#which is so in character for hua cheng tbh

[yea-baiyi]

oh my god i was going thru one of ur tags to find ur yushi huang/iphigenia post (banger btw) and i saw smth abt hua cheng as theseus n idk if u have talked abt it but if u haven't pls do i will pay u (i wont) (also u dont have to if u dont want to ofcofc)

hello i’ve been sitting on this ask for months

i’ve really wanted to post about hua cheng as theseus, but i have no clue how to translate my thoughts, bc it’s just a jumble of “stain them, i don’t care” and “fuck he’s the king of athens he invented ghost city” and “FUCK it’s the red string that saves you from the maze” and “lmfao trans ghost shapeshifter ship of theseus motherfucker”

(quote dump beneath the cut)

Hua Cheng as Theseus

Herakles by Euripedes (translated by Anne Carson)

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles (translated by Ian Johnston)

Theseus and Ariadne by Angelica Kauffman

Life of Theseus by Plutarch

do you see my vision

[waitineedaname]

mxtx characters who, in my humble butch opinion, should be butch

Luo Binghe: listen. look me in the eyes. in a genderswap situation, Binghe should get to be butch. one of the key themes in SVSSS is gender, and one of the things that distinguishes SVSSS!Binghe from PIDW!Binghe is that he's not the hypermasculine protagonist and instead is allowed to enjoy more feminine things (like being Shizun's housewife). that's why he's specifically called Bing-mei and it's also why im on my transfemme Binghe soapbox all the time, but that's a whole other topic. what im saying is if we're reversing the gender situation, then fem!Binghe in SVSSS should get to enjoy more masculine things. it's what she deserves. she strikes me as the kind of butch that gets a thrill out of doing gentlemanly things like giving SQQ her coat when she's cold. she should be the Bing-di to PIDW's Bing-jie

Shang Qinghua: this one is deeply self-indulgent projection but don't fucking worry about that okay. SQH is a very specific flavor of low effort butch nerd. SQH is the cookie monster pajamas to butch pipeline. SQH cuts her own hair with regular scissors for convenience and Shen Yuan is dying to get her to just buy some goddamn clippers. SQH is running off of four red bulls and spite. She inexplicably has game and she's just as confused about this as you are

Xie Lian: imagine this for me. you go to one of those volunteering events where you're cleaning trash out of a creek or something. there is a woman there in cargo pants or maybe overalls, something with a shit ton of pockets. she has not shaved in months, maybe years. her hair is in the messiest bun possible, or maybe tied back under a baseball cap. she is somehow the most beautiful woman you've ever seen. after taking away all the trash and informing everyone how to sort the recycling, she is picked up by another woman who appears to be the definition of high camp. you leave this encounter feeling like you might have been converted to something. perhaps to lesbianism. this is what an encounter with butch Xie Lian is like.

[sarah-yyy]

Sorry to bother you, is My journey worth watching?

what: period cdrama // completed // 24 eps, roughly 50 mins each where: iqiyi (i think most eps are still vip-locked) (standard disclaimer that i don't use eng subs so i don't speak to the quality of the subs) why: ngl, i was in it purely for zhang linghe to start, but then got !!! over cheng lei and lu yuxiao, and was too invested to quit even when the plot got sloppy. extremely gorgeous cast, extremely gorgeous set. the cinematography?? chef's kiss. you can see the budget for this show was good. the relationship between the characters? v interesting.

story revolves around the Gong family who is v prominent in jianghu even though they live up in the mountains and keep themselves sequestered away from the rest of jianghu. the Gong family itself is split into 4 different factions: Shang, Jue, Zhi, Yu.

Yu 羽 - the Yu household deals with internal affairs. the head of the Yu household is the head of the Gong family (the title is Sword Wielder or zhiren)

this is our male lead, gong ziyu (a baby). second son of the Yu household. his dad is the zhiren and his big bro (gong huanyu) is the named heir who will inherit the zhiren position. has a v lukewarm relationship with his dad. introduced as being quite useless. his martial arts is :/ and he sees no need to improve his skills etc because his brother will be there to protect him.

is quite suddenly thrust into the position of zhiren when his dad and his brother die under ~mysterious circumstances :(

Jue 角 - the Jue household deals with...external affairs, they are the ones who leave the mountain to Get Things Done outside and manage all relationships/partnerships outside

gege step on me this boy is gong shangjue, head of the jue household. he is The Man. the pride and joy of the gong family. everyone (*cough*i say everyone but really yuanzhi-didi does it enough that he counts for everyone*cough*) worships him. martial arts skills?? loyalty to the gong family?? incredibly attractive resting bitch face??? he is a 10 no matter how you assess him.

missed out on being the zhiren by virtue of him not being home when tragedy struck the old zhiren and gong ziyu's brother. doesn't think gong ziyu has what it takes to be zhiren and take care of the Gong family. my boy gong shangjue would make an Excellent zhiren tbh

do i have to seduce y'all into watching this i think i have to:

Shang 商 - the Shang household develops/produces weaponry

for most of it, the show has a p dark vibe, BUT whenever gong zishang shows up, we know we're in for some laughs. this zishang-jiejie is the eldest daughter of the head of the Shang household.

her father doesn't take her v seriously because she's a girl (also because she's always following behind gong ziyu's personal bodyguard jin fan like this: 😍💖🤞🏼; valid life choices tbh because same) but she does take her craft v seriously! ride or die for gong ziyu.

