#Fenglian

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

Absolutely love the fact that, when Hua Cheng was trying to guess who Xie Lian's mysterious beloved person was, his first try was Feng Xin

He really went "It's not Feng Xin, is it?"

Much to think about

[red-garden]

I think it’s especially funny that qi rong is usually left out of “xianle trio” “xianle quartet”, and I chose to believe it’s just because compared to the other 4 he’s just a fugly little bitch and they don’t want to be associated with that

Xianle Quartet is a top tier polyship not only because of the metric ton of emotional baggage (and the sheer volume of sexual tension and awakening possible between 3 virgins and an effectively celibate fertility god), but also simply because they're all from a country renowned for beauty and pretentiousness, therefore treating impossible beauty standards as the norm.

Xie Lian's canon internal thoughts consist of not infrequently calling people ugly. Can we blame him? He was raised constantly surrounded by and continues to surround himself with devastatingly attractive people. Feng Xin, canonically olive-skinned and handsome, archer's figure. Mu Qing, canonically delicate-appearing and pretty. Hua Cheng, growing up to be tall and savagely beautiful.

Meanwhile, Hua Cheng is a literal fashionista, decked out in every possible silver accessory at any given moment, jingling like a Christmas elf and fabulous while doing it. He throws money around on luxury items just because he can, and his taste is impeccable. Mu Qing straight up destroys his own statues if they're ugly, literally described as wearing luxurious robes that he probably made himself because no one could do it better. They're the divas of this operation. They're judging you, hard, and they want you to know it, so you will.

Xie Lian is the equivalent of the naturally beautiful friend who doesn't wash their face with anything but a bar of soap and comes out looking flawless. He needs absolutely zero fashion sense because he could wear a trash bag and people would think it looks high fashion. Feng Xin is the himbo friend who washes with 10-in-1, yet his skin glistens in the sun like an oiled up ancient greek olympian. He does a normal amount of working out and comes out shaped like Captain America. They're simply God's Favorite, so they don't need to try.

Basically, I picture them as the blindingly hot polycule walking around like the Cullens entering their high-school cafeteria. Hair blowing in an invisible wind. Throwing incredible amounts of shade in the communication array.

They're hot. They're judgmental. They're literally the Mean Girls.

[potatosaresweet]

yeah breakups suck but have you ever had your homoerotic codependent childhood friendgroup fall apart due to miscommunication and pressure and when you next saw each other after 800 years so many painful things were left unsaid none of you even knew where to begin

[nekoning]

part 1 of silly huafenglian comics as part of my agenda to convince others that they're pretty cool | part 2 & 3

ID courtesy of @imber-florum:

[Image description: A grayscale comic featuring Feng Xin, Xie Lian, and Hua Cheng. As a note, all caps text in the comic has been adjusted to regular capitalization in this description to aid readability for screen readers.

Hua Cheng glares and thinks, 'I can't believe I have to share gege with this stupid dog... As long as gege is happy... but why him?! There's nothing he has that I don't! Keep laughing, I know gege likes me better.'

Feng Xin smiles at Xie Lian. "Dianxia, remember when we were 15 and you—"

"Ack—" Xie Lian cuts him off with a flustered expression. "I think San Lang is better off not knowing that!"

"Understood, it was unexpected, even for Mu Qing and I."

"Ahaha... I don't know what I was thinking back then."

As the two continue talking, Hua Cheng looks suddenly dumbfounded. His loud thoughts take up half the next frame. 'What?!' he thinks. 'There's stuff about gege I don't know?! How can that be?!?! I'm his #1 believer!!" Outwardly, he's smiling calmly. "It's okay, gege can tell me anything."

"It's a little embarrassing," Xie Lian says, still flustered.

In the next frame, Hua Cheng has his arms crossed. "This is how things are going to work," he says. "For every gege fact, I'll give you... 20 minutes of alone time with him."

'Is he fucking serious?! Of course he is,' thinks Feng Xin, irritated. "1 hour or no deal," he says.

"1 hour?! You're lucky I—" Hua Cheng trails off.

The two are sitting on the ground in the next frame, Feng Xin talking animatedly and Hua Cheng nodding and frantically taking notes. Feng Xin says, "And he used to put cherry blossoms in his pillow to smell nice. There's also this spot where he's particularly ticklish—"

In the final frame, Hua Cheng looks at his notes and thinks, '...Not completely useless at least.' Behind him, Xie Lian and Feng Xin are holding hands, Feng Xin drawn with puppy ears and a wagging tail. "Are you two getting along?" asks Xie Lian.

"...Sort of," says Feng Xin. End image description.]

