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6 TIM THE UNTAMED WAS LIKE, “CENSORSHIP WHO?” AND GAVE THE GAYS THEIR RIGHTS
The Untamed was produced the ntext of a eply homophobic society, and th had to adhere to strict Che censorship regulatns. The productn team seems to have fought for the most romantic terpretatn of the show uld get away wh, and recently released a special edn re-ed of the show that’s jt an even more homoerotic ed of all the scen between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian — all the moments of touchg, hand-holdg, and oglg they weren’t able to sneak to the fal cut. Anymore, Cha the “boy love” or homoerotic theme of the novel put a fahful adaptatn of The Untamed doubt.
As word got out that the show stayed ter to the novel than expected, the seri took off Mo Dao Zu Shi, the hero’ homosexual relatnship is explic, while The Untamed prents their relatnship as a brotherhood-style bond. In discsg The Untamed onle, chatters avoid explic mentn of the show’s gay unrton, referrg to the topic g the misleadg but polilly charged hashtag “socialist brotherhood” hop of avoidg attentn om you n’t miss The UntamedThe Untamed is ptivatg.
Gay pictur. The producers slipped some cheeky ancient gay porn to a book that Wei Wuxian tricks Lan Wangji to readg and… somehow, that passed censorship. This isn’t the only “gay picture”: a later scene, Wei Wuxian wak up his bed and looks fondly at a drawg that (prumably) his younger self scribbled to the bedame of two boys holdg hands and kissg.