Zhi 徵 - the Zhi household develops poisons

YUANZHI-DIDI!! this boy loves two things: poisons and gege. #1 gong shangjue fanboy at least 10 years in a row. parents died when he was p young, and gong shangjue took him under his wing. whiz at poisons and v fight fight fight (ง •̀_•́)ง. is suspicious about everything and VERY protective of his gege.

alright that's the main Gong sibs all sorted. there's also an assortment of Inner Mountain (houshan) characters that are v interesting but i won't get into because 1) spoilers, 2) this post will get too long if i get to talk about hua-gongzi and xue-gongzi/xue-tongzi.

okay so the Gong family live in p much a fortress up in the mountains. no outsiders are allowed in, and only a select few are allowed out of the Gong family territory at all. we learn that this is to protect the Gong family from Wu Feng, a spy organisation which has p much taken over jianghu. Wu Feng learns that the Gong family will be holding a bride selection contest thingy for gong huanyu, and sends:

yun weishan, a low-ranking assassin in Wu Feng (Chi, the lowest out of 4 ranks chi, mei, wang, liang), disguised as a bride.

her mission is to be picked by gong huanyu as his bride, and become the next zhiren-furen so she can p much feed intel to Wu Feng. when gong huanyu and the old zhiren both croak, her attentions turn to gong ziyu who is by that point already 😍🥰😘 over her anyway NO SURPRISES. the 恋爱脑 on that boy istg, absolutely head no thoughts only yun weishan at least 20 hours in a day.

shangguan qian, a higher-ranking assassin (Mei, one rank above yws) in Wu Feng

my love my wife her mission is a little different from yws. her target isn't anyone from the Yu household but gong shangjue instead. the goal is to get her hands on this secret weapon (this is also a v HMMM part of the plot but no matter we endure what we have to) that the Gong family is safeguarding.

the relationship between these two wu feng spies is so interesting too!! they're not friends, not exactly allies, but also not quite enemies. they will help each other out if they really have to (and only if it doesn't jeopardise their own positions and there is adequate compensation), but will also not hesitate to stab each other in the backs if it serves their respective missions.

i needed like 100000 more scenes of them together ngl

ANYWAY the plot revolves around the Gong family trying to Catch The Spy, the Wu Feng spies trying to Complete Their Mission, gong ziyu trying to Prove Himself as the zhiren, and ofc there's romance sprinkled around. that's p much the gist of the show.

listen listen listen... i know this show has a bad rep in the cdrama circles, i agree. the plot is......HMM and it tries to hard to be one of those clever mysteries when it should just be what it is which is p much an idol drama?? i mean...it is a guo jingming show, we weren't going in expecting to be wowed by the plot. i think if they'd just stuck to the basics, this would have been a stronger show, but imo this wasn't bad bad. the worldbuilding was good and the characters were interesting, and like i said, the whole thing is shot really beautifully!!

the ending was......but i'll keep this spoiler free and just say that it was HMMMMM and v unnecessary what they did.

with the preface that i watched it without much expectations as to the plot, i enjoyed a lot of parts of the show! it's an incredibly easy watch, and because it's only 24 eps, the pacing is quick and conflicts don't tend to drag on for too long. if you're looking for some easy entertainment, i'd say go for it, but if you have Standards regarding plot etc, this is probably not the show for you

[yeyayeya]

I’ve wanted to make this post for a while but wanted to wait until the dub was officially over so

My Final Thoughts on the TGCF Season 2 English Dub

Howard Wang as Xie Lian is fucking perfect. Every single time he spoke it just, I don’t know how to properly put it into words, except it is so well done?? But when XL started basically having a mental breakdown in front of Hua Cheng after Lang Qianqiu found out about the truth of the Gilded Banquet, holy fuck did the emotions just hit me in the feels. The scream and he emotional fatigue after? Xie Lian’s voice is perfection omg

Shoutout to James Cheek for just voicing the gayest character ever (Hua Cheng) and writing the gayest script for TGCF. While I liked his voice in the first season, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of it. It wasn’t until the second season where almost everything improved, and James’s voice for Hua Cheng? *chef’s kiss*. Okay but at least tone down the gayness a bit. And seeing someone who has read the novel and having little easter eggs for the novel readers for them to go insane over is incredible. I’m going to miss his voice in Season 3 since they’re going to have to cast someone else as Hong’er, but that’s ok.

Male and Female Shi Qingxuan: OMG??? Perfect casting. I just know they both put so much effort into them and I am eternally grateful. They just sound like the best of friends (they are). Every single line from them was so fucking iconic, which is accurate to the Wind Master’s character. I love both their voices so much you don’t understand.

Lang Qianqiu: AAHHHHH. My son, my boy, they gave him justice and I am so happy. First read through of TGCF, I only cared for HuaLian, but reading it again has made me appreciate and fall in love with the side characters, with Lang Qianqiu being one of them. I’ll say it did take a bit for me to adjust to it, but he sounds so much like an anime protagonist that I am ok with it. Another perfect casting. I’m going to be so fucking sad that he won’t appear for such a long time, and while he does get brought up occasionally, his last appearance is going to be the finale. I’ll miss you my son 😔

Jun Wu: ASDFGHJKL. He sounds like such a manipulative/toxic ex and a father figure at the same time. wtf. But his voice is so sexy tho. I don’t like it but I do. And I thought his original Chinese voice was hot, and then the English one goes and surprises me. I hate that I love it

Qi Rong: Perfection, glorious, fucking incredible. HIS VA IS PERFECT. Original was slaying so hard, and English? Fucking killing it. He was actually the one I was looking forward to the most, and he 👏 did 👏 not👏 disappoint. I won’t get over the perfect casting. Ever. The crazy and mad laughs? The insults I’ve never heard about but decided to keep in mind? Literally everything. I’m sorry I can’t get over how great his voice is

Feng Xin and Mu Qing (of course together): I am so biased towards Lucien Dodge, so I immediately loved his voice for him. He slaying that tsundere cat boy vibe so well. I will admit that his voice made me like his character more tbh. Ok but Feng Xin’s? Every time I hear it, I always need at least 30 seconds to get used to it. Idk why. I don’t hate it, and I actually love it, but he sounds so much like a dad it’s so funny. I still love him tho.

Pei Ming: 😳. No but that was actually my reaction to his voice. Why is every single god’s voice so hot. Please calm down. I really did not like Pei Ming at first but damn. I can actually understand why every single woman went weak with him.

