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Mostly words. She/her. Currently translating: embersbaihe.carrd.co | Rec list: morebaihenovels.carrd.co | Portfolio: douqi.blog
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douqi @douqi.bsky.social · Nov 2
where else you can find me/my stuff

baihe comm: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org
blog: douqi.blog
tumblr: douqi7s.tumblr.com
twitter: twitter.com/DouQi7s
subtitles: legendofyunze.carrd.co
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douqi.bsky.social
i'd have the same question tbh if i were a guest at this wedding
December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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oldenoughtosay.com
pour one out to an icon

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spanish woman who found fame for botching fresco restoration dies
Cecilia Giménez's effort to restore the painting Ecce Homo earned the artwork the nickname
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
douqi.bsky.social
Review: Memories of a Shanghai Summer (沪夏往事) by Shi Ci (是辞), Republican Era tragedy which did not quite work for me

🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77548.html
Promotional art for season one of the Memories of a Shanghai Summer audiobook, showing Xie Wanjun in a grey-green qipao and fur coat against a backdrop of a period-appropriate newspaper's front page Promotional art for season two of the Memories of a Shanghai Summer audiobook, showing Qin Shuining in a qipao holding a ruler against a backdrop of a period-appropriate newspaper's front page
December 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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guoldu.bsky.social
minguo's your wangxian

(doodle for @francowitch.bsky.social who won the pact challenge for fall :))

#mdzs
sketch by guoldu of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji in contrasting republican era fashions, both of them holding cigarettes and looking down upon the viewer
December 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
douqi.bsky.social
Chapter 32 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which Bian Jin continues to find herself extremely turned on despite even more blood and even more eldritch horrors)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/27/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 32 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Blood was seeping out of the half-healed cut across Bian Jin’s palm. Shen Ni had stitched it up for her perfectly, but it had split open again under the stress of battle. The sight of it made Shen Ni’s heart ache. ‘This is such a deep wound. Didn’t you feel it?’ she asked. Why else would Bian Jin have claimed that it wasn’t her own blood? Bian Jin had never been particularly good at lying. And now Shen Ni was finally confronting her about the secret she’d kept hidden for so long, and she was holding Bian Jin’s hand as well. That delicious, tingling sensation she both feared yet — in some deep part of herself — yearned for was beginning to spread slowly up her arm, towards her heart. Bian Jin did not speak for fear that she would make some unseemly noise. Instead, she bit her lip and nodded silently.
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
douqi.bsky.social
how are there SIX mini-dramas on the theme of 'two sisters get engaged to two brothers for vague corporate dynastic reasons and end up fucking the wrong guy on their wedding night'
December 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
douqi.bsky.social
suddenly reminded of the time i was earnestly explaining the appeal of the takarazuka revue to a very proper, very elderly british lady and she stops me and says sweetly, 'i know, dear. i went to a girls' school'
aliciahaddick.com Alicia Haddick/アリシア @aliciahaddick.com · 6d
Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally

Please see it if you’re curious
Takarazuka Revue “Castlevania: Awakening in the Moonlight" Worldwide streaming／『悪魔城ドラキュラ』全世界 動画配信実施
YouTube video by 宝塚歌劇 公式チャンネル Takarazuka Revue Company
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December 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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guoldu.bsky.social
My 2026 commission waitlist is officially open! This will remain open on a rolling basis unless I get really overwhelmed by responses 😂 so save the link!

Pricing Guide, including sliding scale definitions:
guoldu.com/pricing-guide

Commission Form:
guoldu.fillout.com/commission

#commissionsopen
Pricing Guide — guoldu art
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December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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aliciahaddick.com
Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally

Please see it if you’re curious
Takarazuka Revue “Castlevania: Awakening in the Moonlight" Worldwide streaming／『悪魔城ドラキュラ』全世界 動画配信実施
YouTube video by 宝塚歌劇 公式チャンネル Takarazuka Revue Company
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
douqi.bsky.social
Review: Home for the Funeral (奔丧) by Nan Hu Tang (南胡唐), folk horror which (at least for me) did not quite live up to the hype around its author

