[admin] Welcome and Introductions

[doctorskuld]

Welcome to the HIStory3: Trapped 圈套 Community on Dreamwidth

Even the though the fandom is spread around on various social media platforms, I think there are enough people on Dreamwidth who have seen the show to merit a separate community to celebrate our favorite disaster gangsters and their disaster cop boyfriends.

This is a comm for discussing and sharing the love of Trapped 圈套 and its related content, including:
• All types of discussion, discourse, and squee
• Actor news and spam (RPS and speculation is acceptable)
• Fan works (fanfiction, podfic, art, icons, vids, etc.), including your own work, challenges, recs and fanwork finding, beta requests
• Episode recaps

You are encouraged to post content directly to the community so that discussion can happen in one central place.

The Community Guidelines can be found on the profile page.

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To start things off, let's introduce ourselves, tell each other how we came into the fandom, and what our favorite things about Trapped 圈套 are.

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[doctorskuld]

Hi everybody, and welcome! I'm Skuld, your admin for this comm. I decided to start this, because my friends suggested it on Twitter, and I think we have reached a critical mass of Dreamwidth folks who might want a comm to squee about Trapped!

How I came to watch Trapped
I watched it on Viki sometime around July 2019, at the insistence of naye, who had gotten word of it via xparrot and gnine, as a low-key, short BL drama, where the characters are actually allowed to be out and gay because it's Taiwanese. We were told it has ALL THE FANFICTION TROPES, and boy, was that true or what?

My favorite scene in Trapped
It's a tie between Meng Shao Fei tripping over a tree trunk and falling into Tang Yi's arms (which was telegraphed way in advance, shown in slow motion, and replayed from three different angles), and Zhao Zi falling off the ladder into Jack's arms and into the swimming pool.

I don't think I'd howled as loudly with laughter and delight since Yuri!!! on Ice had aired in 2016.

I like Trapped because
It is absolutely unabashed about what it is. It's a trope bingo blackout that delivers on the relationships you came here for. It features larger-than-life disaster adults in silly situations, and they get their happy endings, with just enough left up to the imagination that there's plenty of sandbox space to play around in for fanfiction.

Oh, and Andy Bian and Kenny Chen are great kissers too. That helps.

You can also find me on...
Jack/Zhao Zi are my current OTP, so you may have already seen my Jack-centric The Divine Art of the Househusband series and my other fics in the same universe on AO3.

I am also found squeeing about Trapped on Twitter (buttonthemdown), and Tumblr (the-wintry-mizzenmast).

If you have any questions about the guidelines, would like to request additional tags, or want to say hi, drop me a line!

[bonibaru]

How I came to watch Trapped
I was perusing Tumblr in April of 2019 around the time when I think episodes 3 & 4 (episode 2 on Viki now) had just dropped and the fansubs had gone up. A person I follow on Tumblr for another series linked to Florbexter's master post with the fansubs from Adam Uni uploaded to their G drive, plus, HD unsubbed episodes for download. I liked the premise, I looked at some gifs also on Tumblr from stebeee and other users, I followed Adam Uni on Facebook and watched and I was hooked. One of the few webdramas I have actually watched while it was airing in progress, and I really loved being back in a space where fans were screaming at each other in real time for weeks as episodes aired. There's a lot to be said for being able to binge a show all in one go but that sense of togetherness gets lost when you don't have 3-4 days each week when we're all stalking each other online looking for clips and spoilers and translations and just being able to shriek at each other about what the heck just happened. I made my first true squee post about it on April 26th here. I tried very hard to bring people into the fandom but everyone in my circle was still all about Guardian or not into Asian webdramas at all, so it was VERY LONELY FOR A LONG TIME. Then at the end of the series run the production company swept down all the fansites, the fansubs were lost, Adam Uni kept getting reported and taken down as fast as anyone could put the subs up, because it was going on Viki, so .... it's much easier to find and more accessible, now, thanks to Viki, and thanks to the episodes being restored to their full selves and not chopped weirdly into two uneven pieces each week - but I still have all those original fansubs in G drive if anyone wants to download them for posterity.

