#2ha headcanons

[nacrelysis]

lol if jiuge and chu wanning are both carved from divine wood...don't think about how huaizui said himself that jiuge was tied to chu wanning's own blood. don't think about the implications that chu wanning's experiences are felt by jiuge too.

don't think about how jiuge could feel chu wanning's golden core shattering during his battle with taxian-jun, the physical and mental torture eating away at his consciousness the longer he endured as chu-fei. don't think about jiuge watching chu wanning fall into more and more despair as he tears himself apart for a fragment of clue as to how to save mo ran.

don't think about how jiuge, made of pure divine wood, found itself feeling hatred at the way taxian-jun has abused its owner - a feeling that should be foreign, yet for the man made in all but the same flesh and blood, the person closest to what a brother could be to itself, jiuge learns to despise.

don't think about how jiuge must have felt chu wanning expend the last dregs of his life force to summon it for the final time in 0.5. don't think about how jiuge, being divine wood, might have had sentience - don't think about how it could have begged chu wanning to stop because it knew how it would end. don't think about how jiuge, tied to chu wanning's soul, could feel it slipping out of its grasp during the siege on taxue palace.

don't think about how jiuge felt chu wanning die while playing it for the final time. don't think about how jiuge watched taxian-jun berate, then break down, then finally bury chu wanning in the past lifetime.

how it must have hated taxian-jun for all he did - but, being akin to chu wanning, how jiuge must have hated itself more, for not being able to save the person closest to it.

[rejectedfables]

it must be MISERABLE to be a transphobe in the 2ha fandom 😂 with like 90% of ranwan fic featuring Wet Pussy Wanning himself. Anyway I love it here ✌️

[danmeichael]

Did you say trans Mo Ran headcanons, hello???

transmasc mo ran is one of my default headcanons because he just feels so deeply trans to me. there's a transness to him.

i think one of my favorite things is to take his early fascination with chu wanning and make it fall into both affection and gender envy.

i've heard from a lot of trans guys i've talked to that they've also had this experience of not wanting to be a man, not wanting to be what society expects of them as a man, and how that made it harder for them to realize they were trans until they either realize their gender can be defined by them, or find someone who shows them that. i think that's part of why femboys are the great equalizer for both transfems and transmascs: it is a safe bridge into both femininity and masculinity that allows you to be however much of whatever you're comfortable with while you're still figuring it out. a safe place outside of societal expectations but not so far outside it's a problem.

i think chu wanning is everything mo ran idolizes in the concept of a man, without being the parts of manhood that he finds burdensome or repulsive. chu wanning is the epitome of a man to him, and it makes him desirable (romantic) and desirable (gender role model)

[teaah-art]

Aro Jiang Xi in Green Robes for Aro Week!!

When I was reading 2ha I just kept imagining him in green robes. And when the narrative wanted me to feel bad for him not being interested in a romantic relationship, me, an arospec person, did the opposite and related to him too hard.... Cemented Jiang Xi in Green Robes for me.

ALSO IT'S ARO WEEK!! HAPPY ARO WEEK!

All Aro Week headcanons

[hearth-and-home13]

Okay, so I personally believe that Chu Wanning would look absolutely stunning, like it would suit him so well to wear a claw clip ponytail, you know, a hair clip like below:

So what I’m imagining is that one day he’s found himself without something to tie or put up his hair. Maybe it broke or he lost it or something and Mo Ran 1.0 comes along with a silver claw clip with flowers or a vine design or something on it and he is laughing inside about offering it to Chu Wanning because claw clips are usually used by women (at least today, though of course not always the case because they are wonderful for anyone with long hair).

1.0 offers it to Chu Wanning to use and he quickly figures how to use it and puts it up in a ponytail claw clip style. Mo Ran has a minor moment where his gremlin voice stops for a second because he’s thrown off by how good Chu Wanning looks, before quickly dismissing that to return to shenanigans.

Chu Wanning goes through his entire day wearing this claw clip, until he hears some female disciples talking about his claw clip, maybe giggling a bit but still complimenting it nonetheless.

