#gao yizhi

[xiranjayzhao]

The Iron Triangle vs the Toxic Triangle

[axolone]

Gao YiZhi in Heavenly Tyrant by @xiranjayzhao!

He was my surprise favorite in this book, I loved so many of his scenes, especially the hair cutting one.

[heavenly-memerant]

if Twitter existed in Huaxia...

[untitled-kiwi]

they’re all safe and happy and healthy I SWEAR all of them are alive

[incorrect-ironwidow]

OUR FIRST EVENT IS HERE!

It's my honor and joy to announce our first Iron Widow Event! And nothing better than a Reread so we can once more be in @xiranjayzhao's world and, of course, be ready to Heavenly Tyrant release!

During the event, challenges and games will be released weekly. It's your choice to just read with us, or participate in the challenges. The main discussions will take place every Saturday on our discord server. If you're not already there, you're more than welcome to join us (this is a link, click here)!

Below I will give you our official reading schedule and the first challenge of the week! (And let's all thank @fren-wyrm for these marvellous designs!!) Any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments!

Are you ready to be their nightmares?

[pancakepoet]

Wu Zetian: "you say you hate private property, but you're treating me like private property??? 😒🤔👀"

Qin Zheng: "erm akchually it's personal property 🤓☝🏻"

@xiranjayzhao I have so many feelings about this man

[winter-wise]

Zetian: I think I may have found a new treatment for the flower pox. It's made from a very rare herb called ligma. Qin Zheng: Ligma? Zetian: Yizhi, get in here, I told you I could do it!

[kradnie]

iron triangle iron triangle iron triangle iron triangle

modern au bc they deserve it

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Catalina “Cat” Alvarez/Laila Dermott- The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Kodiak Celius/Ambrose Cusk- The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Jean/Muirin- A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

[feyd-rautha-apologist]

Currently like two thirds through Heavenly Tyrant and Yizhi redemption arc? Yizhi actually did not do that shit arc please? Yizhi secret and totally cool and based motivation arc? Yizhi not actually that much of a piece of shit and they're all still friends and kiss on the mouth arc? Me not being in pain anymore arc?

[xiranjayzhao]

You've met the Iron Triangle. Now get ready for...THE TOXIC TRIANGLE.

They are what Huaxia CEOs see in their nightmares! As terrible as the Iron Triangle is wholesome! They must fight the constant urge to rip each other apart as they work together against gods and business execs! (Typical leftist behaviour)

This art by so萌小怪兽 is the 4th and final piece you can get as a semi-transparent overlay as part of Heavenly Tyrant's preorder campaign. How to get the full set:

1. Preorder Heavenly Tyrant from the following indie bookstores:

Bakka-Phoenix (Toronto)

Iron Dog Books (Vancouver)

Black Bond Books (Vancouver)

Kidsbooks (Vancouver)

McNally Robinson (Winnipeg)

Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)

Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego, CA)

Main Street Books (St Charles, MO)

Annie Bloom’s Books (Portland, OR)

Powell’s City of Books (Portland, OR)

Ballast Book Company (Bremerton, WA)

Main Street Books (Monroe, WA)

2. If you're not in the vicinity of any of these stores, my publisher is doing a raffle for 50 packs of this overlay set for all US and Canada residents! Join by reblogging this post with whether you're concerned about what the Toxic Triangle is going to do in the tags, then screenshotting your tags and submitting an entry here. (You can submit again even if you did so for the previous art reveals!)

Enter by Dec 16! 50 winners will be chosen on Dec 23 (so they'll receive the overlays AFTER HT's publication, but you need the book to put the overlays in anyway).

[lamaery]

snake and poppies

One more for @xiranjayzhao's Iron Widow, because when I read the descriptions of Yizhi's tattoos I knew I had to draw it. (I think there were other flowers mentioned, but my copy is back home so I couldn't look it up). I am rather happy with this turned out. :)

[myreygn]

yizhi is my favorite fucking character i can't

[untitled-kiwi]

someone mentioned Yizhi from Iron Widow wearing HIM’s outfit so naturally I had to draw it

[incorrect-ironwidow]

Shimin: How do you two just eat when there’s a dead body laying there?

Yizhi, sharing a confused look with Zetian: What? Is that rude?

Zetian: Am I supposed to share?

[pancakepoet]