#tgcf reverse au

[sachanscribbles]

A redraw of a panel from the tgcf reverse au by @kimbapchan! I think this was when they were in the gambling house? But Xie Lian looked so pretty in this panel that I had to draw it uwu

I highly recommend checking out the comics! This AU is fantastic!

[aerscribbles]

I'm not getting to writing out the story for this WIP this year or probably the next (too much other stuff going on) so I want to put this out there somehow.

My mental nickname for it is 'TGCF Vertical Reversal AU'.

Instead of the more 'traditional roleswaps' (God/Calamity) it switches the places of Xianle and Wuyong on the timeline.

Jun Wu, thrice ascended as a martial god, god of disasters and misfortune, god of broken things. Generally way more hissy and spiteful than Xie Lian in canon. Also not very good at hiding the fact that he is constantly five seconds away from losing it.

Mei Nianqing the ~mysterious~ ghost king, infamous for his cartomancy, knowledge of the future and ability to manipulate dreams and fate.

The three unnamed vassals as gods who ascended after breaking up with Jun Wu.

Xie Lian as the Heavenly Emperor, as kind as he is strong, and oh so fucking tired. Constantly trying to parent all the other gods. also he gets to have pet tigers because I said so.

Hua Cheng as the gambling-addict State Preceptor of Wuyong. Responsible for Jun Wu's first encounter with the possibility of death. Currently trying to avert Xie Lian's rube goldberg suicide attempt.

Fengqing as powerful weather spirits in the territory of Mount Taicang. Mu Qing, a snow spirit known as Greed and Feng Xin, a wind spirit known as Ignorance (Hua Cheng is Anger). The names are referring to the three sources of mental suffering, as counter to the sources of physical suffering- Birth, Death, Sickness and Old Age (MNQ + the three mountain spirits). Hua Cheng is the old man shouting at clouds.

Mount Taicang and Mount Tonglu also switch narrative roles.

Mount Tonglu as a spiritually significant place for the kingdom of Wuyong, and also the place where the royal tomb is- 'in the fire we were born, to the fire we return'.

Mount Taicang as the ghost king trial location, though it isn't a volcano- think more Shinsenkyo from Hell's Paradise, a forested mountain overgrown with flowers, swarming with deadly insects and strange beasts- vaguely inspired by the wording of 'Body in Abyss, Heart in Paradise', a place of overwhelming beauty seemingly designed to harm you in every possible way.

The actual plot of this is less 'Xie Lian trying to force Jun Wu to become his successor by putting him through the Horrors and revealing Heaven's corruption' and more 'Xie Lian trying to ensure there is someone reliable in place to take over when he finally gets to kill himself, and cleaning house as a side benefit'.

But here's the thing. The deal with Mount Taicang is that it's the place where Xie Lian has imprisoned all of the Worst Things Ever, and the wards will fail if he dies. His power is the only thing keeping the Heavens afloat and a dozen other things functioning. The world is falling apart at the seams and is being held together with Xie Lian's lifeforce as duct tape.

Xie Lian is so, so tired.

And well, it isn't like anyone would really care if he died.

Care about the real him.

So, he plans to pass on the duties of maintaining the functional state of the world and finally find his rest.

Then his favorite child comes in and starts trying to beat some self-worth and appreciation for life into him.

Then everyone else shows up, including his old friends and the one who his heart betrayed him for.

And in the end, one person is enough.

I am 100% down to talk about this stuff if anyone shows any interest!

[kimbapchan]

TGCF Reversed AU: Ghost King Xie Lian’s besties

[gentrychild]

I have come to the conclusion that in a Role Reversal AU with Ghost King Xie Lian and God Hua Cheng, the two fake Junior Officers must be Yin Yu and He Xuan. Yin Yu is trying to prove that Xie Lian is a Calamity and dragged He Xuan down in this mess to have some support but his plan was foiled by Xie Lian giving He Xuan something to snack on and now, he keeps asking for more food. Or he's dead, if Xie Lian was the one to cook it.

[spitzobsessed]

"Breath Stealing Spring Gale"

Calamity! Shi QingXuan from a reverse!AU fic

[mrcformoso]

The declaration was clear.

The Flower-Crowned Martial God Xie Lian and The Crimson Sword Deathly Flower Fangxin were one and the same.

Art by lovelee.art (A03 | Insta | Cara) (Link to orig post)

So excited to share with you the art I commissioned for Chapter 20 of Mind in Madness, Heart in Peace!