Ling Wen: While she didn’t get as much dialogue this season, I’ll still count her. I’ve heard some drama relating to her voice actress from a while back but I’m not bringing it up rn. But her English voice is almost exactly the same as the original, just, different languages of course. She has such a unique voice and it’s quite pleasing to hear. She also sounds a bit like Siri but it fits her character

Other major characters that got only a few lines but still slayed their roles (Ming Yi, Pei Xiu, Jian Lan, Yin Yu): Hello?? Can I be patient to hear their voices again? Probably not, but please I need more of them. Ming Yi sounded hot since he took voice lessons from Hua Cheng, Pei Xiu sounded like such a little wet cat (wtf where did this crush on him come from), Jian Lan slayed because she is such an underrated queen, and Yin Yu? I WAS NOT EXPECTING A DEEP VOICE FROM WTF. I will say I do prefer his Chinese VA a little more due to it being more in character with him sounding soft and somewhat tired. But I enjoy his confident and announcing voice. They should keep him for the QuanYin flashbacks.

All in all, perfect cast. I don’t have twitter/X but I see things from the VA’s from time to time. And seeing them interact with the fandom and trying to give more to their characters makes me so happy. I just desperately need for more of the characters to have voices (aka Shi Wudu, Quan Yizhen, Mei Nianqing, Yushi Huang, Male!Ling Wen, White-No-Face). Give me more please.

Please check out the dub it’s so fucking great.

[cozm0]

𖦹 ׂ 𓈒 ⋆ ۪ characters i write for ₊˚⊹

Welcome to my "characters i write for" list! Please don't ask for characters that are not on the list, they're not there for a reason. More characters will be available & added to the list whenever I feel like it or feel comfortable enough to add them. Some characters may also be taken away depending on how I feel ! (back to -> NAVIGATION)

UPDATE : As of right now I have made the decision to only write for the characters I have under BSD & Genshin. This is partially because I have never taken requests so I just wanna give myself a smaller list to focus on but mainly because I have kinda lost interest in those 2 fandoms as of right now. I may put them in the bottom list later but for now I'll just leave this notice up here. OR I may also replace them with the Twisted Wonderland characters (but again that makes a longer list so idk-)

Bungo Stray Dogs (bsd)

Osamu Dazai

Chuuya Nakahara

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

My Hero Academia (mha/bnha)

Hitoshi Shinso

Shota Aizawa / Eraser Head

Shoto Todoroki

Creepypasta

Ticci Toby

Eyeless Jack

Bloody Painter

Genshin Impact

Diluc Ragnvindr

Kaeya Alberich

Xiao

Zhongli

Baizhu

Kamisato Ayato

Scaramouche / Wanderer

Kaveh

Al Haitham

Freminet

Neuvillette

Potential future charecters

"Currently I do not write for these characters whether because I think I will be overwhelmed with the already big list of other characters, because I don't fully understand how to write those characters (which tbh I don't fully understand and/or over think most of the others but shh jxchfu-) and/or I just don't feel like it at this current point in time. Also non oft his charecters are guaranteed to be added etheir but it's a possibility. Their also not in any particular order"

Shikanoin Heizou (Genshin Impact)

Ga ming (Genshin Impact)

Albedo (Genshin Impact)

Kaedehara Kazuha (Genshin Impact)

Lyney (Genshin Impact)

Wriothesley (Genshin Impact)

Thoma (Genshin Impact)

Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler)

Malleus Draconia (Twisted Wonderland)

Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland)

Riddle Rosehearts (Twisted Wonderland)

Floyd Leech (Twisted Wonderland)

Lilia Vanrouge (Twisted Wonderland)

Silver (Twisted Wonderland)

Ace Trappola (Twisted Wonderland)

Deuce Spade (Twisted Wonderland)

Leviathan (Obey Me)

Belphegor (Obey Me)

Satan (Obey Me)

Hua Cheng (Heaven Official's Blessing/Tgcf)

Hawks (Mha/Bnha)

Present Mic (Mha/Bnha)

Peter Parker / Spiderman (Mcu)

"Human"/Android! Bonnie (this will problem be from my Fnaf au that I will tallk about at some point or another once I flesh it out more)

Other "human"/android! Animatronics, I haven't decided yet (Fnaf au)

Vincent/Purpled guy (a mix of mainly the like rebornica / old fanon Purple guy + like my own version from the Fnaf au I mention on top)

Some if not all the Fnaf night guards from my AU

Hiccup Horrendous (Httyd)

Jing Yuan (Hsr)

Dan Heng / Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae (Hsr)

Blade (Hsr)

Dr. Ratio (Hsr)

Aventurine (Hsr)

Sunday (Hsr)

Boothill (Hsr))

Luocha (Hsr)

Welt (Hsr)

Laito Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Shuu Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Reiji Sakamaki (Diabolik Lovers)

Tōru Kirishima (The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting)

Jiyan (Wuthering Waves)

Scar (Wuthering Waves)

Mortefi (Wuthering Waves)

Calcharo (Wuthering Waves)

Aalto (Wuthering Waves)

Lingyang (Wuthering Waves)

Wise (Zenless Zone Zero)

Von Lycaon (Zenless Zone Zero)

Levy (Path To Nowhere)

Gene (Pdh/MyStreet)

Kieran Valentine (Monster High)

[grungiiuvu]

aha! I got close. I will take my minor w thank you

i also compiled this for your pleasure

player one

The popular theories that are possible, some arguments for and against

Pei Ming: by far the most popular option. We don’t know much about the original character from Cultivator’s choice besides thw fact he and Ling Wen were close and he was mentor to Feng Xin. Those both still ring true now, so if he’s player one, he’s been around long enough to have been able to not become either of those things, so either he’s not plater one, or he’s decided to keep his character!s role close to canon. Has displayed behavior that suggest wanting to cause issues, but that could be because of his canon personality. Is he smart enough to come up with the seeing stones..? Unclear.

