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I really wanted to share one of my favorite parts from "The Star of Misfortune" 🥺
While I was drawing the book there were a couple of moments when I cried from emotion and this was one of them🥲
You can now purchase electronic version of whole book on my Gumroad❤️
Xie Lian would have one of those ‘making my husbands lunch/dinner’ channels and the comments would be full of people unsure of he’s genuinely that bad of a cook or is slowly trying to kill his husband.
i feel like one of the subtler bits of wei wuxian’s characterisation that is sometimes slightly skewed is that he is actually not the jump-into-the-heat-of-battle kinda guy, rather he’s one to hang back and observe before making a very clear and decisive move. look at the xuanwu cave predicament—wei wuxian did not immediately oppose wen chao, instead he stayed put as things escalated and once he realised how futile the situation was, he enacted a plan that was neither impulsive nor self-serving, but one that was optimal to benefit the most amount of people possible. similarly, he wasn’t pushed or blinded by his anger when wang lingjao came to lotus pier. even then, at the cost of himself (which imo, was much more calculated than people give him credit for but i digress), he chose de-escalation. same goes for the appeal he made to jin guangshan about the labor camps and same goes for every single instance of wei wuxian working his nighthunting and info-gathering knowledge to use before even approaching a danger-zone/haunt.
yes, wei wuxian is incredibly powerful and is formidable in battle but he’s not some violence-loving, battle-smug individual who would try to jump into the thick of things to flaunt his fighting prowess. the moments that people refer to as wei wuxian jumping the gun—the nightless city massacre, the ambush fight, opposing wen chao—are, infact, proof of how the battle is thrust to wei wuxian instead of wei wuxian thrusting himself into a battle. i would say that maybe the only example of wei wuxian getting heated into action is when he punched jin zixuan and even jin zixuan would agree to deserving those fists. i guess the reason i bring this up is because this sort of undermines another characteristic of wei wuxian which is his impeccable emotional regulation. if he was angered by every unjust circumstance and lost his wits about him as some of the popular fanon believes, wei wuxian would’ve never gotten as far as he did. it was because of his keen sense of seeing the truth in people and situations and then adjusting his own responses that helped him save himself and the wens for as long as he did and later stand tall before the cultivation world and show them the flaws in their mob logic. he’s not an emotionless man carefully tailoring his personality to suit his needs but he’s also not a emotionally volatile person pouncing at every opportunity to talk with fists instead of words. he’s as good at verbal sparring as he is at the physical counterpart of it and it’s always a bummer when his intellectual battles are reduced in favour of portraying him a certain, canonically divergent way.
Can you imagine being little Hong Hong'er, always bullied and picked on and told how hated you are and at your lowest point in your short, tragic life so far, the man that saved you, now become a gracious god, reveals himself to you, to tell you to keep on living, to tell you he's there for you and that your existence isnt cursed even though everybody says so? To let you know he can feel your devotion and faith?
And can you imagine later growing up, seeing this same wonderful man go through tragedies that nobody else would have been able to endure, remembering his kindness and seeing it be used as a reason for torment - and then later, perhaps upon ascension or any other means, learning that it is forbidden for heavenly beings to reveal themselves to mortals?
No wonder Hua Cheng loved him for 800 years
I found an amazing hualian animatic on yt and it is in desperat need of more views!
'I am forever your most devoted believer.'
My little animation about teen Hua Cheng trying to put his love on the paper. @oryunart
Happy Valentine’s day y’all, have Hualesbians. 💞
I've said it before but wangxian doing cheating role-play but they can never actually pull it off
*meeting at a public bar*
Wei Ying: hey stranger ;)
Lan Zhan: ...hello. Can I buy you a drink?
Wei Ying: you better not, my husband is Hanguang-Jun, he's insanely possessive and strong~
Lan Zhan getting red ears: how strong?
Wei Ying: your line was supposed to be "he doesn't have to know!" Lan Zhan are you fishing for praise? Let's try again
Lan Zhan: ..... I am married as well
Wei Ying: he can't satisfy you, that's why you came here huh?
