#but oh li xiangyi

[potahun]

rewatched the donghai battle just because and i'm once again very unwell about how QUIET they both are during the fight, barely making any huffs or grunts at all -- it contributes hugely to the whole "this fight looks like a romantic dance" thing except, li xiangyi is very much trying to kill him

#lhl #mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #li xiangyi #i genuinely believe di feisheng wasnt out to kill #but oh li xiangyi #li xiangyi would have made him spit out shan gudao's location by any means necessary and would have ended him #right afterwards #if he could #feihua

[zishuge]

Di Feisheng taking every opportunity to roast Li Xiangyi; Li Lianhua is only amused Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

#mysterious lotus casebook #莲花楼 #li lianhua #li xiangyi #di feisheng #cheng yi #xiao shunyao #cdrama #cdramaedit #cdramasource #mlcedit #*gifs:mine #there's probably more but these are the ones i could think of immediately #i feel like 10 years ago li xiangyi would've been BIG mad #but li lianhua is just *amused eyeroll* oh you #big divorced energy #in that second one llh was more amused at fang duobing's reaction but i think it still counts #and by the end dfs wasn't even seriously trying to make a jab it's just pure habit #激 is such a hard word to translate really

[bitterflames]

if it sucks, hit da bricks

#mysterious lotus casebook #莲花楼 #li xiangyi #li lianhua #李相夷 #李莲花 #gdi now i need an actual if it sucks hit da bricks lxy edit #just walk out. you can leave!!! #sigu sect. social thing. engagement. 10 year fight date with di feisheng. too fancy restaurant. baichuan court if your quick. friend ships‚ #(oh no i made myself sad)

[existingingrey]

The Styx Flower was a wedding gift. Don't talk to me.

Nothing to see here just two bros sitting in the newlyweds room, reminiscing their first meeting on the 10th anniversary and talking about how beautiful the moon was then and now while drinking the newlyweds wine.

#these two literally got married on their 10th anniversary #thought they were hiding but they are just sitting there acting like it's their wedding #Di Feisheng is whipped he just agrees to everything Li Xiangyi says #guys get some room please #oh wait you already got one #li lianhua #li xiangyi #di feisheng #mysterious lotus casebook #feihua

[travalerray]

finished episode 34 and what I am getting is that Shan Gudao is basically going "You be better than shixiong? You be better than shixiong at martial arts and be the favourite of our shifu? SUFFERING FOR SHIDI FOR TEN YEARS, SUFFERING FOR SHIDI FOR TEN YEARS!!!!!"

#hilarious. All the characters are so annoying God bless #(I mean it in a /pos way for the record.) #shan gudao #li xiangyi #mysterious lotus casebook #mlc #kk's liveblog tag #at the very least I appreciate the fact that this show made it impossibly easy to guess the final boss #me: oh you are looking for the dead body of your loved one? Yeah he's gonna turn out alive and evil. The fact that you found his ''corpse'' #doesn't change a thing! #good to see that I was correct. Half the corpses don't stay dead in mystery shows after all

[difeisheng]

“年少时，[乔婉娩]不由自主地被光芒万丈的李相夷吸引，二人结为年轻的侠侣，一同留下了许多回忆，有地道的秘密，有海棠花林的对剑，有扬州江山笑屋顶的红绸舞剑。然而，天下第一的李相夷亦担着千钧重负，他心中有武学、有四顾门、有天下苍生，由此难免忽视了乔婉娩。她仰望追逐那抹光,却无法避免地感到疲惫心倦，于是她手书一封决绝的分离信。”

"When Qiao Wanmian was young, she couldn't help but be attracted to the radiant Li Xiangyi. The two of them became a young chivalrous couple. Together, they created many memories to leave behind; kept their own secrets; held duels in the begonia forests; and had [Li Xiangyi's] red ribboned sword dances on the roof of the Jiangshanxiao house in Yangzhou. However, Li Xiangyi, as number one in the world, also carried a thousand burdens. In his heart, he held the learning of martial arts, Sigumen, and all the common people of the world. The consequence was that he overlooked and ignored Qiao Wanmian. Looking up, she tried to pursue that ray of light, but was unable to deny the feeling that she was exhausted. As a result, she wrote him a decisive letter of parting."

