#trouble with tropes

[darqx]

Fellas, is it scandalous to ask your bodyguard for a dance at your coronation?

It was Izm's prescribed bday yesterday (April 2) so I redrew an old Royal!AU doodle from 2022 (which I never posted here) °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

#art #doodle #hedonehigh #hh au #royal au #a quick recap of this AU: Izm is a crown prince and .D is his personal bodyguard and this au is an excuse to use every feel-good trope ever #also the only reason .D is not in trouble for his outfit here is because Izm bought it for him and insisted he wear it #sz

[sombredancer]

Asian dramas and relationship dynamics

There are my favorite relationship dynamics as a list. Opposites attract + power couple

Drama: I Am Nobody /  异人之下 Characters: Zhuge Qing & Wang Ye Screentime: Minor I like it when characters are different in a way they could complement one another, but at the same time they are similar in terms of what is important for people to stay stuck together. Zhuge Qing is public, easy-going and wants to be friends with Wang Ye. Wang Ye is mysterious, reflexive and doesn't want to be bothered by other people. But no one can beat extrovert if he decided to be friends with you =) Plus, they are united by their superpowers: they are both powerful sorcerers and their sorcery is very similar in its nature. So they can compete and learn from each other and, if necessary, kick enemy's ass together. ̶A̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶d̶y̶n̶a̶m̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶c̶k̶ ̶B̶L̶ ̶v̶i̶b̶e̶s.̶ By the end of season 1 they are OK and together.

Drama: Mysterious Lotus Casebook / 莲花楼 Characters: Di Feisheng & Li Lianhua Screentime: Secondary Di Feisheng is a leader of a demonic sect, a former slave and a very straightforward man. Li Lianhua is a former leader of a righteous sect and an extremely sly man with not-so-bad background. But both of them are the best martial artists in Jianghu and went through a lot together. One wants everyone to leave him alone, another wants to be with him together forever, and both of them don't give a damn about everything that happens in the world but they care for each other. B̶L̶-̶v̶i̶b̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶a̶c̶h̶e̶d̶.̶ The ending of the drama is obscure but I'd like to think they both are alive and happy together.

Drama: The Blood of Youth / 少年歌行 Characters: Xiao Se & Ye Anshi Screentime: Secondary A leader of a demonic sect who has an ultimate martial knowledge and the best righteous martial artist in the past, who is suffering from decease and can't fight anymore. What can unite them? The answer is: the similar mindset. They both had a great power and lost it, they both are shouldering great responsibilities that don't make them happy. Despite the fact that they should be on the opposite sides in Jianghu world, they are still good friends. M̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶B̶L̶-̶f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶s̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶X̶i̶a̶o̶ ̶S̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶g̶i̶r̶l̶f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶.̶ There is a small extra ep at the end of drama, when they meet each other again in a very romantic way. Just search for it.

Drama: The Legends / 招摇 Characters: Lu Shiqi & Qin Qianxian Screentime: Minor She is from a demonic sect. He is from a righteous one. She is immune to the impact of spiritual power. He is the one of the most powerful people in terms of spiritual power. She is dumb, straightforward and pure-hearted. He is blissed yet sensible and burdened with difficult moral choices. They could be an ideal Yin-Yang couple. But they have BE, because it's "The Legends", everyone should die in here Т_Т.

Pride and Prejudice + power couple

Drama: The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity / 晴雅集 Characters: Bo Ya & Qing Ming Screentime: Main This dynanics is similar with the previous one, but here we are focused on how they ended up together. Bo Ya has prejudice against demons-yao and believes all of them should be executed. He meets half-demon-sorcerer Qing Ming who helps him to overcome his prejudice. Finally, they become friends (or̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶f̶r̶i̶e̶n̶d̶s̶) and together they win over the evil forces. At the end they are separated but there is a hope they meet again.

Drama: Wuliang / 无量 Characters: Po Xiao & Feng Ren Screentime: Main People of different social status both seek to get a magical sutra. During a road trip they exchange opinions on the sutra and how to use it and change each other's mind. In the end it turns out that they together saved the world and can be finally together. As friends, of course.