My favorite scene in Trapped
Aha! I answered this in the past! There are two, and they're both Tang Yi & Shao Fei (sorry Jack/ZZ - but I love your scene on the stairs in ep 19 / ep 10 ... it is a very close 3rd; the ominousness of Jack's shadow following ZZ up the stairs at night, and we all still weren't 100% sure Jack wasn't going to turn out to have been feral all along, and something terrible might be about to happen to ZZ .... whew. It was a big relief).

Scene 1:

"There will be other scenes in #HIStory3 that will get all the attention but honestly, for me, this is the perfect one. The comfort, the caretaking, the sweetness, the softness, the everything. This is intimacy. This is connection. This is love. https://t.co/hXm4k0yMg4"
—May 14, 2019

Scene 2:
The first love scene between Tang Yi and Shao Fei when they've gone back to Shao Fei's home after the hospital. The chemistry between Jake and Chris is soft, tender and believable and I love how much they respected what these two characters were about to go through, and how to bring out the connection, and the TRUST.

SF’s in-the-chair seduction of TY is all about connecting: hands are touching but eyes are open, they keep eye contact, their intimacy in this moment is powerful, gentle, and direct. TY invites SF to seduce him as a test: to see how far SF is willing to go, but also as a way to judge his experience level and his tastes. TY then pushes SF a little more. When they're out of the chair, Tang Yi does not have Shao Fei trapped against a wall. Shao Fei has room to back off if he wants to. Tang Yi brings him in, holds him up, holds onto him, but never presses him back, gives him the option of space if he needs to take it. But Shao Fei doesn’t take it. He leans in, and he listens, he lets himself be touched and treasured, and he trusts Tang Yi. Tang Yi pulls him in, increases the skin to skin surface area by removing the shirt, takes away the eye contact but by doing so invites SF to learn how much you can *feel* when you come in closer and close your eyes and listen, and touch, and touch again.

I love the dichotomy and range of physicality, connection and emotion they go through in just 5 minutes, seizing the moment, being present and trusting. How many times am I going to use the word trust? A LOT. Because the only way the two of them could have survived being together - literally, I mean actually survive, since they were both targets in one way or another - was to see and to feel and to trust each other, whether their eyes are open or their eyes are closed. Yes the kissing is hot. The actors are hot, all the skin is hot. But the connection is the thing that kept them both alive.

I like Trapped because
There's not enough room in this comment box to say, so: Shao Fei and Tang Yi are two sides of the same coin who are just trying their best.

You can also find me on...
If a social media platform exists, I'm probably on it, and if I am, it's under this name. I am most active on Twitter daily and on Dreamwidth several times a week. Oh! And I am bonibaru on AO3, also. My fics and my fanvids for Trapped and other fandoms are all there.

[doctorskuld]

I cannot imagine how much fun it must have been to watch Trapped while it was happening, particularly since the last few episodes were such cliffhangers!

The comfort, the caretaking, the sweetness, the softness, the everything. This is intimacy. This is connection. This is love.

That scene was so, so sweet. I was actually surprised that how intimate and soft that scene was.
...and how Zhao Zi totally slept through it.

The first love scene between Tang Yi and Shao Fei when they've gone back to Shao Fei's home after the hospital.

That was scene was amazing! I swear I felt some tingling down my spine when Tang Yi bent to kiss the bandaged bullet wound.

I think you're onto something about the TRUST, which was something that the director really wanted to bring out. It is special, it's the first time that both Tang Yi and Shao Fei are letting themselves be vulnerable with each other present, in the moment. It was very, very nice.
...even up the point where Shao Fei escapes, because it's a little too much for him. XD

There are so many powerful, emotional scenes between those two.

I remember finishing Trapped and thinking to myself, "Good thing that TangFei are my main OTP!" ...and then a few weeks later, having written the first of the Househusband fics, I went, "Oh no, I was so wrong about myself."