Chu Wanning gets really embarrassed, realizing that claw clips like the one he was given are usually used by women and fast walks out of the area back to the Red Lotus Pavilion before tearing the claw clip out of his hair and throwing it away.

Mo Ran was watching Chu Wanning high-tailing it to the Red Lotus Pavilion from the distance and is dying laughing, doubled over, Xue Meng is demanding what he’s done now and Shi Mei just has a defeated smile on his face and is shaking his head in resignation.

[trans-hua-cheng-agenda]

Ok as a trans headcanon enjoyer, I have to know,

Is there anyone in 2ha y’all headcanon as trans?

[hoarder-of-danmei]

I love how Chu Wanning's autistic traits are seen as desirable by Mo Ran and the fandom.  🥺  Like - we're even horny about his high support needs!!  He's not lovable DESPITE his differences from most people, but BECAUSE of everything about him.

I don't have particularly high support needs, but it's still really refreshing to see an adult character sexualized for needing help with things instead of infantilized.  And he gets a happy ending with someone who takes care of him!  It means a lot to me.

[hxnguxng-jxn]

Masterlist

╭──────────────❁࿔･ﾟ× Reader

╰─➤  All Scumbag System Works

ー BingQiu × Male!Reader | Hugs

ー Shen Jiu x Male!Reader | General Headcanons

╰─➤  All Demonic Cultivation Works

ー BingQiu × Male!Reader | Reader Getting Hit On

ー Shen Jiu x Male!Reader | Suggestive Flirting

― WangXian × M!Reader | Post Canon

ー WangXian × M!Reader | Hugs

ー WangXian × GN!Wen!Reader | Painful Beginning

ー WangXian × Male!Reader | Pampering (Suggestive)

ー WangXian x Male!Reader | Abusive Family (Drugging)

╰─➤  All Heaven Official's Works

ー HuaLian × Male!Reader | Hugs

ー Mu Qing x Ghost!GN!Reader | Meet Again (🎃)

ー HuaLian × God!Male!Reader | Pre-Relationship

ー Qi Rong x Male!Reader | Guzi grows attached to you

ー HuaLian x Male!Reader | Biting your fingers + Identity

╰─➤  All 2HA/Erha Works

╰─➤  All Word of Honor Works

╰─➤  All Thousand Autumns Works

╭──────────────❁࿔･ﾟ× OC

╰─➤  All Scumbag System Works

╰─➤  All Demonic Cultivation Works

╰─➤  All Heaven Official's Works

╰─➤  All 2HA/Erha Works

╰─➤  All Word of Honor Works

╰─➤  All Thousand Autumns Works

╭──────────────❁࿔･ﾟShips

╰─➤  All Scumbag System Works

╰─➤  All Demonic Cultivation Works

╰─➤  All Heaven Official's Works

╰─➤  All 2HA/Erha Works

╰─➤  All Word of Honor Works

╰─➤  All Thousand Autumns Works

╭──────────────❁࿔･ﾟPlatonic

╰─➤  All Series!

ー (MDZS) Sick Reader defends the Junior Trio

[veliseraptor]

do you think xue yang is the sort of dude to use cringe sleazy terms of endearment. For example I read somewhere that 'baobei', oft used in fics, is apparently a very Cringe Sleaze or self - awarely annoying or 'you're a literal baby' thing to call someone in China. And that it's what Mo Ran unironically lovingly calls CWN in 2ha.

So is XY the type to use such fuckboi terms of endearment, and if so would he use them ironically or unironically lol

still going through old headcanon asks trying to dig myself out from under a pile of them and this is an interesting one!

