How I discovered TGCF (And BL in General)

[@Kictor]

Read the TGCF manhua here! bit.ly/3lNvoTa

[@Deyanira_8012]

This is a little unrelated to the video but I rlly wanted to ask if the manhua is currently on hold? If so- is it because the artist is taking a break or are they just taking their time to do the next chapters? Whatever the answer is I respect it since Starembers art is extremely gorgeous and I don’t mind waiting for the nexts chapters. Side note : I really love your videos and thanks so much for posting content for the fandom!!! You were the reason I decided to give TGCF and MXTX a try and I honestly don’t regret it at all. Keep up with the great work ❤️❤️❤️

[@noviranerotoxin3033]

I have to thank you for introducing me to Bilibili comics so thanks Kictor!

[@stopperstole]

If it's possible can you say where to buy it ?

[@cjoy2858]

Hello. This is kinda unrelated but have you watched the “Sharing this eternal life” HoB anniversary song? I know it’s older but like it’s so romantic and I think it would be really cool to see your reaction for it!

[@speciman2.0]

Gather round chilldren, grandmother Kictor is telling a story! 🍿

[@suckmyballs554]

I’m here

[@speciman2.0]

@@suckmyballs554 Welcome Viv, careful around the fire place :)

[@suckmyballs554]

@@speciman2.0 thank you :)

[@TytheCanasian]

LOL

[@speciman2.0]

@Chris Fuentes Hey there, cookies are on the back table 🍘

[@its.yuu.]

"I'm not into historical fantasy, whatever...." Well that sure backfired, didn't it 💅

[@Riya-ph1pk]

it sure fuckin' did

[@wenningsradishes9040]

That's true 😂

[@Kieraniluvyou]

this is a little _too_ relatable..

[@photolover95]

My straight brother was the one who recommended me TGCF. He was surfing Netflix and started watching it without knowing it was a BL. He said he was blindsided by the sudden sexual tension between Xie Lian and Hua Cheng but he wasn't against it. He found it really interesting too. I hardly go out my way to watch anime because I'm kinda done with it. I'm glad I listened to him because I love this series and all the other ones too.

[@enyachwe]

everyone say "thank you Kictor's dad for enlighting Kictor on gay ships via x-men" :'D

[@albertasimmons-robison1816]

Thank you so much Kictor's dad.

[@stressbytheidiotsaroundme9045]

When I heard kictor say that I realized that first ever ship in American movie I imagine in my childhood was x-man and and that one dude his covered in red light or something from same movie lol at that time as a child I thought hey these two sure look cool and handsome together lmao 😂

[@re1_i05]

Just imagine how MXTX would feel should she know just how inspired and happy her works made people? I always thought I was a little weird for being obsessed over her novels, but Kictor talking about it helped me understand it’s a lot more than an obsession, it’s inspiration, it’s comfort, I thank you - I still have a weird relationship with TGCF, some of the best and worst things that have happened to me happened because of it, but it’s still so beautiful and I’m faithful to the story forever.

[@peerlesscucumber8109]

Imagine if she didn't disobey her mother's wishes and became something else, we wouldn't have had these beautiful stories 😭😭 I love MXTX so much!

[@shadabidya1833]

"It's inspiration, it's comfort" you couldn't have said it better!! I'm so thankful to have found out about tgcf and the world of mxtx ❤❤

[@jayveeagana4597]

i discovered TGCF accidentally. i downloaded bilibili because of a another story and i saw TGCF cover and i was like DAMN THIS ART IS SO GOOD then i open it and instantly i got hooked by the art and the story and i cant get enough then i finally i found you. THANK YOU for the useful information about TGCF more power for the gayssssss!!!!

[@dazaisimp710]

Same thing happend to me

[@Novelsiast]

Omg same!!😃, I downloaded it because of "touch your world" and eventually stumbled across TGCF

[@dazaisimp710]

@@Novelsiast same touch your world is now over tho so sad miss bai lu xie cheng

[@Novelsiast]

@@dazaisimp710 I know 😭, now I don't know what to look forward to on Thursdays 😥. And TGCF is on a long-term hiatus, So I'm just reading other Manhuas in the meantime 🧘

[@dazaisimp710]

@@Novelsiast can you tell me some of them so I can make my Thursdays better too pls not forcing

[@liyu1469]

I discovered I was gay when I was 10 years old, when I realized that I loved the idea of Sasuke and Naruto being together. That's what got me into shipping and eventually got me into reading fanfiction in the family computer and reading Yaoi manga lol. I discovered danmei through my cousin who was visiting from China and she introduced MDZS to me around the time MXTX started releasing the chapters for it back in 2015 on jjwxc. I've been in love with Danmei ever since and as a gay Chinese man, I really couldn't ask for more.

[@云马龙]

OMG! Me too! I ship Naruto and Sasuke tooooo!!!

[@stopperstole]

I still don't know my sexuality because I read Bl , Gl straight romance

[@BorinSHort]

@@stopperstole If you still don't know it yet, don't worry. You could go with the flow. And don't put a label on it, maybe you'll find out later.

