#iron widow xiran jay zhao

[theinyshlobster]

“Men want us so badly for our bodies, yet hate us so much for our minds.”

Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

[iwouldliketoeatrandy]

As im rereading Iron Widow im reminded that I also binge-read it the first time, and both times I have done so and been like "oh right, this is what reading is supposed to feel like."

[daisymooonart]

Everybody's favourite Empress Wu Zetian from Heavenly Tyrant by @xiranjayzhao 😁🤩

[coikoi1]

[else-creates]

So I didn't preorder "Heavenly Tyrant" by @xiranjayzhao because of the delays, I just decided that I'd get it online or in person when it was released.

I genuinely thought it came out at the end of this month, I didn't know it had already been released until I saw it on a shelf today.

My girlfriend managed to swipe it out of my hands before I could pay for it though.....So now it's a Christmas present.

[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.

[viinas]

Girls like me are karma I'll rule the earth, I'll be the sky And I'll be all of your worst nightmares

My friends and I made an EP inspired by Iron Widow by @xiranjayzhao called Empress of Nightmares and it's streaming everywhere and to celebrate, I drew this Wu Zetian.

(lyrics are from @soc-ck's Concubines song Girls Like Me Are Karma)

[ashmackenzie]

It’s release day for Heavenly Tyrant, the sequel to Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao! I'm still proud of this one a few years later, if you haven’t yet it’s definitely worth finding a physical copy to see the full wraparound. I also have prints available in my print shop!

Many thanks again to AD Terri Nimmo for working with me on this one!

[shayminlucario07]

"A society that takes care of its own does not produce children who dream of burning it down."

-Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant, page 208

(Not saying who says that line to avoid spoilers)

[queenavryofkazan]

Finished Heavenly Tyrant and my main takeaway rn is that if Qin Zheng wasn't so possessive he could've had not just a ruthless thicc murder wife but also a ruthless pretty boy strategist husband and a hunk nerdy cinnamon-roll-who-can-kill-you husband.

Like man could've had the most ruthless polycule by his side ruling Huaxia and he fumbled it.

[incorrect-ironwidow]

Taiping: Fuck, marry, kill- Renjie, Shimin and Yizhi.

Zetian: Marry Shimin, fuck Yizhi, and kill Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng: I wasn’t even one of the options, what the fuck?

[theinyshlobster]

“I am exactly the kind of ice-blooded, rotten-hearted girl he fears I am. And I am fine with that.”

Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

[no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist]

[high-quality-tiktoks]

🤷‍♂️publishing can’t ask us to write bestsellers for them on no money

[untitled-kiwi]

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

[adamicoarts]

The mental image of Qin Zheng’s hot-goth blackbird chrysalis suit was too strong not to sketch. 😂 He led that sexy sexy revolution in style.

@xiranjayzhao