Ling Wen: not a very popular theory tbh, but worth mentioning briefly since she’s the correct age. She’s straying from her canon personality but that can easily be attributed to Mu qing’s actions (and as we know from sqx, characters can become people, and that has clearly at least started for her)

Mei Nianqing: i have seen this mentioned once and tbh i think it holds weight. Guy shows unprompted hostility to Mu Qing, which would make sense if he knows of Mu qing being a villain from reading the story, or could be suspicion becuase Mu qing has strayed FAR off the storyline (he seduced the male lead for Christ’s sake!). Thoughts Against? Not much honestly, because we havent spent enough time with him to know if he’s strayed off his original character (if that character was ever mentioned enough to have a personality that is)

Xie Lian: possibly the funniest of the ones here. Holds weight but i have some heavy doubt. From what i’ve seen of people with this theory, it’s largey based on how recently Xie Lian has been becoming his own person more (but again. See previous comment about characters being able to become people). There is also the fact that ye shows discomfort being called by his name (at least by Mu Qing). Personally i think this points more towards Xie lian having impostor syndrome due to being a nepo baby, or possibly being a player four, because these changes are too recent (and it doesnt seem that players are notified when another olayer enters the world, based on how SQX said they knew of player three (mq) from the message he sent, not from a notification of entering the world, so it is possible another player joined the game)

For a while Hua Cheng was considered, but that’s now largely been retired due to how he acts

I read this with such a grin on my face. You really do seem to be paying attention!!

You've made very good points across the board, i am truly enjoying this. I see you're not on board the popular theory of Feng Xin?

[whatmattersisyou]

I made some ✨2024 art resolutions✨ which are also tgcf related and I don't wanna get up from bed today so I thought I'd share fhfbdj

Here are the tgcf related ones :3

Draw more Hua Cheng!! Cause honestly, if he saw how much Xie Lian I paint, he would get dangerously suspicious and I am weak even against a ghost fire tbh please Hua Cheng I'm not doing anything bad don't come looking for me djdndjdn

Also Hua Cheng pretty (hot) why am I not drawing him lots already

Start working on the super secret fancomic I'm always thinking about

Start growing familiar with sketching other characters as well cause I love them and they pretty so I wanna

Getting a foot out of my comfort zone from time to time (I have to study more ahem anatomy ahem)

Writing is a form of art so I also wanna post some fanfic!!! I have ideas I just have to feel confident enough to do it djdbdjdnd

This is not really a resolution (yet?) but it would be cool to open commissions in the fandom

And that's it for now!! I mean it's already a lot djdndj but!!! It makes me excited to go into the new year with these goals and they sound like so much fun so I'm actually looking forward to it ✨✨✨

[irrealisms]

Mu Qing for the character asks?

How I feel about this character

MY BOYYYYYY my perfect beautiful boy EVERYONE HATES HIM. AND FOR WHAT. every time i think about mu qing i think of this post which i am just now realizing i have not reblogged. i should fix that. anyway i am always thinking about this post. EVERYONE HATES HIM AND FOR WHAT!!!!!!

All the people I ship romantically with this character

xie lian (one-sided miserable pining since they were teenagers). also hua cheng (proxy relationship slash self harm). also feng xin but NOT the way literally everyone else does it. they should also be having a proxy relationship slash self-harm sort of deal. i have accepted that i do not in practice ship fengqing even though it is not theoretically impossible for people to write it in a way i ship bc nooooo one is writing it in a way i care about at all. also im informed by reliable sources that someone is writing jun wu/mu qing and im So Ready To Be Sold On This (this is also for proxy sex reasons imo. all ships with mu qing have to be about xie lian or else Im Not Interested)

My non-romantic OTP for this character

also feng xin and xie lian! i am wildly compelled by the xianle trio relationships whether romantic or platonic, i don't have strong feelings either way tbh

My unpopular opinion about this character

did i mention earlier. that i don't ship fengqing. because i don't ship fengqing. everyone makes them into generic side couple doing Slap Slap Kiss tsundere blackflirting and i dont. enjoy that or get anything out of it or particularly see their canon interactions thru that lens lol. yesterday i was going thru the mu qing tag to try and find fanart for a friend who also is a mu qing fan that doesnt ship fengqing and guys it's dire out here. such a notable majority of all mu qing fan content is fengqing and i dont even hate the ship in principle but i wish it were not so everywhere

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

honestly i don't know that i have anything here! mxtx gave me literally everything i wanted. not even in the mdzs way where i'm going "okay i respect this as an ending but it makes me sad"! i got everything i wanted!!! as much as fanworks can be frustrating for me, a mu qing fan, canon is so beautiful and full of endless joy

(ask game, give me a character)

[petit-cactus]

TGCF characters astrology placements

Xie Lian: July 15th

So we know he's a Cancer boy. For some reason i totally see him being a Pisces moon. definetely has Aquarius placements too

Hua Cheng: June 10th

Raging Gemini. There is Scorpio high up on his chart, i can smell it. He has that Boldly emotional but scared of being shot in the heart vibe. Also Taurus placements because of the lavishness and sensuality...

Shi Qingxuan: my favorite character in tgcf after Hua Cheng. Fun, playful, full of life...

I've seen people con them as an Aquarius, i personally think they're more of a sweet Saggitarius. I'm gonna for Saggitarius Sun Taurus Moon because one of my friend has this placement and she gives me major SQX vibes.

He Xuan: Saggitarius too since he's SQX's astro twin. Pretty sure he did have that potential to be a fun, loving person once upon a time.

Despite his cold personnality, you can tell he longs for that warm cozy life....

Feng Xin: my favorite angry malewife. Dense but loving... it's kinda giving Aries + probably an earth moon (Taurus again?)

Mu Qing: the original mean girl. Very realistic but definetely emotional and vengeful. Virgo Sun Scorpio Moon, me thinks.

