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Temple guard

[cattoru]

other men: here are some flowers and chocolate

huacheng: gege, here are some knives, swords, spears, shields, whips, hammers — please just take the whole collection. also, i hope you will humbly accept this arsenal of weaponry in its entirety, as well as this acre of land it's built on. additionally, may i offer you my personal cleaning service—

[peridot-tears]

Hey MDZS fandom. I want you guys to be careful interacting with this person.

If you don't already know, Chinese people have had a long history with cultural erasure when it comes to taking on English-language names. It started with imperialism, and continues as a way to "assimilate" and avoid mockery of our language in western countries.

For Chinese diaspora like myself, it's another form of racism we face, to the point where some of us are reclaiming our names in everyday life. Here's an article about this movement happening across Asian diasporas in the United States -- just to name one instance out of many.

The responses to this post reflect that:

You can see that my comment assumed "good faith." However, OP deleted these comments and blocked me. (That didn't stop other people from calling it out as well, though I have to assume that if OP was so offended by my comment, the next few people will receive the same treatment.)

I honestly didn't like whipping up the diaspora statement -- that I wrote with multiple Chinese diaspora fans of MDZS, all of us hailing from multiple different countries and backgrounds, our ancestry coming from completely different regions of China -- because it meant that we were encountering another microaggression.

If you ever wonder why MDZS and danmei fandoms in general seem to be so bereft of Chinese diaspora voices, that's absolutely because of these microaggressions: Someone makes a joke, writes a story, writes some meta, that is culturally ignorant at best, offensive and harmful at worst, and when we gently correct them, explaining why it's racist, the person in question shuts us down, dismisses us, gets defensive, or worse.

Regardless of where you are -- fandom, social media, on the street, at work, at school -- as long as you are interacting with other people, your words matter and affect other people. That includes being racially offensive, even if you didn't intend to be. It's how you respond to the people you've insulted that reveals your character, how willing you are to be complicit in their mistreatment.

My rule of thumb has always been this -- if multiple people, including those of the culture you've just made a microaggressive joke about, find it unfunny, racist, or harmful, then you listen. Dismiss or ignore them, then yes -- you absolutely are racist.

[kamikazeworld]

Can we talk about how amazing Shen Qingqiu actually is?? He wakes up in an unfamiliar room to an unfamiliar person talking like he knows him, and his first instinct is to play along to buy himself time to figure out the situation without endangering himself. He quickly puts it together and manages to outwardly keep his cool and assess the situation. At multiple times in the story he's forced to think quickly on his feet and he's GOOD at it, he realizes things fast, memorizes things easily, he's extremely studious and read through the entire Qing Jing library as soon as he realized where and who he was. He's quick witted and flexible with his thinking, great at problem solving, a great actor... Sure, he couldn't fool people into thinking he was the exact same as someone they had known for years, but he's great at keeping his thoughts and feelings on the inside while showing a cool, controlled, *confident* face to everyone else. Actually he's really good at genuinely taking control of situations in general, even when he IS internally screaming. Fake it til you make it WORKS for him, because even when he feels like he's faking, he is doing amazing work and showing great competense. On top of that he's very compassionate even when he doesn't necessarily want to be, and while he was given a body that had already become an immortal cultivator, he still put in a LOT of work to practice, refine and master that cultivation until it was completely natural and second nature for him to use it. And that's fucking AMAZING.

The only times his abilities fail him, really, is when he believes he already knows how something is supposed to go and thinking it's set in stone. He believes Luo Binghe must hate him, must want a harem, and that he himself isn't that important or desirable, and he believes it SO STRONGLY that he can't see past it until it's shoved directly in his face. That's the only times he truly acts like an oblivious idiot, and honestly can you blame him? Like I said, he believes those are facts set in stone, no matter how much the evidence contradicts it. The pitfall of having detailed future information of an alternate timeline, I suppose.

TL;DR: SQQ is a brilliant, quick witted, creative, intelligent and hard working man and I fucking LOVE that for him. He was the perfect candidate for filling the role of the academic peak's leader and the sect's strategist, because he shares all those same qualities with his predecessor (I'm assuming, I haven't actually read the SJ extras yet oops). The main thing setting them apart, really, is just that SY was raised to be *kind* where SJ was unfortunately raised to be cruel.

Chef's kiss, truly.

[yonallaart]

Another Wangxian Commission~ [...ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴅᴏᴍᴇsᴛɪᴄ ᴡᴀɴɢxɪᴀɴ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴀʏ...]

——— the High-res art is on p/atreon [www.patreon.com/yonallaart]

[ni--goki]

🦋 Crimson Rain Sought Flower, Hua Cheng

⛵ Black Water Submerging Boats, He Xuan

👹 Night-Touring Green Lantern, Qi Rong

♦ Ko-fi ♦ Artstation ♦ DeviantArt ♦ Facebook ♦ Instagram

[plustimetheartist]

The couple with one of the gentlest relationship

[liramic]

Xicheng enjoying the sunset!

A repaint of a 2021 drawing (old below):

I'm so happy with this repaint aaaaa. I already love looking at bad old art bc it makes me feel better about current art lmao but this is my first time actually going through and doing a repaint to fix what's bothering me about it.

