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burningthegallows · 2 years

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tell us about the lltg fic! very curious and interested we need more fic in this fandom

seriously! im so parched for fic! it’s been so long since I’ve seen a het couple I care about. coming out the other side to see 17 fics on ao3… smh. I’m not the best writer and I don’t love doing it—but sometimes you just gotta write the fic if you wanna read it.

anyway, i love the persuasion trope of lovers parted and then reunited and stronger for it. the bitterness is very bitter until suddenly it’s all sweet. but between autumn ballad (which i had a very mixed reaction to) and lltg, i realized why the chinese form of this trope always irks me so much: all the healing happens off screen.

I would love to watch 5 years of pining. two lovers separated but trying to find a way back to one another?? Healing and hurting and forgiving and the relapsing on your forgiveness and hating yourself for willing to take him back. Yeah, I love a breakup/makeup story.

Especially when, at the end, it feels like there’s something to be salvaged from the wreckage of the hurt.

Genuinely, I think forgiveness is one of the more complicated and arduous mental odysseys, but I also think that just means we need more stories that explore the concept.

#plus I want ling buyi walk across the gobi #lltg #love like the galaxy #anon♥️#there’s also a part of me that’s fine with the healing happening in the last five minutes #but that’s a lot of emotional whiplash #and so some catharthis is necessary #in the west #we do that with the long embrace #and fanfiction #i really would love to know the source for this trope #oh fuck i asked the question but it's just the cowherd and the weaver girl #the show is lit called lltgalaxy #the most famous story about the milky way....#I’d love a bit more context #also I first opened your ask and wrote 1200 words on my reasoning #that was a bit ridiculous but a shorter history post is on the way #man guys do you think I might have some baggage oof

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