I've heard this too (re: usage of "baobei" in particular) but disclaimer of course that I am a gal working off knowledge gleaned from internet searching, so.

in canonverse I actually think I'd pretty firmly say that he doesn't use them at all, though. I don't think Xue Yang really goes in for sleazy of that particular type (and the ironic self-awareness doesn't feel right to me either); he has his bad decisions but that's just not one of them. he's an aggressive and unsubtle flirt but he's not really going in for pet names unless "daozhang" counts.

in modern aus though he'd totally use all kinds of, as you put it, fuckboi terms of endearment, and it would absolutely be ironically, and I invite you to consider the difference between Xiao Xingchen (who finds it hilarious) and Song Lan (who it drives absolutely insane).

why the difference? i mean part of this is just me going "vibes" but also I think it's about how while both Xue Yangs have an acutely developed sense of irony, but a Xue Yang in the modern day version inflects it with a different sensibility. which includes ironic use of all kinds of language.

[nyoomerr]

2, 8, 11, 16 and 23 for the fandom ask!!!

2. a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

ahhjhg honestly i'm pretty picky about headcanons, i sat here for like five minutes trying to think of one i ever changed my mind about... i either like it right away or i don't ever like it 😂 but one of my favorite headcanons is the classic 'chronic illness sy' one - it lines up very nicely with his general non-reactions to massive pain and crippling injuries

8. you hope more people will come to appreciate _ (a ship, a trope, an episode, etc)

bingwife my beloved…. a lot of people tend to conflate bingwife with bottom bing, and although i don't want to ever go near top/bottom discourse w a ten foot pole, it does make me sad that people who are very against bottom bing end up usually disregarding bingwife, too ;A;

look into your heart... imagine it... picture binghe making dinner like always, except this time sqq is tired and he isn't thinking, and when binghe sets the table sqq says "thank you, wife" - imagine it!! can't you see in your heart the way binghe would light up!! it's been his dream since he was a disciple to be shizun's kept wife!!! wives can still top if that's your preference!!

11. if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

i try to be proud of all the stuff i make - even if i’m unhappy with it in the moment i finish it, usually if i just give it some space then i can come back in the future and appreciate the work i did on it. but specifically.... hm, i think that 'take me home, bury me there' is the fic i was proudest of at the time of posting! idk what i'm most proud of now tho 🙈

16. a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

we talk about how devastating bingge's "come with me" line is but y'know what's equally as heartbreaking? lqg's "i'm right here" line....

23. the fandom you're curious about because of a mutual

i’m always a bit curious of 2ha since so many svsss fans love it, but every time i think about picking it up i end up chickening out since it seems so intense and angsty... maybe when the eng TL is complete i can give it a try!

[nacrelysis]

chu wanning doesn't fly on swords because he's scared of heights.

but you know what would be a sufficient alternative with similar aerodynamics, structure, and experience?

skateboards.

do skateboards exist on sisheng peak?

chu wanning says, like all inventors: not no, but not yet.

[danmeichael]

Danny you have to release the trans MR headcanons. - Fish

spite.

transmasc tops hit good

i think he would make "your mom" jokes well into adulthood bc he's catching up. didn't get the opportunity to be an annoying 13 year old boy so he's going to be an annoying 23 year old boy

cis dudes don't have that much big dick energy, ever

i (as fish has brought up before) really like the idea of him choosing to have a dick that big. no i do not have anything smaller this is my dick.

mo ran has a rage in him, it has a certain taste, texture, color, a certain feeling in your hands and i have seen that rage, and his fear of it, in trans friends. i don't think his rage is specific to transness, but the specific shape of his rage is shared.

he's gonna be bottom-heavy if he doesn't have some big naturals to go with it.

named the period of his rule a dick joke like 3 different times. dude was really excited about his phallo despite the horrors.

he just has a unique sort of horniness i think is very distinct to people with a gender. cis people just aren't that weird in that specific way.

there's this energy that transmasc dom tops have and it is in him

he would relate a little too much to whichever strider transed a bunch of homestucks genders.

when i first sort of came out i didn't really have any trans friends online (though many of my friends would later come out as trans as i got older) and then i met a guy who was an incredibly open about being trans who had no interest in medical transition. i really looked up to him a lot, and i'm constantly grateful for his presence in my life because he gave me a lot of support and helped me have more confidence in the person i wanted to be. anyway mo ran reminds me a lot of that guy. this is not entirely a compliment but in a loving way.