Drama: Oh No! Here Comes Trouble / 不良執念清除師 Characters: Pu Yiyong & Cao Guangyan Screentime: Main Pu Yiyong looks like lowlife, studies very bad and hates Cao Guangyan, who is self-confident, smart and thinks low of Pu Yiyong. But a mysterious case with ghosts forces them to interact and they find out, that together they are a perfect team. Honestly speaking, this little series couldn't develop this topic as good as I hoped, but it's a really interesting story, so you can watch it for the ghost detective plot and get this type of relationship in addition. It's a Taiwanese drama, so BL-jokes and dalliance with a viewer were huge, but it didn`t help much. Still a nice dynamics and a good drama. Us vs the World

Drama: The Untamed / 陈情令 Characters: Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji Screentime: Main I don`t like the novel, but I like drama exactly because here I can see this dynamics. In the past life of Wei Wuxiang Lan Wangji was not strong enough to go against the whole world to protect his friend (well, in the novel they are lovers, but it kills the main idea of this dynamics by turning it into "I do it all just to get into your bed", which is meh), and his friend died. Suddenly, 16 years later, he gets a chance to choose once more: to be a part of society and watch once more his friend dying or to be with him against everyone this time. The moment he chooses to be with Wei Wuxian against the whole world I felt cathartic pleasure. The drama ends up on a little bit obscure but positive note.

Drama: Word of Honor / 山河令 Characters: Zhou Zishu & Wen Kexing Screentime: Main A former king's assassin who is at the brink of death and just wants to live the time left in silence and a birdy master of the most skillful criminals find each other, find out that they are brothers-in-teachings and decide to fight against the world together just to live in silence and enjoy each other's company. When one thinks it's his last second of life, the other comes to help him even if they both can't beat the greater number of enemies and will die for sure. Catharsis! The drama has a small extra ep where they are together and all right.

Drama: The Legends / 招摇 Characters: Li Chenlan & Lu Zhaoyao Screentime: Main Them, again! The first half of the drama they have enemies-to-lovers dynamics, but then, when they find out the truth about Zhao Yao's death and about feelings for each other, they turn into Bonny and Clyde and go annihilate the righteous guys who are in fact not-so-righteous. And it makes me feel cathartic, too. A very catharsis-causing dynamics, indeed! It's little obscure, but they will be fine at the end of the drama.

Drama: Dong Lan Xue / 东栏雪 Characters: Shen Yan & Chu Ningyuan Screentime: Main Two bad guys work together to get power in the palace. And get involved in romantic relationship during their power gaining. Nice story with an open ending.

Drama: Derailment /脱轨 Characters: Qi Lian & Jiang Xiaoyuan Screentime: Main It's a little story inside a big one about transmigrators that you can read in another of my posts. It lasts something like 1,5 eps of the drama but is a nice story itself. A lonely bellicose boy from a rich family runs away from home where no one cares for him and lives on the street. A lonely girl from an extremely poor family and being bullied by classmates tries to survive in this world. They meet each other and understand that it's easier to fight their fate together. Nice story, it's a pity that this one is too short and not a main plot of the drama.

The next post will be about Asian dramas and familial dynamics.

#cdrama #tropes #movie tropes #SDabouttropes #the legends #period drama #costume drama #xianxia #twdrama #bl drama #wuxia #modern drama #i am nobody #derailment drama #Dong Lan Snow #word of honor #The Untamed #oh no! here comes trouble #Wuliang #The Yin-Yang Master #the blood of youth #mysterious lotus casebook

[lycheedr3ams]

I am just obsessed with the ship dynamic where the man is a bit troubled in the sense that he is quiet and stoic and has been through shit, and then he meets his love interest and she's his sunshine, she can do no wrong in his eyes, it doesn't matter how troubled she is herself because she's his angel and saved him from himself. it is so how I view fem!reader x konig every. single. time.

here's a link to my Pinterest board based on this concept

#konig #konig call of duty #konig x reader #konig cod #cod mw2 #konig mw2 #konig imagine #konig headcanons #pinterest #moodboard #konig moodboard #lychee speaks #I just love this trope #I can't get enough of troubled konig #könig #könig call of duty #könig cod #könig modern warfare #könig mw2 #könig imagine

[starryalpacasstuff]