[@annleerice]

I'm straight but I discovered BL thru SasuNaru 😁

[@speciman2.0]

Though I do love the usual wacky and silly editing style of Kictor's videos, I do love how chill and genuine her videos can be too. Like, just sitting and talking about BL like she's explaining her life story is just weirdly entertaining lol. The fandom definitely wouldn't be the same without you Kictor

[@mimsilvernote]

Weirdly enough, it was the Percy Jackson books that started the pipeline that would lead me to TGCF, since that started my love of mythology based fantasy stories . I randomly discovered the donghua while scrolling through Netflix and found that it was a beautiful looking animated fantasy series (which I can never get enough of) , and then discovered the novels and manhua shortly afterwards and found it was basically everything I ever wanted in media. Though my gay content enjoyment came from consuming WLW content, which started with watching Sailor Uranus and Neptune compilations and the WLW rep in Western cartoons

[@twinklejagani3726]

I had seen the donghua in Netflix but let it slide

[@albertasimmons-robison1816]

I've been reading the entire Percy Jackson series and the the movies Starting reading them to encourage my grand-kids to read more. I've always felt they were more adult themed then young adult. Either way I'm like most on Kictor's YT page. We have a love for donghua, manhua and manga.

[@mango_float5666]

what's WLW?

[@albertasimmons-robison1816]

@@mango_float5666 women loving women

[@ウィアブ]

I discovered tgcf when it came on Netflix and it was in my recommendations so I was like "eh why not", best choice of my life. I discovered bl with bl comics. Then I watched yuri on ice and I was like " Now I wanna ice skate''.

[@DeviousMyst]

I was just browsing Netflix and I always saw Heaven Official's Blessing but passed over it so many times because I wasn't used to the Chinese language in anime. Instead, I watched the movie Nezha, which I didn't know was Chinese until I started watching it. Afterwards, I thought wow that was really good, hmm might as well watch that show I kept passing over. At first I was like wow this is kind of boring, but the ending of the first episode had me hooked with the song One Flower, One Sword, and I liked Fu Yao and Nan Feng. But watching it further and San Lang and Xie Lian are interreacting, I'm like wow this is kind of gay. And then with the longing looks and San Lang's flirting and I'm like this is realllly gay. I was so caught off guard because I didn't think China made content like this, and by that point I was so engaged in their relationship and the ending had me so hooked I had to know everything about this series. I felt so blessed to know that there was not only a manhua, but also a book being translated into English that waws being released in a few days at that point. Not only that but finding out about Mo Dao Zu Shi, and Scum Villian too??? SO here I am now, learning mandarin, I've already read all the books, read all the manhuas, watched all the shows including the untamed and I've been hooked with so many more BLs on billibilli too. I'm so glad I fell into this rabbit hole it's helped me so much with my depression. :)

[@nneo3231]

You summed up pretty much why I'm gravitated towards non-straight stories these days. The lack of sexism and weird power differential between the couple makes me feel like their relationship is more pure and made of genuine love, acceptance and respect. Also the reason why I like shows where a girl or boy cross dresses (circumstantial) and the opp sex falls for who they are platonically. I love the Taiwanese drama Bromance for this reason (not a Bl but more BL than many BLs, also a very convincing cross dressing from the FL)

[@rainthekittygirl]

It has been so long I can't remember how I discovered bl as a whole but my TGCF obsession started with me just clicking on a random anime to watch during my work break in September. So far I've seen the 1st season twice(unheard of for me), watched all the available second season eps in both subbed and dubbed, read all the books on kindle (plan on buying the physical copies asap), and am all caught up with the manhua. Now I'm in limbo waiting for the new stuff which youtube took notice and lead me to this channel.

[@jenniferdelarosa7630]

My journey this rabbit hole started a long time when I was like 13-14 I had accidentally discovered no.6 with that it lit an extreme interest with Bl anime and manga. It went far into shipping characters who weren't together . Its been a long journey from that time and I have enjoyed it especially yuri on ice. I was able to discover a lot amazing people and create wonderful friendships. Even with heaven's official blessing I had found that accidentally and I fell in love with it. Now I've watched and read all the mxtx works and now I want more 😅 Bl has honestly been a huge part of my life and has helped me discover a lot about myself that I probably wouldn't have discovered. I want to thank you kictor for making an amazing channel! It's honestly the best! It's amazing to have a place where I can fangirl to my hearts content and meet people who understand the awesomeness of this amazing series!

[@Kieraniluvyou]

*_HE XUAN'S CHARACTER DESCRIPTION IN TGCF BOOK 5 MADE ME A BEEFLEAF SHIPPER_* --------------- **skips 4 sentences** "He Xuan disguised himself as the Earth Master Ming Yi for many centuries, and during this masquerade he cultivated a friendship with Shi Qingxuan. Although founded on falsehood, the feelings of friendship that "Ming-xiong" held for Shi Qingxuan seemed to be legitimate." *_I NEED TO FVCKING CRY BUT NOTHING WILL COME OUT OF MY EYESSSSS_*

[@jenniferuzumaki6022]

Honestly this reminds me of "how I meet you mother/father" conversations 😅 but thank you kictor for the new video! It's really heartwarming hearing how you got into this Fandom and how you started your journey! 🥰🥰

[@ev9312]

ahhh kictor seeing you talk so passionately about these stories you like and the love you have towards this community felt so heartwarming! i felt very identified with your experience that i even shed a tear HAHAH being able to say wholeheartedly that something makes you genuinely happy is so askdjskaidfj i can’t even describe it, but it is an incredible experience. it’s been a year now since i got into danmei and my hype for it keeps growing and growing (also thanks to this amazing community). i’ve had the opportunity to met rey too and through them i came across your content and other amazing creators/artists like happy, i’m very thankful to meet you guys! :)

[@its.yuu.]

I agree 100% !!

