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A review by saramdeuri
Thousand Autumns [千秋] by 梦溪石
4.25
Qian Qiu is more of a series of philosophical questions than it is a danmei, although it forgoes giving you a set answer to any of those. instead, it finally asks, "wouldn't it be so hot if good and evil kissed each other sloppy style?", and yeah. it is
jokes aside, QQ was a pretty fun read! I went into this thinking it'd be more danmei than anything else, but actually it's about 80% political intrigue and philosophising. it was still entertaining though! even if, I admit, I could barely remember the full pantheon of characters (watching the donghua alongside it helped a little in this case, my poor little brain-eye cannot imagine that many faces in such quick succession) it was still quite satisfying to have them all congregate at the end for the final, explosive scenes. quite a well-crafted plot too. and so so wonderful to finally see some competent, capable women in BL who aren't just there to invite jealousy/envy, and even acknowledgement of sexism in the wuxia/jianghu genre! Bai Rong I hope all is well for you. speaking of - the characterisation is very well done for the main set especially! Yan Wushi was a given favourite for me (sucker for evil old men) but I didn't expect to end up favouring Shen Qiao this much. the author does such a good job at making his inner voice complex. other reviews have written about this better than I could, take a look!
most of the danmei does occur in the extras, but boy is it sweet when it does. the little sprinkles we get across the main plot did give me those thrills of pleasure, too, even if most of the tension was "are they gonna fight about their morals or what?". when they do finally kiss though... oh boy, my poor fujo heart. I wish them their thousand autumns of love, joy, and passion.the little extra about old Yan Wushi waiting for Shen Qiao with a drink he kept warm with his qi was extra sweet <3
jokes aside, QQ was a pretty fun read! I went into this thinking it'd be more danmei than anything else, but actually it's about 80% political intrigue and philosophising. it was still entertaining though! even if, I admit, I could barely remember the full pantheon of characters (watching the donghua alongside it helped a little in this case, my poor little brain-eye cannot imagine that many faces in such quick succession) it was still quite satisfying to have them all congregate at the end for the final, explosive scenes. quite a well-crafted plot too. and so so wonderful to finally see some competent, capable women in BL who aren't just there to invite jealousy/envy, and even acknowledgement of sexism in the wuxia/jianghu genre! Bai Rong I hope all is well for you. speaking of - the characterisation is very well done for the main set especially! Yan Wushi was a given favourite for me (sucker for evil old men) but I didn't expect to end up favouring Shen Qiao this much. the author does such a good job at making his inner voice complex. other reviews have written about this better than I could, take a look!
most of the danmei does occur in the extras, but boy is it sweet when it does. the little sprinkles we get across the main plot did give me those thrills of pleasure, too, even if most of the tension was "are they gonna fight about their morals or what?". when they do finally kiss though... oh boy, my poor fujo heart. I wish them their thousand autumns of love, joy, and passion.