🔗 review here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77284.html
Cover of the JJWXC version of Home for the Funeral
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
douqi.bsky.social
first up is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6I...
December 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
douqi.bsky.social
am i the only person in international 焚情 fandom (i.e. about five other people) whose favoured if 线 revolves around bian jin rather than shen ni
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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guoldu.bsky.social
okay done for now! i'll add a spot for some other things once i'm ready to release them >:D
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
douqi.bsky.social
i've given myself three days off for christmas so time to watch questionable HK action flicks with surprise lesbians i guess
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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aliettedebodard.com
Deep breath
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
December 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
douqi.bsky.social
feeling strongly that big accounts with 15K+ followers shouldn't be promoting unauthorised AI translations of baihe novels on a paywalled site that doesn't even consistently name or credit the authors but what do i know
December 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
douqi.bsky.social
奔丧 is like the anti-Hallmark Christmas story in that it involves a high-flying young woman returning to her mother's rural hometown, where she discovers the importance of love and family ties vs personal ambitions, but more importantly finds herself being hunted relentlessly by an eldritch force
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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taplingzines.bsky.social
For our We've Always Been Here zine, Julie Vasques ( @julievasques.bsky.social ) is taking us to Ancient Greece with a sapphic illustration, with one woman playing the lyre or phorminx while the other dotes on her.

#AncientGreece #SapphicArt #Zines #WLW
An illustration of two women walking through an ancient city scene holding hands, colored moslty with various shades of pink and purple. At the top is a small box that says "Page artist" and at the bottom is a colorful banner that says "We've Always Been Here."
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
douqi.bsky.social
the foreshadowing in the background of the promo art for the audio drama adaptation of Wish You Happiness
Artist: 烛非鱼 Promotional art for the audio drama adaptation of Wish You Happiness, showing Su Chang and Yu Zhou embracing in the foreground. In the background, two figures that look suspiciously like them are going their separate ways, backs turned to each other
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
douqi.bsky.social
deeply unfair of 酒大 (that's Jiu Nuan Chun Sheng) to be posting thirst traps on main
Photo of a woman seen from neck down in a white shirt, black waistcoat and black trousers, holding a black jacket over one arm.
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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lunarriviera.info
why do undergraduates LOVE to glaze authors or feel like that's something they have to do: "melville was a master at writing," "charlotte perkins gilman did a phenomenal job" honey we know that you don't need to defend their reputation sksdhfksf
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
douqi.bsky.social
Round up of (plausibly deniable) GL mini-dramas

🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/77032.html
Posters for four GL-ish mini-dramas. Clockwise from top left: My Bestie is 3,000 Years Old; Met Her Majesty the Emperor While On the Run; Two Empresses Dowager Reborn; Be Her Persistence
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
douqi.bsky.social
HAN FU OUR 100% ORGANIC QUEEN
guoldu.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥Niq❤️‍🔥 【Comm Waitlist Open】 @guoldu.bsky.social · May 12
anyone up? i have 75% Poison 100% Machine-Free Han Fu (韩复) for you #焚情 #guolduart #baihe
painting by guoldu of a woman in relative Tang dynasty attire along with a black metal mask and her hair down Her nails are painted blood red to match her lips and the embroidered spider lilies, and she shoots a droplet of poison from her fingers
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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douqi.bsky.social
Chapter 31 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which Bian Jin finds herself extremely turned on in the midst of a pitched battle against an eldritch horror)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/14/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 31 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Bian Jin had not anticipated that she would come so close so suddenly. Shen Ni’s hot breath, laced with the metallic tang of blood and the fragrance of pear-blossoms, engulfed her ear. She felt as if Shen Ni were running her fingers over her heart; a flush of pleasure flooded her body. Reflexively she turned away, seeking an escape. ‘I understand.’ The sensations sweeping over Bian Jin were white-hot, but her reply was ice-cold.
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
douqi.bsky.social
Chapter 31 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which Bian Jin finds herself extremely turned on in the midst of a pitched battle against an eldritch horror)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/12/14/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 31 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Bian Jin had not anticipated that she would come so close so suddenly. Shen Ni’s hot breath, laced with the metallic tang of blood and the fragrance of pear-blossoms, engulfed her ear. She felt as if Shen Ni were running her fingers over her heart; a flush of pleasure flooded her body. Reflexively she turned away, seeking an escape. ‘I understand.’ The sensations sweeping over Bian Jin were white-hot, but her reply was ice-cold.
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM