#gao yizhi

[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.

[untitled-kiwi]

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

[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 🤓☝🏻"

[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

[myreygn]

yizhi is my favorite fucking character i can't

[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!

[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. :)

[viinas]

My friends and I made an album inspired by the Iron Widow books by Xiran Jay Zhao and here is the song I wrote for it! It's called "Venom" and is meant to be sort of like an anime opening for the book. Ft vocals by my amazing friend Victoria Carbol! Empress of Nightmares by the Bookish Songs Collective is streaming everywhere now~

[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?

[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]

[throuple-tournament]

Li Shimin/Wu Zetian/Gao Yizhi created by @xiranjayzhao.

Nathan/Vlad/Ursula created by @thebibliosphere.

Description provided by @mochithewondercat.

Description provided by @powerpolyculeshowdown 's submissions.

[no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist]

yizhi is such a good character what i would not do for even a couple paragraphs of his pov

[docandoob]

Iron Widow Book 3 Theories

Iron Widow and Heavenly Tyrant Spoilers!

apparently xiran posted that they will be tackling pink imperialism and rainbow imperialism in book 3 so i'm excited to see how that will play out! i wonder who will be the "imperialists"? melians maybe? or other countries on orichaea besides huaxia?

based on the ending of heavenly tyrant i think qin zheng will be the main antagonist/villain of book 3. (kinda unfortunate tho bc i actually really liked his character development and the whole dynamic with zetian in HT. any chance he will be redeemed and added to the polycule? not impossible, but unlikely)

qin zheng will probably die in the end, most likely killed by zetian or su*cide, but there will definitely be some resolution in this aspect. in HT qin zheng mentioned to zetian that he couldn't live long in this world bc it wasn't right for him (smth about the consequences of sleeping over two centuries) and that he wanted to die as a martyr while his death could still be meaningful to aid the revolution, so maybe that

OR alternatively he might drink mercury thinking it will make him immortal and accidentally kill himself, just like his historical counterpart qin shi huang lmao

shimin's spirit was absorbed by the vermilion bird at the end of HT and he has become a hundun-like being

zetian and co. will team up with the hunduns to defeat qin zheng and/or melians - this is constantly foreshadowed by zetian's continued unwillingness to kill hunduns bc she believes she can communicate with them + that one meaningful moment in the water during the battle where she found temporary peace with the hunduns when she felt like they could understand her. i don't think xiran would include this randomly for no reason

i feel like helan will play a bigger role idk

i really hope no one in our beloved iron triangle dies (again)