#if lu guang gets crazy

[dekukaze]

IM STILL HERE

[dekukaze]

thats why i had a theory that still havent talked about on, but its about lg going insane at some point

I wonder how many times Lu Guang tried to undo CXS’s death before it hammered into his head that death really is an unchangeable node and he decided to just stay in the past forever

I wonder what happened to the timeline he left behind. Did it just have to go on like normal with Lu Guang missing (since his body also comes with him when he dives)

No wait, being able to dive with your body and not just your spirit is actually so sus. What do you need a body for when you're just gonna possess someone else anyway??? Where does their body go while they're possessing someone???

I wonder if future!Lu Guang ever tried to talk to his past self or past!CXS and warn them of the future

What if hat guy is from LG’s original timeline?

Hat guy's motives is to allow the past to be changed??? Then isn't that a good thing for LG?

What if LG is the real villain all along

I'm thinking of how this story can end happily, but LG getting unscathed seems unlikely after all the deaths he inadvertently/accidentally caused by letting CXS 'live'

What if LG goes to prison? They now have a special police agency for it, after all

[nemoys]

i think it's really funny how director li haoling mentioned how the leads of link click couldn't be a male and a female because then 'matters of the heart would make it more complicated for them to work together' SIR YOUR MALE LEADS ARE RIPPING THE LITERAL SPACE TIME CONTINUUM TO STAY TOGETHER I THINK THEIR HEARTS ARE PRETTY FUCKING INVOLVED ?? 😂😂☝️

edit : okay let me just say this to clear doubt or anything, i truly do not believe the director views them platonically. given what he's directed in the past and currently, i highly doubt he isn't aware of what he's making, this is just a light tease over what he's said in an interview! keep in mind, censorship is most definitely a real thing, and he's already walking a tight as hell rope

[quarriart]

boys in dresses amirite

[autism-corner]

had a dream where gay people were finally real!!

[toelessbastard]

HELL

[catguangcorner]

rewatching the chibi shorts and LMAO they way qiao ling and lu guang expose cxs to the live show viewers about what he was really like at uni academics wise....lg forcing him to sit down and read his books....ql up all night with cxs helping him gather no doubt last minute data for his thesis.... cheng xiaoshi's undiagnosed adhd goes crazy someday get that guy medicated

[hirokari]

cherry flavored slushie

wc: 0.8k | g: friends to more, fluff, high school!au | w: none!

Lu Guang never pegged you to be a person to show up to basketball games. He supposed you showed up for Xiaoshi, though you sit oddly far from the game, leaning on the net outside the court, sipping on the typical slushie you tend to buy after school.

Wordless, Lu Guang leans against the wired net next to you, looking your way, though you don't take your eyes off the game.

"I didn't know you liked basketball," He says. "I don't," You answer, handing the boy your slushie. He takes it and sips on the straw, imagining your lips tasting of this cherry flavor. Finally, you look at him, "Why don't you play? You're tall and pretty good at it," 

"You've seen me play?"

"Yeah, dude. Were you so immersed in playing to notice me?"

He guesses he was- which is a surprise. It takes a lot to get Lu Guang’s eyes off of you. He responds with a shrug, tilting and tapping the straw against your lips. You comply and look back at the game as you let the cherry flavoring dye your tongue a hot, bright red.

"Why are you watching if you don't like basketball?" He can't help but ask. He thinks it's a stupid question. You answer, though, unbothered, "Because I know the rules. And I know this referee is incredibly blind. I'm out here so I don't strangle him with my bare hands."

He can’t help but let out a light chuckle, one that feels innocent and pegs a smile out of you too, but it also ignites a sharp feeling in your stomach. “They don’t seem to play fair, but I believe Xiaoshi is decent enough to overcome said blindness.”

Your worn out converse nudges his knee as you sit back against the wired fence and you give him a teasing smile, “Finally giving him credits, Guang?” With his cheeks dusted pink, his eyes avert away in a shy manner as he mumbles gruffly through a frown, “No.”

And it’s your turn to laugh, though yours is much more bubbly than his, and he likes to hear your voice more than his own. The fuzzy feeling that washes over him merely from your voice and its tone; the wide smile you give him and the crinkle at the end of your eyes; your fingers that ignite tingles when they graze over his shoulder; frankly everything about you makes him go crazy, as hard as it is for him to admit.