[@Midnight846]

I found tgcf and my interest in BL bcs of that "Ling Wen spills the tea" video😂

[@Dumb_Husky.Cat_Shizun]

the first time I heard about tgcf was the "explaining the plot of tgcf to my friend" video you made. And I just have to say, after that I kinda fell down a rabbit hole of tgcf. It's literally the only thing on my KZbin home page. So thank you so much for fueling my new addiction.😅

[@Kictor]

Hahah I’m glad you’re enjoying it! :)

[@LemonLavenderTea]

Ahh Cherik. That was my fandom awakening too.

[@ameliapond187]

I first got into gay ships (and eventually realized I liked them so much in part because I was gay) when one of my friends in high school convinced me to read No. 6. I adored NezuShi and just spiraled from there. I got into TGCF specifically because of tumblr. I kept seeing gifs and stuff from the Untamed so I decided to give it a shot and loved it. I was partway through reading the novel when Heaven Official started showing up the same way, it didn't take me nearly as long to decide to watch that too. MXTX's works have been my hyperfixations ever since.

[@dontjudgeme9149]

One word: *Curiosity* Fun fact: Junjuo Romantica was the first yaoi Manga I've read, followed by Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, and etc... If ya ask if I regret it? The answer is... Nope, no way in hell, its thanks to that I discovered MDZS, TGCF, 2HA, SVSSS and so on... 😂😂😂

[@subspacemortem]

6:42 its incredible how much I relate to this part. When I first got into danmei I had trouble believing that the relationships in it were canon because of all the fanfiction I consumed about non-canon ships.

[@sambal91]

Lol the coffin scene. When I was reading it, Xie Lian was embarrassed, I was embarrassed for him. I had to stop a bit out of embarrassment for him. Pacing around the room with hands on my head. 🤣

[@ForTheLoveOfTheGods]

"I still wasn't genuinely obsessed to ship them yet" *looks at the wall behind Kictor*

[@LoopieLupie-p5u]

Saw the cover of vol. 1 sitting on a shelf in a comic shop. Didn't understand a thing about it or what Danmei was (I thought it might have been a publishing company). Bought it anyway. Hooked. I actually thought XL was a real bride initially so it was like *BAM* surprise BL. I love the series so much.

[@alk4zar]

mdzs was my first danmei but lets talk about tgcf, i pretty much got into it because of netflix. they added some few animes and donghuas including tgcf. the banner preview featuring sanlang and xielian looked interesting so i decided to give it a watch. thats how i am now.

[@LeyneTheDiary]

I got into TGCF because I had an assignment to do in my Chinese Civilization Class in College, we had to do an essay on everything related to something we like in the Chinese Culture, it could be: books, dynasty, movie, Chinese women empowerment or anything. Everyone did something pretty different and I was so scared to do something somebody already did so I decided to search for a movie or a series to watch on Netflix that can be good to talk about in an essay. And it was on Netflix that I came across the TGCF’s series and I completely loved it from the start. Then I told myself “hey, maybe I should do an essay about this, it could be cool”. Our teacher was a big fan of Chinese culture, and I was too (still am). I did pretty good on my assignment (I don’t remember the mark I got tho but I know I passed) and I was very happy! Sorry for my English, I’m French and I’m still working on it ^^’

[@charliee-]

I was into anime since I was little as I grew up watching it with my dad back in the late 90s/early 00s, but when I was around 14, my boyfriend and I got really into shipping gay relationships in order to get the good gay content we baby gays needed - tumblr was DEFINITELY the place to go for all of that. I fell in love bl when I discovered no. 6 and then following that yuri on ice really sold me on how much I loved it. I finally felt able to find anime and manga that showed people like me without being flooded with awful stereotypes. I found mxtx through a small business I liked who made pins for mdzs and that was really the beginning of the end. I'd never heard of danmei before that and now tgcf has become my spin and I've discovered the joys of fandom all over again!

[@fannynearfyi789]

3:27 Oh Kicktor! I wish you'd have had someone to guide you and tell you that what you were really looking for was Shonen-ai's stories not yaoi, that would have saved you so many headaches

[@mangohead1051]

hi kictor :D i actually first discovered TGCF on Netflix! finished the donghua in about 2 days then was like “hey, there’s also a novel!” then came the angst. however i definitely don’t regret it tho :’D

[@stopperstole]

Same

[@lamascaradeXieLian817]

I love Heaven Official’s blessing! I’m into BL and really wanted to read an Asian fantasy in that genre for years. I devoured the first season as well as Vol 1 and ordered vol 2. The art, the story, the characters, it is just amazing. I’m also a novelist who’s been planning to write an Asian BL fantasy so this is perfect inspiration.

[@vailieria]

I basically discovered TGCF on Netflix. I moved to stay with my grandmother temporarily due to the pandemic. Since my grandmother has a smart tv and internet, my Aunt told me to log her Netflix account so we could watch movies. Some time after i logged in, i was searching for anime's to watch during the pandemic, and then i saw Heaven Official's Blessing. I added it to my list without knowing anything and i didn't watch it until the first days of December 2021. I decided to watch the wbole series and was obsessed. After i finished watching the first season of the donghua, in February i found the manhua and novel and started reading it. Since i had classes i only managed to finish the manhua only and left the novel unread. Until the end of March when i found your channel and started watching your content did i decide to finally finish the novel. I finished it around the mid of April. After that i was really obsessed. I found the other MXTX novels and their donghua's and decided to watch them until i fell deeper and deeper into the Danmei hole.

