#xu da

[spiderthread]

why don't you let yourself be gently peeled off the ground and tossed across the back of a horse like a sack of potatoes by the most handsome man in china, then maybe you'll calm down

(+ bonus:)

#xu da #carrying one (1) soggy corpse #general ouyang #hwdtw spoilers #he who drowned the world spoilers #the radiant emperor #i forgot that xu da reties his hands before doing this but it's fine. it's fine sfkfhsf #ouyang: i want to grind zhu into a bloody smear in the dirt until there's nothing left #also ouyang: grinds himself into a bloody smear in the dirt until there's nothing left except Gay Thoughts #this was meant to just be a quick doodle but then i couldn't stop accidentally sort of taking it seriously and now here we are #pov the ruthless general who razed your childhood home (forcing you into a traumatic life of banditry) + almost killed your little brother #is simultaneously just a deranged little guy. and u can pick him up. #blood cw #ALSO….. thank you for the nice comments on the WIP - they gave me the necessary serotonin to push through 🥺💖

[mispatchedgreens]

oh, to be an absolute ten while a repressed belligerent asshole administers to you the kiss of life

#the radiant emperor #she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #xu da #general ouyang #my art #you THOUGHT. you thought. that xuyang would be safe from me well it's NOT #it's not and gang it's probably gonna get worse than this #anyway this is the second render i did for this and i flip flopped a LOT over whether I'd post both #but at the end of the day this one? just looks better #also I'm gonna start putting ids on things bc not doing so is irresponsible and dumb and there's literally NO reason not to do it #click for better quality bc god did tumblr make this look like I drew it across three pixels :))))

[sketchyandsketches]

Did Xu Da for @durgeteriormotives since she started She Who Became the Sun and bc I had to repay some kindness ;)

HAD TO GUESS FOR THE HAIR BC I COULD SWEAR HE'S GOT A TOPKNOT IN THE SECOND BOOK BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANY OTHER DESCRIPTION SO IF ANYONE'S WISER THAN ME, LET ME KNOW

#bebi xu da #xu da #xu da fanart #the radiant emperor fanart #the radiant emperor #she who became the sun #she who became the sun fanart #he who drowned the world #he who drowned the world fanart #fanart #swbts #hwdtw #digital art #illustration #art #art commisions #commissions

[pinkhair-smoothbrain]

just finished she who became the sun, enjoy my shitty memes

#she who became the sun #swbts #swbts spoilers #she who became the sun spoilers #zhu chongba #general ouyang #wang baoxiang #prince esen #ma xiuying #xu da #the radiant emperor

[gatoraid]

One of the great gifts of HWDTW was to see Ouyang’s interactions with Xu Da.

Like, here is a man who is ”manly” but in a wholly non-toxic way and whose relationship with Zhu leaves Ouyang seething, because ”men are not supposed to act like that with each other” and that’s exactly what Ouyang needed to see.

The way he’s carried away by Xu Da on horseback (an intimacy to being alone with someone in the dark), the way he breathes life into Xu Da’s cold dead body, the way he wonders about Xu Da’s flute-playing abilities………. I would have wanted to see so much more!

#he who drowned the world #i just loved all the unlikely character combos in this book #general ouyang #xu da #the radiant emperor

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#rew2024 #radientemperorweek 2024 #she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #the radiant emperor #esen temur #wang baoxiang #zhu chongba #general ouyang #xu da #ma xiuying

[erisenyo]

Radiant Emperor Fans...

Would you be interested in a Radiant Emperor/She Who Became the Sun/He Who Drowned the World week? Think prompts, fics, art, gifsets, meta, whatever we want to create?

Tagging @the-impala-is-my-home @ash-and-starlight @3cosmicfrogs to help get this some reach!

#the radiant emperor #she who became the sun #swbts #he who drowned the world #hwdtw #zhu #zhu chongba #esen temur #Esen #general ouyang #Ouyang #wang baoxiang #baoxiang #xu da #Ma

[winter2468]

Radiant Emperor Characters on the Barbie-Oppenheimer Scale

Zhu: Oppenheimer

Ma: Watched Oppenheimer with Zhu, then went to watch Barbie on her own

Xu Da: Barbie

Yuchun: Barbie

Ouyang: Oppenheimer

Esen: Oppenheimer. Brushed hands with Ouyang by accident in the darkened theatre. Thought nothing of it. Ouyang thought about it for the rest of the movie.