[bonibaru]

Haha "fun", yes, you could call it that, when the next-week's promos showed us guns being fired and people looking shocked and people crying when we all know Shao Fei/Hospital is the true fourth ship of the show, but there was no one who'd already seen them to let us know if anybody was actually going to be dead. The question was: did Tang Yi really shoot Shao Fei or are they faking us out, and, if he did in fact shoot him, IS EVERYONE ALIVE. FUN TIMES! SO FUN lol.

It was really exciting though, I'm laughing about it now, but there was a lot of screaming on Tumblr. SCREAMING. People were watching and liveblogging and posting summaries the minute the eps ended for those of us having to wait 24-48 hours for fansubs to post. Adam Uni and Stebeee were TRUE HEROES. And Florbexter for having the eps up, and letting me snag them fast and mirror them on my own G drive as the show got more and more popular. I think a lot of people waited until the end, though - for the same reason they waited on MODOC - not trusting how the ending would be. I was so stressed out about that final episode. SO STRESSED!

[maggie33]

First let me say thank you for creating this comm. ♥

How I came to watch Trapped

In March 2019 I saw some Guardian people on tumblr talking about this upcoming BL drama. I posted then on my dreamwidth that I’m kinda interested. Two weeks later after the 3rd 6 minutes long trailer aired, I was basically already in love. :) And the drama absolutely fulfilled my expectations.

My favorite scene in Trapped

Well, no contest here: Jack/Zhao Zi scene on the stairs in episode 19 – everything about this scene is perfect for me: the way Jack looks at Zhao Zi with such longing, the way Zhao Zi says “Don’t go” through tears, and then of course the most beautiful kiss.

But I also really love Tang Yi and Shao Fei’s first kiss. Let me quote my own post about it: “Tang Yi is all ‘I’m being noble and self-sacrificing here, I must leave you for your own good’, and Shao Fei is like ‘nope, gonna kiss you right now.’ Tang Yi’s face is priceless after the kiss, all blink, blink, blink ‘I’m sorry, I stopped working, I have to reboot right now.”

I like Trapped because

It’s iddy and fun in all the right ways. It has beautiful and interesting characters and two fascinating romances. And I was surprised how much I liked a lot of secondary characters, too: Hong Ye, Dao Yi, Tang Guo Dong, Jun Wei, Andy, Doctor Tang

You can also find me on...

I’m on AO3 here maggie33. I haven’t written any Trapped fic yet, but who knows, maybe it will happen one day. :) I don’t have tumblr or twitter.

[thisaintbc]

Hey there! I’m mission (you can also call me mish!), & although I am not a very reliable dreamwidth user I’m super pumped to be here! Thanks so much for making this comm ^_^

How I came to watch Trapped
Although I’ve never really felt a need to delve into the fanfic side of things until Trapped, I’ve been really into T dramas for a few years now, & stumbled across the HIStory series while I was browsing around for the next show to watch! I promptly devoured the first two seasons on youtube, and when I couldn’t find season three there I was excited enough about the show’s concept to look for it elsewhere! I was not expecting the adorableness that is Jack and Zhao Zi, but here we are!

My favorite scene in Trapped
Predictably, I love all of the scenes which involve Jack cooking for Zhao Zi :D The suit fitting bit is also up there, though!

I like Trapped because
Trapped is a wonderfully soft, beautifully tropey romance wrapped up in a police procedural, which is basically my catnip. (Now that I’ve written that sentence, I have an inkling that clevermanka may have talked about it some point also? If so: I’m sorry I didn’t watch this sooner!) I knew going in that the detective/reforming criminal romance between Shao Fei and Tang Yi would be my speed, but I was caught off guard by how much I enjoyed the side characters and their arcs as well!

You can also find me on...
I’m thisaintbc on twitter, missionlameturtle on tumblr, ThisAintBC on ao3, and I’m also on discord!

[doctorskuld]

when the next-week's promos showed us guns being fired and people looking shocked and people crying when we all know Shao Fei/Hospital is the true fourth ship of the show

OMG, Shao Fei/Hospital, SO TRUE. XD

Quality hurt/comfort is also a way to sell Trapped to other folks, because Shao Fei does seem to have a habit of getting shot. Tang Yi, where the heck were you aiming?