[@Bellrix99]

I found out about TGCF through The Untamed drama series. I loved it so much that I couldn't think about anything else. So, I found out that there are two more novels by MXTX. And I've seen a hell of a lot of comments on social media saying that TGCF is actually much better than MDZS. Back then I didn't believe it and thought - this can't be! But after reading it, I can say with confidence that this is the best story I've ever read so far. And it is so inspiring. I mean, as soon as I look at all this wonderful merch that I now have, I can't help myself, my heart starts filling with warmness.

[@raphaellevilleneuve6908]

the music of yuri's at the nationals is my solo music in ice skating.

[@puppy_love]

The way you met stitch is so cute!! The way I got into danmei was through the untamed. I had seen some pictures on twitter of wwx when it was airing in 2019, and saw people crying over it lol. I thought it was another queer baiting show (which I was so tired of) and to make it worse one of the characters dies! so I stayed far away form it. Later in 2021 one of my friends on tumblr (which is still alive btw lol) was watching it so I decided to give it a shot. Then *blink* I watched the drama, read the novel, watched the donghua, listened to the audio drama. I haven't been able to resurface lmao I decided to read tgcf when I saw the cute little hualian chibi art with the umbrella and the bunnies, and saw all the pictures of the live action. I thought it looked so beautiful and didn't know anything about the story before reading it. It ended up being my favorite novel by far and then later I discovered your channel! Your channel has really helped me be more open and less embarrassed about my interests (which no one should be! but I have trauma lol). I feel like your channel has created a safe space to be free to talk about the content we enjoy. So thank you!

[@peerlesscucumber8109]

I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna recommend you a BL! It's called Sasaki to/and Miyano I think you would really like it, since it's kind of like Yuri on Ice. It focuses on the relationship and development of the two main leads and it's SO CUTE! We have Miyano as a feminine looking fudanshi (BL lover), and Sasaki as a sweet older senpai and their interactions and the way they fall in love are so adorable and different from many other BLs in the LGBTQ+ animes!

[@ruoye-chan]

Same here - started with Free! in January 2021 and I'm addicted to anime/manga/webnovels since (almost exclusively BL). TGCF is a true blessing in my life, the best story I've come across and I can't get over it for so many months now. I'm going to be 34 next month and so many doors I never even knew existed opened for me during this exciting journey. And you Kictor, you just make me so happy. I'm so glad you exist :) Your goofing around is just too cute and sooooo contagious.

[@kccgurl]

For me, I first heard about Asian bl when someone i was following on tumblr starting posting gifs from Kinnporsche, which is a live-action thai bl series. It was mind-boggling to me at the time that in Thailand people were making explicitly gay tv shows like that. but for a while, i did nothing about it. then i ended up watching kinnporsche. because of that the tiktok algorithm showed me a really romantic scene from Word of Honor and so i was like oh what is this and then i googled it and found out what danmei is. Then i watched Word of Honor and absolutely fell head over heels in love with the characters and their relationship. from their i went on the danmei reddit page and found out about mxtx and priest and all the other authors. and now im just working my way through all the content there is.

[@Lover_of_books_nice]

my story was that I started watching miraculous ladybug and wanted to read some reveal fan comics, stumbled upon gacha club, made my way to fnaf, mha, and naruto, found heaven official's blessings on Netflix, KZbin somehow figured out what I was watching on another site, got in mo dao zu shi, got bored one summer night and decided to binge Scum Villain's then spent the next 4 days reading the novel. After that I delved deeper into Danmei and gradually found out about other Danmei novels. (I'm missing a few things but this pretty much some's up most of my journey).

[@Oushiro17]

Love the fact that you are a Frostiron fan! My sister got me into that particular ship, and I love the chaotic fun of it. One of the best things about ships are the different types relationships that can happen. It’s so interesting! I absolutely love it.

[@emmac4659]

Your eyes do light up when you talk about it ^^ Somehow I could almost hear Hua Cheng in the back saying *you will never find anyone who is sincerer than me in the whole world* 😳

[@maybunny25]

I am little older so I learned of BL from CLAMP's CardCaptor Sakura Manga between Toya and Yuki :) As for how I found out about TGCF, I just saw Heaven Offical's Blessing book 1 on a table at Books-A-Million in Dec 2021 but didn't buy... then went back a week later and bought it. Never heard of it before that day the same day I started reading it I found Kicktor's channel :) I wish I had friends....

[@jwalther6045]

A feel like a certain part of my life started for the first time EVAH when I found MXTX's writing and it hit me like a tidal wave of primal creativity and happiness. I started with The Untamed, but within a few episodes googled, what happens in the end. I came across what actually happens in the book with multiple flame emojis - and that day I downloaded every chapter I could find online. I don't know how else to describe it - it definitely cracked open a huge happy place in me. I feel like MXTX is my spirit animal. I'm sure others feel the same way. This wasn't too long ago and I'm just starting to look for community to obsess with about this. I'm still at the stage of WHERE CAN I FIND STUFF... Kind of late to join the party but everything comes in the right time.

[@pocketjoker4675]

My mom actually saw the MXTX novels in a Books A Million in June when we went for my senior pictures. It was MDZS and She stopped me and said ‘this looks right up your ally!’ I pretty sure she was talking about the Chinese aspect of it since I love learning about Asian culture and she knows I watch anime and listen to k-pop. So we bought the first 2 books of MDZS and the last time we went I got TGCF cuz i started watching your Chanel and wanted to actually read it! So my mom got me into this awesome fandom and doesn’t even realize what she just started for me!