Pei Ming: Manwhore Mansplain Manipulate, i love him very much. Libra Sun all the way (no one is as much of a serial charmer as a Libra man). Probably Leo Moon. Considering he is that good alpha male mix of confident, sexy and boastful.

Ling Wen: Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss, no wonder she's Pei Ming's bestie. Capricorn girl. Something in her points towards Air Moon (Aquarius?).

Yushi Huang: Taurus mommy. She's giving warm, mature, mother-earth taurus vibes.

Jun Wu: he's a hard to read character... for plot purposes i assume it must be close to xie lian? Which makes sense tbh... Only a cancer could be so unhinged (im a cancer, i know what im talking about)

I'm not that familiar with the remaining characters (Yin Yu, QYZ, LQQ, Qi Rong...) but ill proabbly make a pt.2 for them~

[mellowwillowy]

What's your inspo to create your oc? Mainly for the Life characters one

I’ll name mainly the well-known here and my personal favorites 🤍

LIfE Project

The trio

Yulian — Based on the man from my dream when I was 12. At first, his appearance was meant to be faceless just like how I couldn't see his face because it was too bright.

Yulian’s early concept revolved around dream and bouquet of flowers.

Eve — Based on vague image from my brain, memories or whatever. (could be dream or game) Afterward, she was in the concept to be Yulian’s lover. (Originally faceless as well)

Her main image was the woman in a white room or at the shore. Either way, she still has those images until today.

Yulian’s Darling — based on the image my friend projected into me lol. Takes a lot of time to finally perfect them into a character.

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Kaspar — no idea…? Was originally just a random NPC for the Uphill Daisies case where Yulian fights against Eldridge.

Then I suddenly had the urge to deepen his relationship with Yulian and not just make him one of Yulian’s nameless tools. I figured Yulian might need a new friend too to give some flavor to his life. (I just wanna see a huge man standing side by side with Yulian too lol)

Acquillina (ver. UD) — I feel like seeing a badass woman around Yulian (tbh she is a part of the lore). One of Yulian’s closest allies although Darling rarely sees her when compared to Kaspar.

The scientists — 2 of them are based from my dream just like Yulian and co. One of them is fictional.

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Blue — I want to see all my type into a character! At first, his character was meant to be some sort of mascot or just the typical lover (genderless) to my personal.

Chloe — based on a character from a game that had me on a chokehold (no it's just some dumb generated character but she’s just… pretty? Even though it's just some ugly generated design?)

Decided to make her related to Blue just this year~

Eleanor — Originally meant to be someone completely unrelated to Blue but around this year, I decided to make him related to Blue.

Also I like seeing him fighting with Yulian over their beloved. Monochrome is the main idea.

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Seth — only existence is as Streamer! Reader’s lover. Soon his lore deepened but is still one of the less important characters.

A-01 — is on the same package as Yulian’s Darling. (no comment)

CatboX

XL — Based on my own name and the character I made in a game (lol). Soon she is fleshed out and her lore grows with each fandom I'm in (I’d call her a yume except that she isn't).

The other vessels are most likely to be personified ideas.

Caelus — Based on my friend’s OC, I tend to ship XL with their OC but due to not wanting to OOC him, I made this dude. (So sorry)

But his lore and overall personalities are bent to my own taste (?) But the same concept nonetheless which is Hastur (Eldritch Horror)

Erickson — this dude. Except that he’s not as stealthy.

Noel — I want them to be twins and I want both of them to have a miserable life. (Eldritch horror-wise, Nug and Yeb)

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Feng Jianyu — if you know Hua Cheng or Luo Binghe, he’s just like them. My little yandere ^^

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Afternote: If LIfE Project is Genshin, then CatboX is HSR. Lol.

[violetgarlends]

tgcf for the ask game! ❤💖💀

Thanks for the ask!

❤: Which character do you think is the most egregiously mischaracterized by the fandom

It’s probably not a good thing that I can think of so many options. Tbh I could name like half the cast here. But I’m going to go with Jian Lan, because if i see her characterized as Feng Xin’s obsessive evil stalker ex one more time I’m going to start throwing things. She could not have made it anymore clear that she doesn’t want him. I don’t know how people miss it unless they were skimming the last couple of chapters. They’re broken up! She’s not even getting in the way of any ships! Just let that poor woman live!

💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?

I really, really prefer the flashback segments to the main plot. They feel overall more coherent, better paced, and are also just have a way more interesting storyline to me, personally. The main timeline has so many characters and so many subplots that sometimes it just feels a little bit all over the place, in a way that I do not vibe with. But then again I am so far from the target audience of this series that this should be taken with a grain of salt.

💀: If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

God i wish more people died in these books. I’d make Yin Yu stay dead for one thing. Sorry king. But out of major characters I’d choose Feng Xin, to no one’s surprise. I write a lot of ghost Feng Xin, but Fx perma-death compells me too. Something about him dying for Xie Lian and, unlike Hua Cheng, not coming back. Truly living up to his second male lead destiny

[lanchang]

who is the most femme camp queen pussy cunt cunt slay character in either mdzs or tgcf 🎤

RATING TGCF CHARACTERS BY HOW FEMME CAMP QUEEN PUSSY CUNT CUNT SLAY THEY ARE

DISCLAIMER: i dont know what im talking about. minor spoilers for book 3

XIE LIAN: has had at least one femme moment but idk about camp or queen and only a little pussy but pretty cunt cunt and slay overall. half credit for being the flower crowned martial god and half off for being a trash god of scraps 5/10

HUA CHENG: femme (known to take the form of a sexy evil woman) ✅️ camp (mayor of ghost city) ✅️ queen (mayor of ghost city) ✅️ pussy cunt cunt (youve read the book) ✅️ slay (c'mon) ✅️ overall 100000/10

MU QING: he is not femme he is vain and insecure he is not camp he is actually very self conscious he is not queen but well maybe a little queen and very pussy cunt cunt slay. 8/10

