#meifang lapislazuli

[solradguy]

Marker commission of Meifang Lapislazuli from Blazblue for @smellpelt. Thanks!!

[smellpelt]

[mic-check-stims]

Meifang Lapislazuli board for @smellpelt

X-X-X X-X X-X-X

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

The final moments of Meifang Lapislazuli Variable Heart, Volume 3, Chapter 18

[goofballproximitysurveyor]

my favorite scene from spiral shift

I think I'm also the first person ever to specifically draw spiral shift fanart

[marionette8601]

trying to recover from heatwave.

[blazbluebrackets]

SEMIS: Meifang Lapislazuli vs. Linhua

An NOL leader vs. a child who lost everything to the NOL. Who will see the light of day and head to the finals?

[cloudyspider]

Not due for a couple of days but it's weird these two share the same birthday March 3rd

[unusualindigo]

meifang lapislazuli is a lesbian.

Mai natsume is trans

atand i am going to smash you like roach if you say otherwise

[triedpklove]

me experiencing a gerd episode and trying to not be miserable about it: Do you think Meifang Lapislazuli gets heartburn

[fallenparty]

BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

See also;

[ Card Art ] || [ Costume Gameplay ] || [ Talksprites ]

Meifang BBDW animation showcase. Skills, R/D/S, DD and AH.

For some reason, I had a lot of trouble with this... she'd kill the enemies before I could show all her stuff...

[smellpelt]

Art I got from @yoram551 thank you so much!!

[mic-check-stims]

Can I get a stimboard for Meifang Lapislazuli from Blazblue, with spider lilies? Thanks!

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[mizukagami-takamagahara]

Meifang was among the many BlazBlue spinoff characters to make their first (and, as of yet, only) playable appearance in BBDW! Meifang was a 5⭐ character added to the game during the same event that gave us Another Dark Mai- which pleased my Theory Brain greatly, as I'd been wondering if there could be any connection between the two. Others have already noted their similar aesthetics and silhouettes!

But, that's a story for another post. Let's talk about Meifang! She was among the lucky units that got to have more than one of her costumes made playable; we got her main uniform look and, later, her maxed artwork/third costume.

If you're interested in seeing the gameplay, you can find some here!

[ Original Costume Gameplay ] || [ Final Costume Gameplay ] [ Talksprites ]

Her first costume is her custom version of the Wings of Justice uniform that I discussed while translating her model sheet. For the most part, this is the same design we see her with in both of her spinoff appearances...

...although some minor details have been tweaked. For example, he red part in the front of her dress has gold decal near where the belts connect (hip area) in her original design that's missing in her BBDW art.

The second change is more noticeable in her next costume. This costume is the same as her original, look minus the jacket, which we see in that model sheet I mentioned earlier.

Though in BBDW, her gloves are longer than they used to be, now reaching over her elbows. Their design has been changed just a little more, too, now ending with these reddish cross shapes on her upper arm. The original gloves, shown above, are just white and gold.

As far as I can tell, these are the only changes to her design though now I'm paranoid I could be missing some.

Her final costume is entirely BBDW original. I am a little surprised that they went with a new costume instead of giving us something based on how she looked after she had started Smelting herself at the climax of Variable Heart.

Lastly, lets discuss the background art of her card! From what I can tell, it doesn't match any locations we've seen in the BlazBlue world- it's likely just for aesthetic.

The flowers here seem to be spider lilies. In Japanese art, the red spider lily is representative of death, perhaps because its appearance is evocative of a splash of blood, or because of its poisonous nature. Today we often see this in anime to suggest someone's imminent death.

I've also seen it used to represent (or highlight the themes of) war zones and battlefields- a seemingly endless field of red spider lilies referencing the seemingly endless casualties and bloodshed. For that reason, I find it a very fitting background for Meifang's card; a perfect representation of the war that broke her, the land she herself called 'hell.'

[goofballproximitysurveyor]

i love insane women