[@TytheCanasian]

I went into TGCF thinking it was a "normal" novel fighting against evil or something HAH didn't expect THAT coming XDDDDD

[@J_J0v0]

It actually just shows us what an amazing person you are😆

[@nightfall5000]

Man, I got into BL when I was about 16, when I first started reading fanfiction. At the time I had no clue what my sexuality was (or if I really had one, being on the asexual spectrum makes that weird idk). But I found that I enjoyed romantic plots no matter the gender and BL was something so different tonally from the typical romance that I read, and found it could be extreamly indearing. When TGCF first popped up on my radar, it was after a friend had watched the untamed and I had a been accumulating a list of stuff to watch. Just so happened that at the top of that list was TGCF. When I finished watching it, the untamed was next, to which neither of us realised it was the same author... we laughed our faces off when we found out.

[@shadabidya1833]

Can I just put it out there that it's so darn awesome that you're a channel that revolves so much around tgcf, and us mxtx fans are mad lucky to have you, the reactions, analyses and everything 😩 How I got into tgcf started with me finding the untamed through YT recommendations, at the same time I have a friend who knows MXTX's works (bless her ♡♡), she sent me mxtx memes and art, including tgcf stuff despite me not knowing much about it at the time, xcept dat Hua Cheng HAWT 😂 I saw the donghua on Netflix, watched that, got sucked into the hualian pit and now I'm here with the rest of y'all ✨

[@silverlanterns]

I get you kicktor! I never thought about bl relationship and then I suddenly found about marvel gay fandom like forstiron, stony etc but it was not enough. EVERYTHING CHANGED when I found out YURI ON ICE - the first anime, canon gay and sport drama. Then I found out about TGCF through those gorgeous arts of starember😳😍 - it's a inseparable part of my life, it's like oxygen now I can't live a moment without TGCF.

[@n4gi_nag1]

My friend kept posting in her Wattpad conversations about "TGCF"so I thought `hey why not give it a try?` and so I did and I barely lasted a moment before I became uninterested when they were explaining Feng Xin and Mu Qing. 2 years later I come back and still see it on my library and I think again `let's try to get thru this whole thing` I fell into the MXTX hole and I can't leave and I'm not about to

[@akendoc706]

After being in the modaozushi fandom for 4 years, I finally found a person I could talk to about it and fangirl with. I wonder if in these moments I look as happy as Kictor talking about tgcf, because the amount of joy the mxtx works bring me is indescribable

[@SilverButterflies_33]

For me it was Netflix. I was the kind of person to find a series, watch one episode, then never watch the rest for the rest of my life. It happened with The Untamed too. BUT, I was really bored, so I decided to watch two episodes, which turned into three, then four, then the entire show in the span of a week. Fast forward a few weeks, I’m on KZbin and I see a crack video for The Untamed which I watch and see the main comment has a link to the source book. I was bored and had nothing better to do so I decided to read it. It took me two days. That got me into MXTX and especially TGCF which is now my obsession which is not going to go away any time soon.

[@mich.moelle]

BL ships found me when I was 10, I got into it (like really understand what’s going on) when I was like 13/4, all thanks to kpop then animes followed haha. MXTX’s works weren’t the first danmei I read but her works are the one that lingers. I got into MXTX fandom when MDZS was still in early translation period and I checked and refreshed the browser everyday to see if the novel is updated then I found you when I was looking for TGCF reactions. Thank you for sharing your story, it is so relatable and feels like having a friend to gush danmei together with. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@fruiterthantrix6547]

I really love this channel so much because unlike other "big channels" it doesnt feel like a computer making bad scripts that only 5 year olds would like it actually feels like something genuine and the person doing it is exited about what they're doing. I also feel so happy whenever a new video is posted, and thank you kictor for posting such great content!

[@mariarios289]

For me it definitely started when I watched the anime Descendants of Darkness on the syfy channel. If I remember correctly that channel would play anime on Monday nights and toonami played anime on Saturday nights. From watching that anime I began to ship Sasuke and Naruto as well as Suzaku and Lelouch. Before discovering the world of bl I was really into Beast Boy and Raven from Teen Titans.

[@lol-ks4ol]

ever since I was a child, I always thought chinese and japanese culture was absolutely beatiful and always wanted to see an anime that was historical and stuff. then, soon after watching a few anime, I became a fujoshi (Naruto x Sasuke was the ship that made me obsessed with bl). in 2022 january 23, I watched the newest episode of Sasaki to Miyano (it's a really cute bl anime, I recommend it)and wanted more cute bl anime to watch. I googled "cute BL anime list" or something, and there was TGCF and MDZS which were what got me into the danmei fandom. I found your channel, watched almost if not every video of yours that didn't have any spoilers, downloaded Bilibili comics and now that is my life.

[@jazmincelestefernandez6855]

I discovered TGCF after I got obsessed with Gran master of the demonic cultivation. As I wanted knew more things like that story, I looked the others MXTX works and I just loved TGCF. I read all the books in one week 😆♥️

[@chrisxlynn]

You found your Yuri at a cosplay convention and then yall dated irl thats the fucking cutest thing ive ever heard your story on how you found bl just idk made me happy just to see someone who found bl and made them happy, btw im glad you got introduced to bl before yoai cause yoai tottaly ruined the 25% left of innocence ive ever had left at a young age 😂

[@madhurimadatar6479]

Same I got into gay ships, specifically Stucky and Cherik, I read yaoi and bl. I didn't know why I was obsessed with it, but then I saw MDZS post in recommended topics and I now can't get out of this. Thanks to tgfc I've found myself reading Yuri and other sapphic stories as well

[@ElliotSunshine]

