#totally not Feng Xin

[hualianisms]

There's sometimes a misconception that Feng Xin is totally subservient to Xie Lian or afraid to say no to XL but FX often scolds/nags XL and has on multiple occasions told him to do or not do something.

FX has his own convictions and mind of his own too. He trusts XL's judgment on major decisions, following XL's call for serious matters, but imo it's not subservience, but rather loyalty borne out of a firm belief and conviction in XL's moral compass. FX's loyalty is bc of FX's own righteous principles and own moral code too.

In bk 4 FX argued with XL and questioned XL's decisions, and was even openly angry at XL, like when XL almost killed a commoner just for disrespecting XL and called the commoner a derogatory term. FX was angry at XL and yelled at XL for that bc FX has his own strong moral code that includes not harming innocents or doing unscrupulous things. He's not just blindly loyal. He has his own convictions too.

And he's certainly not a people pleaser or someone who follows rules to the letter. It's considered rude and unbecoming for heavenly officials to be too vulgar in the heavenly court, yet FX cusses openly all the time without a care. Would a people pleaser who was scared of breaking the smallest rule do that? FX is simply not someone who is afraid of saying no.

[sweepinggeneral]

Mu Qing : Feng Xin has only knocked me out three times this week. Our friendship is really developing.

[icequeenlila]

Poor guys.😂 It's like Xie Lian is that love struck teenage girl that won't listen to it's parents.

[old-danmei-fan]

Why do these fictional men give me such cuteness aggression? I just wanna squeeze their lil cheeks together and make baby voices at them.

[sunnyyflowerrs]

matchablossom 🤝 fengqing : chaotic homoerotic arguing as a love language

[mightbeagod]

HAS ANYONE WRITTEN AN ANASTASIA AU OF TGCF BCS CONSIDER:

Xie Lian as Anastasia

Hua Cheng as Dmitri

He Xuan as Vlad

Feng Xin and Mu Qing as Dowager Empress Marie

Shi Qingxuan as Sophie

Jun Wu as Rasputin

Qi Rong as Bartok

SOMEONE PLS WRITE THIS BCS IF NOT I WILL BE FORCED TO WRITE IT MYSELF AND I WILL BUTCHER IT CAUSE I AM FAILING ENGLISH

[astrowaffles]

Ooh...just read your post about how if Haikyuu characters in Hogwarts Houses....And it's so interesting, love it, I agree with most of your verdict. Can I ask the same questions but this time for TGCF characters? Thx.

This is very tricky and I was very close to calling backup but I decided that was cheating. Just don't hate me for my answers 😭😭

The characteristics for each team are:

Gryffindor: bravery, pride

Ravenclaw: wisdom, creativity

Hufflepuff: loyalty, hard work

Slytherin: ambition, leadership

OKAY TGCF CHARACTERS IN HOGWARTS LETS GO

To save space I won't be justifying any of my choices. Let me know if you want me to expand on any :)

Xie Lian: gryffindor

Hua Cheng: hufflepuff

Feng Xin: hufflepuff

Mu Qing: gryffindor or hufflepuff

Pei Ming: slytherin

Shi Wudu: gryffindor

Shi Qingxuan: ravenclaw

He Xuan: ravenclaw

Qi Rong: slytherin

Jun Wu: slytherin

Thanks for the ask! Were there any important people I missed?

[babyyashyy]

I can totally see Mu Qing randomly calling Feng Xin 'Gege' just to fuck with him

[birbfeeder2artisticboogaloo]

third bit of my 'mu qing is '''dead''' and feng xin is heartbroken' au!!!

i want feng xin to do a big ugly cry. feng xin DESERVES a big ugly cry!!! so!! here he is!!! ugly crying!!!!

the (artistically interpreted) dialogue:

You... you... you...

Just come back to me!

the 'you' bit is a reference to 武家坡/Wu Jia Po bc. i love it ;A; and also that appears in some chinese opera, ppl saying '你你你' or '他他他' before the rest of the line. im not sure what it means. i just think it's neat :D oughggh u have NO IDEA how much fucking time i spent on those fingernails i jasasodiasjjidaoissji will never admit it ever ever. MU QING IS TOTALLY FINE BTW. I PROMISE ;A;

PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5

[dark-heart-555]

BEEFLEAF

Y'all ever think about He xuan staring at Shi qingxuan and contemplating eating him ..... like literally just taking a bite out of him to check if he taste as good as he smells. Then just looking away when Sqx looks his way.... because he doesn't need to eat him immediately, he can always just take a bite later.

[hualianisms]

the way The Frost and I'm Your Man by Mitski are literally about fenglian in book 4

[boombams]

why is mu qing so

[emotionaldisaster909]

omg mu qing is a fairy

THAT B I T C H JUST STOLE HIS DICE????

