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I seem to have found a fandom again... 8 years since I was properly last in one, and 4 years since I last wrote fic!

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures...

But my goodness, kids on the AO3 these days! Do you have to tag every single element of your story and sex scene?? Leave some things to be pleasantly surprised!!! gosh I am a fandom curmudgeon now.

Anyway, the fandom is The Untamed, which is a Chinese high fantasy drama based of a M/M novel, and while there is nothing explicitly romantic/sexual in the live-action show (which is on Netflix, just sayin), the OTP is still canonically soulmates who love each other 5 EVA! It's not even subtext.

And there are many other tasty nuggets of characters, and heartbreak, and glee, and sooooooo much prettiness.

So I am enjoying that and maybe even writing a little bit of fic.

Can definitely recommend this show to anyone who enjoys slash, or just high drama fantasy. It's so much fun (and pain).

Oh, and if you do start watching it - be aware that the first few episodes are really confusing as they dump you in the middle of all these characters' complicated relationships without explaining much. Then they go into flashback for like 30 episodes. Then everything makes sense as you return to the present (i.e. the timeline where the first episodes were).