FENG XIN: unfortunately basically none of these words apply to him but he gets a point for suggesting that xianle citizens get jacked to combat human face disease that was kind of a camp moment imo 1/10

QI RONG: femme❌️ camp ❌️queen❌️ pussy cunt cunt ✅️ slay ❌️would have had more points if he was pink but hes green. i reformatted this post and forgot my rating umm 3.5/10

JUN WU: he is SO not femme camp queen pussy cunt cunt slay he is incel daddy dom 2014 tumblr -100000/10

SHI QINGXUAN: perfect score but didnt die like hua cheng so no extra credit 10/10

HE XUAN: he did die so +2 but not camp or pussy so -2 overall also 10/10

YIN YU: tbh even less femme camp queen pussy cunt cunt slay than feng xin except for when he told quan yizhen to kill himself 2/10

QUAN YIZHEN: none of the above 0/10 which is also a perfect score in a different way

LING WEN: all of the above AND girlboss but didnt die 100/10

PEI MING: tbh also kinda incel daddy dom 2014 tumblr but he canonically fucks so only like -2/10 (sorry to pei ming likers i am not one of you but he is very funny)

SHI WUDU: im gonna be real i havent reread black water arc in like 2 years i dont remember his personality very well at all ummm 3/10 he gave cunt he served he died

i cant think of any more characters ✌️

[randomshenaniganery]

TGCF Donghua

okay so I've been watching this shit since it was released and I'm fully enjoying waiting for the weekly episodes and I wanna rant about it because I love it so much but I do have some minor gripes

Bad chuchu out of the way first

I am not happy with how generic and unoriginal the designs for most of the supporting characters. Like yeah they still look somewhat different but when the pool of named characters will expand it will get harder and harder to tell people apart if they keep on going with this route. Almost everyone suffers from same face syndrome which I know is rampant in current anime I just wished they allowed for at least more dynamic silhouettes, hairstyles, and color palettes. It feels like a more toned down version of the character design in the manhua. Lang Qianqiu in the manhua is so easy to recognize because of his outfit and pei ming looks more like the bastard he is etc. Don't get me started on the design for Kemo, the manhua felt eh I feel like Kemo was too pretty and too slim but in the donghua its just he's a straight up orc idk, i feel like they could've done better. Pei Su looks very generic, I think out of everyone he's the most generic looking of them all. SQX, Ling Wen and Jun Wu are the best designs for the supporting cast and I think Banyue is also okay looking cause you can tell her apart from the rest so far.

I am super disappointed in Qi Rong's reveal because it doesn't feel as impactful in the book. In the book the reveal of him looking like Xie Lian was so dramatic to me I was like oh my god is that his brother? A twin? a doppelganger? And then Qi Rong just kinda looks like that, tbh his voice actor and his clothes are fine I think they fit. It's just weird how he suffers from same face syndrome. If they made everyone look less like each other making Qi Rong look like Xie Lian would have been so impactful and a really cool cliffhanger but they couldn't do that because even fucking Lang Qianqiu kinda looks like Xie Lian with lighter hair. Also the Fang xin design is alright on the clothes but the mask gives off a bit cheap however I get that it can't be super detailed and it still does its job so I can handwave that small pet peeve.

Also censorship we couldn't get Xie Lian falling on Hua Cheng's lap and so them trying to make up for that was super awkward LMAO, they could have solved this by making SQX fall right on Hua Cheng's chair so that they could justify why Xie Lian grabbed Hua Cheng and throws him but they didn't... and it's so awkward...

I think it was like Episode 2 of s2 that the animation feels weird, Mu Qing's face felt off to me idk what was going on it just felt like something went down but the next episode it was perfectly fine anyway.

Positives!!!

Something the manhua didn't have was Fu Yao and Nan Feng looking a bit like each other, that was so fucking funny and it's a great display of how much they hate each other and live rent free in each other's heads ong. I love that detail the donghua did I think that's smart.

The voice actors are so great in both dubs they're doing amazing (I haven't listened to the jp dub) I have no complaints I love their work

ONE of my favorite things about the donghua is being able to see Hua Cheng's expressions even when Xie Lian is doing something in the book so he wouldn't notice. I love seeing how pleased he is every time someone points out the intimacy with him and Xie Lian. Like in season 1 when Fu Yao is shocked/horrified that Xie Lian shared a bed with Hua Cheng, San Lang puts a hand on his chin and looks so fucking smug and happy. This happens a couple times in s2 as well someone will be like oh that's weird you're so like this with Hua Cheng and he becomes a smug cat it's great.

Another one I enjoy is during the beginning of the banyue arc when Xie Lian reveals to Fu Yao and Nan Feng that he's used to sleeping in squalor the camera goes to Nan Feng not revealing his face but clearly showing his guilt over what Xie Lian reveals. That's good shit.

Lan Chang picking a fight off screen, also cool, love seeing her. I like that she looks inconspicuous so for someone who doesn't know shit about tgcf they will not see *that* shit coming.

ALSO the men look kinda generic if they're not the mls but the girls are all gorgeous???? like the woman who was Hua Cheng's speaker, the girl who led Xie Lian further into the gambling den, XUAN JI, Banyue all the girls are unique without being so ostentatious and I love them. If you put them beside each other they all look like they're own thing but still on theme. From clothes, to hairstyle and colors it's easy to tell and that's good design. I also include SQX's female form cause she's gorgeous too.

The donghua I think adds to stuff I haven't read I'm not sure if this is because I have a bad memory but I don't recall reading a flashback of Lang Qianqiu and the failed robbery. But the message of that entire section was so fucking good. The way that what Lang Qianqiu said about 'maybe he shouldn't have intervened' and the sound effects UGh. It's so good, i love how the book tackles the morality of everything, breaking down Lang Qianqiu's firm positivity and believing in humanity but still promoting being kind and considerate through Xie Lian. This theme still carries on in the show and I think they're doing a great job.