— Qiao Wanmian's biography, Mysterious Lotus Casebook Design Book

#有武学 有四顾门 有天下的苍生 AUGH #presumenothing was it you who said 整个江湖才是李相夷的真爱 #oh qiao wanmian #im sorry #mysterious lotus casebook #qiao wanmian #li xiangyi #ashton originals #sorry this is not the best translation but i need to scream

[shentunans]

#wu xie always be carrying an injured xiao ge on his back #mysterious lotus casebook #fang duobing #li lianhua #li xiangyi #cheng yi #zeng shunxi #dmbj cast #love the fact this drama is airing on cctv8 which means is on tv in China Whoopi #he’s gonna die at the end ain’t he? oh well

[cerulianvermillion]

Mysterious Lotus Casebook and The Blood of Youth crossover AU lmao bc the similarities are coincidental and also absolutely hilarious when you think about it

where (spoilers) Li Lianhua actually just leaves to get a fresh start and finds himself in Tian Qi city and gets mad drunk in his first night there and meets the Xiao Se incognito and he's like "wow cant believe i met my doppelganger who looks like me but slightly to the left who also lost his martial art skills" and they vibe and Xiao Se brings him to his gang like hey guys look I found another lost person and he's just like me fr fr!

meanwhile fang duobing and di feisheng are off to Xue Yue city bc of some tournament idk

#wait oh no do I have a type for pathetic men with secret identities #mysterious lotus casebook #the blood of youth #xiao se #li lianhua #li xiangyi #xiao chuhe #they're similar and its funny #li hongyi #group therapy!!

[rose-tinted-vision]

random silly idea for a mlc modern au I had while rewatching the first few eps:

Yun Biqiu would be on Reddit: "AITA for poisoning one of my friends for a girl?"

Qiao Wanmian would start a subreddit for Li Xiangyi's death conspiracy theorists, FDB is one of the top contributors, Xiao Zijin is spamming "he is dead, has been dead for 10 years, can't possibly be alive" under an alt user.

#the scene where yun biqiu asks li lianhua if lxy would hate him #that scene was so heavy yet unserious at the same time #it was like ybq “i know that you're actually lxy idk how you got over your allergy but i just /know/” #and llh being “i know you know that im lxy but lets just go along with this hypothetical situation” #but oh god the he definitely would hate you lines #mysterious lotus casebook #yun biqiu #li xiangyi

[murderedbyhomework]

There's a saying somewhere in chinese that 愛吃糖的人的命都是苦的 (those who love to eat sweets often have bitter lives) and uh. Rip. Anyways tag your character that fits this saying haha.

#li lianhua #li xiangyi #Chu wanning #Fei du #xue yang #Oh wow that's a lot already

[rhymaes]

Mysterious Lotus Casebook // Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

(continuation of x)

#and YES I USED THE SAME PIC TO BEGIN HIS. BECAUSE WHERE HIS STORY BEGINS #IS WHERE LI LIANHUA’S ENDS AND GOD. HE THOUGHT THEY HAD FOREVER #fang duobing’s turn because time is rushing toward them!!! and he believed they had it and then didn’t and then did again #and then it’s—all gone. like a light snuffed out. there is always a dark darker than the dark you know #and what li lianhua believed he was freeing fang duobing from is what he will spend the rest of his life mourning #& it’s. you have enough time. and then you don’t. and then you do because he told you so and you wanted to believe him even after everything #so you did. and oh. it was so much worse to think you could have it. that you had it together. and then finding he knew it was never a #possibility to begin with because he exchanged his death for your life but he doesn’t understand he wrote the eulogy you will roam the wide #world with for the rest of your life without him #just. holy shit. it’s a cruelty that li lianhua truly does not believe is cruel. he believes it’s a blessing. and it’s the worst thing #fang duobing has ever experienced—not his father not his illness nor his run away marriage or obligation as a young master he hates—its this #ANYWAY. yeah. yeah. finished the book today so natural I had to take the last quote completely out of context for my own selfish reading for #them bc what can I say I’m a selfish reader in any regard #mysterious lotus casebook #fang duobing #li lianhua #li xiangyi #di feisheng

