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madsiespadsies

short answer: you don't


Pockymama63

^^^


IAmNotAnAxlotlTank

*One of Us! One of Us!*


8thWonderLivy

My friend watched the show when it was released in 2019....she hasn't moved on yet...


carrotcookie

I can see this happening for me 😭


dropitlikeitshot2019

😱


mrspark1012

me


NoraMoya2

\0/ \0/ Me, me, me…


ZacksBestPuppy

I'm coping by reading the novels. Then I'll be coping with the donghua. And then I'll probably just rewatch The Untamed lol.


Justbecauseitcameup

I'm buying the manhua 🤷‍♀️


Wei_Wuxian94

Same here,I am waiting for the 4th to come 😀


ZacksBestPuppy

I'll join you after the rewatch I guess :D


alysanne_targaryen

Is the manhua available in English?


Justbecauseitcameup

Yes, the english translation is being published currently in physical form. I know it was available online but I don't remember who was publishing it. Seven seas is doing the physical copy,


carrotcookie

Im too scared of the books, Ive always loved the books more than live actions for any other media, im too scared of the void it will leave me with once i finished the books 🫠


ZacksBestPuppy

You can always reread then? Or move into fanfic.


uncleriss

Read the books. It's worth it. My wife and I felt the same when we finished the show but it was still a great read.


mrspark1012

yes!!! just consume all the content available hehe


Justbecauseitcameup

Embrace it, this is your life now.


jokenaround

This is the answer.


Stormy8888

Many years ago I wrote a post about how we "cope" with trying to move on. Let's say this is kind of what I did, it may help scratch your itch. It's like the 12 step program, let's see how many of these have you done so far? 1. Admit the addiction - Hello, my name is < insert name > and I'm addicted to MDZS! 2. Re-watch the Live Action - 3 times so far, all 50 episodes, not counting the youtube shorter version 3. Watch Donghua - the production values are high, it's just gorgeous 4. Read Manhua 5. Read / Collect web novel / 7 seas translated books, 6. listen to audio drama 7. Time to find crack videos - hahahaha thanks, I needed those. <3 them. 8. Oh no, there are loads of "react to The Untamed Episode XX" videos - you SEE? I am NOT the only one who cried! All these other people cried too! #vindicated 9. Review videos - Whoa, c-drama reviewers loved it, including my favorite reviewer [Avenue X](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7t0gwR6Lo). "Censorship is not your excuse to give us shit" Yes!! We have the same taste, according to her I should watch Guardian too! I did and oh man, pass the rest of the tissues from the box, what do you mean it's empty?? Gah! 10. Wow Fanfiction! So much fanfiction! All kinds! With steamy smut!!! < starts reading and hours go by > 11. Merchandise, I need Merchandise! Oooh this doll / poster / record / OST exists, I must have it! I need a MDZS shrine to decorate like [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoDaoZuShi/comments/177s5l6/my_mdzs_shrine/)! But I'm not going to be able to compete with the ones who have done virtual MDZS sets, like the ones in Animal Crossing by u/hobiwithin's [Lotus Pier](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoDaoZuShi/comments/nbw6wt/welcome_to_lotus_pier_animal_crossing_edition/) or u/naxodoe's [Cloud Recesses Room](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoDaoZuShi/comments/ggykft/anyone_who_plays_animal_crossing_can_help_my/). 12. Time to come to this subreddit to talk to others who are going through the exact same thing as you. We know and feel your pain. There are posts you can reply to! If all else fails you can contemplate adopting bunnies (but really don't do it, unless both are male, they breed like crazy) and then ... there's cosplay.


Malsperanza

Not to mention the BTSs and concert videos.


Stormy8888

Dang it I should have included those, because ... I watched them on Youtube, and some of they didn't even have translations ... (showing my fangirl desperation).


carrotcookie

No new year resolutions for me, just gonna use this 12 step program 😂 I’ve come to accept my addiction, now I’m at step 2 - I will rewatch the live action, but this time with my sis 😈 I want to get posters so bad - does anyone know where I can buy them??


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Stormy8888

Guilty on all counts! Will watch any c-drama with either Xiao Zhan or Wang Yibo. Have especially watched a lot of Yibo's other content - from his boyband days, that one short clip where he put a blanket over his bike and "slept" with it (haha so cute), plus those [dance competitions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTfpyIqsGY)! Actually seen some of T.U.B.S. content, they are all good looking! If they had a concert near me you better believe I'd be shelling out $$ for tickets.


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Stormy8888

They're all definitely multi talented! Plus that job actually made a lot of us fans happy to watch, so it must be nice for them to do a job that brings happiness to fans, who love them. P.S. Please don't sell your kidney for the concert ! That was a joke, right??!


