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Katra | 📖🐛 :

"sworn brothers"

Createz :

"who didnt fantasuze with living with their bestie" oooo, I smell denial

カールル :

so the world IS devolving

꧁𝔞𝔳𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔫꧂ :

ancient yuri 🥹

mungohbean :

so..... china has been more relaxed and open than the west?🤔🤔 I wonder why I was never taught this? 😭

Amy 🛸 :

I think some of those pacts were platonic and some were romantic. Gay people have always existed.

JACKTHERIPPER♡ :

Queer platonic love❤️

Zenek☆ :

some just wanted to live with a friend and some loved each other romanticly

DangerNoodle :

Okay so where do I get one of these so called Golden Orchid relationships

李青 :

history will say they were best friends…..

꩜ˢ.ʰ.ᵒ.ᵈ.ᵃ.ⁿ꩜ :

LOVELESS :

Ancient wuhluhwuh

user9814832421350 :

this is a very "and they were roomates" situation

ela🇨🇩🇵🇸🇭🇹 :

same with a lot of Native American civilizations BEFORE they were invaded by Europe,some had marriages between 2 souls regardless of their gender

barnesm31 :

I need more Golden Orchid Pacts in my historical C dramas

Ashe :

"Back in the day we could be Lesbains today we get hated", "it's okay grandma I ask granny to bring some orange over for you"

The Ghost Artist :

Can we get a drama of this kind of relationship Netflix??

juli :

and they where called roommates🤣

Mia.Trevelyan🦡🇨🇦 :

it certainly would have made c dramas more interesting growing up. that is unfortunate.

just mundane :

Uuuuh, I would have loved that. This should be the life goal now 😏

user8266331754958 :

Those commenters, so afraid to address their feelings for their friends head-on… this explains so much about the baihe stories I have read…

che.yong :

so it's always been there

Abi Castor :

Some history teachers would look us dead in the eyes and say that it was a marriage pact between two good friends

Misiu :

Historically accurate best friends, right?

Dee 2.0 :

So those relationships where not frowned upon at the time? The cdramas make it seem like it was taboo that could get you ☠️