[fateandloveentwined]

perhaps an index

excuse this i'm a little bit of an organising person so here's an attempt to make things neater.

current interests: NIF / 2ha / tgcf + mdzs / 第一仙师 / modern day fics here and there; intro post if not now obsolete

marked 🍂 are stuff i enjoyed <3

meta #

definitions, “etymology”, whatever comes my way

general meta

🍂wuxia, xianxia, and cultivation differences meta

🍂wuxia and confucianism

morality in wuxia and xianxia (rblg)

chinese and word choices

City C, University P -- the way modern chinese names places

the chinese "i love you"

creates #

on creations, translations, thought experiments and fic recs.

stuff i made up

🍂antithetical couplets

poetry lines befitting mcs and xjy (okay i did not make this up.)

attempted translations #

⟶ song translations

from afar silver butterflies flutter like glistening orbs, dashed across the starry sky (tgcf donghua x one flower one sword)

isle of land - song translation (陆屿 from 内娱第一花瓶 audio drama)

🍂long darkness — cháng yīn 长喑 translation (on Xiao Jingyan from Nirvana in Fire)

⟶ (amendments on the title of 长喑 cháng yīn // long darkness)

⟶ excerpt translations

he knelt amidst, and kissed the earth. (panguan)

🍂chapter 60, fragmented souls (shangxian)

chapter 84, wildfires (shangxian)

lotus as the heart (nif li chong fanfic)

recommendations #

Nirvana in Fire fic recs

🍂cnovel recs (my chinese reviews organised on notion)

wonky thoughts #

🍂number of unique chinese characters in a book

to all the fandoms I've loved before

fate's stuff #

miscellaneous stuff that i posted or commented on.

Very Subjective Comments on literary prose in danmei and cnovels

chinese webnovel favs/recs

⟶ (xianxia-specific favs mentioned at bottom of this post)

NIF vs. MLC vs. MDZS polls (on overall franchise, character, and worldview/themes)

🍂Anle and Nirvana in Fire: what's so mesmerising about NIF's worldview

interpretations realisations aka. headcanon analyses #

chapter 275 (2ha)

i tries to answer (essentially asks) #

other “non-selectively mine” tags that might interest one: #interpretations realisations (headcanon analyses), #chinese language, #chinese (on culture), #reads and books (current reads and book/tv series-related stuff).

link to kofi-coffee if you're so inclined.

[beltransadie]

Finally woke up and decided to work on animatic. Obligatory announcement post + essay commentary of this one below. Major book spoilers are abound.

Watch it here

Anyways

Proceed with your own discretion. But don't blame me if your reading experience is ruined because you decided oh this sounds interesting I'm going to read it even though you haven't finished the book.

Watching the video won't spoil you. No worries ^^ No guarantees either :P

Don't worry about it. Don't think about things too deeply.

Some things about Hate Me

Okay, I've really really wanted to talk about this even when I was in the middle of working on it because hoooo. Not only is this (I think) one of the more densely packed animatics that came out of my mind lately, it's also one that has a really good chunk of WIP lore in it because this is a year old.

THIS HAS BEEN STUCK IN MY MIND FOR A YEAR

And it's not even the whole thing :3

Anyways why this song? What is "Hate Me" anyways?

First listen, thinking about the lyrics, it's a song about liberation. Basically liberating yourself from a toxic relationship, finally saying good riddance to the one that basically ruined your life. It's also kind of why the song sounds so peppy.

Like the best animatics I've had, I got this idea while stuck in one of my long hour commutes. And basically it stems off of this one youtube short about the song's creation and it's a vid of someone getting their tattoo removed.

But my idea at the time was oh this would make a really fun animatic of MR turning evil under the influence of the Long Hatred Flower. And I think the flower's name and effect also has a hand in the creation of the idea.

And initially, I just went off of vibes and just made concept gifs on CSP because that's the only thing I can do at the moment.

Most of which got in, but some didn't. And at the time I was just fresh off of being mentally rewired after seeing Lonely Man's Lazarus' The Mind Electric animation so my mind then was like oh transitions which is suuuuper evident in the final product.

