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Time for discussion Friday~

Discussion Topic

In the past weeks here and elsewhere, I had some fun talking about tragedies (spoilers: I love them).

So, I want to hear from you all! What do you think of tragedies in your novels? What makes it work for you and when does it fall flat (e.g., when you feel absolutely nothing). Do you check if the main CP in a baihe/danmei have a happy end before reading? Will you read a novel if the main characters/main CP die at the end of the story?

Updates

  1. I am probably going to run dry on discussion topics if I do this every week, so I'm reducing the frequency to once every two weeks. Please feel free to post up any discussion topics any time though! If you want to submit topics but don't want to make a post for it, you can suggest them here.

  2. For the weeks we do not have a Discussion Friday post, we will have a general chat and Q&A post. Let's call them Friday Chats (I am not very creative with names, haha). Chinese learners, feel free to use the Friday Chat posts to practice Chinese if you wish!

  3. Related to point (2), there are two communities that may be helpful to Chinese learners:
    • [community profile] guardian_learning: Despite it being called guardian_learning, this is not limited to Guardian the novel/drama~ It's a comm that updates with a grammar point and word a day, with sample sentences from Guardian.
    • [community profile] chinesestudy: This is a comm for Chinese writing practice

    You can check them out!

Date: 2024-07-05 05:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aurumcalendula
It depends on what I'm in the mood for (tbh I tend to go for happy endings over tragedies), but I definitely want to know what I'm getting into, if possible.

Date: 2024-07-05 06:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aurumcalendula
Mostly if the main couple survives the story (or if they don't, if they're at least reunited and happy together by the end).

re: QJJ, Highlight for spoilers! *I believe both Shen Zechuan/Xiao Chiye and Hua Xiangyi/Qi Zhuyin get happy endings and there's a side m/m couple that gets a tragic ending.*

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