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starchbean · 15 hours

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Shi Wu Du took away everything that gave He Xuan happiness to give it to Shi Qingxuan, but if there's anything I've learned from how fate works in the TGCF universe, it's that resources like suffering, joy, luck, etc exist in fixed quantities that are just distributed differently. There is no second cup to give, and emptying the cup someone has doesn't get rid of the water, it has to go /somewhere/.

Therefore, facts and logic dictate that He Xuan's happiness is not gone, it simply exists within Shi Qingxuan now. Shi Qingxuan is He Xuan's source of happiness and good fortune--all of it concentrated into one place by accident by Shi Wu Du. That's why they get along so well despite the huge gap in personality. Or perhaps it shouldn't be looked at as a "why" but simply as "this is how it is" and other things are the why.

#beefleaf #shi wu du #shi qingxuan #he xuan #black water sinking ships #heaven official's blessing #tgcf #starchbean #tian guan ci fu

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starchbean · 4 days

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He Xuan: *Slaps down menu* "Welcome to Just Desserts, will you have the carton of bees, or THE OOZE?

Shi Wu Du: "Feh! I'll have... Neither!"

He Xuan: Oozing bees it is.

Shi Qingxuan: "BWO BWO, NYOOOOOOO~!" TwT

Shi Wu Du: "Stop that right now my dear dumbass brother, or I'm gonna lose it."

Shi Qingxuan: "Lose what?"

He Xuan: "CHOP CHOP MOTHERFUCKER!"

She Qingxuan: O H

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #incorrect tgcf quotes #incorrect qotes #he xuan #wind master #shi wu du #shi wudu #Black water serving plates #4 am thoughts #starchbean

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starchbean · 5 days

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Hua Cheng would ABSOLUTELY give his entire support to that little kid merchant who said he was gonna build a temple for Xie Lian after the Ban Yue mission concluded.

I can imagine that kid grew up to be the most successful merchant of his age, always having a little extra luck for reasons unknown to him. Even ghosts never disturb his company's shipments.

He also finds himself hiring a one legged beggar with a broken arm as his marketing rep--which turns out to be the best decision of his career. The company has a banquet once a year in the finest restaurant in the capital. The marketing rep brings the same dour faced stranger with him every year. This stranger eats through half of what the restaurant makes for the entire company.

Even though he never got Xie Lian's identity, events would unravel that would mysteriously allow him to figure it out. A puzzle that intrigued him through his adolescent life, very satisfying to finally solve.

When the merchant starts working on the temple he promised Xie Lian, he commissions the divine statue from an especially talented and earnest traveling sculptor with no references or background to speak of--he just has a good feeling.

Hua Cheng and Xie Lian visit the completed temple often, and even go there on dates sometimes.

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hua cheng #xie lian #ol feng #starchbean #banyue pass #banyue arc #merchant boy #beefleaf

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starchbean · 11 days

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Jun Wu:

My little Meow Meow Xian Le can do no wrong

Yet. Daddy's working on it. He'll get there <3

#tgcf #starchbean #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #jun wu #heavenly emperor

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starchbean · 11 days

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Hua Cheng would absolutely teach Xie Lian how to assume his form so that they could switch forms and mess with people. Xie Lian would have reservations about the idea at first but then insist on doing it anyway, and have more fun than Hua Cheng actually.

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #hua cheng #hualian #then they'd have fun with it later all on their own #starchbean

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starchbean · 13 days

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Xie Lian is a Mobwife. Jun Wu is the police chief.

#tgcf #starchbean #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #jun wu #Its so easy to imagine Hua Cheng in mobster attire #Also Xie Lian in a fur coat and big sunglasses #Jun Wu has the Javert voice

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starchbean · 19 days

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Fruit Dinos // Ceramicorn

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starchbean · 19 days

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Underbust Corset for My Mom

It's my mom's birthday today. We like to go to Ren Faire together, and she really liked the leather underbust corset belt that I have. I told her I could make her one like it for her birthday if she didn't mind it being synthetic materials rather than real leather, and she said yeah, so I went for it!

This is 2 layers of vinyl with one layer of interfacing sandwiched within. The interfacing is stiffened with 2 layers of brushed on glue. I used an overlock stitch to stitch them all together. The sewing was 6 strands for durability, done with an embroidery needle. I drilled holes through for the lacing with my Dremel and hardened the holes with heat. Used a regular tan cord for the lacing.

Mine laces in the front and back, but she wanted a side lacing one, so I redid the pattern to make it like that. I think it came out pretty good, and she's really happy with it!

The materials were about 30 dollars.

I'm considering making myself a vinyl "leather" vest too.

#ren faire #ren fest #renaissance #bodice #corset #underbust corset #costume #costuming #fantasy #faire #starchbean #medieval

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starchbean · 20 days

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