandarin speaker, I have been lucky to freely explore all the BL literature available to me online so about the dozen novels I’ve read so far have not been translated (and all BL novels to my knowledge are published first online before reaching enough popularity put them into print!)
I would recommend Priest’s “Guardian” (the story is quite different from the drama version) and the translation is almost complete. If you like MXTX, you might also like the grand world building here. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/guardian/
(Priest, like MXTX, is a lauded BL genre writer.)
Thanks for the novel recommendations; can’t wait to read them! Geez, what a rabbit hole The Untamed really is. Ha! Wish I was able to read more of what’s available, but I’m super thankful to the fans who have worked to translate so many already!
Sigh….such is life of a drama fan, @infinitize. One never knows how a production will turn out until it airs, and when it goes well I get scared that the ending might unravel on its own like so many before. With a BL production there is the added layer of how the censorship might mess with the story.
*waits with baited breath
So many dramas love to go for that crash landing. And yet, I do always have some hope. Haha
The Untamed really was special in that, despite the censorship, the OTP was portrayed so beautifully by the actors and you could palpably feel their bond. Here’s hoping HOB will follow in its footsteps.
You know that pouting gif – what i’d give to see Lan Zhan(not Yibo) pout! We need spin offs, season 2 whatever because this OTP is too too precious for just one drama!
By the way, your last statement – what is a “honest fangirl”? For example, can I apply it to myself where my bae is concerned?
Yes, I believe you can, @outofthisworld. Both you and I didn’t really think we had the capacity to fangirl this hard in the past, so YB to you and XZ for me helped us discover something within ourselves and that’s the honest truth!!
And yes, we need spinoffs or season 2, but none of that Wen Ning/Lan puppies business but our OTP!! (See, honest fangirl’s reply here!)
bdw, I am so happy that you made this post. been wondering since there were no posts from you ladies, and I had this thought you all have moved on from TU except me. and I was like how did they do it?
😆 I had been quiet for the last 3 weeks while traveling abroad but it didn’t mean that I wasn’t suffering in silence @marites59! And by “suffering” of course I mean blissfully immersed in the MDZS world!
Of course it is so much better to be back among the infirm of similar ailment for commiseration! 🤣
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๐ kimbap noona
January 6, 2020 at 6:10 PM
Kimbapnoona’s “End of the Decade” List Part 11
The Drama That Provoked the Deepest Obsession: The Untamed
The Untamed is a giant vortex that sucked me further and further down to new dimensions.
From the drama,
To the novel and the author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s other works,
To the audio drama, to the donghua,
To the TU bts videos,
To the cast’s interviews,
To the BJYX/XZ/WYB fandom,
To the Land of Chinese BL novels which I have had so much fun discovering this genre of literature I knew nothing about.
And last but not least, thank you The Untamed for introducing us to Xiao Zhan who made an honest fangirl out of me!
๐ kimbap noona
January 6, 2020 at 6:12 PM
@outofthisworld @linda-palapala @trinpie, @shach, @jenmole, @zetteceniza, @giegie0384 @1tea1 @alasecond @bcampbell1662 @egads, @drawde2000, @marites59, @nightmoon, @blueskye @lillamy @stpauligurl , @strawberry, @gadis @gmelenco @artgirl @maybemaknae @bluekitchen @carmen @mrobles @noobita @growingbeautifully @zgs1994 @infinitize @bunny @shinayame @larelle79 @mayhemf @persianrose @pinklolipop @dramalava
stpauligurl
January 6, 2020 at 6:27 PM
Thank you @kimbapnoona for these wonderful gifs! I listened to the UT OST on my new commute to work this morning. sighhhhh
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
January 6, 2020 at 7:10 PM
Wait who are those pretty people and why are they pouting so…suggestively…at each other?
Ally
January 6, 2020 at 7:27 PM
Seriously, Isa, you need to watch this.
Infinitize
January 6, 2020 at 9:17 PM
isa, I hope you’re ready.
isa: I'm not a serial killer I'm just really passionate about things
January 6, 2020 at 11:15 PM
As fascinated as I am by the pouty boys I do not think this is a good idea. I mean just as a reminder, I this very day watched 3 eps of Pretty Noona. I am prone to addiction and obsession. Can you imagine me under the influence of these pouty pretty people? It wouldn’t be good. Or healthy. Possibly terrifying.
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:21 AM
@isthatacorner, I don’t blame you feeling this way since I am the prime example of the cautionary tale, but the journey down the rabbit hole is sooooooooo ecstatically beautiful……the pout is only a glimpse of the sublimity of The Untamed…..