The subversion of faen fatale in Last Twilight; and why I love it

Can I just talk for a moment how much I appreciate P'Aof dismantling faen fatale tropes, as well as the notion of 'guys and girls can't be close friends' that is so prevalent in Asian society? Because not only did he do a fabulous job with Ink in Bad Buddy, but he's going above and beyond with it in Last Twilight. We have Gee, who could have so easily been someone who was interested in Day, and come in between their relationship (I was praying for her to not turn out to be a faen fatale when she was introduced). But instead, she's a great friend to Day, and she helps him regain another piece of his life by pushing him to join her at the bar. And then we have Porjai. She's Mhok's ex girlfriend, and the narrative has presented chance after chance for her to regain feelings for Mhok, and present problem for Mhok and Day in so many different ways, but none of them were ever taken.

And part of this feels very intentional to me. Showing us two female characters that could have very easily become barriers to the relationship, they didn't. We see it in the preliminary interactions between Day and Gee, where there's some time where Gee's character could have easily gone one of two ways. And you will not believe how immensely relieved I was when the show made it abundantly clear that Gee is a friend to Day, and nothing more. Similarly, Porjai is introduced to us as Mhok's girlfriend, and later as his ex. It would have been so easy for her to 'catch feelings again', like when Mhok comes to her aid with her ex (forgot his name, won't bother reminding myself). I feel like the show is trying to put the point forward that guys and girls can be friends, and that the girl doesn't always have to be a homewrecker.

And let me tell you this, I absolutely adore that P'Aof is doing this. The trope of female homewreckers, (or faen fatale as we like to call them) is extremely prevalent not only in bls, but in asian media in general. I've seen it everywhere, from bollywood movies to add drama, to serials that have been running for half my lifetime, to keep the viewers watching. I've watched it enough times to have a genuine hatred of it. There's a number of issues with the trope that I'm not going to get into right now, but I'm sure you're all familiar with. But the greatest point is, that it often takes away from a good story. It's a tired trope that serves only to add drama and disinterest the viewers from the story. Last Twilight (and Bad Buddy too) has had a very concrete storyline from the start. The purpose and aim of this story have been clear from the beginning, and in the most recent episode, the show has started to dig a little deeper into Day and Mhok's stories, relationship, and shown us how they're growing together. A faen fatale would absolutely ruin the slow, delicate journey these two are on of growing together, which is where I come to August.

Honestly, I was a little afraid when I realized that Day liked August. Because Day and Mhok have been slowly, but surely growing closer, and they're slowly letting down walls built up due to grief, and loss. But August only serves to help us further understand Day. I'm struggling slightly to put this into words, but in the single episode we had with August, I've learned so much more about Day, and how he works. And, his introduction also highlighted Mhok's caregiving instinct once more, his tendency to always put Day first. There are rare instances when introducing a past crush does so much for a story (another being Bad Buddy, P'Aof the wonder that you are), and I'm absolutely eating this up.

The last scene absolutely crushed me in a way that only Ep 5 [4/4] bls by P'Aof can. Once again, the resubversion of the Faen Fatale trope. When I first saw August, my first reaction was expecting faen fatale, 'and now he's going to take away Day's attention and Mhok's going to leave the flower and we'll all be sad". Well, the last part happened but it was so much more heartbreaking the way it was done. Once again, proving how much better a story can be without the trope that with. I won't lie, I'm still scared about how the knowledge that Day likes August will impact Mhok's actions toward Day. But, it's more of a fear for the characters, and less of a fear for the narrative, as in I'm not afraid that it will take away from the story.

Bad Buddy holds a legacy for subverting an innumerable number of tropes, and I'm glad to see that Last Twilight is holding it's own in the department too. The purposeful subversion of faen fatale made my heart incredibly happy (have you noticed how much I hate this trope? You probably have. I'm sick of it. Most Indian kids are)

Side note- I've seen a number of posts ghostshipping Gee and Porjai, and while it may not be very plausible, we did get InkPa, so it's never impossible

#i have a lot more thoughts but a theyr all extremely incoherent #this was my attempt at making sense of some of them #but seriously tho #p'aof is an absolute frickin genius #its insane how well the entire thing is orchestrated #im seriously having extreme trouble describing my thoughts because of how incoherent they are #theyre not even in words my thoughts about this show are in vibes and feelings #if that makes sense #it doesn't. i know #last twilight #last twilight meta #last twilight the series #faen fatale #subverting tropes #aof noppharnach

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Uhhh....