GOD THE MUSIC in the donghua is so fucking good, I love it. The songs, the meanings, the beat it's all perfect I can't say anything more.

even though i'm disappointed in the character design choices the donghua is very solid, I love it a lot. It does come off as very expositiony sometimes but I think that's very prevalent in Chinese Wuxia and Xianxia. Probably weird for people who aren't used to the genre but to anyone who's seen something like it, it's not unbearable and it's kinda necessary because of how the book is written. Waiting for wednesday patiently whilst i draw huahua

There are so many fun details the Donghua adds that shows that they know the story and where it's going as well hinting at character stuff, it's so fun to spot those. Like Xie Lian's reaction to Hua Cheng biting the bun made me wanna claw my face that shit was good af.

[sofyflora98]

You dont have to answer if you dont want. But i stumbled upon an old post about Mu Qing up holding classism and that its Hua Cheng should be the face for it and i just felt conflicted? I tried to be open minded. And the big example they used is him kicking out of the army which imo kinda odd… to say.. But its combined with the fact Mu Qing called Hua Cheng a liar and he obviously didnt want Hua Cheng tagging along and he let Feng Xin with a broken arm carrying Hua Cheng . tbh, im fine with open intrepretation of that.

We all know Mu Qing doesnt have soft personality and hes prickly. I definitely do think in that liar scene, i saw it more as Mu Qing just being truthful than empathatic as he analyze the situation which i guess fine, MQ theres obviously time and place for that as hes scared and dirty. But even if his family condition was bad, based on how someone fixed up his clothes he could have thought he might at least have another person who does care which was why he even mentioned it in the first place. Anything is possible after all. Although, i did get confused whether did he know the info background on him because XL did overhear the mean things the kids yell at him about him being kicked our. Anyways, it wasnt as he was like no this kid cant stay. Unless theres a line that i missed. And he did try to carry Hong Er but hong er wouldnt let him which he did show hesitation to do it or not afterwards.

And how i view the army situation is even though it is indeed that youth dying rate is higher in war and Hua Cheng did die lol. But its also mixed with Mu Qing’s need to not want to be replaced. This man’s mind never rest lol. Which i get it. Hes very interesting for that. After all, his core character is all about being a survivor. But to say that he upholds classism is fucking deranged. Like Guoshi is right there for ruining his mortal life lol. Funny enough, they certainly dont mention about Feng xin (though hes in rage as Mq was frustrated and being rude with xl but still that was uncalled for) who reminded him to know his place. I brought FX up because in one of the comments of that post they were saying at least FX acted with good will. Lol okay. We definitely can see you not being genuine about the topic. At least be consistent.

And Hua Cheng beats classism by creating another system of his own? ive seen people say its different in ghost City as its really based on mutual beneficial agreement and all especially with Yin Yu. But my guy…. ..you mean him as the King? Bruh its not as simple as that 😭 The heaven is indeed full of classist Gods which is why they look down on LW and MQ and QYZ. But the system to get there isnt, as long as you have the abilities, hard work and luck. Idk like feel free to talk about Hua Cheng overcoming society classism and rise to the top and all. But i find that answer to be so simplisitic and not well thought out?

Also he isnt mentioned alot with that Topic because his narrative isnt strongly focused on that??? Its very clear hes about devotion to his God and the strength he does to be the best so he can take care of Xie Lian. And hes the main character too at that 😭 take it up with MXTX for making Mu Qing a side character, story to strongly ties around it. His insecurity is because of that too.

And the funniest part imo is to Hua Cheng, his insecurity is his appearance - i mean u can still make an argument that is rooted in him being born under a bad star and the classism that he faces over it. But still. Similar at its core but different hurt.

Anywyas, idk i feel the argument is just so???? I just need to rant lol

But how do you feel about the revision on him kicking out Hong’er because of guoshi words thaf hes a misfortune that will bring bad luck to XL? That i would like to know.

I think I know what post you're talking about, and I agree with you. The argument that Hua Cheng is the one who "fought" classism and that Mu Qing is upholding in it doesn't stand, in my opinion. First of all, because Hua Cheng's supposed victory over classism doesn't even take place in the world of the living, and Ghost City is everything but an egalitarian place. Which isn't his fault, of course, because a single person cannot change the world. Then, again, his plot in the novel doesn't mainly revolve around classism the same way Mu Qing's does. I'd say that his plot is more about marginalisation and abuse, even if social class was obviously a fundamental part of his condition.

Regarding Mu Qing, literally, unless he somehow became a revolutionary leader, what could he even do? He had one chance to get away from misery and he took it. Gods are not allowed to interfere with the mortal world more than what concerns their duties toward their worshippers. The heavens are a classist world, because they reflect the human world, since all gods used to be human, but I see no instance where Mu Qing even remotely upheld classism. A good part of his lines are specifically to complain about how others are classist, so it really doesn't make any sense. I think that the issue of Hong'er being kicked out of the army has an ambiguity, and the desire to keep a child (who by the way didn't have the age to be in the army) far from war, and his fear of being replaced and possible jealousy, coexist. Human emotions aren't a mono-dimensional thing.

I don't really have an opinion about the revised version, but having read the first version years ago, I'm more attached to it.

[mxtxfanatic]

tbh, the whole ~~its easy to be kind when youre rich!!!!~~ take makes me feel like some people watched parasite and didnt really understand what it was saying when one of the characters said that same thing about the family they were working for (and idk, maybe theyve never seen that movie and arent thinking about it, but its what immediately comes to my mind when people say that phrase). The rich family wasnt actually nice!! they just didnt place the same emotional weight on certain things because they had so much of them, and therefore thought less about them, etc. But that wasnt supposed to be a line meaning that all rich people are nice because they dont have to worry about surviving, which is how some people seem to feel about class and which drives me nuts!!! its such a lukewarm, incorrect take imo!