Pretty rich coming from someone who rarely even makes animations but yeah.

Like how the flower distorts MR's perspective. The song's message also becomes distorted. Instead of liberation, MR slowly becomes trapped deeper and deeper into the headspace that the flower cultivates. And my intention was to convey that as a good thing and something to be hyped about.

TXJ's rise to power is supposed to be rejoiced about here. Honestly don't know why people are crying in the comments section lmao.

People in the know would be hit hard. People not in the know are supposed to just go "oh cool symbolism". And speaking of...

Let's talk about the symbolism!

The flower

It's one of the mainstay and most obvious symbols littered up to the 2nd chorus. In hindsight maybe the animatic itself does have explicit major spoilers at the start ;P considering this is the first thing we see until it fades into MR's chest. It's also one of the things I heavily emphasized...

...anyways I'm just gonna pray people would be confused at most. 😄👍

We follow it from being a bud, to slowly and literally swallowing MR whole as a progress of MR's descent into evil and it literally culminates to MR burning Rufeng sect and CWN facing him off.

The flower itself is modeled after a lotus flower. Quite obvious as the name is a direct reference to the eight sufferings in Buddhism. (2ha actually has major Buddhism inspiration but that's for some out of pocket essay I made for my friends).

Narratively, it's described to be "那花朵含苞待放，还未打开，黑色的瓣叶，边沿闪动银光。" (A flower bud, still yet to bloom, its black petals and leaves fringed with a flickering silver light.) which isn't a lot, but other things also add to my headcanon that it's a black lotus, one of which is simply the term itself.

The first time I've encountered the term was in Scum Villain's Self-Saving, wherein it's used to describe Luo Binghe after the timeskip where Shen Yuan perceived him to have turned evil. While there's only a few discussions about what the term itself means, personally I agree with the interpretation of the white lotus being corrupted thus making it black.

Which is really really apt for MR's story. For 15 years of his life, he's stuck to the values of being kind and forgiving others, but it's only when he succumbs to the flower that he lets the intrusive thoughts win.

It also serves as a counterpart to CWN's association with the red lotus.

Chinese Chess Pieces

Zhenlong is one of the main ways that MR used in his rise to power. So naturally it would make sense to include it.

Contrary to what Westerners would think, the pieces themselves are Chinese chess pieces which are round pebbles that are colored black and white. It's main goal is capturing territory, and there can be a lot of board combinations which makes it a complex game to play.

In a way, MR slowly deciphering the technique is a sort of balancing mind game he and CWN played. (Although CWN has no idea about it). MR acknowledges that CWN is powerful enough to stop him in his journey to grow stronger, thus he has to make sure to go around CWN in order to win, slowly turning the tides to his favor.

It's kind of being pieced together as I typed this, but in a way the scene I attached above shows the start of the game. With MR has set the stage and is starting to gather his territories. It's not necessarily wrong for a scene, because black typically goes first in this game.

Puppet Mo Ran

It's such a small thing, but it's an intentional inclusion. For those who are up to date with my animatics, Puppet!MR is a direct reference to Please Don't Leave Me! Something I'm very happy to include because this means I'm so far into the 2ha animatic brainrot that I can start making references to my own work.

Specifically for the sequence before Puppet!MR appears, it's a reference to chapter 140. Where a flashback from CWN's previous life is introduced. Without going into details, it's one of the scenes wherein MR who's already deep into learning Zhenlong and into the clutches of the flowers temporarily gets out of the curse just because CWN got injured.

Something that shouldn't be shown for someone deep into the curse.

MR turning into a puppet, is partially me headcanoning that he might get an inclination that something's off with how he's acting towards CWN, and so tries to break away. What follows is his descent deeper into the flowers.

Burning Memories

Another sequence (not really a symbolism, but more of a reference) that I want to call to attention is the sequence before the first chorus which basically shows the flower's bloom and MR's good memories fading away.

Yes. It's Duanxun.

