Purely by Accident: Main Story Translation Complete

[douqi]

I finally finished translating the main story of baihe historical romance Purely by Accident! There are still a couple of post-ending extras to come, but the main story itself is done. You can read it here, and the summary is as follows:

Through an unlikely series of events, bandit chief Wei Zisong — who was raised as a boy for Reasons — finds herself engaged to Chu Feichen, the emperor’s eldest daughter. Through an even more unlikely series of events, they fall in love.

I posted a little more about my plans for and about the translation here on the baihe comm.

Comments

[shipperslist]

Congrats!

[douqi]

Thank you!

[lunarriviera]

oh my freaking g-d it's a WHOLE DAMN BAIHE I JUST GASPED ALOUD, I'M GONNA READ THE SHIT OUT OF THIS

THANK YOU

[douqi]

Haha, I know it's not your longed-for Miss Forensics, but hopefully it will still be a fun read.

[alias_sqbr]

Ooh sounds intriguing! How much space is there for a trans-ish reading of Chu Feichen? Obviously that's not the intended canon, it's just something I enjoy projecting onto stories where I can.

[douqi]

So there's quite a bit of gender play in the novel (which is one of the reasons I like it). Wei Zisong, the one raised as a boy for Reasons, is absolutely comfortable being a lad around her lad friends (a couple of whom fall in love with her believing she's a boy), but also very comfortable reminding the reader that she is also a delicate maiden.

There are a couple of fun scenes where Chu Feichen (the usually femme one) dresses up as a boy, including once to 'rescue' Wei Zisong from a boy who is smitten with her thinking that she's a boy. Wei Zisong's reaction to this turn of events is, basically: wow, my girlfriend sure is hot when she's being a guy.

In one of the post-ending extras, Highlight for spoilers! *where they retire from palace life to go live in a bandit stronghold in the mountains,* it's implied that they Highlight for spoilers! *take turns switching between the more masc role of 'bandit chief' and the more femme role of 'bandit chief's wife'.*

[alias_sqbr]

That sounds delightful, thank you!