Thread by @xantababy

Posting one twt per day 🤭 This is quite easy for me though. One look and I basically know the answer to almost every question. 😏 Thank you @GUOSHl for this 2022 Danmei Challenge ♥️

1 - First Danmei of 2022

Heaven Official’s Blessing by MXTX
墨香銅臭的天官賜福

Read the novel after discovering the donghua on Netflix. I searched for the release of the second season and ended up discovering the novel. I’ve fallen deep into the danmei abyss from then on.

2 - Last Danmei of 2022

Joyful Reunion by Feitian Yexiang
非天夜翔的相見歡

It’s already 2023 and I am still at Joyful Reunion pit. Feitian accompanied me through my move, my holidays and to the new year. I gave it all to chicken gege. 🐔

3 - Favorite Author in 2022

Jiang Zi Bei 醬子貝
jiangzibei.carrd.co

I first read PUBG, loved it & started a JZB train w/ ICDI & HTFAOD. Her writing is light and humorous, reading one of her works made me want to read more. Have most of her bl physicals on my bookshelf. 🤭

4 - Favorite Shou in 2022

QJJ’s Shen Lanzhou
將進酒的沈蘭舟

The first pic 👀♥️

5 - Favorite Gong in 2022

QJJ’s Xiao Ce’an
將進酒的蕭策安

My fave gong before reading QJJ was Hua Cheng of TGCF but he was replaced by Chiye ‘coz Chiye is more wild in bed, or anywhere actually, on the floor or even when horse-riding. 🙈

(Artist: weibo.com/U/5173241412)

6 - Favorite Main CP in 2022

Yang Youming x Xia Xingcheng
楊悠明 x 夏星程

from The Star Around The Sun
明日星程 - 金剛圈

I love them both from the novel, the audio drama and even the manhua. I just love their chemistry. Not the most perfect, but the most heart-tugging for me.

7 - Favorite Side CP in 2022

Zheng Yikun x Cheng Xu
鄭以坤 x 成絮

from An Accident in Broad Daylight
白日事故 - 高台樹色

They are the side cp that I prayed to have a HE while reading the novel. In the end, I’m still not sure whether they did. Want more stories of them pls. 😢

8 - Danmei You Dropped in 2022

The Obsessive Shou Moves On
偏执受想开了 - 乔柚

The MC was too annoying and cruel. It was so toxic. First novel I dropped last year because the MC annoyed me.

9 - Most Reread in 2022

The Decade of Deep Love by Wu Yi Ning Si
最愛你的那十年 - 無儀寧死

My most reread is my fave BE story because I just like to stab myself and bleed myself dry. 🔪 Cried every time, no matter how many times I reread it. 😭

10 - Favorite Quote in 2022

“𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦;
𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺,
𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦,
𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺.”

- Joyful Reunion
Book 2, Chapter 19 (Part 4)

11 - Total of Danmei You Finished in 2022

98 danmei novels, listed on my danmei wrapped for 2022 + Guomen + Departure Gate No. 8 that I read after posting my twt.

12 - Danmei That Made You Cry

Nan Chan by Tan Jiu Qing
南禪-唐酒卿

The scene in the dungeon. He only said said one line, but I felt my heart stop and I couldn’t stop weeping for him. It was so heart-rending.

13 - Favorite Danmei Art in 2022

I don’t have an eye for art. So I’m just gonna choose a cover of a book I think that was most appealing to me last year. The art is better on actual.

Woke Up and Heard I Was Married (book 2)
一覺醒來聽說我結婚了 第二本

Cover Art by 蒼星冰磚

14 - Danmei That Got You Out Of Reading Slump

Light Tea Sweet Wine
清茶甜酒 - 月半丁

OO couple. Their relationship is so sweet. Every time I’m on a reading slump, reading this novel soothes me.

15 - Longest Danmei You’ve Read in 2022

The Legendary Master’s Wife
傳說之主的夫人 by 尹琊

I’m actually not sure about this one but Goodreads said this is the longest book I have read for 2022. 🤔

novelupdates.com/series/the-leg…

16 - Shortest Danmei You’ve Read in 2022

Old Man by Ban Tian Xiao Huang
老男人 - 坂田小黄的

This is also one of my fave short stories, and one of my fave ads. 😏

17 - Danmei That Surprised You

Hope You’ve Been Well
別來無恙-北南

This novel took me by surprise. I wasn’t expecting myself to be emotionally affected by the angst. It was something I have similarly experienced, & the pain was so real I almost fell back into depression.

18 - Favorite Danmei Scene

Ending scene of —
‘Till Death Do Us Part by Tangstory
長相守 - 魚香肉絲

I don’t want to reveal the ending scene to avoid giving out spoilers so I ssd an excerpt from the final scene instead. It’s the perfect scene, and the perfect ending for me. 😌

19 - Danmei That You Didn’t Get To Read in 2022

拾朝 by 公子優, ‘coz I keep on pushing it back to my tbr. My reading thread twt draft is waiting for me to publish it. 😂

20 - Favorite Confession Scene

Limited Possession scene when Tu Yan confessed to Gu Cheng. 🙈

21 - Danmei That Disappointed You

Omg, BE Demon Survival System!! It was so disappointing since I love Fanservice Paradox. After finishing it excruciatingly, I couldn’t pick up any 稚楚 novel until now.

22 - Funniest Story You Encountered

Copper Coin by 木苏里 when he found out what the dragon spit is for. 🤣🤣🤣

23 - Favorite Genre in 2022

I’d like to say slice of life since I read a lot of slice of life novels on the latter half of the year but gaming/esports is still my fave genre. 🙈

24 - Danmei That You Would Recommend To Others

Chun Feng Du Jian by Cang Wu Bin Bai
春風度劍 - 蒼梧賓白

This is a hidden gem for me! Why is it that I don’t hear people recommending this? And I couldn’t even find a better photo for it. I loved this. ♥️

25 - Favorite Danmei Song

Moonlight Upon Us by Eigentunes

Not really a song, just a bgm but this was the most replays I had for last year. Played it on the background on repeat while reading novels.

26 - Danmei That Took You The Longest Time To Finish

Joyful Reunion by Feitian Yexiang
相見歡-非天夜翔

Not just because every chapter is quite long, but also because I was moving when I read this novel.

27 - Danmei That Took You The Shortest Time To Finish

Old Man by Ban Tian Xiao Huang
老男人-坂田小黄

Finished reading this in less than a day 😂

28 - Favorite Side Character in 2022

Qi Yu of Campus Idol’s Fake Boyfriend, though he is the main mc for Black-Bellied vs. Black-Bellied: Ultimate Showdown that I read afterwards.

29 - Danmei That You Wished You Read Earlier

Fanservice Paradox by Zhichu
營業悖論-稚楚

I didn’t like 稚楚’s other works but I wished I read Fanservice Paradox earlier last year because I truly enjoyed it. The songs were amazing also!! ♥️♥️

30 - Did You Enjoy Your 2022 Reading Journey?

Ofcourse! I should have discovered #danmeitwt earlier tho. I started reading danmei March of 2022. & I discovered danmeitwt’s existence on the 3rd quarter of 2022. I’ve been so lonely reading danmei alone with no one to talk to. 😭

31 - Best Danmei of 2022

Qiang Jin Jiu by Tang Jiuqing
將進酒 - 唐酒卿

Writing, plot, smut — everything was perfect. QJJ is on a level of its own. The best I have read for 2022, definitely. ♥️

Finally done with this challenge! I almost forgot about it tbh. Good thing someone retweeted! 😅