My very long story: Undertale au's was actually my intro to gay ships, at first I started reading fanfics and they were both boys but I was like I see one of them as a girl which is absolutely dumb (and now makes me now cringe at when people change the gender of one of the characters to make it straight), after a while I just stopped seeing one of them as girls and since there were so many au's I started shipping them so lots of ships. Flash forward 4 years my obsession is still there but I want to try watching MHA because everyone was talking about it, so I watched it ship the heck out of tododeku then down the rabbit hole of gay anime (free, yoi, no.6, given) then manga and eventually manhua but still no signs of tgcf until I saw a tik tok about the donghua, breaking down the scene where xie Lian gives Hua Cheng his hat, then I immediately went to go watch it absolutely hooked down another rabbit hole then boom mxtx galore. And then I found you and you quickly became one of my, if not my number 1, favourite youtuber

[@emiabiciins7240]

your enthusiasm is so contagious!!! i've been struggling to finish tgcf (due to attentional problems), but whenever i watch your videos i feel the urge to continue with the story just to keep watching the rest of your videos without being spoiled XD

[@mouhitorinoboku9655]

i found BL through CLAMP, specifically, Fai and Kurogane, Subaru and Seishirou (holy crap is that one toxic), Toya and Yukito etc. and then found no.6 and was obsessed for years even after i started to get out of anime, stepped out of anime and wasnt a watcher of it for a year and a half, then i started getting recommended mdzs randomly, it looked good so i watched it. I was soooo confused! i went and read the book and i was obsessed so i went to find her other works! rest is history XD i definitely am a huge Jiang Cheng stan, mostly cuz I get his issues and trauma a bit. I also get Xie's trauma (especially the scene with the sword being stabbed into him multiple times, i have stage 4 endometriosis, i could feel his pain reading that. but also his anxiety and depression, i also dont know whether to laugh or cry many times.) my favorite couple is definitely hualian

[@jen4443]

I randomly found the first MDZS novel in a book store. When I bought it I knew nothing about it, except that it is a Chinese fantasy novel. I learned Chinese for 2 years and just got curious about Chinese books; I didn’t even know it was a BL. A fateful review on Goodreads said „I don’t want to be dramatic, but I would literally die for WangXian“ and that was enough for me to go „huh, this WangXian dude seems pretty cool, I‘m going to buy this!“. It was my first experience with BL ever and now I am completely obsessed - it’s safe to say that danmei has changed my life and it continues to make me incredibly happy every day. I‘ve made some wonderful friends along the way. I empathize with you a lot when you say you light up when talking about danmei/TGCF. :) Your videos are great!

[@IngridVPR]

I was used to watching anime, but mostly shounen. My first sports anime was Free which also led me to YOI (my first BL) and YOI is, to this day, my fav anime. After that, i just had to watch all BL to ever exist... which led me to TGCF. Since then, YOI and TGCF have been my all-time favorites, both these stories literally changed my life in many many aspects. I read all 8 TGCF books in 13 days, I would only read all day every day from start to finish. Anyway, bc YOI Ice Adolescence got cancelled (*crying in the corner*) i ended up getting recommended your videos, only to find out you're a YOI/TGCF freak like me. I love your channel and the energy.

[@Xaforn]

I remember back in the early 2000’s when we still had dialup 😂 there was a website that was just a library of anime clips and most didn’t even have subtitles then! But the way I was introduced was Gravitation. Then way followed was people writing fan fiction from Digimon, Yu Yu Hakusho, role playing cross overs til we reached our current point 😆. But yes I absolutely agree, the relationships and how they develop is what totally hooked me. And in a lot of Chinese comics there is much censorship so you end up with huge focus on the character growth.

[@welkin-moon2143]

I saw really pretty FengQing art on Twitter during the time where those ship dynamic memes were popular. They were being posted a lot as enemies to lovers and I was SO intrigued. When I looked into the novel the plot sounded really interesting and I was really endeared by dumb romantic Hua Cheng, so I decided to give it a shot without spoiling too much. Fell head over heels in love with Xie Lian and Hua Cheng's relationship. I was about to start book 3 when I found your channel, and someone left a comment on one of your videos about FengQing being canon at the end and oh man ... I was so happy. I really thought it was gonna happen. I was poppin' the biggest bottles. My reasons for even getting invested in this series ... Canon!? 😳I got to the end of the books and extras and realised it was a JOKE comment, DAMN IT! 😤😖😩😭 At least AO3 was there for me in my hour of need! ❤

[@KeithTreason]

Glad to see another Marvel fan that fell down the rabbit hole and into wonderland too. There was so much fan content pouring in during the tumblr hayday, it was basically impossible not to get into 1 non-cannon ship, especially within the editing community. Expose to anime had already taken place, but my roommate at the time was also not so subtly pushing stuff like Sherlock, Supernatural, Hannibal, and Merlin onto our nightly watch list. That's when me, someone who didn't really enjoy romance at the time finally saw characters I wanted to root for 3:27 - 3:58 Wow, that kinda hits the nail on the head for me. TGCF is anime only for me right now but I'm off to read the books ✌

[@krolestwobajki4982]