IT'S NOT COZ I'M BIASED TO THEM THOUGH!!! It's literally because of this small passage in chapter 278 and it's basically the moment before MR falls unconscious after taking the flower.

One of the flower's effects is the loss of good memories. And to a 15 year old MR, the people closely attached to the memories he holds dear are Duan Yihan, Xun Fengruo, and Chu Wanning.

While they don't appear in the same order, I specifically chose to use a burning paper effect to show memories fading away. Partially because MR is closely attached to fire. Not only will he burn Rufeng sect to the ground, but it's also because he burned down Xiangtan manor—a place that's closely related to the two people he could call family.

The scenes I referenced in the burning clips are also in the book, namely near the end of chapter 258 and somewhere in the middle of chapter 259.

The only scene that doesn't burn away is CWN's. Partially because there's not enough space in the song, and mainly because I wanted to transition to the triggering event for MR which is Shi Mei's death.

About the Work Process

I did mention it was a year old before. But it was mostly because I was going off on vibes when I started. Aside from what I've done with the concept animations (which isn't a lot), what I managed to create at the very beginning when I decided to finally sit down and work on this, is a prologue that finally sets the scene as well as the first verse.

(hint hint, check the last 2 seconds of the youtube video)

For a reason that can be summed up as "I don't want to spoil people too hard", I've decided to split it into two animatics. The second of which I'll post at a later date. Only you, dear reader, and my close fandom friends get to know this knowledge and this preview.

As for the rest of the animatic, I was stumped. I knew I had to include some scenes from the concept animations, and also some scenes, but to connect them...? I was lost.

Some parts solidified as time passed namely the memories burning away sequence and the last chorus. But how to execute the 1st chorus and the 2nd chorus? It took me a year to finally come around to forming it.

Mostly because of an 11 hour bus ride I took for vacation. (Man I really do take long commutes).

After that it was smooth sailing. I prioritized getting a rough draft down before cleaning it up and piecing things together and it went well.

It's really just getting over perfectionism and just getting things done. I'll prolly edit this when the prologue is out.

I think that's most of what I wanted to say. Thanks for getting this far and checking out my stuff, as well as the constant support!

See ya :3

Ok last: Bonus unintentional easter eggs

Because I draw too much 2ha, it's inevitable for some frames to be similar.

(Counting this one because of this unfinished frame i didn't commit to)

I draw too many CWN sideviews, but I distinctly remember referencing this while drawing the one on the left.

Summary

Overall, Hate Me is a very insightful animatic to work with. I ended up making frequent observations and ponderings while working on this too. A good example would be the Long Hatred Flower is a black lotus, and (the most out of pocket 2ha analysis) CWN and Buddha parallelism to name a few.

It could be better of course. Especially the razing of Rufeng sect sequence could've been executed better if I did it with after effects. And I've grown pretty particular with how I rewatch this.

Would this be the last? No, of course not.

It's an animatic that's part of my exploration into Mo Ran's character. Which is, in turn, part of an informal series diving into the theme. Heirloom is part of the series, there's another one that might be too 🗿 for yt and I've never bothered expanding on too.

I might end up posting some Duanxun animatics though (part of the Duanxun agenda more people need to acknowledge Xun Fengruo), or some non 2ha WIPs if I bother finishing them. Imagine 2ha AU animatic 😔 but that's for the very vague future.

Stay tuned for part 2 😘

[waitingforteyam]

𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄—𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐄, 𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑, 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒.

was previously @ gardenofvows!

17 soon 18! southeast asian! she/her! bi! chinese heritage!

new writer here! req and asks are always open! up for friends and mutuals anytime!

amy march kinnie! neteyam luvr! laufey & delaney bailey girl! lamp & ichi aoba fan!

𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄?