*twitches in that proverbial corner
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:24 AM
@stpauligurl, how could I forget the music and also the fan fic (thanks for mentioning that @persianrose) as two other dimensions of the Demonic Cultivation!! 😂
I have been listening to TU ost daily for the last 6 months. It is undoubtedly the ost of my life for 2019!!
zette
January 10, 2020 at 4:14 PM
This post covers most, if not, everything I poured over and felt in the last six months and counting! Thank you, Kimbap! ❤ As you’ve said before, The Untamed has been one nutritious bean that’s kept us nourished for a while now. Looking forward to where it takes us! 😁
Jenmole๐
January 6, 2020 at 7:27 PM
One of the best TU/MDZS posts! 👏👏👏 Can’t believe The Untamed gave us so much joy and a big drama slump to BL novels and me watching Our Song raw for XZ. Thanks for being a part of this fangirling journey with me.
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:28 AM
@jenmole, I don’t quite know where we are going in this journey but I sure am glad that I have you along the way! 😂
Remember in the beginning we were trying to ween off the obsession and it took less than a week to realize that it was not possible….and the rest is TU fangirl history 😅
zette
January 10, 2020 at 4:10 PM
Glad to be on this journey with you, @jenmole and @giegie0384! 😁❤
Ally
January 6, 2020 at 7:29 PM
I was wondering when you would get to this one.
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:31 AM
🤣🤣🤣 Since I have been shamelessly and devotedly posting TU content on the FW (in addition to running an imaginary presidential campaign for WWX) for the last 6 months, I guess it is not surprising that veteran Beanies like you @ally-le would expect that the symptom would exhibit itself once more when I start doing a decade review. 😅😅😅
Linda Palapala
January 6, 2020 at 7:40 PM
As if I didn’t already spend a few hours today YouTub-ing XZ/WYB videos…
And – reading the novel, well, I get thru part of a chapter and think oh, yeah, I loved this part in the Untamed, then go watch that part.
Other BL novels. I tried Addicted but the story isn’t nearly as good as Mo Dao. Just discovered S.C.I. both the novel and the drama which aired last year and trying to find where to watch, where to read.
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:17 AM
@linda-palapala, I love how you are reading the novel and the watching the drama congruently! 😆For me the novel does differ enough from the drama that it felt right to focus on the story as it is its own entity! The novel definitely makes me love WWX more, and feels LZ’s pining even more deeply.
it looks like you can find S.C.I the novel on novelupdates although it looks like so far only 28 out of 130 chapters have been translated so far.
Here is the link: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/s-c-i-mystery-series/
S.C.I the drama is definitely on my watchlist!
I was considering reading “Addicted” but the length scared me off a bit…..maybe a little later when I am ready to commit!
persianroseโค๏ธๆๅฅ
January 6, 2020 at 8:40 PM
I’m still deep down the untamed rabbit hole… after watching the drama zillion times, reading the novel and rereading some chapters 100 times, watching every single BTS over and over, my new obsession is reading TU fan fics… I cannot believe myself but some of them are so damn good 😉😉😉
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
January 6, 2020 at 10:59 PM
Oh I never knew fan fics were this fun until I read TU fan fics!
I rely on others to give recommendations, do you have any? We do talk about TU on c drama thread at Discord, join us if you want to talk about c dramas.
persianroseโค๏ธๆๅฅ
January 7, 2020 at 1:23 PM
I never felt I need fan fics before watching TU… usually I feel satisfied after a drama finishes… this is the 1st time I feel thirsty for more (the more I see the more I want) 😉😉😉 my most favorite ones are the one that are Lan Zhan’s POV, or for modern one Yibo as an extremely cold boy aka ice prince Yibo 😅😅😅
persianroseโค๏ธๆๅฅ
January 7, 2020 at 3:09 PM
@outofthisworld I would like to join, is there a link??
Infinitize
January 6, 2020 at 9:20 PM
What a great journey The Untamed has put us on. Any other novel recommendations? I just finished Heaven Official’s Blessing. *crosses fingers for an drama adaptation*
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
January 6, 2020 at 11:00 PM
Isn’t HOB awesome?
stpauligurl
January 7, 2020 at 2:12 AM
Is that novel translated into English somewhere?
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 6:50 AM
Yes @stpauligurl! Here is the link to the English translation of Heaven Official Blessing:
https://www.sakhyulations.com/novel/heaven-officials-blessing/
Can you imagine that that the HOB world building could be in many ways even more awesome than MDZS? I hope you enjoy it!
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
January 7, 2020 at 7:29 AM
Warning: Rabbit hole ahead!
I couldn’t believe I binge read the novel.
Jenmole๐
January 7, 2020 at 7:54 PM
What! You finished! Yay!
Jenmole๐
January 7, 2020 at 7:45 PM
@stpauligurl the HOB link above only goes up to chapter 24. Another group took over and translated the rest. They used to have a Google Drive but they recently removed it and is now on their Discord.