Your tongue is painted a hot red from the cherry flavored slushie that you’d just finished, and he supposes his is a little dyed as well. But it makes you all the more kissable. Your lips are also stained– but they’re much lighter.

“You like sweet junk?” You ask, leaning forward to sip from the slushie that he holds in his hand. He watches as you drink the cold treat, your eyes still skimming across the court, carefully analyzing each player. “Truthfully: no.”

“You tried it out, though?”

“I know you like this junk,” He says. “So I went for it.”

Oh. Your cheeks flare, attention abandoning the game almost completely to look at the white-haired boy. “But you’re still drinking it.”

“I don’t mistrust you and your taste,” Says Lu Guang, sending you a boyish smile. Who’d have known the stoic boy could ignite such feelings in you, your chest tightening in hope and your stomach, twisting. You watch as he smacks his lips open and close; as if playing around with the residue taste that the slushie had left in his mouth.

“Doesn’t taste the best.”

“No?”

“Not from a cheap foam cup, no,”

“Hm? Where would it taste the best from, then?”

There’s a moment of silence. The grass you both sit on rustles when Lu Guang shifts and leans forward, but it comes to a halt. So does the thump in your chest. It freezes– you freeze. His nose brushes against yours and for a moment you think he’s teasing. 

Lu Guang, the often emotionless and objective robot of a human, is in fact teasing you by brushing his nose against yours. And you think you love it as much as you hate it. His breath is hot when it fans against your skin and it makes your skin ignite with goosebumps. Your eyes grow half-lidded, charmed by both the anticipation and frustration he leaves you in.

A loud clattering noise emits from the court. Instinctively, you turn your head to watch as Xiaoshi scores a point. Lu Guang, seemingly growing a little jealous, plants his fingers against the base of your jaw and leads your attention back to him.

“Wh-”

Lu Guang doesn’t give you time to breathe or respond, lips pressing against yours in a chaste kiss. And you think he’s right, as always. This cherry flavored slushie tastes way better from his lips compared to the foam cup (that is now tipped over and abandoned next to Lu Guang’s side). You always imagined his lips would have tasted sweet, but nothing like this.

You imagined he’d taste sweet of citrus and warm like a summer breeze. Though, you don’t think you want to complain right now. Cold cherry lips are all the same, as long as they’re Lu Guang’s.

a/n: experimenting with the idea of straightforward n flirty lu guang hehehe

©️ hirokari, 2024

[mysterialistic]

I'm extremely surprised that Lu Guang agreed to this crazy plan back in season 1. Like, how did he accept to lock Cheng Xiaoshi in the red room with a serial killer knowing his fate?

I would've turned into a panicking mess.

[Unless... He had already seen how it'll all play out? Nope, doesn't make sense because then he would've also seen how he was going to get stabbed.]

EDIT: wait, guys, I think Cheng Xiaoshi didn't told Lu Guang his plan until he was possessing Xu Shanshan, so I guess it was more of a "hey, this is the deal, Lu Guang, you really don't have a choice" lmao.

[tivea]

Emma survives AU

In exchange for Emma's life Lu Guang disappears. The series of events after ep 11 unfold as seen fit with this new occurancw. Cheng Xiaoshi is convinced that he had had a partner before there's clothes he didn't buy, a bunk bed, photos that were incorrectly developed and corrupted files that conveniently crop someone out of the picture and items that clearly aren't his, he just doesn't remember who this partner may be and nobody seems to know either. He also may be going a bit crazy

Emma is a temporary worker at Time Studio. Cheng Xiaoshi offered her the job until she can get herself back together. They're friends.

Emma acts as a sort of motherly/older sister role to Cheng Xiaoshi. If he doesn't have Qiao Ling already nagging him now he has Emma

The sillies

[dekukaze]

Guys I noticed something

Link Click S2 ending spoilers

So this scene when Cheng xiaoshi was dying, Lu guang had his watch on his left wrist.