I have been watching anime for a long time and I came across tgcf donghua and I didn't know what it was. I've always been interested in historical or detective fantasy, and when there was romance, it's wonderful. But in tgcf, when i saw how Hua Cheng looks at Xie Lian...I knew that this was something. I wanted See them more. The atmosphere between them, the character of Xie Lian and the Hua Cheng's loyalty . Then I read the books and I was fascinated by the depth of their relationship. Going far beyond gender, beyond mortality and humanity, beyond good and evil. It is an amazing source of inspiration and I am not surprised that it impresses you so much. I was captivated by Hu Cheng's determination and the desperation of his life, which seemed like hell to him. And that he found light in Xie Lian, a reason to live, and even to exist. The moment Hua Cheng prayed in the temple and Xie Lian answered him was the most wonderful, memorable and heart-changing moment. Then he touched my soul. And for me also Hua Cheng's relationship with Lian is a symbol of the Truth, in which there is no good and evil (even, heaven has its evil secrets) and the darkness hides treasures. What unloved wants love and it is enough to give a chance to turn out that weakness can become the greatest strength. It has always amazed me in Hua Cheng that he is the Demon King, but his love for Xie Liana gave him the opportunity to be so much more. His judgment was objective, absolute loyalty. Their account shows that darkness exists for the light, and when you think about it and delve into it, it is a true metaphor for life. At least that's how I perceive it

[@roza1609]

I found MXTX because I saw some MDZS fanart, got curious, and the rest is history!

[@krace.y]

You're such a great person! I'm also reading the TGCF novel atm and i'm at book 2 now. I need so much time. 🤣❤️

[@medh7650]

I heard about TGCF after I watched a video called “What Your Favorite MXTX Ship Says About You” (yes, I specifically watched that for Wangxian). I looked it up and was intrigued by the mythological elements. However, I saw your “What entering the TGCF fandom is like” video, and that was what pushed me to watch the donghua on Netflix. Some odd months later, I own the first two books, and Xie Lian is my comfort character (yes, I know that won’t bode well for me 😂). For real, though, if it weren’t for your video, I wouldn’t have had the push to watch TGCF. Thank you so much!

[@Twighlighthour]

I just kept seeing stuff on TikTok and I love handsome men, but it really opened my eyes on the writing style. I envy that honestly, I’m still reading tgcf(for the first time) and I’m on book 3 soooo I’m REALLY excited for what’s to come!! 😤🥳😂

[@kiki_kiraa]

My entry into the BL world was thanks to Yuri On Ice. Although, my reason for watching was because of my love for skating. Then I thought these two were made for each other, but the comments were full of homophobes. I started with Junjou Romantica by asking if there are animes in this category if there are people who love it like me. I didn't even know what a Yaoi was. At the end of the anime, someone wrote that I'm going to watch MDZS now. So i entered the world of MXTX and i can't get out

[@talika42]

I actually found danmei through a Fugou Keiji Balance: Unlimited discord server I kept seeing these pretty chinese guys and asked about them and learned about MDZS from that and was told to watch the donghua before reading to have an easier time recognizing the character started watching it and was blown away immediately had to read the book and now I'm in deep lol I just finished Global Examination and loved it. Danmei got me back into reading after Sir Terry Pratchett passed away and I'm loving every moment.

[@Jack-sf9zo]

I found TGCF when I just was advertised the first book on my twitter feed and by chance looked at it then fell in love with it and am going through the books as they are releasing in english (just finished reading the dice cup scene)

[@ItzeltheGoddess]

Personally I’m not completely sure how I got into this fandom, since it’s kind of a blur now. One moment I was looking at romance animes, some gay stuff popped up, I got addicted, wanted more, searched for quality bl series, found MDSZ, then TGCF at my stepdad’s mother’s very religious house (the Netflix screen flashed the different series). Just by looking at th image I thought it was gay. I was so thirsty for a new bl series. I discovered that they had books, scavengers the internet, devoured the books within days but at night when everyone was asleep. Im a very fast reader and when I like a book I swallow it like a vacuum cleaner I’m glad that MXTXs books are encouraging more people to read. I was actually getting worried because not enough people were reading. But I’m so happy that people are excited to read something so good.

[@emsyrose7]

I fell into this glorious rabbit hole that I never want to leave, surprisingly, thanks to KZbin. The first episode of the MDZS donghua was in my recommended the Thumbnail art hooked me and I’ve been obsessed ever since. 😊

[@hohoho445]

I watched a few episodes of the untamed (recommended by my sis), then watched Heaven official’s blessing following my friend’s recommendation. I thought TGCF was abt forbidden love and love triangles so when I found out it was the exact opposite I was surprised. In the end, I was frustrated that ep 13 had no kiss scene so I read the novel.

[@squishyluna3542]

Funny enough, I found out about MXTX series from my own irl name. My Chinese name, I use two names so I don’t use my Chinese one often, is spelled the exact same as Jiang Cheng’s (except mine is one word, Jiangcheng as my family name), so when someone looked it up they were like “oh cool some anime character” . I was curious, investigates further, and then I found out it he was from a Danmei with a Donghua and novel. Then I was gone from then on… falling into TGCF a week afterward. Now it’s always in my head rent free, probably for a LONG time.

[@nabilahalshari7880]

The first half of this video is local girl discovers transformative fandom. I got into tgcf after getting into mdzs which I think is a lot of people's experience. I can't judge you for really getting into tgcf through the coffin scene, seeing as how I got into mdzs when I learned about the bathtub scene XD

[@Crimsonqueen1973]

I fell into MXTX when a suggested video for Mo Dao Zu Shi popped up on KZbin. So I started watching the episodes and it was hard to follow so I thought I will just read this book so I can better understand the donghua better. LORD HAVE MERCY!!!! It tore me up! So I looked into the other books and read TGCF next. It took me about a week to finish because I couldn't put it down. I was reading it at work on my breaks and lunch, when I got home it was the first thing I did. I stopped long enough to eat and bathe but then I was right back to it. I have never been so shook by anything in my life. Then I read SVSSS. These novels have changed me and I think in a good way. So believe me when I say I feel exactly what you do. And I have made so many new friends on Facebook groups that love talking about these. I'm thankful for that because no one in my area even knows what the novels are. I dragged my son into watching Heaven Officials Blessing with me and he loves it now too. The first thing he said was "yeah, I ship them mom. "

[@Branshify]

Oh my god, that’s literally me - I also accidentally got into this through tumbler and frostiron.. Made me remember “off the record” fanfic

[@shaneyzamora2525]

Yep. Tumblr was my pipeline, and it all started with WWX and LWJ.

[@デゥ-i8m]

i got into tgcf because my best friend and I watched the untamed, and our other friend told us about tgcf and i had watched it and then got into the manga:)

[@erenjaeger6810]

thank you for sharing your journey! mine was quite different. i got into danmei since high school. and i was reading novels on my phone in my dormitory (that was several years before TGCF came out) and so because of the amount of media i've consumed, i got this quite high standard of what's a good enough danmei novel for my own taste. and several years later during my undergraduate studies at UIUC, i began to read TGCF when it's firstly official releasing on jinjiang (晋江文学城) at that time TGCF only had about 60-ish chapters i think. and i stayed up whole night finishing reading all the available chapters. and then i began to wait for the newest chapter along the time TTTTTT and TGCF is such a highhhhh quality danmei novel in my standard. i love it sososososo much.

[@lululucyzhu]

Such an amazing journey!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing that Kictor! And YES your eyes definitely glisten when you start talking about TGCF. I'm thankful for that Xavier x Magneto ship comment from your dad. I'm thankful for the amazing Stitch! Stitch you gotta teach us how to talk about TGCF and recommending to friends without spoiling XD.

[@lakw4407]

My uncle explained to me when I got really into the Batfam. I saw a sticker of old fashioned batman and Superman with Grayson's Robin looking like gay dads. And he told me yeah people like the dynamic between the two, so I freaked out and realized that was an option in life. My 1st animes was also Free, closely followed by Deathnote lol

[@Rinkeli_.]

i found tgcf while i was trying to find new bl anime that i haven't watched yet and i came across this donghua named heaven official's blessing and i decided to watch it and i loved the story and started reading the manhua and now i'm reading the book :DD i'm obsessed with it (sorry for my bad english and writing)

[@Lilyanatos]

My goodness Kictor your enthusiasm makes me smile so much. I have the youtube algorithm to thank for may walk into MXTX with Mao Do Zhu Shi via the Untamed. I started reading TGCF which makes me laugh literally every time I look at it. MDZS has my heart right now but thank you so much for your channel.

[@WeiYing2023]

I got into BL/yaoi in high school because I read a Yaoi manga at my friend's house, and I was HOOKED. Fast forward to about May of this year, and while going through the jungle that is KZbin, I came across an animatic of the bathtub scene from MDZS using the audio drama. Originally, I just passed it up in favour of things that I knew. One day, I had had enough of it floating around my home screen, so I watched it...and I have been falling into the bottomless pit of MXTX and Danmei ever since. I actually credit YOU Kictor for my wanting to get into TGCF! Thank you for existing and making this channel!

[@weis_lostsword5460]

I was already a bit into BL before discovering MDZS and wasn't even aware that HxH was yaoi XD But I discovered TGCF from MDZS

[@alescrag5818]

What actually stuck the idea of bl to me was probably nico and will from Percy Jackson, but it later resurfaced with Haikyuu with all the different pairings. And from then on, I searched up the pairings on google and read different fanfics and webtoons on tapas and then smut on *websites* and from then bl anime and ao3. And then Heaven Official’s Blessing on Netflix, but I got curious and started researching everything about them, then found them in bilibili and finally the books. I will never regret the journey I took to get to here. I will always be grateful for finding TGCF. It has changed my perspective on many things.

[@user-hw8hn1wr7t]

Listening to you talking about this with so much excitement is making ME all excited!

[@_mAr1cArAtiny_]

I actually got into anime very young, I would turn on the tv and see anime translated to my language for kids to better understand. I got into bl a long time ago too, so my recommendation was already affected by that, then one morning I saw a video of yours, I felt happy seeing someone talk about something that they really enjoyed and because of that I wanted to check what it was about. At the same time I was browsing Netflix to binge watch something then I saw heaven officials blessings,so I decided to binge watch that, I was hooked immediately. So thank you Kictor for introducing me to this lovely thing called tgcf and by extension mxtx as a whole❤️.

[@MayAnne]

Your story and happiness made me tear up. And then to hear myself mentioned was like wow 😭 I'm so glad to be able to support you as you achieve your dreams ❤️

[@zelbarbero]

I discovered the BL genre back when I was in high school, around the early 2000's. I know I'm that old. Anyway, At first I was hooked with yaoi doujinshis and fanfictions of various anime and games that were popular back then. Fast forward to this day I'm still hooked specifically with yaoi mangas(Japan), manhuas(China) and manhwas(Korea) and recently danmei! Mo Dao Zu Shi was my first ever danmei then I expanded to other MXTX works and other danmei authors. Oh what a ride.

[@elinkagebeck]

I love your passion talking about this! Great job explaining the feeling of obsession and love concerning these stories. Been there done that... a lot hahaha

[@13myrrh]

I love fantasy novels and eventually got into M/M shipping fanfics. As for TGCF, Netflix algorithm actually came through for me. Gay stuff+anime+fantsy...do you want to watch this cute very gay Chinese animation? and that's the last thing I remember. I was lucky to get into it just a few months before the printed novels started coming out.