[star-mail]

xianle quartet !!

xianle quartet prompt by kryolue for TGCFAction aka TGCF Gotcha for Gaza :D

[totallynotsloughjykk]

the xianle quartet is one guy and his three freaks on a leash and they all take turns being the one guy

[malinanan]

I realised I have never posted my fenglian sketches here👀

It's my second favourite ship in tgcf🥰

[fukurodowlni]

tgcf as shitposts vol. 5

[monhiio]

"Leave. I want to be alone."

"Please don't make me"

"I wont repeat myself."

"At least look me in the eyes when you send me away. Your Highness."

[huaenrose]

The man so loyal he wouldn't dare stay when asked to leave, and the man so loyal he wouldn't dare leave even when asked to do so.

[magicpotatothoughts]

TGCF reread new finds #1

Xie Lian actively and consciously knows that he is attracted to HC the MOMENT THEY MEET in the Ox Cart. Like it’s not just blank gay panic, he knows.

His beauty was deadly like a sword, sharp and mesmerising. Xie Lian only met his eyes for a moment, then lowered his eyes in defeat.

MATE, normally wouldn’t you continue to be mesmerised and can’t peel your eyes away? That is, UNLESS YOURE WHIPPED. XL knows that SL's looks affect him to this degree. Defeat is the key word here.

Also

The distance between them had closed too fast. he suddenly didn't know what to do[...]Xie Lian blanked on the spot. He watched as the tall and slender youth walked away with his giant bag of junk as if it were the most natural thing in the world to do, and it made him mutter inwardly, Forgive my sins.

Making a rich young lad carry your things? Making him sleep in your crappy temple? That doesn't warrant the weighty thought? FORGIVE WHAT SINS Xie Lian??!!!

Many village girls saw (HC) and blushed [...] Xie Lian didn't know what they were going to ask, but felt instinctively that it must be stopped at once, and cried, "No!"

Jealous jealous boi! XL WAS POSSESSIVE after ONE night spent together at Puqi Shrine. Didn’t XL just say to SL that he will have no problem in the love department because girls will throw themselves at him? Yo, why are you cock-blocking? Everyone says HC is insane, no XL is equally insane for the other!

Also, when HC revealed that it's his real skin after the Banyue arc, XL instinctively poked him. Then

He looked at his own finger then hid it away, betraying nothing of his thoughts.

What thoughts XL ?!! Explain yourself right now!

Jumping back to OX CART scene, Xie Lian's character development was foreshadowed when they were talking about the gifting of ghost ashes.

Book 1: Xie Lian sighed. "It certainly is painful to think about, to have given everything for love and lose everything in return."

This is what Xie Lian is most afraid of! Like even thinking back to Xie Lian pushing Feng Xin away in Book 4, he definitely operated under that mindset. Love is a risk, it's something to be feared. Even now 800+ years later, he still feels that way and doesn't allow himself to get close to anyone. It just hits so much harder thinking that he operated under that for so many centuries.

Then Hua Cheng says

"What there to be afraid of? If it were me, I'd have no regrets giving away my ashes"

Which I think really changed the way that Xie Lian thought about love. Book 5 Xie Lian completely operates with Love is empowering and isn't something to be afraid of.

TGCF isn't about XL realising his feelings, literally from Book 1 it's about him wondering if it's worthwhile to act on them.

Three things, is this person worth losing cultivation over for?

He needs the reassurance that this person must reciprocate his feelings.

Then HC changed his perspective on love from FEAR -> EMPOWERMENT.

XL is soooo self-aware (unlike SQQ from SVSSS and WWX from MDZS), he's an unreliable narrator in the way that he doesn't reveal everything to the reader, especially his own feelings until he was absolutely sure that there really was both a physical and romantic attraction. I wanted to make this post to dispel the assumption for XL it was easy to forego 800+ years of cultivation. It was not? He ABSOLUTELY thought about it carefully.

[tylerjaaay]

i’ve been enjoying the fenglian crumbs in s2 recently

[vychees]

Second Best

[nekoning]

I catch a glimpse of the boy you used to be

[star-mail]

i offer thee,,, xianle quartet beach episode ✨

this is mostly to see my improvement from a drawing I did almost a year ago ,,,plus fengqing,,, I love xianle quartet leave me alone

i miss arttrades, ough :(

[totallynotsloughjykk]

people are mad at fengqing for not being okay with hualian but like. think about their relationship from their perspective imagine your childhood friend ascends again for the 3rd time. you do a quick lil mission together and he suddenly comes across The Devil Himself who challenged you a few hundred years ago but you declined and he ended up killing a bunch of your coworkers. you warn him because, again, he's literally The Devil Himself but your friend is too busy twirling his hair and kicking his feet to actually consider your words. anyways flash forward a few weeks after and he now drags said Devil Himself with him everywhere he goes and every time you point it out the fucker asks if he can kill you and your friend politely explains that he was just a little silly when he fought the heavens (and won)