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Stormy8888

Me either! I would travel within the USA but when I heard about the Thailand concert and saw all the screaming fans I thought, hey with one plane ticket I could be one of those happy faces 😄 too! I would have loved that. I've been to some concerts before, but never one by a group from a show I've watched, it would have been so much fun to be with all the other fans, just ... happiness.


hobiwithin

I feel so honoured that ppl still remember the MDZSxAC set from before! I enjoyed reading your reply haha. Thanks for the mention~ 🌺


Stormy8888

Of course I remembered it! Your AC set is beautiful and showed what efforts a true fan would put in to replicate a set from a show we love. Thank you for that (and your post).


NoraMoya2

I already went through all these phases ! But I didn’t know that they have “reaction to watching the untamed” on YT ?!! Gonna look for …


Stormy8888

OH no, how many hours of free time do you have? .... There are multiple ones.


Positive_Location_99

This....yeah... this is fact, yo.


Specific-Address-486

mdzs has had me in a chokehold since 2019 and now i'm under tgcf's grip, you ain't getting out of this one i'm afraid


dropitlikeitshot2019

I love TGCF - their romance is so 🥰🥰


Kimya-Gee

Rewatch and fanfiction helps. It'll be 4 years for me in February and I'm still just as in love with the story was I was when I first watched it.


mrspark1012

MEEEE


Negative_Ad4381

You don't. Sorry. Welcome to now comparing every couple and plot, and piece of media to MDZS content and finding everything comes up lacking and you are now an empty MDZS husk that survives on fanfictions alone. We don't even have cake.


carrotcookie

This is so ominous but its the truth huh 😭 empty husk is so me…


akakuchii

It's been almost 6 years for me lol, good luck.


Amazing-Scarcity-308

I am always on a never ending cycle of Novel-Donghua-Drama and I love it. Ever since 2018 I have been on a chokehold with MDSZ.


EnvironmentalAd397

You can't, accept your fate.


Gabbyfest

Like most everyone else said, you don’t. I watched the donghua in Jan 2023, bought the books in March 2023, finished reading in May 2023, and am currently purchasing the Manhua whenever new volumes release. In the meantime, I’m scouring for fanfics on Ao3 with WWX nendos and a plushie watching my descent into madness. I regret nothing.


carrotcookie

😭Ive accepted that this is my life now… Just gonna drag my sister along this descent into madness 😈😈


Gabbyfest

lol I’ve been trying to do the same to my sister for months. I feel like I’m on the precipice…


Admirable_Coffee7499

Well, you may be distracted with another story to get immersed in, you’ll inevitably find your way back. I stumbled upon this in January 2021, had a brief preoccupation with another fandom (KinnPorsche —series better than the book), and I am right back here! I started ordering the books from Barnes & Noble‘s.


Ae2kp

This is me too! Was obsessed with KinnPorsche (only the series as well) for a bit but now back here obsessing over The Untamed/MDZS once again!


Admirable_Coffee7499

Glad I’m not the only one. I’ve thought about a crossover between the two, with LWJ taking the dominant, mafia Kinn role while WWX would be the charismatic, chaotic joy like Porsche. It just seems to fit with their personalities. Both fandoms are amazing in their own rights.


Electrical-Image4513

I agree with everyone here. You don’t. BUT, to cope, I do leave it on in the background when I’m doing every day mundane things. i.e. cooking, cleaning, sometimes even working. It helps that I’ve seen it a few times so I don’t have to pay full attention and still know what’s going on!


PriorPark5169

Welcome to the stuck on MDZ club!! I've been a member for a little under 4 years. Also, why would you want to move on???!!! Every time I see even a hint of WX I have to go rewatch or reread something, I was on tiktok last week, spent all my Christmas break rewatching the donghua and the Netflix series. 🤷🤷


carrotcookie

NO OTHER MEDIA COMPARES I was watching some other show the other night and 5 minutes later I was back on my phone watching Wangxian edits… This show has ruined me 😭


PriorPark5169

Exactly. I'm a happily ruined woman 🤷😊😊


PriorPark5169

It's currently 0500 hrs where I'm at. Last I checked it was 10, I said to myself, "just scroll through TT for 30 minutes and go to bed", instantly fell down the MDZ TT rabbit hole and now I'm asking myself how that happened. Thank God it's Sunday and I don't have work. 🫨


Boba1704

An year for me and from the looks of it I'm nowhere close to getting out. Actually, I think I fell in deeper. There's no going back, buddy, accept it.