Baoxiang: Gathered his entire household for a public viewing of Barbie, watched Oppenheimer alone in private, then gathered everyone to watch Barbie again just to really drive the point home.

General Zhang: Watched Oppenheimer and then Barbie with Madame Zhang.

Madame Zhang: Watched Oppenheimer and Barbie with General Zhang. Then felt insecure and watched Oppenheimer again, alone.

Rice Bucket Zhang: Oppenheimer

Chen Youliang: Oppenheimer

Lady Ki: Barbie

Third Prince: Wanted to watch Barbie, but watched Oppenheimer with his friends instead.

#this is not a radiant emperor quote #radiant emperor #zhu #zhu yuanzhang #zhu chongba #he who drowned the world #she who became the sun #ma xiuying #xu da #yuchun #baoxiang #wang baoxiang #lord wang #esen #esen-temur #ouyang #general ouyang #general zhang #madame zhang

[eclecticfandoms]

She Who Became the Sun as Wolfpuppy tweets because this book is my hyperfixation now

Esen

Young Zhu

Little Guo

Wang Baoxiang

Ouyang

Xu Da

Wolfpupy's Twitter

#the radiant emperor #she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #shelley parker chan #lord esen #esen #zhu chongba #zhu yuanzhang #little guo #wang baoxiang #ouyang #general ouyang #xu da #wolfpupy tweets #my posts

[teartra]

This parallel

#i’m truly devastated #OF COURSE IM NOT OKAY #Shelley gotta give my money back for therapy bill #he who drowned the world #he who drowned the world spoilers #xu da #zhu yuanzhang #zhu chongba

[thestoriesthatweweave]

The second (and last) chapter of my Ouyang/Xu Da bandits au is up! Containing Ouyang's A+ coping mechanisms, a certain monk (briefly) and more bed-sharing, even less platonic this time around.

“You, monk,” Ouyang said, “what’s your name? “Xu Da,” the monk said. His voice sounded off, as though he was only half present. He looked at Ouyang with wide, unfocused eyes that sharpened only slowly. “I know you,” he said. “Lord Esen’s eunuch.” The words brought a spasm of pain to Ouyang’s breast. In an instant, he was transported back to that ger, with the copper stink of blood thick in his nostrils, its bitter taste filling his mouth, Esen’s heaving body held in his arms, feeling his own fate unspool like a ruined tapestry. “Lord Esen is dead,” he said. He’d died a senseless death, and once the funeral rites had been performed, Chaghan had punished his son’s eunuch with fifty blows of the heavy rod for failing to protect him and thrown him out to starve in the streets.

#the radiant emperor #she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #general ouyang #xu da #Ouyang/xu da

[untolduttering]

This is incredibly niche but Zhu Yuanzhang and Monkey D. Luffy are one and the same, I cannot believe these two wildly different things are so similar. That deep belief that they will both get everything they’ve ever wanted simply because of that intense desire for it, and because of that blazing desire and incandescent personality, so many people around them pour all their bets onto them. Xu Da and Ace also being in this mix, and honestly some of Ouyang and Law?? Maybe I’m just insane

#she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #one piece #monkey d. luffy #zhu yuanzhang #portgas d ace #xu da #trafalgar law #general ouyang #the way these two connect and probably just from obsession and my own clear disconnect from reality kdjsksj #but I will always love character comparison

[mispatchedgreens]

hello, the band au will live forever. (it's also most definitely not for research)

#the radiant emperor #she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #general ouyang #xu da #zhu yuanzhang #my art #hey listen this is a lazy ass sketch but we get what we get #the point is them. comfortable and safe and happy #ouyang unironically but secretly cries to bring me to life that's my meta hot take for today #i've solved the complex question. zhu and ouyang's dynamic is actually just #ouyang wailing amy lee's parts while zhu does the crappy nu metal rap bits

[dragons-jade-tears]

Fellas is it gay to *checks notes* do your friends hair?

#he who drowned the world #general ouyang #zhu yuanzhang #xu da

[biboomerangboi]

Went insane and read the last 150 pages of He Who Drowned The World before bed and I’m actively chewing on glass and setting fire to my room.

#it’s so so good #I’m in unimaginable agony #the radiant emperor #zhu yuanzhang #zhu chongba #general ouyang #wang baoxiang #ma xiuying #she who became the sun #he who drowned the world #zee reads #my boy my baby boy #xu da

[dustteller]

The scene where they reunited in SWBtS was very sweet, so i sketched it

#zhu chongba #zhu yuanzhang #xu da #she who became the sun