BUT

After Cheng dies, Lu guang has his watch on the right wrist. Did he changed it after he died? I saw a theory about him replacing it on the right wrist since it was triggering for him cuz you know, the man it's traumatized :(

Bonus: The traces of Cheng xiaoshi blood on Lu guang's face I-

(They need to show us what the heck happened there 😭)

Idk guys, for me, I don't this is a mistake and it's a very important detail. I gotta check if on the Yingdu chapter trailer, where is the watch this time.

(guys, I'm so desperate ah-)

[chengfagshi]

Back when we were waiting for Link Click S2 was a wild time because the official acct would just drop stuff like this and we'd all start panicking. Qiao Ling with the knife and the wine on Lu Guang. (And don't even get me started on the fact they just dropped an image of Lu Guang with a halo and angel wings. THAT SHIT WAS CRAZY.)

[leech-li]

link click

while i was in china, i started watching link click and the obsession is so bad. im coping with s2. WDYM CHENG XIAOSHI IS DEAD IN THE MAIN TIMELINE??? i mean at least hes alive and lu guang managed to save him somehow but STILL??? link click has the craziest plot twists ever its actually insane AND THE SONGS R SO GOOD. obsessed with surprising click and train trial (or trial train wtv its called) SAOGHSOAGH also have the fattest crush on cheng xiaoshi cuz hes dumb but then i also like lu guang bc hes smart

i hope we get to see more of liu xiao in s3's london arc bc dude hes lwkkkkkkkkk and the two other guys but theyre probs evil anyway but who cares LMFAOO i warmed up to li tianchen a LITTLE hes still crazy tho. i love li tianxi tho but SHES GONE

[mykingdomforapen]

Lunar New Year headcanons of our favorite trio while I do my deep cleaning...

brought to you by a Cantonese person disclaimer disclaimer

Cheng Xiaoshi loves the dancing lions so much. When he was little, he always told his parents he wanted to be one of the lion dancers one day, doing all sorts of acrobats and tricks. He would always run to the front to feed the lion money or lettuce and to this day as an adult still gets giddy when they eat something out of his hand.

That being said, Lunar New Year was hard for Cheng Xiaoshi the first several years without his parents. He was extremely lonely, and while Qiao Ling's family would have invited him over to their celebrations for the holidays, they also had all of Qiao Ling's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins running around. It was too stressful for him so there were years he refused the invitation and spent it alone. Also, because so many of his classmates' parents didn't really like him, no one would give him a red envelope* which made him feel really embarrassed when the other kids would make fun of him for it. And he had no parents to get him new clothes, get him a haircut, etc. He honestly got depressed around the season each year. *if I understand correctly, while in the south of China it's usually your family/close friends who give you red envelopes with lots of money, northerners will give red envelopes to any kid they come across with a nominal amount

Lu Guang does go down south to see his extended family each holiday, and he has a pretty large extended family as well. His grandparents spoil him rotten and he gets SO much money. Most of which he subtly shares with Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang ie treating them to dinner, getting them little presents, etc. It helps that his grandparents worry he's destitute for working in a photo shop and give him extra money.

That being said, he does try to spend some of the important days with Cheng Xiaoshi and Qiao Ling because he LOVES THEM!!! And also he's got beef with one of his cousins.

Nowadays, Qiao Ling and her parents prioritize Cheng Xiaoshi over extended family when it comes to celebrations. Qiao Ling insists that they all like it better this way, but it took Cheng Xiaoshi a bit of time to believe it. He's grateful for their home, where there will always be a pair of chopsticks for him....

Also, Qiao Ling's mom begs him every season that she help him cut his hair. He says No ❤️

Lu Guang takes the deep cleaning very seriously around this season. He dedicates an entire weekend to scrubbing, dusting, changing out filters, cleaning out closets, everything. Cheng Xiaoshi and Qiao Ling always get a little nervous when, in the weeks leading up to LNY, they notice Lu Guang buying new cleaning liquids and rags.

Meanwhile, Cheng Xiaoshi cooks up a storm for the holidays. he completely takes over Qiao Ling's kitchen and cooks like crazy. He badgers Qiao Ling to keep him company but also doesn't want her in the kitchen else he'll trip over her when he's In The Zone, so she literally pulls up a stool and sits at the doorway.