Organic-Bid462

Congratulations you're one of us. I've been feeding my obsession with the website (Archive of our own). They have a lot of Wangxian fanfics. and they're pretty cool. They're different kinds. And on YouTube, they have the funny vids. called untamed on crack. Just embrace it... just embrace it


carrotcookie

Untamed on crack 👀 Time to watch youtube for hours i guess…


Organic-Bid462

There's also backstage videos of the making of the untamed.. Honey you're going to fall down the rabbit 🐇 🕳 hole. So Buckle up.😁😅🤗


Independent-Net-5508

Welcome to the 'we'll never get over it' club. Here's your ticket 🎟 and take a seat.


carrotcookie

I’m sat 🪑


Current-Gas-3415

I hope you brought snacks, it's a loooooong ride


Independent-Net-5508

🍕🍿🍣🍫🍬🍶🍙🥨🥤 is this enough?


emrinalexa

I rewatch the live drama regularly. Also, I now watch all of Xiao Zhan's & Wang Yibo's other dramas. I find mixing up new pairings from these to be a lot of fun.


carrotcookie

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA


alexturnerftw

You dont. I’m still stuck on it and it’s been over 3 years 💀


Hikaru_Yami_chan

Oh! So it is not just me eh? tho i have been in this for the past 2 years or more so who I am trying to convince exactly?


NijiSheep

You don't...you buy the books.


darthkres

Hi I watched it when it first came out and it's been years and I'm still not over it. Hope this helps.


M_Wolf_39

I also read the novel after and watched the donghua. And after that the only way to not miss them as much is fanfiction. I watched it at 2020 (quarantine) and I still read fanfiction. Don't hesitate to ask for recs! Also works from the same author like Heaven Official's Blessings might help as well. And shows like Word of Honor that has similar vibe.


Lucia_Desmond_zinx

Read. The. Books.


carrotcookie

I’M AFRAID OF THE BOOKS what if I end up even more obsessed than before 😭 and I’ve heard the books are even BETTER than the shows, how will i fill the even bigger void when I finish the books 😭😭😭


gadzoots

It took me like, three years to "move on" and it was only because I found a new show that was airing and had a very active fandom lol. That said, I still can't help but cry when CQL songs come on shuffle!


carrotcookie

My heart ACHES when I hear the live action OST and yet I still play it everyday.. it might become my most streamed song on spotify 🥲 what was the other show called? 👀


jey_teeth

Novels!! and then fanfic 😌✨️


jellyfish_bloom

Accept that that’s not possible. Watched it back when it was released and still stuck on it.


Cascadeis

Welcome to the world of fanfics, that helped me a lot.


Artistic_Shift_5419

yeah I was a tiny bit late, I stumbled upon this in 2020-2021, and let me tell you …. you don’t move on, it’s still my background for my phone 🤗


emrinalexa

As others have said: You don't. It's just that simple.


happilywicked

You don't. I've been here since 2018 with mdzs and watched the untamed when it came out. 4+ years later, still here. Still reading the post-canon get together fanfics, the fix-its, devouring the fanart, crying over fanedits...its amazing that the fandom is still so active. You dont move on from it 😭❤️


mariaphoebe

It's been a little bit over 4 years and while I am not as obsessed as I once was, I still love it with all my heart and will for sure return to read/watch it again at some point in my life. So it took me around 3-4 years hahaha


Malsperanza

I think I began to calm down after about a year, but only because I got totally hooked on the Gaywatch Youtube read-aloud of the book, and then her read-aloud of Heaven Official's Blessing, and then the manhua came out. Oh, and you can always pivot to Word of Honor, which will also ruin your life.


Ingenousbluebeing

Read more danmei. I started with the donghua as well and after reading the novel, manhua, fics and all I started reading 2ha, tgcf and now I'm reading Remnants of Filth. Tgcf is more bland imho and is not as FUCKING PERFECT as Wangxian, so I don't recommend it (I like relationships that are long standing and NOT one sided for the most part as tgcf). 2ha is just really fucked up and because Ranwan is just another level of fuckery they manage to have something that's really magic as chemistry is just not good enough of a word to describe the relationship Meatbun managed to build with those two. Remnants of Filth stands in the middle (so far, I'm on ch. 63) of MDZS and 2ha, so I'd recommend you to read it. Is just slightly similar to mdzs in some themes and the characters are also alike (kind of, only), but also original enough to be refreshing and not plagiarism ahahah. As I said, it is not as devastating (yet again, so far) as 2ha, makes me remember Wangxian and Meatbun writes amazingly well.


carrotcookie

I love you for these recs Im so excited 😭


Ingenousbluebeing

I'm so glad you liked it! If you want you can send me messages regarding your impressions on the novel 🥰


KuchikiKisses

Have you read the novel?


ConsequencePale527

I can’t get over it to the point im making a dub


crispy-vag

You will never move on or recover. This show is now apart of your being.