The question was: did Tang Yi really shoot Shao Fei or are they faking us out,

HAHAHAHAHAHA...oh god, I can't imagine having to wait a week to find out, the same way that they didn't fake us out in MODC.

I'm not entirely happy about the decision the writers made to kill off Chen Wen Hao, but in terms of that being the only major or supporting character casualty...our boys got a surprisingly good end!

[yantantether]

Hi everyone!! And thanks so much for starting the comm, Skuld!

How I came to watch Trapped
It was entirely down to very effective peer pressure by Skuld and naye over some excellent biangbiang noodles.

My favorite scene in Trapped
I'm only 15 minutes into a rewatch so I am going to have to come back on another occasion with more thoughts but I think... Jack and Zhao Zi's kitchen scene? That conversation about how they're going to share the housework is so sweet, and then the making out (with Zhao Zi getting confident enough to get a little pushy - he's starting to know what he likes) is UNF.

Also, from the first ep I am currently flailing about THIS


I like Trapped because
It's just so funny and warm and sweet. And after watching a couple of mainland Chinese dramas based on BL novels, it was pretty emotional for me to watch this drama where the romance can be a *romance* and queer characters get a happy ending. (Erm, obviously this is not meant to be a dig at Guardian, which continues to be my constant obsession :D)

You can also find me on...
Yelping frequently about Andy and Kenny on twitter: yan_tan_tether

[clevermanka]

I am kinda pants at intro posts, which makes no sense because most of the time I'm chatty as hell. But *emoji shrug* here we go!

How I came to watch Trapped
Because I hear I'm not supposed to blame things on bonibaru... uh, let's say I was drawn in by gifsets on Tumblr and comments about how tropey and delightful it was. I have a general policy of waiting until a show is done and over before watching, so it took me a little longer to get to it, but once I did I was in heaven.

My favorite scene in Trapped
I have no idea. Um...all of them? GUESS I NEED TO WATCH IT AGAIN TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

I can say, though, it was such a relief to not hate the het ship. I liked how Zuo Hong Ye was written and acted and I thought Dao Yi's fraught state over their relationship was very believable.

I like Trapped because
Love doctorskuld's wording about it being "absolutely unabashed" regarding itself, and yes yes yes to leaving enough open to allow--heck, invite!--transformative works. Trope bingo blackout, indeed.

You can also find me on...
Twitter and Tumblr, mostly. I'm clevermanka pretty much everywhere.

[yantantether]

I love all of the scenes which involve Jack cooking for Zhao Zi
They're ADORABLE. All the scenes of characters sharing food together in this show are so nice!

[clevermanka]

That fucking chin tuck with the gun about did me in, FOR REAL.

[yantantether]

GUESS I NEED TO WATCH IT AGAIN TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I'm just starting a rewatch! You should do it too so we can both scream a lot.

[clevermanka]

*fires up Viki*

[doctorskuld]

Welcome, maggie33! It's so lovely to have you here! I was hoping you would be interested in joining, and I'm very pleased you have. <3

Jack/Zhao Zi scene on the stairs in episode 19

The look on Jack's face in this scene is so cute, the relief and delight he has when Zhao Zi finally reciprocates his feelings, and then the kiss where Kenny used tongue, and you can see it if you zoom in, and then Jack looking so happy when he and Zhao Zi snuggle for a bit <3 <3 <3 I love this scene.

Stebee on Tumblr has posted a little excerpt from the Diary Logbook when they filmed that scene on the 17th day (it was the first of all the Jack/Zhao Zi scenes they filmed!)

And I was surprised how much I liked a lot of secondary characters

Same! One of my favorite things was that Tang Yi clearly has a gay posse between Jiang Jin Tang, his boyfriend, Andy and his boyfriend...I want pre-canon fic of Tang Yi's Gay Gangsta Posse so, so bad!

Maybe I should start a plot bunny farm post...