This isn't a headcanon but just picture the trio bundled up in scarves and watching the fireworks together....clapping with the lion dancers...eating niangao and talking over the TV special....my heart.

[anulithots]

I feel like people sleep on The Tides just because Overthink is SO good, but the symbolism goes CRAZY in The Tides and it's straight up beautiful 😭😭

Do you have any thoughts on it? :0

YES EXACTLY. Like sure overthink is what I hum to myself when I’m stressing about something and it’s an absolute bop and this is coming from someone who doesn’t listen to rap songs whatsoever…

OKAY BUT THE TIDES THOUGH. As the season two outro it’s a masterpiece as welll. And while I cannot (unfortunately) read the lyrics in Chinese, I do think the English lyrics are wonderous as well. (’openn your eyeess… passingg throughh liessss’) AND THE MUSIC ITSELF. Like it’s sooo soft and pretty and has been on repeat in my head for days and days and days. (LIke all the link click songs but STILL.)

BaishaJAWS - as always, I honestly don’t think they can make a bad song - realllyyy did well with the - I don’t know music terms akljfljaksdf - repetition of the melody and the lyrics being about…actually reads the lyrics because this is one of the rare songs I haven’t memorized the lyrics too… smh at myself.

Okay so it’s about how (assumminngg CXS because IDK it feels like him sort of? But of course the ‘POV’ could be a mix of the characters or this season itself) CXS has been ‘lost of in the trap of time lapse’. To me this seems like his season one search for a perfect past, and now he blames himself for how this season has turned out/how the present unfolded because of his decisions. (Like with Lu Min and Lu Guang’s stabbing and how he couldn’t save everyone. Although, I have yet to do a deep dive analysis on season two as of yet, just season one. So these thoughts will probably change going forward).

Now the past is cemented in place, and he cannot escape from the world as it is, rather, CXS resolves himself to use the past, not to fix it, but to move towards the future and ensure it turns out okay. (Overall that’s the difference of season one and season two to me. Season one focuses on CXS primarily and his desire to fix the past, whereas season two focuses more so on a wider cast of characters along with CXS - Qiao Ling especially gets more screen time, and she’s the ‘present focused’ one of the trio - and uses the past to deal with the unfolding issues in the present.

Which leads my storytelling brain to theorize that season three will be ‘future focused’ and it… would be very cool… if the structure changed again. Episodic for season one. More narrative for season two. Then for season three it would be cool (again, from a storyteller’s perspective) for the structure to become more ambiguous, a little abstract, something of that nature. AND THEN WE GET LU GUANG ANSWERS AS THE FUTURE FOCUSED ONE OF THE TRIO!! KAJFKLASJDFKLAJSDLKFJASLKDFJALKSFJKLASJFKLASJDFLSAJDFL

Erm yes… so that’s my theorizing over the two lyrics I can understand /pos <3

... this is too long /pos

[shuakepilled]

the last episode of link click I feel truely established the dynamics of shiguang and literally swapped their roles in one way because from season 1 up until the last episode of season 2, we were under the impression that lu guang is the less impulsive or one that does not make drastic decisions and is always calculated, except all those rules and logic falls apart when it comes to cheng xiaoshi, he truely loves him so much. xiaoshi on the other hand is very expressive and also quite impulsive as we have seen since season one but when he thought lu guang had died, he did think about diving into a photo but immediately stopped himself from doing so after lu guang's words , this happenes not once but a couple more times, it rlly shows how interesting they are as a dynamic, one who would respect the principles of the other even if it meant the one they love would die and the other won willing to break the rules to save the one who dies.

while it may seem that cheng xiaoshi would never do what lu guang did that is changing time for some reason I do feel if cxs would be pushed to a corner he could also do the same thing as lu guang, I can't determine the likelyhood of that after seeing what happens through the season but anyways the shiguang angst is truely just crazy... also the fact that lu guang knows that death can't be changed but he still wanted to save xiaoshi (and the camera pans out to him smiling... thats gay as hell alr) is honestly something that is a stepping stone to lu guangs development as a character, his mysteriousness is slowly getting cleared up and I'm honestly excited for what season 3 has in store for us because ik it's gna make me just go batshit crazy atp