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I’ve said this before but you read tgcf and you are like aww Xie Lian saved baby Hong Hong’er and it’s so sweet Hua Cheng fell in love with him and searched for him and gets protective over him. He’s so chivalrous truly a knight in bells booted armour.

Until you read the rest of the books and you realise that Hua Cheng is in fact not acting out of chivalry and must have been going out of his mind for 800 years because every time he and Xie Lian interacted he saw Xie Lian being in a situation and his go to plan was to basically always push the self destruct button and for extra measure throw himself on the chopping block in literal seconds.

Like all his over protectiveness isn’t so much about making Xie Lian a damsel in distress as it is instead a parent taking away all choking hazards and baby proofing the locks except the baby knows martial arts and could kill a man just by twitching his elbow yet he continues to use himself as target practise.

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I figured out how chromostereopsis works HA. So obviously, had to make it a Hualian sketch

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❗COMMISSIONS: OPEN❗

Slightly updated commission sheet! Yay!

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Mount Tonglu, the way i remember it

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I just love to draw Hua Cheng in different ways.

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Someone please help Yin Yu

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That one scene in Book 5 be like:

Also, these

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So I rewatched all the kung fu panda movies and this happened, enjoy the beginning of my furry arc

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Anyone else losing sleep over how Hua Cheng treats Eming poorly? Eming was made from his own eye, so you'd think they'd be in sync - and they are, when it combat, because Eming was born in a desperate need for a weapon and to overcome enemies.

But Eming was also born from a low point in Hua Cheng's existence and must represent the person he was back when it was created - utterly devoted to Xie Lian, but also too weak to have been of any use to him. He saw himself as a loathsome lost puppy lapping at the heels of a god he couldn't hope to be worthy of serving, crying over everything.

It was also during his time desperately overcoming the trials to become a Supreme, aka what Hua Cheng also considers a shameful part of himself. The moment Xie Lian learns about the divine statues and murals, Hua Cheng jumps to suggest they be destroyed, and had tried as hard as he could to make sure they weren't discovered at all.

He changed himself into a suave, calm, collected, overpowered loyal servant to Xie Lian after 800 years, thinking that his prior exploits as a human and as a Wrath were too erratic and disrespectful and not at all how he wanted to be. He would indeed still do everything that Xie Lian wants of him, but now he's actually confident he could do it - so confident that he would even follow Xie Lian's heart when it doesn't seem like the right thing to do or even endangers him. No more hiding behind a mask as Wuming or lying about being his follower. He looks down upon who he used to be: all the same devotion, but not enough power, experience, or confidence to actually do anything RIGHT.

It's no wonder that Hua Cheng not only says no when Eming first wants a pet, but also repeatedly whacks Eming when the blade gets too needy. He thinks Eming's needy behavior (a reminder of his own personality back in the day) is as shameful as the past he worked desperately to leave behind. When he would have broken out into tears just trying to be noticed, when he was desperate for love and clung to Xie Lian when he first showed him kindness.

Eming is willing to show emotion and cry and become erratic even when Hua Cheng himself is keeping a surface-level calmness or focus. Is it any wonder why Hua Cheng doesn't want Xie Lian to see that he still feels emotions and weakness when he dedicated himself to being strong enough to protect Xie Lian, eliminate all his threats, get him whatever he wanted, so that he never had to suffer again?

Eming's sentience is limited, so the blade never evolves or changes or gets over its emotions by processing them over time. Hua Cheng himself was able to change into the person he wanted to be - or who he thought Xie Lian would need and like better - but Eming could never take the same steps. It remains as utterly devoted to Xie Lian and simple-minded as the moment it was born.

It just also happens to be a super deadly saber on the side nbd

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can i see your necklace for a second, your highness? ^__^

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a supportive husband right here🦋✨

(Spent way too much time on the first one…)

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Totally me

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memes to make me feel better

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Redraw of a donghua frame + the english dubbing quote bc it's funny, bro is so down bad

Some progress screenshots and the og frame!

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Old sketches with Hua Chen♥️

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Redraw of that one Hua Cheng frame, version 2025 (old ones under the cut) (tw jumpscare)