#arcane #ekkojinx #timebomb #jinx fanart #jinxarcane #ekko league of legends #fan art #enemies to friends trope #league of legends #firelight ekko #fathers day #hes in trouble #she may be messing with him #but who knows #they've been “wrestling” for a while now lol

[non-un-topo]

My brain: Dude how many times can you possibly write about the queer quartet being dirt poor travellers getting involved in some nefarious shit that doesn't concern them?

Also my brain: The limit does not exist.

#if anyone is tired of this trope pls tell me lol. that and i always write them cutting each other's hair?? #idk why i'm always writing them so poor. i guess i like to keep them extremely humble. #when i think of the andy quynh joe nicky gang i think of them travelling all over europe asia and africa with little more than their weapon #and basically letting jobs and trouble find them. #totally not because i don't want to do extensive research on famous battles throughout history. #but also because i just like to write about the lives of ordinary people. #we're not writing dissertations here. we're writing FANFICTION. #this is not an invitation to send me advice or help with research asdfgfs i'll burn out immediately and never write again.

[sparklingchim]

the urge to just start writing a married couple second chance jungkook series is strong right now!!!!!

#like that's my fav trope ever #a married couple having trouble in their relationship #breaking up and going thru intense hardships #filled with saur much angst #add sum sad & emotional smut scenes #that's real girl dinner ! #i eat it up every time 😋

[yioh]

THEY R DATING THAT IS MY VERDICT

#THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MS KIM TAERI HAS HAD SUCH CHEMSITRY W A MAN LMFAOOO #i loved their dynamic i think i just rly loved how hongsae was so . idk. like a sturdy pillar for her to rely on?? #like he was so dedicated to saving her and thought putting his life on line was NOTHING to protect her pls😭 #just because. he liked the way she loved her life and respected her so much #HES SO RESPWCTFUL AND SMITTEN LIKE THATS SO SKDHSKDBSJSHSJ #also hong kyung is such a cutie i loved him in this role #pls give me more troubled girl x smitten love interest trope thank u #revenant #sbs revenant #actually i have more to say #i think what made this ship rly good is that it was ALL abt gu sanyoung and not at all abt hongsae #he was merely there to assist her character but all the development and focus was on sanyoung #she was undeniably the mc and he was just there to be cute and help lol #i love that😭 more screentime and focus on the female characters outside their lovelife pls !

[ecto-stone]

I Care, I Care You not

#hachi doodle #vlad who got rejection issue believe that he didn't need attachment or family #or One Mentally trouble Teen with Cheese #i think my favorite trope is there one where charater said they don't care but reality is they care they care alots

[idolomantises]

I'm going to be reuploading my Bugtopia Canvas comics every Friday. Or just up until we get to the last comic.

Just to be clear, Bugtopia moving to Originals allowed me to rework some things and make some changes to the story that I felt like were flawed or underwhelming (I noticed most people were really into Cale and Marigold's story, and that's obviously because with those two, I had a little bit of preparation for them). Bugtopia Canvas is basically considered not canon.

But I still want these older comics to be accessible. Hopefully you'll be able to enjoy the originals version too! I've worked really hard on it.

#txt #bugtopia #speaking of cale and marigold #marigold is basically going to stay the same but cale is getting a bit of a revamp #i love canvas cale but he's a little.... bland and feels like an annoying example of 'troubled male character who just needs a good woman #to come into his life and fix him' which really set me off after people were calling marigold his therapist as a COMPLIMENT #there are better ways to handle this trope and i really want to flesh both of them out more. cale is going to have a change to him that #i am pretty sure will be controversial for some people. but i promise it'll work out in the end

[shima-draws]

Awww I’m so glad they actually got to have a really fun easy going day at the amusement park before everything went to shit 💕

#One last hurrah before shit hits the fan :)))) #Shima speaks #One Piece #ALSO ZORO YOU FUUUUCKING MORON. OH MY GOD LMAO. #Thank god for Bonney jumping in and saving his ass or he would be in BIG trouble #Smh. #Anyway gotta love that classic found family bonding before everything goes wrong trope!!

