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,

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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!

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    @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

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      Thank you @kimbapnoona for these wonderful gifs! I listened to the UT OST on my new commute to work this morning. sighhhhh

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      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! 😁

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    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.

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      @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 😅

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    I was wondering when you would get to this one.

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      🤣🤣🤣 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. 😅😅😅

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    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.

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      @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!

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    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 😉😉😉

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      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.

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        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 😅😅😅

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        @outofthisworld I would like to join, is there a link??

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    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*

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    The times I’ve watched the bts vids after finishing the drama T_T

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    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?

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      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!)

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    I ended this decade of drama-watching with the Untamed – and what a way to go out! :3

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    I’m still in and loving it

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    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?

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      😆 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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