meanmaya

i drew bingyuan celebrating easter the czech way!

to explain: on easter monday the boys hit girls with a braided willow whip (which is supposed to keep them young), and in return they give the boys easter eggs

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

In short, it's a yandere danmei, with a vibe similar to Midsommar. But instead of a cult in Sweden, we have a reclusive Miao clan in the mountains. The MC and his friends are here for a uni research project, and the ML falls in love at first sight with the MC. When they leave, their truck "accidentally" broke down and they had to stay with the ML, who also happen to be the leader of their hideaway village.

The Miao people have been historically thought to know how to cast "gu", which is sort of like poison magic, using natural toxins from insects and plants. It's been said that some Miao women are exceptional at casting gu, and will entrap men they fancy in "love poison." That's the setting we're walking into and it is DELICIOUS!!

I love TGCF and it's one of my favourite stories, but I have a huge thing for very toxic, dark, obsessive romances — most of the time, they're queer. (My favourite show is NBC Hannibal (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)) Usually, I gravitate towards psychological horror, body horror, gore — but still with a happy ending. So this story is right up my alley, even though I'm only on episode four. The production of the audiodrama is also top notch!! The art is beautiful and the songs will entrap you like gu.

I'm considering this for a future translation project because NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT 💔

Anyways, just came on to yell about it for a bit. I wonder if anyone here is also into the same stuff I am hehe