[a-chaotically-small-lunta]

So you know how in stories kids will hide the creature they found from their parents? Like “gotta hide and disguise the alien or mom will ground us!” Or “quick lil fairy, hide! We can’t let dad see you” Or “mom will freak out if she found out I was friends with a giant robot!” Etc etc. And I understand that it’s from the fear of getting in trouble over the littlest of things (god I can relate to that) but also if I had kids and found out they were hiding a whole ass person or mystical creature or giant or alien I’d be upset that they hid them from me but I would be SOOOOO excited to meet them. Like: “Hey son, I found an alien in your room. Are they your friend? Why haven’t you introduced me to them yet?” Or “You’ve been hiding a giant robot??? And you didn’t think I’d want to meet him?!?!?!? This is the best thing EVER!!” Or “sweetie…your telling me magic exists and you’ve known about it for a week now? This is awesome. Yes I’ll keep her a secret don’t worry, a friend of yours is a friend of mine.” Etc etc. just really supportive about this new wild friend they have. Imagine that though, imagine having a parent who would be chill about finding out about that you made friends with an alien, monster, superhero, robot, etc. I think that would be nice and I’d be that parent.

#10 points for anyone who can guess the exact movies I was thinking about when writing the examples haha! #it should be easy tbh…well maybe lol #yeah it gets rid of the parent finds out and you’re in trouble trope but damn it #I want some supportive parents out there okay #but like imagine that though #hell yeah your demon friend can stay over for the night as long as they follow the house rules #oh you found a dragon and it’s your pal now? alrighty what do they like to eat? #I’m just saying #movie #tropes #alien #robot #fairy #parents #spouting off nonsense #trope #movie tropes #thought #thoughts #etc etc

[spacedlexi]

it honestly frustrates me when i see people reduce the ericsons cast down to "just some teens in the woods" acting like theyre no different than any other group of lone teenagers from other existing properties and treating them like an overused trope

it is sooo important to acknowledge the "troubled youth" aspect of the whole equation. theyre not just some random teens in the woods clem stumbles across. these kids were abandoned by their families for their various "difficulties" and fucked up by The System before the outbreak even began. and then once zombies started roaming the streets their familes never came back for them and the adults that were in charge of taking care of them just left them there to rot in that old boarding school (except for ms martin who was like their lee 🥺 the only person who ever saw them as the scared traumatized kids they were and died protecting them)

the whole aspect of them already being fucked up by the adults that controlled their lives is like.....kind of important when discussing the whole "delta is stealing kids to force them to fight in a war they have no real part in and want nothing to do with" aspect of the season. and its important when comparing them to clem and her journey of also suffering at the hands of the adults around her forcing her to become self reliant. AND its important when discussing the "just trying to build a safe home (and future) worth fighting for in this world that wants them dead" aspect of the season as well

these kids were forced to come together to survive. and a Lot of them didnt... theyre the only family they have left and you can tell that even when they argue with each other theyre still a close knit group who looks out for each other. theyre a Real family before clem even gets there (and its why what really happened with the twins and brody and marlon hits them all so especially hard)

all of this is what REALLY makes ericsons such a perfect home for clem. its a Real community of her True peers. theyre not Just teens. they mightve had a layer of safety clem never had by at least having walls to keep them safe. and having the benefit of the school being hard to find. its the only reason theyre still alive when clem shows up. but theyre also some of the only people who can Truly understand where clem and aj are coming from. and its why it hurts so much when they vote to kick them out. but its also partially why she merges back into the fold so easily when she returns. plus the fact that shes Really the only one who has any idea what shes doing. shes their rock and she makes them feel safe because underneath it all theyre still just those scared traumatized kids ("EVERYONE is scared, clem..." vi was Definitely including herself in that 'everyone'), and on some level, so is clem

they saved clementines life. and she saved theirs. "the school was supposed to help them with their trauma, now they help each other" its about the LOVE the COMMUNITY the SUPPORT!!!! and thats the shit that makes good zombie media honestly 👌