FENG XIN???????

HELLO???????????

I UNDERESTIMATED HIS BITCHINESS. GUESS MU QING IS CONTAGIOUS.

ALSO IT TOTALLY WAS NOT IN THE NOVEL????

AND RIGHT AFTER THAT THEY JUST NOD AT EACH OTHER??????

OH MY GOD

they are a package deal

[mediocretosubpar-soup]

so postcanon, hua cheng ascends as god of true love. xie lian is delighted. hua cheng is like mehh been there done that except danxia is so genuinely happy for him that he ought to do this right. how hard can it be, the cult can't be all that big. cue hua cheng opens his new palace door and immediately is buried beneath prayer scrolls. it's a lot but hua cheng is no pushover. unfortunately, most of the the gods don't share xie lian's enthusiasm and do their best to stonewall him. sure, xie lian, mu qing and fengxin (the latter two with lots of schadenfreude) would help but hua cheng will die again before he admits, he needs help especially not from mu qing or feng xin. he could make he xuan help but just imagining that asshole's smug, judging face gives hua cheng hives. so it's prayers in heaven, prayers in ghost city, prayers at home. whereever hua cheng he is answering at least six prayers at the same time.

until one day, hua cheng is toiling away at his prayers at the xie lian's temple, while xie lian's gone out and shi qingxuan arrives. moments later, one of ling wen's gormless middle officials shows up to heave more prayers onto hua cheng. the poor sod dumps them all over the temple, it's total chaos. hua cheng is ready to tear their head off. shi qingxuan steps between them, refers by the middle official by name, assures hua cheng that they didn't mean it and they'll sort the prayers for him. the middle official tries to abscond but shi qingxuan baits them with a conversation. after they're done and the middle official has left. hua cheng tells shi qingxuan that the official is going to tell everyone who wants to hear about the miserable life of the formerly, mighty wind master. shi qingxuan is like maybe so but all of this is sorted now. then he gives hua cheng three names of middle officials and what they can be bribed with and explains ling wen's filing system. hua cheng thinks to himself that shi qingxuan really knows what they're talking about. answering prayers is much easier. he's still thinking about it when he xuan visits and he is struggling again. so apropos of nothing, he asks he xuan whether he got any plans for the former wind master and he xuan says something like i don't care what they do with their life. hua cheng kind of asks, so if some god asked him to become their official you wouldn't care? he xuan thinking that no god will do that, says no idgaf. hua cheng is like ok.

and then he asks/coerces (begs) shi qingxuan to become his middle official because shi qingxuan is really good at that.

he xuan lied, btw, he doesn't have zero feelings about that.

[muqingapologist]

rambling about fengqing

something about mu qing and feng xin seeing hua cheng and xie lian happy together and feeling as if they’re seeing their failure personified because they were never devoted enough in the end

something about mu qing’s lasting regret being not so much about the wrongs he’s done to xie lian (leaving him, not standing up for him, etc) so much as about the way he’s spent his whole life pushing everyone away

something about mu qing realizing that he has spent 800 years with so little to show for it beyond his achievements as a god…but personally, all was lost with the death of his mother…until xie lian ascends again, but well, though they can be friends now, xie lian has a life separate from him now

and then something about how feng xin begins to give mu qing the benefit of the doubt. at first for xie lian’s sake, he’ll try to be his friend. but this person actually isn’t so bad. in fact, isn’t this the person that can understand him best in this world.

feng xin showing mu qing kindness, allowing mq to realize that maybe he hasn’t ruined everything for himself. realizing that feng xin isn’t actually so much of an idiot. letting his defenses fall away bit by bit.

the realization that even after 800 years, people are capable of change. feng xin is capable of considering mu qing in a totally different light. mu qing is capable of forgiving himself and letting himself be vulnerable.

mu qing finding one day that he’s in love and it’s terrifying because feng xin hates him still, right? he’s just being nice for xie lian’s sake.

feng xin not having any qualms about loving mu qing. at first, he’s surprised himself, but he considers how happy he is these days with him.

feng xin and mu qing understanding each other better than anyone else and falling in love because of it!! growing independently and together at the same time!!

not instant love, not 800 years of pining, but slow, patient changes that lead to a deep trust and affection and understanding between the two that they both thought was impossible just a few years ago.

[worstloki]

I understand that Jun Wu was probably trying to psychologically torture Xie Lian by keeping Feng Xin and Mu Qing around and well in the heavenly realm but he totally did also accidentally or not keep the entire gang alive... now Xie Lian has himself and his friends, which is something Jun Wu couldn't hope for.