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If anything, Maomao truly is her father's daughter 😭
Yet again, more proof that capitalism was never about "freedom" or "small government".
its a mystery
Immediately thought of them
Beyblade heavyweight division
i imagine the reveal goes something like
jinshi: “maomao im actually the…. im the emperor’s—“
maomao: “son. yeah i know”
jinshi: “-brother”
maomao:
jinshi: “im the WHAT”
one thing i love love loove about the apothecary diaries light novel is how it never tells you maomao likes Jinshi it shows you with how she's always monologuing about how beautiful and stunning and pretty and nymph like he is in every chapter. How some moments are just maomao looking, observing Jinshi as he in unaware of her stare. How even her looking at him like he is a bug is also cute and affectionate once you realize that Jinshi likes that look and Maomao looks at him like that not because she finds him disgusting but because she is disgusted in the fact that Jinshi makes her feel things she's never felt before and it confuses her.
I live for this type of romance its perfect for me.
mwah
tried out apothecary diaries the other day, got inspired to do a study, redrew jinmao as Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss", died
ive been sick for a while so excuse the messiness
blinks at you slowly. hai
what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?
would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?
Now more than ever we need to make Tumblr unmarketable, do NOT invite the government into this space.
a certain starry line may be making its second approach, keep your eyes on the night sky! ✨
Quick reminder that it's always morally correct to punch nazis.
EP19 1/2 :: 2/2
Gifs 1 // 2
Here's a little watercolor fanart of the beautiful and very intelligent Mao Mao. she has become one of my favorite protagonists, how I wish I could recognize poisons too
Jinshi & Maomao looking gorgeous as always
🎐Friends are a station, whenever we feel tired, we rest in their presence.
𝓸𝓞𝓸 𝓚𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓲𝔂𝓪 𝓷𝓸 𝓱𝓲𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓸𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓞𝓸
caught in the rain 🌧️
speedpaint here!! ☆
Maomao is back!
(and Jinshi too I guess)
Started watching the apothecary diaries somebody please save her
It’s incredibly important to me that the anime decided to include this scene that wasn’t in the manga. In the manga, Maomao does pass out in Jinshi’s lap after saving him from what was obviously an assassination attempt.
HOWEVER, the manga cuts off at this point, keeping strictly in Maomao’s perspective, and cuts straight to when she regains consciousness in bed after being treated for her injuries. The manga doesn’t show how she got back. They SAY how, and she briefly mentions, “wow that must have been embarrassing; he carried me back,” but we don’t SEE it. We don’t get to feel the true impact of what that means. But the anime DID show us, and holy shit.
They SHOW us how taboo this is. They show Jinshi carrying her out of the temple, after a public attempt on his life.
They show us the shock and horror on Lakan’s face as Jinshi silently walks past him. Horror at the state his daughter is in, horror at another man—a man with a status he could never dare to question—staking such a public claim over his child, horror at the fact that he could never have this level of closeness with her (as Maomao would never allow it).
Everyone hides their gazes, as is their custom when someone of his rank passes by, but the air is different this time. Jinshi is furious, he’s terrified, and he could not give a single shit about how inappropriate it looks to these palace officials.
The shot that slowly follows her trail of blood—even though it’s a small detail—that in particular leaves such a intense impression of how poignant this is for him.
Maomao talked about this scene in the manga like it was nothing to her. She did what she set out to do: she saved the person who was targeted by the attack. She didn’t even know the target would be someone she knew. But she has no idea that this happened afterwards as a result of her bravery. To her, it likely wasn’t even an act of bravery at all. She acted on impulse; she did what she knew was the right thing to do.
The anime didn’t need to include this, because the manga didn’t show it. But damn, I’m so glad they did.
I may or may not be obsessed with this webtoon.
I literally have no consistency neither in posting nor in art style
Anywayzzzzzzzz here ya go pretty demon girl
I'm wheezing omg that's absolutely us