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Tgcf book 5 is so funny to me because everyone is like “we have to keep this on the down low, we can’t let the ghosts know there’s a heavenly official infiltrating Mount Tonglu” and then everyone and their mother shows up for one reason or another and everyone is just like “yeah, this is fine”
For the past two months I have been explaining the plot of TGCF (or as he calls it: "the gay man lore™") to a friend of mine. I have heavily condensed the plot and we are still not done. Though I would like to tell you all the alternate names he has come up with
Xie Lian = Jay Leno
Hua Cheng = Little red ridding hood
San Lang = Little red vibing hood
Hong Hong-er = kys kid
Wu Ming = gaster the royal scientists
Feng Xin = thing one
Mu Qing = thing two
Nan Feng = thing three
Fu Yao = Thing four
Qi Ying = autism god
Yin Yu = low tier god
Lang Qianqiu = headband guy
Pei Ming = womanizer
Yushi Huang = Susie Deltarune
Lang Ying = Springtrap
Ban Yu = specific girl
Pei Lang = specific boy
Shi Qingxuan = Scott the woz
Shi Wudu = don't lose your head wudu
Black water = Black water
Qi Rong = pac man
Gu Zi = mochi
Jun Wu = Jesus
Ling Wen = female Shakespeare
Mei Nian Qing= gambling man
四大害 | Four Great Calamities
Yesterday, at class, my teacher made us sing an old children song we used to sing in kindergarten about staying quiet at classes, is in spanish but here's the lyrics
"Un candadito nos vamos a poner
¡Y el que se lo quite va a perder!
¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tres!"
And we mimick the action of putting a lock on our lips and throwing the key away and pooof! The idea of drawing white no face got to me.
Heaven official's blessing has me in a chokehold right now so here's the 3 ghost kings (and Qi Rong)
Might color this later but it's like this for now
And here's the sketches cause why not
TGCF Gotcha for Congo
Members of the TGCF cast dressed as characters from Beetlejuice 🪲🧃
Requested by @/rekisparadise
Drawing in the style of the 1989 animated series was a delight~
Chapter 3 of "Rotting Waters", the second fic of my TGCF metal music AU series "Heavenly Damnation", is up!
To celebrate, let me share with you this portrait of Bai Wuxiang with his legendary eight-string guitar, Zhu Xin. Art by the equally legendary @ilymir_EZGbora, thank you so much!
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TW : discussion of death and suicide. I know these themes are present in TGCF, but this post delves further into them and broaches the subject in a way that might be triggering, so please proceed with caution.
When you think about it, what drove Xie Lian mad during his first banishment wasn’t the Temple. It wasn’t his friends leaving him, it wasn’t the blessed land incident, nor was it his parents’ suicide. It wasn’t even Bai Wuxiang (at least not directly).
No, what really drove him mad was his inability to die, and the complete loss of the ability to choose his own path.
When Xie Lian returns home after the 100 swords, he has no intention of turning to BW. He has no intention of taking revenge on Yong'an (not seriously, anyway), let alone considering anything close to a genocide.
It is only after trying—and failing—to commit suicide that he loses himself entirely. Because the shackle took the last shreds of control he had over his existence from him. Of course, the fact that he heard festivities going on in Yong’an didn’t help, but it was no more than a trigger, I think
The shackle strips Xie Lian of his right and capacity to dispose of himself, which is one the worst thing I can imagine happening to someone. And after his only way out is taken away from him, Xie Lian is left with literally no possible course of action. He cannot live because Bai Wuxian won’t let him, he cannot die because the shackle makes it impossible.
He is stuck in an impossible position. So of course he snaps.
Note : That is not to say that suicide is okay or should not be actively prevented. But the way Xie Lian is kept alive is a terrible violation of bodily autonomy. People experiencing suicidal thoughts need help so that they no longer want to die ; forcing them to remain alive by force alone, and without doing anything to help them get better, is not only a terrible idea but outright torture, and complete lack of consideration for human dignity.
If any phrasing I used was insensitive, please let me know in the comments and I will correct it: English is not my native language and I make mistakes sometimes. Take care 🤍