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UPDATE: The XIYAO Gotcha-4-Gaza carrd is now LIVE!

You can refer to this carrd for information about our Xiyao G4G event, including our

✨ List of Donation Drives! ✨👀‼️

Please share widely, and stay tuned for more updates! (Contributor sign-up sheet will be posted soon!) 🙏🏽💕 We are also on Twitter @ XIYAOaction!

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Hello Xiyao fandom!

We are the Xiyao gotcha 4 Gaza!

We believe it was necessary that we assist Gaza in their time of dire need. Resultantly, the Xiyao Gotcha 4 Gaza was created to raise money whilst enjoying the relationship between Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen.

We will continue to inform you on the progress of our Gotcha. Dates for Artist and Writer Signups will soon be released!

We would greatly appreciate any efforts to share this Xiyao Gotcha 4 Gaza with other Xiyao Fans.

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🦂🦂🦂

Wow, look at me finishing this fic that I started more than a year ago!

For those who still remember, this was working titled as the "Xie'er has tentacles" fic.

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Link:

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Yes, Xie Lian, his furret and his terrible bad luck

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Tang Fan: *Getting frustrated bc his plans to tease his boyfriend didn't work because his boyfriend is being a good boyfriend*

Sui Zhou: O.O

Requested by @deathbyoctopi as part of @cdrama-action

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(fandom update and appreciation)

Hello, I'm back!

These past months daily life has taken over and lead me into a fandom hiatus. After the end of twitter as we knew it I kinda lost connection and tbh it has been refreshing. While I've always kept to my own corner and away from big drama, just being in fandom on social media these days has pulled me down and I probably burned myself out over it (again).

During my break I rediscovered that I can actually enjoy things casually (I'm still playing Pokémon and started watching Winter Begonia), and that I can both consume and create things just for myself to enjoy without the constant internal pressure of seeking engagement dopamine. 

But now I'm at a point where I'm starting to miss all the good fandom stuff (meaning YOU guys out there!). I miss seeing your Xie'er hcs, your Sleuth memes and the JGY protection squad, and I'm glad that fandom always perseveres and I can simply come back after a break and y'all are still doing what you're doing. ❤️

So, what's new? Well, after intentionally ignoring it for the past years, I'm getting sucked into TGCF right now. I watched the 2nd donghua season as it aired and wanted to know more, so I finally continued reading it. I'm also doing that very slowly and am currently in the middle of the 3rd book. 

I've been reading some fic, watching videos and I know myself enough by now to see the pattern of falling into a new thing. It's both enticing and scary to once more get into something with a big following. I really love the experience of being in small, committed fandoms, but there's also something really cool about the sense that there's an infinite amount of fan content out there waiting for you. Also, the specific danger of being tempted by MERCH I can buy in an actual STORE where I live!?! Haven't had that in over 20 years. (Yes, MDZS has merch here, too, but none that I care about 😅).

For now I'm still trying to be casual about it and avoid spoilers (I know the vague plot lines, that shit will only keep going downhill, and who's behind BWX - I guess that's hard not to learn by fandom osmosis- but I'm looking the other way whenever any details come up.) 

Maybe I'll start posting some reactions as I keep going through the novels, but I don't want to feel like I'm reading it for content. Probably I'll feel the urge to write fic in the future, and my prediction is that I'll find myself in the Junlian corner (Unhealthy, one-sided obsession with a power imbalance? When have I ever resisted that!).

I've also been doing some casual doodling, which has been fun. Here's a tiny little XL for anyone who read through all of this:

Oh, and on the note of doing things very slowly - Yes, I still have plans to finish the Jia Kui/Wang Zhi/Ding Rong fic I started writing... ehm, a year ago? 🙃 I'm just beginning to feel motivated again, and it's almost done, so there's hope. 我还在!

All of that to say - old and future fandom friends, I appreciate you! Do come talk to me, here or on discord, about TGCF or Winter Begonia or any of my previous fandoms. I'm looking forward to seeing what all of y'all have been up to!

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🍉CDRAMA GOTCHA FOR GAZA DONATIONS NOW OPEN!🍉

Donate to one our selected Palestinian direct aid funds, and you will receive a fantastic fanwork in exchange from one of our many talented creators.

Please read our carrd first, particularly the 'donation information' section, and then peruse our available fandoms.

These are the Palestinian direct aid funds we have chosen for this project. You may donate to ANY of them (and you may ask for a fanwork for each donation you make).

@CareForGaza

Their paypal link and their gfm link are in their pinned tweet. Check out their account to see all they do!

Plus the following verified gofundmes:

Suad Alkurdi and family: €4,686 raised of €50,000 goal

Abdallah and Salaam Animal Care: $35,300 raised of $40,000 goal

Mohammad Wishah and family: €8,801 raised of €71,500 goal

Moutasem Quffa and family: €8,682 raised of €65,000 goal

Once you've made your donation and read our carrd, go and request your fanwork here! Have fun. From the river to the sea.

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ok well apparently i couldn’t find the pigeon video on here because i never posted it to tumblr

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suyao con pijamas. 🤲

Credits to the idea:

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Welcome to "So you have acquired a murder meowmeow" Introductory manual 101

What is an appropriate reaction?

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i love him

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Happy birthday Ding Rong and Yu Mingxuan!🥳🥳🥳

Thank you for your work. Be healthy and happy💜❤️

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Heeey we uploaded the first 10 drabbles of the drabble game we play in the Wang Zhi-centric Sleuth of Ming Dynasty-Fanserver "The Western Depot"