Lan Zhan: no he's amazing. He's very sexy
Wei Ying twirling his hair: hehe is that right? Your husband turns you on that much?
Lan Zhan standing up: yes. I want to go home and have sex with my husband right now
Wei Ying getting out of his seat: yeah me too
When the villain comes to Wei Wuxian like "Oh yeah? You and what army??" And Wei Wuxian is like "watch this b*tch" and creates a whole paper doll legion.
(Oh, yeah, and then Hanguang Jun arrives, like, the main hero, and protects Wei Wuxian and then everybody knows they're fucked.)
Hua Cheng (And Hualian) but as Textposts I’ve found
Xie Lian Version
the versatility of xie lian as a character is peak
he's a sweetie. he's the picture of masculinity. he's a total cunt. he's a hardened soldier. he's graceful, ethereal. his fanon animal representation is a ferret. he could lift you and your mother with three fingers and not break a sweat. he would eat a bun off the floor. he knows he's better than you. he's a monsterfucker. someone could give him a knife stabby style and his husband would be more concerned about it than him. he does not want a free pile of gold bars. he will call you ugly and then get embarrassed about it. he's the kindest person you know. he's a feminist. the only reason the strongest ghost king in the canon world doesn't get bent over nightly is because he likes being a pie so much. he's got mad autism. he told his friend every one of his character flaws to his face in one breath. he has the world's shittiest luck. he will announce that he has erectile dysfunction to a crowd with no remorse or hesitation. he does not want to be emperor. he's an insufferable wife guy. he's gay. he's traumatized. his daughter is in a pickle pot. he'd slam your face into concrete and teehee over your twitching body. he helps old ladies cross the road. he's sarcastic. he's so nice. i love him
I love re reading the first Hualian meeting bc HC is probably 1. Fangirling so hard 2. Going over his very meticulous plan of what to do and say when he met XL. Like you know that one part in Spy x Fanily where fluffy head boy goes on a date and asks Loid for help and he makes him ENDLESS pages of what to say and responses? That’s what I’m sure HC (Yin Yu) did for this.
AND HES TRYING SO HARD ADHSHSHA
“Gege I didn’t know you had superpowers!” 😱🤩
He’s trying so hard to be a normal boy 😭
“Gege Im so scared! Pls protect me😖😖”
SIR YOU ARE A GHOST KING HELLO?!
And him saying XL scared the ghost away after he gave them A GLARE (keep in mind he’s very scared for real he’s just a silly little boy)
AND THE LAUGH. He looks smooth outside but inside he’s probably like “omg gege called me San Lang I can die again happy now holy crap he’s so pretty and he called me San Lang we’re going to get married in a beautiful garden and have 8 kids and-”
(No but really it’s so cute how he immediately laughs bc he is SO happy, like SO HAPPY that he’s finally with XL and he called him smth only wives call their husbands aaaa my BABY)
AND HOW HE SAYS HE WILL SLEEP IN THE STREETS 😭😭
“Yes I am just a sad little twink that ran away OH how I WISH a very handsome cultivator pls let me stay with him on this SCARY night im just a defenseless poor twink pls”
AND HE SAYS A CAVE THIS DRAMATIC ASS MAN I LOVE HIM SO MUCH AHDHDHSB
And the immediate:
HC: hmm where will we sleep?
XL: I have only one bed so if you don’t mind we-
HC: YES
Like I love how we all think he’s this smooth guy 24/7 but no. He’s pathetic. He’s a fan boy. He’s so in love his brain cells all die. He probably tried outfits for an hour and tried his best to come up with what to say before he met XL again. He made sure everything was PERFECT. He’s trying so hard not to scream and fanboy over XL rn. In fact hes trying his best not to get on one knee and propose.
HES SUCH A BABY GIRL I LOVE HIM 😭😭😭😭
The Ghost King dressed down 🫣
Bonus: Hua Cheng didn't expect to wake up after his gege
The TGCF Anniversary Exhibition Artbook is here 😍😍 So exciting to see the animators process through some of the fans favorite scenes 🤭 and the envelope of extras is amazing as always!!