[superwholockian93]

This is sooo 😭😭😭😭

#mysterious lotus casebook #li lianhua #li xiangyi #Cheng Yi #he is making others feel better about themselves by convincing them that he's actually dead #oh poor boi

[asterdust]

if i think of mysterious lotus casebook as a ghost story, it's going to take ten years of my life..... so i better not

#no because #narrative wise #HE'S LIKE A GHOST SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DRAMA #i know it's a joke in my head that it's like detective conan but death happens everywhere they go #and he's forgiving everybody and letting bygones be bygones #oh li xiangyi li xiangyi what will i do to all these feelings #mysterious lotus casebook #mysterious lotus casebook spoilers

[harocat]

Why People (Especially Gay People) Should Watch Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Thirty plus year old former greatest martial artist in the world, Li Lianhua, travels around in a poor man's version of Howl's Moving Castle dispensing sometimes quack, sometimes seems to be pretty accurate medical care to people throughout the land for a quick buck. He is dying a potentially preventable death because he was poisoned ten years ago and refused to seek treatment from his martial arts sect because he felt like he let them down (a lot of them died, and they think he died too). Hopefully he doesn't die for real at the end. He's been stripped of 90% of his martial arts powers, so he basically is just some guy. He does not GAF about almost anything. He likes to cook. He's smarter than everyone. He's our hero.

He has a cute dog by the way. Its name is Fox Spirit, but it is very much a dog.

Along the way he meets Fang Duobing, an annoying, oblivious to class consciousness (but still lovable) rich kid who makes it his mission to travel together with Li Lianhua so they can solve crime. He has huge puppy energy. He wants to be an official detective, and he needs LLH to help him out. He has a serious case of heart eyes for his shifu, and he shows zero interest in any woman ever. He believes, due to a previous encounter, that he's destined to be Li Xiangyi's student in martial arts. Oh and Li Xianygi is Li Lianhua's true identity, so he's kind of like, FDB's shifu twice over. He has no idea that LLH is actually the swordsman of legend.... yet.

Along the way they solve murder mysteries and also get involved in tomb raiding adventures complete with Indiana Jones style booby traps, backstabbing, and weird, creepy kids.

By the way, LLH's archrival from a decade ago, before he left the martial arts world, was Di Feisheng. He leads up an alliance that LLH's was pitted against, and one that was viewed as a scourge in the martial arts world.

LLH's last battle before his 'death' was with DFS, so the martial world believes DFS killed him, as does DFS. Di Feisheng finds him again, and is super DTF (fuck, or fight? actually both), but when he finds out that LLH lost his martial arts powers, he makes it his mission to restore them so they can have the final showdown they deserve.

The fight scenes rule.

Were they friends in the past before they became rivals? We don't know yet. All we know is that they have extreme divorced energy, and DFS wants nothing more than to get remarried. He's gay. He's so gay. He's legitimately confused when he finds out that LLH has an ex girlfriend. He's seriously like 'I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN WOMEN.'

You bet your ass LLH is wearing a wedding dress here.

So all three of them travel together to solve murders, which they do, with aplomb. The whole time DFS pretends he doesn't care while making moon eyes at LLH and making sure no harm ever comes to him. Fang Duobing is confused and probably jealous.

Yeah he really did pledge to marry Li Lianhua in like, episode two.

He also, at that point, has NO idea the true identity of either of them.

Right now DFS is no longer traveling with them, but I believe he'll be back to them soon (he's still plenty involved in the story and present), and the three will continue their shenanigans. And anyway, he's still annoying LLH despite them not traveling together (to be fair, pretty much everyone annoys LLH). There's also sect drama! Secret alliances! Completely wack murder mysteries! And always with a side-dish of heavy homo. They're going to be the best found family.

There's eighteen episodes of forty out right now, and it's streaming on IQIYI or wherever you choose to pirate your Chinese Dramas. It's EXTREMELY entertaining every single episode; funny, addictive, and yeah, pretty gay.

#mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #fan duobing #li lianhua

[ultimateshixiongfuckertournament]

Noncanonicals Tournament FINAL

This final is between Han Ying from Word of Honor (shizun/mentor: Zhou Zishu) and Fang Duobing from Mysterious Lotus Casebook (shizun/mentor: Li Xiangyi / Li Lianhua)

Propaganda under the cut! (Warning: Propaganda may include spoilers about the characters and their media)

Han Ying:

He idolized and was mentored by Zhou Zishu to the point of recruiting other young martial artists to revive ZZS’s dying sect and willing to die live happily ever after for it.

#han ying wants to fuck zhou zishu SO BAD#han ying#shizunfucker tournament

#my sweet ying'er wants to fuck zzs so bad he's gagging for it

#HAN YING HANDS DOWN#would have licked his boots if he asked

#han ying wanted nothing more than to officially become zzs's student/part of his sect#it was literally his dying wish that his brothers in arms may get to do that#he says several times in the show to zzs's very face that he's 100% down for dying for him#he swears allegiance EXCLUSIVELY to zzs and not the prince they're all serving#he comes up with bangers like 'if there is anything you need I will lay down my life with no regret'#'if you were gone one day how could I live alone'#'a loyal servant wouldn't have two masters in his life'#he sneaks into zzs's abandoned residence and homoerotically-#-strokes the painting of a flower that symbolizes a) zzs himself b) zzs's grief for being the lone survivor of his sect#and he wanted to join siji so so badly#it was his life's dream and he died IN siji but before getting to have that 😭#listen he makes me insane#anyway they should have fucked sloppy style and zzs would have had an out of body experience if hy called him shizun#my final thesis goodbye

#it's HAN YING#you could power entire nations with the power of that yearning

#han ying saw zhou zishu and IMMEDIATELY dropped to his knees are you joking#wen kexing immediately clocked him

#ying'er my sweet prince#he wants the dick so badly

Fang Duobing:

Fang Duobing has most definitely had several fantasies of being dommed by his shifu Li Xiangyi! He is also equally invested in marrying Li Lianhua - travelling the jianghu, going on rooftop moonlit dates, incorporating looking after him forever and ever into his general future plans. This is even before he knows that Li Lianhua and Li Xiangyi are the same person. Oh there are Layers to the shizunfucking. Where's that post about being so devoted to someone that it breaks the pedestal they're put on and comes full circle to loving them for the person they are? (its here: https://www.tumblr.com/difeisheng/733133489565745152/the-core-of-fanghua-is-built-around-fang-duobings) When they finally do get to know each other 10 years later, after Li Xiangyi's identity is found out, Fang Duobing insists on being equals rather than master-and-disciple! Li lianhua is Fang Duobing’s guide in the Jianghu! He leaves his house, dog and the only records of his unique martial arts to Fang Duobing before running away!! Fang Duobing’s most important agenda is to save Li Lianhua from slow death by poison!!! He doesn't care if Li Lianhua keeps leaving him behind and lying to him and is 'at peace' with dying!! They live together. They'll never be equals. They've been equals all along. They're zhiji. They're master and disciple. they're married. They're everything.

#this man wanted to fuck his shizun under two whole ass different identities#this man was given one million choices between his shizun and his entire cushy rich boi life and did not sweat the decision even once#this man was engaged to a princess - who was COOL - and went “no thanks i’d rather follow shizun around in a fantasy china airstream’

#this cannot not be fang duobing let's be serious#polls#he's been drawing hearts around his shizun's name since age 8

#Fang Duobing going through it for what he thinks is two different people but is just one guy#so he gets my vote easy

#pls he is head employee at shizunfucker.co

#han ying #fang duobing #word of honor #mysterious lotus casebook #zhou zishu #li lianhua #li xiangyi

[difeisheng]

lotus casebook get back here what do you MEAN fang duobing told his mother that li lianhua was his 知己 in life you can't just drop this on me—

#im on the fucking floor EXCUSE ME #oh we're really in it now #and we only find this out after shit hits the fan?????? #i need to go scream into the abyss #mysterious lotus casebook #fang duobing #li xiangyi #fanghua #ashton originals #liveblogging