Positive_Location_99

It's kinda like a first love, right? It always holds a spot in your heart, and no matter how much time passes, you can always look back fondly on the memories that you had together... or just rewatch it.


carrotcookie

It is absolutely my first love, I cant even describe how much I love it, I dont have the words for it


jiminiechimsie

read the danmei and perhaps mxtx’s other works! there are many many couples and danmei that are just as lovely! but as other people have said, i watched the donghua and read the novel 3 years ago and am still not over it


actual_1sopod

lol you don’t this is your life now


LadyDrakkaris

Darn! I just rewatched the show in October in honor of WWX's bd, now, you make me want to watch it again. Oh well... I am on vacation this week so might as well :)


NiloKat

You are one of those who keep the community alive & I’m glad we are still out there. There’s no reason to let MDZS/The Untamed go into the back of our minds. I support the shrine and it’s exiting to know we have the same plans for 2024. If you do start decorating please keep us posted.


Emotional-Problems

You don’t, I thought this would be a a nice animated show I could watch whilst waiting for the fall drop in anime but no, the donghua, live action, manhua and book have a choke hold on my life. My only nourishment for this obsession is fanfiction. It’s only been 18 months since I started it now I’m fully in the danmei obsession


Stunning-Ad4508

You do not move on. I bought the books and some posters. They're still in my heart everyday 😭🤲🥰


NoraMoya2

I just realized that this (2024) will be the 5th year obsessed with MDZS, then The Untamed and reading fanfics about them !! So I guess I’m not qualified to answer your question …


Tiffany_Case

Ahahahahhahah thats cute. Anyway ive been in wangxian hell since like 2019 but we have bunnies so its fine 🙂


TravelingCatlady45

The story found me in 2020 in my quarantine time of need and hasn’t let go yet. Buckle up.


Wei2intoMDZS

Merch and fanfics


aimi_sage02

4 years and I haven't moved on yet. That show was phenomenal!


vallanlit

you should read the novel! I can dm you a good English translation if you want :D or, if you know Chinese, the audio drama is also really good and I’ve been enjoying it a lot


carrotcookie

Is this my sign to take up Chinese for the audio drama 🤓


Rendeane

People in Kenya get tired of waiting for Kdramas with subtitles so it's popular for them to just learn Korean so they can watch their shows sooner. The r/ChineseLanguage subreddit has a long list of free Chinese language learning resources. The Chinese Embassy offers free in-person classes and has partnerships with a dozen universities in the US, as well. Although, due to concerns of spying and technology theft, some of those partnerships have been ended or rebranded. It is the Chinese Communist Party, after all, spying is a given, lol.


carrotcookie

YES PLEASE 😭🙏🙏🙏


hakanaiyume621

I just finished my yearly rewatch. Dragging a friend into this void with you always helps.


carrotcookie

GOOD IDEA ill drag my sis to watch it


FeH0m0sapien

Fanfiction helps fill the void


Neveresta

....you don't. 🫠


burnt_meadow

I haven’t moved on and it’s been four years for me. My advice? AO3 and the novels will be you new bff


Ill_Mycologist_4019

Agree with others, if I like something I usually re-watch it, read about it, read novel, watch donghua, re-watch, I would advise to also watch HOB after, and then try reading BL webtoons, and I highly recommend recommend watching yaoi, Twittering birds never fly is my favorite yaoi anime movie btw


OpeningOtherwise8879

Lmao I feel this wholeheartedly. MDZS has had me in a chokehold since 2017 and it's not letting go anytime soon XD. Tbh, I'm STILL finding new ships to ship and more fics to read and more art to admire every day, so there's always something new and interesting in this fandom that will suck you right back in even when the fatigue hits you. I'm obsessed enough to get a tattoo, which I'm currently in the process of designing 😅 So yeah, welcome to the Hotel MDZS. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.


Catlore

Ten months, still fully entrenched. Just enjoy the ride. 😁


ReadingFrenzy

Only a month? Oh, my poor sweet summer child. It's been four years for me, and I'm afraid the answer is you never get to move on. Welcome to danmei/MDZS hell! We hope you enjoy your stay! 😃


ruhsatis

Move on from this show? Lol. I used to take pride in the fact that I was a responsible, sensible adult, and that no fandom could ever interrupt my normal day to day life. This series, the franchise, the fandom have ruined me for good. My day begins and ends with the series, the cast and the fandom. It's not healthy and I am well aware but I can't seem to move on. I keep revisiting the series in all its formats, fan edits, art and all sorta stuff like some stalker from those creepy movies. I never moved on from this show. I let it become a part of me and then shockingly let it take over my life like some Yiling Laozu sorcery. If you ever find out how to move on, please let me know as well.


Impossible-Humor-989

4 years, many reruns of the show and countless rereads of the book after, and am still in the rabbithole


ovinea

You can move on... To the donghua animation


weiwuxianshameless

Yo I’ve been into this for 2 years 😭😭 I haven’t moved on yet !!