Here’s the invite and instructions for their Discord: https://suibiansubs.tumblr.com/post/188950640596/suibian-subs-scans-discord-invite
They recently changed their setting to private coz of trolls but will open it back up later. The link above is a good start. I hope you’ll enjoy HOB as much as the rest of us did.
Jenmole๐
January 7, 2020 at 10:33 PM
@stpauligurl, sorry I was so excited to share HOB, I forgot the Discord is for the MDZs audio drama, manhua and more. Just not HOB translated novel. The below tweet will bring you to the Google Drive that stores the novel. It’s a read only file. They’ve been burned too many times with people stealing and uploading their translatedbuts.
https://twitter.com/yummysuika/status/1061120137523314688?s=21
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 6:55 AM
@infinitize, drama adaptation is in the works although no concrete announcement for production or casting yet.
The manhua looks exquisite but the wait for new chapter has been painful. 😭 Here is the link if you’d like to check it out!
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/aa920909/chapter_1
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:09 AM
@infinitize, since I am a native Mandarin speaker, I have been lucky to freely explore all the BL literature available to me online so about the dozen novels I’ve read so far have not been translated (and all BL novels to my knowledge are published first online before reaching enough popularity put them into print!)
I would recommend Priest’s “Guardian” (the story is quite different from the drama version) and the translation is almost complete. If you like MXTX, you might also like the grand world building here.
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/guardian/
(Priest, like MXTX, is a lauded BL genre writer.)
I recently finished “The Daily Life of Being the Campus Idolโs Fake Boyfriend” is a really fun fluffy read!
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-daily-life-of-being-the-campus-idols-fake-boyfriend/
Infinitize
January 7, 2020 at 9:30 PM
Thanks for the novel recommendations; can’t wait to read them! Geez, what a rabbit hole The Untamed really is. Ha! Wish I was able to read more of what’s available, but I’m super thankful to the fans who have worked to translate so many already!
Infinitize
January 7, 2020 at 9:24 PM
Is it too early to get excited??
I’ll for sure be checking the manhua out! But I definitely know the pain already what with the wait for the one for TU! *sigh* Worth it though!
๐ kimbap noona
January 8, 2020 at 5:01 AM
Sigh….such is life of a drama fan, @infinitize. One never knows how a production will turn out until it airs, and when it goes well I get scared that the ending might unravel on its own like so many before. With a BL production there is the added layer of how the censorship might mess with the story.
*waits with baited breath
Infinitize
January 8, 2020 at 9:00 PM
So many dramas love to go for that crash landing. And yet, I do always have some hope. Haha
The Untamed really was special in that, despite the censorship, the OTP was portrayed so beautifully by the actors and you could palpably feel their bond. Here’s hoping HOB will follow in its footsteps.
neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
January 6, 2020 at 10:03 PM
The times I’ve watched the bts vids after finishing the drama T_T
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
January 6, 2020 at 10:59 PM
That’s what EVERY true Untamed fan does!
neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
January 6, 2020 at 11:09 PM
Why is it so hard to move on???
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 6:56 AM
😭😭😭😭😭 If you do, please let me know how, @neener!!!
BTW so glad to hear that you gave TU a try!!
neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
January 7, 2020 at 8:30 AM
I donโt think Iโll ever find an answer Noona 😭😭
Took a long time but so happy I did!
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
January 6, 2020 at 11:05 PM
I was waiting for this!
You know that pouting gif – what i’d give to see Lan Zhan(not Yibo) pout! We need spin offs, season 2 whatever because this OTP is too too precious for just one drama!
By the way, your last statement – what is a “honest fangirl”? For example, can I apply it to myself where my bae is concerned?
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 6:59 AM
Yes, I believe you can, @outofthisworld. Both you and I didn’t really think we had the capacity to fangirl this hard in the past, so YB to you and XZ for me helped us discover something within ourselves and that’s the honest truth!!
And yes, we need spinoffs or season 2, but none of that Wen Ning/Lan puppies business but our OTP!! (See, honest fangirl’s reply here!)
strawberry
January 7, 2020 at 5:32 AM
I ended this decade of drama-watching with the Untamed – and what a way to go out! :3
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 7:00 AM
Hear hear @strawberry, as if we have fallen off a cliff in the Nightless City and never seen the light of the day ever since!!! 😭😭😭
marites59
January 7, 2020 at 10:54 AM
I’m still in and loving it
marites59
January 7, 2020 at 11:04 AM
bdw, I am so happy that you made this post. been wondering since there were no posts from you ladies, and I had this thought you all have moved on from TU except me. and I was like how did they do it?
๐ kimbap noona
January 7, 2020 at 11:45 AM
😆 I had been quiet for the last 3 weeks while traveling abroad but it didn’t mean that I wasn’t suffering in silence @marites59! And by “suffering” of course I mean blissfully immersed in the MDZS world!
Of course it is so much better to be back among the infirm of similar ailment for commiseration! 🤣