#ALSO ALSO did you know that ACAB has been around since the 1920s? as All Coppers Are Bastards in the UK

[hailsatanacab]

i have to know

is it hail satan a cab or hail satan acab

if its the second wtf does acab mean

I’ve had this url for yeeaarrrss and when I first thought of it “hail satan” was a meme here, for some reason?? I’d thrown in “a cab” as just a cute little phrase that made me laugh

ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards - is just a fun coincidence that I hadn’t noticed at the time but I’m owning it now, so the answer is both!!

Hail Satan. ACAB. beep beep!

[eirenical]

@onemuseleft in response to my latest fic post...

AHAHAHA, OMG.  XD  You have no idea how hard this made me laugh.  Because it really, really did.  And I hope you don’t mind, but I actually wanted to take an opportunity to talk about this a little bit, because you’re not the first person I’ve talked to whose been drawn to the show because 1) the happy romcom vibe and The Gay from the first ten eps or so or 2) (possibly) it’s one of the few Z1L shows on Viki, so you’re going to run into it sooner or later if you’re looking for more of him to watch.  ;D

OK, SO.  In my defense, a decent part of the suffering is because I’ve taken it on as a challenge to write as many fic for this fandom (Granting You A Dreamlike Life) for Whumptober as possible.  I’ve had a REALLY dark AU in my head for this canon pretty much since I got about halfway through watching it, because the set up is PERFECT for it, and Whumptober was just too good of an opportunity to indulge that desire to pass up.

(And this got... kind of long, so I’m going to put the rest behind a cut.  XD)

I am catering like... 150% to my own tastes in this fic, because all the people I know who would be interested in a fic like this are not in this fandom, but OH WELL.  When I’m done I’LL have it to read, and sometimes that’s enough.  ^_^

HOWEVER.  It should also be noted that SO FAR about 75% of the angst and suffering in this fic and its prequel ARE CANON.  Like... There is a tiny scene in the first fic that I slotted in, but really it could have been reappropriated from an earlier scene in a different episode, because it’s very similar.  There’s more non-canon stuff in the second fic, but the entire framing of the situation and where we end up IS ALSO CANON.

So, my point is that this ENTIRE SHOW IS SUFFERING.  XD  And yeah, I’m indulging that to the max, but if you are looking for a happy romcom type show... I would stop somewhere around episode 14 or 15 or so and just pretend the rest of the show doesn’t exist. ;D

But IF THAT HASN’T SCARED YOU OFF YET... here are a few things you should know before you jump on in...

1. The show is a soap opera.  Get that into your head right now.  And just like a soap opera, if it is possible for the plot to take a turn for the worst... IT WILL.  If it is possible for the most unlikely and ridiculous thing to happen, especially in the name of making things worse?  IT WILL HAPPEN.  The ONLY other shows I know that do that are soap operas.  So.  Take that for what you will.  ;D

2. There are three main “arcs” to the show:

Episodes 1-14/15ish: Mostly happy go lucky romcom.  Adorable.  Hilarious.  SO MUCH GAY, OMG SO MUCH GAY, WHY DID THIS SHOW NOT END IN A THREESOME.  *sobs softly*  THEY’RE SO CUTE TOGETHER AND THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY, I REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THAT FIC, TOO.

Episodes 15/16-25/26ish: Things get BAD.  Love triangles, separations, betrayals, soft squishy boys turned into the ACAB cliche, just... everything starts to fall apart and there is SO MUCH SAD.

Episodes 26-40: AHAHAHAHA. YOU THOUGHT THINGS WERE BAD BEFORE?  BOY WERE YOU WRONG.  THAT WAS A THIRD GRADE PICNIC IN COMPARISON.  ON A SUNNY DAY.  WITH YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT.  THINGS ARE NOW VERY VERY VERY BAD.  THEY ARE AWFUL.  EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HURT YOUR FAVE WILL BE DONE TO HURT YOUR FAVE, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR FAVE IS LUO FUSHENG.  ALSO THIS SHOW HAS A BODY COUNT.  A VERY HIGH BODY COUNT.  ODDS ARE YOUR FAVE WILL DIE BY THE END BECAUSE NEARLY EVERYONE DOES.

So... try to be prepared for that.  XD

3. Zhu Yilong is FUCKING AMAZING in this show and it is 1000% worth it to watch it JUST FOR HIM ALONE.  I mean... LOOK AT THIS NONSENSE.  WHAT EVEN IS THAT???  I CAN’T.  HALP.  *screams into a pillow*  XD  (Thanks again for making that gifset, @elvencantation; it is still very much a happy place for me.  ;D)

4. Kind of a corollary to #1, but... don’t expect the plot to make sense.  It... it won’t.  It is a soap opera.  The plot is not the point.  The point is the relationships between the characters, and there is pretty much just barely enough plot to give those relationships a set on which to sit.  So, yeah.  Don’t... don’t expect the plot to make sense.  You will break your brain trying to make sense of it.  By the same token, this show is ostensibly set in the 1920s (possibly 1930s?) in Dongjiang; a port city in China.  I... uh... yeah... just... just picture it as an alternate world that is loosely based on the real place and historical accuracy is just... not a thing.  At all.  XD

5. There’s a framing plot in episode 1 (and 2?) and 40 that bookends the series and everything in between is a girl telling the story of her grandmother’s great love affair/tragedy as a child.  The framing characters are played by the two main characters’ actors, but they have... nothing to do with them.  This SHOULD have been a reincarnation plot, because it would have made SO MUCH MORE SENSE, but it wasn’t.  Not even in the original book.  So... IDK.  Just run with it and don’t worry too much if those parts don’t make sense.  XD

And if there is ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW or if you decide to start watching and you want to yell about it, I AM ALWAYS WILLING TO YELL ABOUT THIS SHOW.  I am also happy to give away spoilers if you need/want to know things like “is my fave one of the few who doesn’t die?”  Because, I get needing to know that.  XD

Anyway... HAVE FUN, I GUESS?

Because I completely unexpectedly love this ridiculous little show with all my fucking heart (because WTF, I HATE soap operas, especially ones built on romantic misunderstandings and miscommunications where everyone dies in the end and... THAT IS THE WHOLE PLOT OF THE SHOW WTF BRAIN????) and I need more people to talk to about it.  XD