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The fairy with her garden gnome

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I love this art by Touco Shino (The Apothecary Diaries LN artist) with Maomao playing Go.

It reminds me of THEM

I'm too weak for this whole plot.

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*suspiro*

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They had so many good moments in the latest episode, but my absolute favorite was them just holding hands and talking casually. Soft, intimate, and just quiet trust.

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Miss you Shusui 🦋 #theapothecarydiaries #redraw

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jinmao <3

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Oh hey, look at Maomao, physically assaulting Imperial Brother without a care in the world

But sure, yeah, continue to tell yourself she is afraid of him because of his status

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these two have been taking up 98% of my brain space lately

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On the surface, I don’t think the viewer expects Jinshi to—without any pushback, follow-up questions, or even much of a reaction—promptly drop the subject when he finds out why Maomao gave away his hair stick.

Of course his initial reaction is shocked (or not so shocked) anger that she would pawn off his gift, but the very second she admits she’d given it to Loulan—to Shisui—he backs down immediately. He doesn’t linger on the topic, and in fact redirects the conversation before she can feel pressed to say more.

If anything, I think he switches tactics almost too quickly to be casual. Because I think he inferred, by this admission alone, how much Loulan actually meant to Maomao.

He’d only ever asked her how she felt about Loulan once before, and she’d answered honestly, albeit through the haze of shock.

This answer, by itself, may not give Jinshi much to go on, but emotional intelligence is one of his greatest strengths. After Maomao admits she gave Loulan his hair stick—the token of his affection that he outright asked her to wear for others to see—I think Jinshi accurately read between the lines.

We know how much he cares for her, but I think this is the first time he’s ever seen her mourn someone. And instead of forcing her to elaborate, to possibly expose her grief before she’s ready, he changes the subject to spare her the pain that the topic clearly evokes in her.

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reunion

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Wife infighting

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Vixens

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Asexual people who feel pressured into having sex when they don’t want to and queer people that are afraid or ashamed of having sex even though they want to are actually being repressed by the same societal forces but nobody seems to want to talk about that

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I planned on putting more backgrounds but I got lazy and I wanted to move on to other things I want to draw (they're piling up). I'm not even sure why I used screentone, it just made the process more painful and slower.

Sorry if there's any mistakes. They probably won't be fixed.

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Yes I'm so obsessed with Kusushiki that I made this as a tribute. Also because I just need to draw more Loulan before the season ends...... I couldn't meet that deadline though ;u;

This took 3 months to make, but I'm happy with the result. The lineart below because I like it

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KYAAAAAAA!!

Yes to all of those questions maomao. Like she didn’t tell him to wear the skirt in the first place. i mean just look at him, He’s so moe!! (^_^)

The wips

i might make more of this type of shit if you guys like it lol

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Silly Jinshi and Maomao doodle