(I’ve never seen Parasite, don’t judge 🫣) but I think you’re right, anon, people do mistake niceness for kindness and genuineness. Rich people irl doing things to launder their money and reputations in the eyes of the public is not a sincere display of generosity meant to materially change the conditions of the lower classes. Also, being a celebrity =\= being a hero. On the flip side, if poverty was a condition that made humans more inclined to forsake their morals and hospitality, the human race would have died out a long time ago. You have no further to look for examples of this than when disaster strikes in the world or extreme human rights abuses occur. “Poor people have less opportunities to be heroes,” say that to the people who dive into rip tides to save drowning swimmers or the people digging through the rubble of destroyed buildings to pull out survivors or the people jumping onto subway tracks to save strangers who’ve fallen in. Say that to people who open their homes to hide whole groups of people against state persecution, whether in secret or in plain view of the world. Say that to the history of colonial resistance (of which China has centuries of examples) or slave rebellions. Where were the rich people and their “privilege of kindness” then?

Now let’s put this in context of tgcf. Which institutionally powerful characters, who are not Xie Lian, use their status, money, and power to materially change the conditions of the common people? Xie Lian was out there carrying rain from different parts of the world to relieve Yong’an’s drought while he fought with his father, THE EMPEROR, to provide aid for the refugees. Xie Lian, alone, talked to the refugees about what was happening and walked amongst the people to see what they were suffering through. The only god who helps him is The Rain Master; everyone else focuses on stealing his worshipers behind his back or telling him that human life is not valuable enough to want to save from suffering.

Most of the martial gods ascend from war or prowess, and many of these achievements are covered in blood such that revealing them could (and does for some!) strip them of their godhood. I can’t say much about how the civil gods ascend, though in Ling Wen’s case it also seems based on skill and not so much how they actively help the people. Feng Xin and Mu Qing are the only characters I can think of who don’t follow this pattern, but even they are willing to forsake the common people and lower castes if it means staying within the status quo (all the moments they try to persuade Xie Lian against fighting the Xianle nobility on behalf of the Yong’an refugees or how they try to persecute the ghosts as easy solutions to the story’s mysteries without looking into the abnormalities of each case because “gods can’t be bad so it must be the ghosts!”). And again, the climax of the story has the capital city saved from utter destruction by the power of the community and camaraderie amongst the city’s homeless population (whereas the heavens are saved by the power of unconditional love and Hua Cheng’s complete faith in Xie Lian), all at the cost of… sharing a meal together at the end of the day.

Real life doesn’t adhere to the logic that goodness is a class privilege, and this book doesn’t reproduce that logic either. So once again people are using their biases to interpret messages in the text that simply do not exist.

[findyourrp]

Hi there! I am a 26 year old female and I’m looking for someone 21+ who would be interested in some mxtx rps! I’m particularly looking for rps from heavens officials blessings and scum villain, which I will post specific plots / characters below, but I am open to doubles and will add danmei characters below that I feel comfortable playing, though if you want something else, i will give it a try!

But onto plot ideas/characters!

So for heaven officials blessings I would love to do either a hualian rp (preferably with me as xie lian) or I have found a love for QiuRong (I would prefer to play Qi rong)!

Some basic plot ideas for hualian🦋👑are:

Post canon - pretty self explanatory here but i do enjoy canon!

Coffin time - I’m a sucker for fics and stuff where hua cheng finds xie lian in the coffin or right after he gets out, and just yes!

Reverse au - god hua cheng and ghost king xie lian anyone? I read a fic about it that got me thinking about this idea and I think it could be fun!

One piece au - I’m also a big one piece fan and I mean pirate hua cheng and former marine xie lian? Like I feel like there is some potential there.

So I’m also a big Percy jackson fan, and I love the idea of them being demigods and going on a mission and shit? Like it could be fun!

Now onto QiuRong🕯️🐯

Just some domestic shit with them and Quzi and trying to make life work man! It just sounds fun!

Typical canon stuff, I think it would be great!

Okay so for this one, I’m thinking some kind of gilded banquet AU where Lang Qianqiu finds out before it happens and stops Qi Rong before the massacre happens but like Anle escapes and lang Qianqiu drags qi rong along to hunt him down!

And lastly for scum villain i am primarily looking to rp moshang or platonic cumplane (I prefer to play Shang Qinghua in both!)

For moshang ✈️❄️

Post canon au - i do love me some canon stuff (especially with these two like trying to figure out courting and shit would be fun!

Reverse au - demon Shang qinghua and cultivator movie jun is just *chefs kiss*!

Other mxtx works au - this could be transmigrated or not, but like imagine demonic cultivator Shang qinghua and perfect cultivator Mobie jun (yes I know mobei jun is the demon, but personality wise I feel like this fits better) or ghost king mobei Jun and overworked god Shang qinghua! I love it!

I also love a modern au here, like ceo mobei Jun and secretary Shang qinghua or another personality favorite, mob boss mobei Jun and either hit man Shang qinghua or hear me out, so mobei Jun is the legal guardian of Sha hauling right, and she is a highschooler and like Shang qinghua is totally her teacher. I totally see him as a special education teacher, because like overworked, under appreciated, everyone excepts him to do all this shit and is just like well it’s your job, no one else can do his job or wants to do his job, and often feels like people don’t want him around, like yeah that’s special education (my credentials is that I am a special education teacher lol so trust me I know this life)!

Now for cumplane 🥒✈️

I just like canon shenanigans for them tbh!

Though following my Shang qinghua being a teacher thing above, I enjoy the idea of special education teacher Shang qinghua and school librarian shen Qingqui!

Other danmei characters I’d be interested in playing:

Lan xichen

Wei wuxian

Jiang Yanli

Wen ning

Lan sizhui

Shi Qingxuan

Quan Yizhen

Shen Qiao

Wen Kexing

Chu wanning

But yes if you are interested like this ad and I’ll reach out! Thank you!

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