#domestic shiguang

[doublxpresso]

☀️ Morning (full comic)

[artilite]

they're just hangin' out

[floofz]

i just finished watching ep five... can i know your thoughts on it

OUGH... so many thoughts my dude... where do i even start...

well first of all this episode completely wrecked me emotionally. domestic violence is always hard to watch, but damn did they do their best to make it as horrible as possible (in a good way! its amazing how studio lan sheds light on these kinds of things happening). the animation - the expressions, the hitting, the bruises - the audio design - god the sounds of the violence alone were so fucking heartwrenching. and then the involvement of the kids too. it was so so painful to watch but it was so incredibly well done.

we finally get to know more about the two siblings (and also confirmation that the two are actually involved! plus that lu guang turns out not to be the good brother in the childrens drawing). the scene with cheng xiaoshi being amused about the brother's behaviour and childish thinking seems funny at first, but when you later see the family situation theyre in, it all just makes so much painful sense. he has all this rage and strong sense of justice in him bc they are growing up in this unstable household full of violence. its heartbreaking.

the boy the brother met at the fountain, i first thought it was a young cheng xiaoshi bc of the haircut, but his voice was very different so now im perplexed. they could just be trying to throw us off here but i cant imagine them picking such a drastically different voice from cheng xiaoshi for him, especially bc we already heard his voice as a kid in s1. now my guess is maybe a young qian jin? it would check out with what we know about younger him. and i mean were 5 episodes in we kinda need to get to all the connections eventually.

now, lu guang and cheng xiaoshi. i've already seen people on reddit talk about how lu guang seems off again this episode. what particularly makes me think though is that one scene where their connection supposedly went "bad". i mean, everything, especially in animation, is very intentional so there must be much more to it. im wondering if someone interfered with their connection. one theory i also saw and thought about it a bit more on my own: what if red eyes - either one of the siblings - somehow possessed lu guang during their dive for a short time, making him unable to talk to cheng xiaoshi on his own, hence the silence. and after that he also doesnt realize he was silent for a while. and bc one of the siblings took hold over him for a sec, they saw what lu guang saw and that would explain why the sister supposedly knows cheng xiaoshi (and wants to talk to him at the police station) and that he was involved with her past through the dive. though i guess she could also know about him from qian jin. idk, I JUST HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

all in all a fucking fantastic episode but i did have to take a break after watching it. its very emotionally draining. but you can definitely tell the care and thought they put into this.

OH WAIT I ALMOST FORGOT. the little soft expressions and smiles from lu guang when cheng xiaoshi acted cute as xixi in the episode made me explode<3 gdi once again cheng xiaoshi never sees his soft expressions, LU GUANG LOOK AT HIM LIKE THAT WHEN HE CAN SEE.

anyway yeah lots of thoughts 😭 PLS also let me know what you think!!!

[stray-tori]

my brain finally complied and let me draw domestic shiguang just because.

[imaginarylungfish]

Link Click fic recs

i am obsessed with shiguang, alright? (favorites in purple.)

sfw

I'll Always Find You: cute 800 word fic about shiguang finding each other in every lifetime

Right Here I Belong: cute 1.3K fic with shiguang cuddles

I Lower My Head, Thinking of Home: 2.5K fic connecting shiguang's story to the myth of chang'e and houyi

Each Season Feels So Warm When I'm Here With You: 3K established relationship domestic fluff

Rationality: 3K love confession fic

Love Me Like This: 9K very well written fic about shiguang realizing their feelings for each other. characterizations are spot on and we get some friend group scenes which i love

The Hardest Thing About Love (is Noodles): 11K lu guang-centric fic of shiguang realizing their feelings for each other

nsfw

Love's the Death of Peace of Mind: 5K silly fic about cheng xiaoshi walking around shirtless and lu guang feeling some type of way about it

Wouldn't Mind Being Yours: 12K fic with a cool premise for how Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi's powers could connect them even more

Falling in Love at the Photo Shop: 29K beautifully-written fic of cheng xiaoshi realizing he is in love with lu guang and lu guang is in love with him

[wrathyforest]

thank you so much for your help on the photo studio layout (also i love your fanart ahaha)! i cannot BELIEVE it NEVER had a kitchen, omg. also the fact that baby!CXS's bed was so big lol it's all so silly xD

I believe you miss a little bit with gratitude, because the one who wrote the post about studio is not me, but my friend here ^^" You should thank him, but I let him know it anyways :3 And thank you for the art appreciation 🥺🥺🥺 I cannot express in full just how pleased I feel knowing people like my artworks~ ___ Yeah, tHERE IS PLANTY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY LIVED BEFORE and oh my god WE DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO CXS'S PARENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. I mean, when the time comes, we all will be screaming and crying our eyes out because I do believe that the main plot isn't about shiguang being domestic and romantic (it's just an extra, and I wish they will live happily ever after till their heads are all white ugh.. (err Lu Guang's even whiter)..) but the story of Cheng Xiaoshi solving the mystery of his missing parents... well, who knows...

I wish we all survive this despite being doomed by narrative :D

[littencloud9]

i know like almost no one follows me for link click stuff but i am SO excited for shiguang fluff week. im prob only doing 3-4 days but they mean the world to me. stupid gay time agents. they truly deserve a domestic au

[hirokari]

Idk who Lao Guang is but this work was so cute!! And gave me such soft domestic feels 🥺

he's from my fav show link click/shiguang daili ren <33

thank you for letting me know!! i honestly didn't know what to think of the imagine and i think i went a little too shambly with the words if that makes sense...

this ask is insanely reassuring thank you!!! </33