[doctorskuld]

OMG, YOU SHOULD START A REWATCH POST!

DO IT DO IT DO IIIIIIIT

[yantantether]

I do NOT have a gun kink, but after this scene I may be developing one.

(I wonder if they ever role play cop and gangster, or if it's too real for them for it to be fun? I can see Jack and Zhao Zi trying it out, but Zhao Zi would just get a fit of the giggles and it would devolve into tickling, rolling around and making out while laughing a lot.)

[doctorskuld]

Hi mish, very nice to meet you, and so happy to have you here!

I was not expecting the adorableness that is Jack and Zhao Zi, but here we are!

BIG SAME. I did not except to show up as hard as I am for Jack and Zhao Zi being the perfect couple, but they have the most sweet and adorable relationship.

Giving up your mercenary spy/crime syndicate bodyguard job for being a tiny cute cop's househusband? SIGN ME UP.

[clevermanka]

I absolutely have a gun kink.

I can see Jack and Zhao Zi trying it out, but Zhao Zi would just get a fit of the giggles and it would devolve into tickling, rolling around and making out while laughing a lot.

Yeah, I can't see Zhao Zi being very good at serious role-playing.

Now I wanna read a fic where Tang Yi and Shao Fei do it, tho--only REVERSED ROLES.

[doctorskuld]

I can't believe that Meng Shao Fei is such a disaster that he would POINT A GUN AT A CIVILIAN and Tang Yi would be such a disaster that he would tuck it under his chin and be all like "I FUCKING DARE YOU."

*wrings hands*

I think it would be funny for Shao Fei to try to roleplay the gangster, and for Tang Yi to realize that Shao Fei's actually good at it, and oh no, he's getting turned on.

Also, I'm convinced that a solid fraction of the time that Jack and Zhao Zi try something new with sex they end up dissolving into giggles and laughter.
*sob* They're perfect.

[doctorskuld]

Now I wanna read a fic where Tang Yi and Shao Fei do it, tho--only REVERSED ROLES.

OMG, I just wrote the same thing. XDDDDDDD

...should I start a plot bunny farm post?

[yantantether]

OMG, thank you for linking to that logbook post.

Luckily, the more they kissed, the better the kisses became, and they kissed until they were used to it, until they could kiss anytime.
*hurls self into sun*

Compared to crying scenes, Kenny was less nervous with the kissing scenes.
For less nervous, read VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.

[yantantether]

and for Tang Yi to realize that Shao Fei's actually good at it, and oh no, he's getting turned on.
Nom yes GOOD

[doctorskuld]

Manka! It is so lovely to have you here too! <3333

Because I hear I'm not supposed to blame things on bonibaru

I dunno, she is quite the disease vector. Perhaps she will accept the word "credit" as a substitute for "blame"?

I liked how Zuo Hong Ye was written and acted and I thought Dao Yi's fraught state over their relationship was very believable.

I was on the fence about Hong Ye for a long time while watching it, but by the end, I really, really liked her. Dao Yi's reservations about their relationship are 110% LEGIT.

Her protective love for Tang Yi is really sweet, and I adore how frustrated she got when she found Jack and Zhao Zi frolicking in the pool.

The only thing I still haven't quite figured out is...Hong Ye was in cahoots with Ah-De during the early part of Shao Fei's stay as Tang Yi's bodyguard, and she wanted Ah-De to send some thugs to beat Shao Fei up during their shopping trip, but then Ah-De involved what's-his-face (Han Hao? Something like that?), and he was the one who decided go with the shooting of Shao Fei? I was always slightly confused by how that went down...

[doctorskuld]

I will never get over Jack tugging on Zhao Zi's lower lip as they part...
*shakes fist at Andy and Kenny*


For less nervous, read VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.

Can you imagine them getting the crying scenes over with and Kenny just throwing himself at Andy? WITH TONGUE.

[clevermanka]

HELL YEAH start the plot bunny farm, but uh... tbh I can absolutely see myself writing that bc as a break from the angstfest I'm writing for Guardian rn and also, erm, see "gun kink" mentioned, above.