When I tell you I SCREAMED when I saw it you have no idea! She understood exactly what I was going for and she was so lovely to work with! Go check her out!!!

[iwanttofuckereh69]

He stands over their sleeping figure, his shadow drowning the pictures on the wall that represented their life since he had left them to die. A river of blood loops into a knot between his fingers, spills over the alabaster of their skin, and loops into a knot around their fingers as well, binding them across the barrier of life and death.

God and Ghost. God and thief. Ghost and mortal.

- butchered, tongueless by @aerialights ( twitter )

[faalthien]

Here in this darkened temple, he was only Luo Binghe. A man, a boy, a pair of hands to light incense… Yes, here he was only Binghe—Xiu Ya’s most devoted believer. 

GUYS: GUYS: I’M OBSESSED. I had the good luck of signing up for the @bingqiuminibang​ for the BingQiu Reverse Bang, and of Beelzebubble picking my AU, and THIS FIC?? IT’S SO GOOD. A TGCF AU with Shen sibs and excellent characterization. It also incorporates all of my accidental throwaway thoughts from my prompt, which is a feat.

[Go take a look on AO3!]

Thank you Beelzebubble and an enormous thanks to Zan for organizing the event!

Details under the cut. <3

(Please ignore the shitty quality, tumblr hates me.) (It also won’t let me put images next to each other. Who needs luxuries like that anyway!)

Fun fact: these were the first and second painted sketches.

[little-big-boo-and-a-rat]

Someone stop me before I give in to the urges to write a role reversal au and start crying blood because. Calamity Xie Lian.

[2007whatten]

Beef leaf idea wind master becomes a ghost by finding out what her brother was going to do and killing themselves to stop it. He Xuan ascends because the water master doesn't get to switch their fates and the rage wind master feels about having his autonomy almost stolen like that leads to them becoming a calamity

[kotoryba]

Some interesting history about my another work in TGCF fandom - "With the best intentions"(AO3):

It is Reverse-AU, inspired by the beautiful comics of @kimbapchan (great thanks ☺️!). When I saw it first time, I had many questions "how that could be possible?", "what could happen comparing to canon versions, how Heavenly officials and Calamities swapped their fates" and similar. And... this is how that fanfic about their reverse pre-history, from Mu Qing point of view, was born 😏

Of course, it's FengQing). And the plot is not so happy as we can see in the comics (nothing extremely hard, as for me, just some angst 😏). Of course, it has some differences with canon/comics (maybe I will return later to this theme and will create another missing links, who knows?). But obviously with happy ending (as in the comics).

As my native language is not English, I tryed my best to translate the original version (Ukrainian) (so, sorry for wrong and silly words, if you see it there, I'm not the professional translator).

Will be thank to any opinions🙂.

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His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor (Vertical Reversal AU)

(Please click for better image quality, tumblr scrunched it up quite a bit)

Ramble under the cut!

I find it pretty interesting how different Jun Wu's design and the design of the Heavenly Emperor parade costume that Xie Lian wore look, specifically as an example of cultural differences (and aesthetic taste differences) between Xianle and Wuyong.

In specific, Jun Wu's appearance emphasizes strength and authority, while the people of Xianle believe gods to be a kind of 'universal beings' as is illustrated in this quote:

The people of Xianle believed that the pinnacle of Daoist cultivation was the harmony of yin and yang, the unity of male and female. The forms of the gods were inexhaustibly changing and naturally unbound by gender restrictions, shifting male or female as they willed. And that belief was woven into the design of the God-Pleasing costume. Throughout history, every God-Pleasing Martial Warrior was adorned in accessories that possessed the form and details of both sexes: earrings, bracelets, and so on.

Just a thing I had thoughts about while making the art.

[kimbapchan]

TGCF Reversed AU - San Lang made Gege cry :(

[ceeciliaa21]

Reverse AU Hua Cheng 🤲 In this AU he has exactly the same past as Xie Lian in the original story sooo...🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡☺ I'm sorry

[tgcfpassion15]

Today! I made Hualian's kids Tgcf Au by @kimbapchan Tgcf reversed

Xia lian Flower princess along her twin brother Li cheng Flower prince

[mrcformoso]

Sneak peek for "Mind in Madness, Heart in Peace" Chapter 21.

A quiet moment between HuaLian while the final battle is brewing in the background. Focusing on RBB so expect the update in about 2 weeks?