‧₊˚ ꒰ 🪸 ꒱ ˚₊‧ blurts / short ideas

‧₊˚ ꒰ ⚖️ ꒱ ˚₊‧ headcanons / informal writing

‧₊˚ ꒰ 🌊 ꒱ ˚₊‧ fics / oneshots / proper writing

𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗬𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬

⚖️ age is just a number [ dilf! neteyam × younger! reader ]/ seven, his favourite number [ fatherhood & sequel ]

🪸 neteyam as a first-time father

🌊 the mirage of you / the rays of him [ reunited lovers × inspired by httyd2 ]

⚖️ flirting with neteyam

𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗞 𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬

🪸 loak as a shameless girl dad

𝗔𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗡𝗚

🪸 aonung as a father to twins

𝗠𝗜𝗫 !

⚖️ how they would say “i see you”

⚖️ how they would cry to you

‧₊˚ ꒰ 🗒 ꒱ ˚₊‧ main fandoms include avatar, lockwood & co, mdzs, 2ha, tgcf, jjk, bsd, kny i love mitsuri oh and have i mentioned i love sitcoms

‧₊˚ ꒰ 🗒 ꒱ ˚₊‧ angst is my middle name and i have a degree in slowburn romances and fluff though im not a master at smut sorry to disappoint

‧₊˚ ꒰ 🗒 ꒱ ˚₊‧ i write for fun! updates will depend on my schedule since this year will be super busy but ill make time for writing! most works are proofread, but i always accept criticism or corrections! do note english isn't my first language!

[spockandawe]

this might be a longshot but do you know any transmigration cnovels with trans characters in them? or just cnovels in general tbh transmigration is not a requirement

Oh man, this has been sitting in my inbox for a while because I really wanted to pull together some good recs for you, but it is.... a lot harder than I expected to differentiate between some of these books. The broadest catchall tag on novelupdates looks to be "gender bender," which isn't the most clear starting point. If I haven't read something, the tags on novelupdates aren't always clear on whether any given story is 1) crossdressing, 2) body change that will be undone eventually, or 3) body change that the character is at peace with. And if there are any characters who are trans and aware that they're trans, I could not find a relevant tag, and the book descriptions were not helpful. There are tags for "male to female" and "female to male," but like before, it's really unclear which of the above categories the book will fall into. I saw a tag for "genderless protagonist," but skimming the tagged books, it was hard for me to tell if that meant anything like what I would hope for.

That being said, I hate to leave this with a complete shrug. Let me start with some low-hanging fruit! Terribly sorry if you've heard of these examples before, they're not very obscure. From books I've read or bound: TGCF/Heaven Official's Blessing, the supporting character Shi Qingxuan has some gender things going on. There isn't a definitive answer as to what exactly that entails, I've seen a variety of headcanons including that SQX is nonbinary or a trans woman. I default to they/them myself, but I've seen some LOVELY thoughts about this. Then, in JWQS/Clear And Muddy Loss Of Love, the protagonist is born female, but is living life is a man, including irreversible body modification in order to pass more convincingly (for revenge reasons). The story uses she/her in the narration, but it could easily be something more complex if you wanted to read it through that lens. And then in 2ha/The Husky And His White Cat Shizun, there's a supporting character doing a similar born-female-living-as-a-man-with-body-mods thing. I can't say that it's a story about trans experiences, but it is definitely easy to read with an eye to gender.

And then, these are entirely unvetted, but here are some novels from my attempted NU search that looked like they maybe had potential. I think all of these seem to be 'I got dumped into this body that doesn't match my nominal gender, but it's cool', rather than trans stories, so please don't trust my recs too hard, but I can't believe how hard it was to search for this!!

Demon Sword Maiden

Reborn As My Love Rival's Wife

Fugui Ronghua (short, but complete)

Even If I'm Reborn As A Cute Dragon Girl, I Will Still Make A Harem

Dominion's End

Reborn, I Became A Male God (only three chapters translated, but MTL is out there)

it is shockingly hard to tell what I'm getting into from these tags and summaries, jesus. I hope those recs aren't all completely off the mark, but it's really hard to gauge their content without reading them myself. If other people have recs, I'd love to hear them in the comments! I feel like there must be authors who have tackled some of these themes, and I'm disappointed that the tagging conventions make it hard to identify who those authors are :T