#(this is lowkey directed at some post I saw saying they thought the donghua fixed a 'plot hole' in the novel lmao

[tonyglowheart]

I wish there was qq fic I liked on ao3 cuz I finished rereading qq so once again I'm like, "so now what...."

#this is purely a me thing #like. to me qq is so good that what I want is 'more qq' and not so much fanfic of qq #hence my struggles #I need more Yan Wushi and Shen Qiao adventures and shenanigans interspersed with the political shit and one-off side characters lmao.. #I can see why this style of writing isn't for everyone bc it's not very 'constructed' but it does work very well for the real-world #historical setting and like. making it feel like these characters exist in the story vs the story being about / For the characters #like they exist in the setting the setting isn't 'for' them #(this is lowkey directed at some post I saw saying they thought the donghua fixed a 'plot hole' in the novel lmao #and I'm like... where ?? lol) #I think it was about the ring but like... no not really lol like. the ring existed but it didn't have to be a macguffin #in fact it gave Madame Qin a deeper sense of history for it to NOT be so central to the story