The first thing I had to change was def the ribbons. I was already not happy with the ribbon placement in 2021 actually but I couldn't figure out at the time how to change it to actually be a shape I like. But I've learned a lot about composition since then! And also realized that having objects in the foreground covering part of your figures isn't a bad thing lol and can actually create more interesting compositions.

There's also a lot of other small tweaks I did, like moving them closer to each other (to be closer ;) but also to remove the tangent that was formed between their arms), adding birds bc the sky looked empty, and just overall crisper edges. Overall, I think the changes aren't like mindblowing because the composition, color scheme, and even the faces are the same but I'm soooo much happier with the new one ^_^

This'll be on my shop this weekend (prob sunday) as a bookmark and poster~ I haven't restocked since the bookmarks sold out in december cuz I've been waiting to finish the repaint!

[angieloveshua]

When somebody asks you “Which is the greatest entrance of a character in the history of animation?”, you show them this:

[qiulangjun]

MXTX’s tentative novel: Death Gods Don’t Get Rest Days

It’s a suspense novel set in modern times!

The first chapter hasn’t been uploaded yet, but there is a novel description

Translation of novel desc:

What do to if your boyfriend’s too bad

★ This name is tentative, the official novel name will be changed, sorry to trouble everyone m(_ _)m

• International Practice, 1V1, Shou POV, HE.

• Heads-up: Completely Fictitious

• Anthology series, master plot. In addition, it will definitely be revealed, everything will change before it is revealed.

Everything is possible!!!

Concept (of the novel): Concept to be supplemented

Tags: Supernatural, Match Made in Heaven, Modern (place unspecified), Suspense, Drama

Main Characters: Yan Yue, Qiu Chi

Supporting Characters: Murderer, Victim, Melon-Eater (aka the person who views on the sidelines and doesn’t do anything)

Others: Qiu Chi x Yan Yue

POV: Shou POV

[fmd-art]

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ﾟ。Kings of Ghost City

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[verycharismaticdragon]

Wangxian are currently fighting in the semifinals of the @ao3topshipsbracket and need help! (at the time of posting, they are losing by ~10%)

Vote Wangxian!!!

EDIT: They are currently battling for the third place; link above updated accordingly!

[yinyuworld]

“i would recognise you in total darkness, were you mute and I deaf. i would recognise you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times. and I would love you in all of this, until the very last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion.”

📌art by @_vinsenta. official art bonus to 3rd russian version tgcf book.

⚠️ this quote is NOT an excerpt from tgcf nor from the song of achilles. credit to the unknown author.

[relatetonothing]

TGCF fandom must be elated this year (2024), as not only is MXTX back after 5 years, we have a newly edited version of the novel that is back on the official JJWXC novel platform after being locked up for so long🥹 To add to the excitement, the two biggest names in the fandom, Kuo Hao Jun (radio drama project director who produced MDZS) and Chang Yang (official illustrator), both acknowledged by MXTX herself, are back and actively producing new works for the fandom😭 The radio drama will have 4 seasons (according to the producers themselves), and has just finished S2. The two seasons so far follow the edited novel to a T. Chang Yang is also drawing new fan art of the added scenes on an almost daily basis. It’s like opening your favourite book that you haven’t read in years and finding that all the old fans around you are doing the same😭😭😭

[mxtxdiaspora-may]

MXTX Diaspora May is back for 2024!

MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences.

Through the promotion and creation of these fanworks, we hope to encourage thoughtful self-reflection throughout the broader fandom, especially with regard to embracing cultural humility and dismantling structures and behaviors that allow racism to flourish, both in fandom and in real life.

Support of MXTX Diaspora May will go a long way towards creating a more inclusive and open climate in our shared online spaces, especially for creators who rarely get their voices heard in the English-speaking side of fandom. We aim to uplift the unique voices and stories of our participants, and we encourage anyone who enjoys works from this event to share in the celebration of Chinese culture from Chinese creators.

Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate in MXTX Diaspora May. Event rules and work requirements may be found at the link below.

Please note one major change from last year: all works must be complete at the time of posting. We will not accept works-in-progress into our collection.

Event Rules & FAQ

Our prompts this year are based on 四象, the Four Symbols, also known as the Four Guardians, Four Gods, or Four Auspicious Beasts. You can find an overview of the Four Symbols on wiki.

Sub-prompts for the event will be posted soon.

Are you a creator of Chinese heritage who's ready to sign up for this event? Please fill out the sign-up form below!

You will receive a discord link to the event server after you complete the form. Please make sure to join the discord server to connect with fellow event participants and receive event announcements and updates.

Sign-ups will run from March 17, 2024 to April 9, 2024.

Sign-Up Form

Signal Boost!

Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky and twitter as well.

Feel free to check out our collections from previous years. Comments and kudos are always appreciated by creators!

2021 (MDZS only)

2022

2023

We look forward to sharing and celebrating everyone's works from the 2024 event!

[minghao-bao]

魏无羡, Yiling Laozu❤️