#it speaks #twdg #there i go again writing another essay but i will Always defend the ericson cast theyre one of the strongest out of all 4 seasons #complaints ive seen about s4 typically include mentions of the teens as a trope being overused and im like.......did you even pay attention #the fact they were branded “troubled youth” and basically thrown away by everyone who was supposed to take care of them is SO IMPORTANT #these kids are Fucked Up but theyre Trying to make a kinder world #nobody talk to me i fucking love the ericson cast 😭😭😭 theres not a single one of them i dont like im serious #them using poor pilgrim of sorrow in ep3....ericsons is heaven to clem 😭 all the comments she can make about feeling safe there 😭😭 #clem being everyones rock but violet being clems rock back 🥺😭💕 waaaaahhh thats why it was over for me when vi stood up for them in ep 2 #vi having the courage to stand up to her group for aj........... yeah she had me in a vice grip after that. she fought for them so hard #and if it wasnt for her advocating so hard for them to stay they ALL would have been taken or killed #vi cared about clem so much she undoomed them all #and aj loved clem so much he undoomed her :') #s4 is just the perfect ending to clems story truly itll make me happy for the rest of my life im so happy for u clem 🥺 #tfw the media you like gets a good ending and the main characters are respected and it feels like it was made from a place of love #instead of being like...actively hostile to its fanbase and destroying its own characters for the Laughs #and when i say “good” i dont necessarily mean “happy” i just mean “competently written" #i wouldnt call it perfect but it survived both a cancellation AND the financial collapse of a major game studio. its perfect to Me #for what it is (and what it originally almost was with the clems house plot) we truly lucked out so fucking hard #truly a return to form of season 1 but with less despair and more hope which i appreciate :') #all the things ive liked over the years that were destroyed for me by bad or weird writing decisions... clutches onto twdg like a lifeboat #god i love s4 so much nothing has ever been More Specifically Written For Me Personally

[tum-bakery]

oh, you have Excellent taste and very very good art. i have a soft spot for exis, naturally—do you know how many babies he ends up with for that first secret pregnancy? —(megaregolith, on anon because my main is unrelated)

teehee thank youuu!!

I'm always happy to hear people enjoy Exis. I think that in his first pregnancy he had twins. I deliberated a lot on if he was gonna have multiples or just a single baby, but after I realized how much I was committed to... somewhat both I realized twins would be a very happy medium.

Not only that, while chatting with someone about Exis I realized it would be if not relevant in ANY OTHER WAY- very amusing for Exis to have his team now know, and for all of them to think "well at least it's over now," only for Exis to realize there's a second one.

So definitely twins. Not a whole bunch of kiddos he's now saddled with but he does stull have more than one.

#bakerspeakin #Mpreg #Nbpreg #The more feindish afterthought hidden in the tags: #For the first baby Exis' main issue is that he's RESISTING #He won't relax and allow his body to do what it has to #But as soon as he accepts what needs to be done and lets himself push regularly the first baby is easy- #But the second one DOES give him more trouble and he ends up being thankful he has support #He has a small break between the two but his keener eyed friends notice his tummy is still FIRM #Also no one has seen it yet but Exis WILL be subjected to one of my favorite tropes: silly amounts of baby pride- #Saying things like 'I made that lookie' and being so PROUD to hold their lil baby #shapeshifter oc #Exis & co. #Ba.kersocs

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I believe I forgot to post this on my Birthday last week lmao

#ekkojinx #arcane #timebomb #jinx fanart #ekko league of legends #jinxarcane #fan art #enemies to friends trope #this is the tamest spicy image i can offer #tumblr would at be at my throat if i posted the unquestionable ones #look id be happy to show it #but really i dont wanna get in trouble #im 1 year older :) #happy birthday to me ig

[whumperer-86]

Truth Chinese drama ep15

I love when the whump seems real more than fake,, it feels deeper

The male lead almost freeze to death with his colleague and when saved he was hospitalized ,, the doctor said his lung is damaged and he will have to live with after affects for the rest of his life

#medical whump #whump #whumper #asian whump #emotional whump #drama #asian whumper #suffering #chinese drama #whumpee #whump tropes #trouble breathing #caughing #in hospital bed #sick