#bc xie lian is a god

[pandoramarsh]

I can't "hey god it's me again" out of this one🧍‍♀️

#get it #bc xie lian is a god #and hua cheng is a... #SWEETHEART. #me when #me NEVER #US NEVER #NO ONE EVER #MO XIANG BAO BEI WHAT THE FUCK R U DOING SETTING THE BAR THAT HIGH HUH #*insert ship name* invented love—only hua lian is qualified for this #hua lian #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #hob #xie lian #he deserves everything pure in this world and thank god there's someone who loves him so much that he would give him exactly that #san lang #hua cheng #crimson rain sought flower #mxtx hell #i just finished reading xie lians backstory ok i will never complain abt my minor academic inconveniences again. #crown prince of xianle #darling of the heavens #apple of our hearts #tgcf novel #it's so good yall what the fawk it's so full of. feelings. god.

[jade-len]

you know it's bad when i read svsss and tgcf, stories about just two guys falling in love and getting together, and think, "god i wish i were in between them."

gay little domestic cottage core life with binghe and qingqiu? please and thank you. being sandwiched by hua cheng and xie lian, two pretty men who are hundreds of years old? i am blushing, kicking my feet and giggling

and again, it's not even that i would want only one of them. like in both of the relationships, the two love each other too much to the point it'd feel wrong if they were separated! it wouldn't feel complete, so you gotta be with both of them!

but that's the thing; i just?? i feel so incredibly guilty whenever i think about being loved by these mxtx couples??? like it's so stupid but i feel like i'm intruding in on something and it's like, everyone else seems to just want them together only, not wanna be with them. like it's fuckin taboo or whatever

i feel like with any other character from any other media it'd be fine to simp for and write/read x readers of them, but when it comes to these books, it's off limits! no way, what are you, crazy? yes, yes i'm unhinged and desperately want their love and affection simultaneously. i want to be in a happy little poly relationship with these overpowered beautiful men with long hair.

i can't be the only guy or whoever to feel this way?? to wanna be kissed by these characters? sandwiched?? i have two hands for christ sake and they all look so happy together and im just like "lord i wanna be with them so much". someone tell me i'm not alone cmon <\3

#okay i havent read mdzs yet but i'll probably feel the same way #god i just wanna be in between shen qingqiu and binghe or hua cheng and xie lian please please #im sad im queer and im ready for a gay poly relationship with these mfs #i love them all #i remember seeing some post where it was like 'hua cheng x fem reader headcanons' #and i was like 'huh thats interesting. not fem but i'll check it out bc ive never rlly seen anything like that' #and then it was like 'he'd leave you for xie lian' and it was fucking hilarious actually #but then i saw the comments on that post and they were all like 'omg i was about to unfollow and block you' 'thank god' etc #and i was just like #'damn?? do people really not like this type of stuff when it comes to danmei novels or smth?' #i don't know if it was just bc it said fem reader or bc yk it's danmei and hua cheng and xie lian are very much in love and happy #but it lowkey kinda got me self conscious lmao and i was hella feeling bad #also no hate to that poster or those commenters im just a lonely queer man #'he would leave you for xie lian' was fucking brutal though i laughed my ass off at thag KAHSNZJ #please i swear i wont stand out too much i can fit in i have long luxurious hair too let me show you my hair care routine guys </3 #svsss #mxtx svsss #luo binghe #bingqiu #tgcf #heavens official blessing #mxtx tgcf #mxtx novels #mxtx characters #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian #shen qingqiu #the scum villain's self saving system

[xieliancore]

fem calamity xie lian!

#tgcf #tgcf fanart #xie lian #xie lian fanart #heaven official's blessing #does it count as genderbend if they are can change their appearance at will bc they are gods? #anyways i missed drawing this au hehehe #not that good of a drawing bc i was running on three hours of sleep but the art demons possessed me to make this #my art

[komaneko-kun]

even after all this time...he's so careful and gentle with him i- please that's love right there you can't convince me otherwise

#HIS VOICE THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HIM CRYING THROWING UP #who's canon? i don't know her i'm too busy suffering over the lost potential #HIS PUPPY EYES GOD. GODD. #fenglian #feng xin #xie lian #tgcf donghua #tgcf #tgcf donghua s2 #how am i supposed to recover from this....... #LISTEN im convinced at least 1 person in the animation team ships them bc its the only explanation i have for fenglian moments- #lasting a bit longer than necessary since season 1 okay #whoever you are...i owe you a drink #or some soup ir stew i'll cook you anything

[khattikeri]

i feel like we don't talk about the line "it's been so long since anyone's listened to me talk" enough. that desperate, broken, agonized wail as hua cheng fades away. like wow xie lian. i'm already crying along with you but way to rip my heart out of my chest

#keri chats #tgcf #tgcf spoilers #hualian #xie lian #hua cheng #LIKE GOD. IT REALLY DOES FORCE YOU TO REALIZE HOW LONG 800 YEARS IS #san lang's presence abated xie lian's loneliness and actually made him so so so happy for the first time in centuries and then That... ow #their reunion is v sweet but i had to linger on that line when i first read it bc like. god. GOD. #losing hc even temporarily broke xl's heart

[radiantmists]

man especially having now read the flashbacks i think about how hard xie lian always tries and how many people have told him that he tries too hard, that he never should have bothered and that doing so made things worse, or even more commonly just hating on him for not fixing things or being arrogant or whatever they think his problem is. and some of those people are probably even coming from caring places!

but before hua cheng, had anyone ever sat next to him and said, you tried and that's good, it matters that you cared, you did your best. nobody could have done better than you.

how badly must xie lian have needed that?

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #the donghua is making me emotional #this arc made me emotional in the books but what can i say people crying in my ears makes it worse #GOD the way xie lian loses his temper for a /half a minute/ bc he's spent centuries in silence about this #got stabbed through the chest and buried alive to preserve lang qianqiu's heart #and now it's all destroyed #and then the second he realizes that he did something as mild as shout at the person responsible #he breaks down apologizing?? #and like. its funnier with the romance parts later but its the same thing #xie lian is still human he can't stop himself from feeling or reacting to things #but he can hate himself for it. he can apologize for ever mildly inconveniencing someone else with his humanity #i don't think he internalizes what hua cheng says here at all #but. at least someone SAID it #at least someone told him what he did mattered and what he intended was worth something #after all that time #and like. you wonder how he can be so cheerful all the time usually despite all the shit that happened to him #but it's because he thinks he deserves every bit of it!! #i feel for hua cheng on a spiritual level i would also move mountains for this poor man if i could

[backpackingspace]

Okay but yin yu needs a raise this yin yu is overworked that. Where is the Ling wen needs a raise content

#Tgcf #Yin yu #ling wen #I do love the idea that yin yu has a great employment plan he's just long suffering and #If he's too busy working than he doesn't need to feel things ever #Obviously hua cheng probably bullied him and definitely made him transcribe his diary bc #“What if his highness wants to read it one day yin yu this is important yin yu” #But he also seems like the person who understands very well that money talks #And that an employee who is comfortable is much less likely to betray you #Meanwhile Ling wen is dealing with some bullshit 24/7 #She's not being paid half the other gods never wrote out reports everyone is sexist she hasn't slept in 3 years #Jun wu calls her into his office twice a day to make her scribe his evil plans (tm) #She's tried she's overworked literally xie lian is the only who's ever said thank you to her ever #Yin yu gets invited to the overworked employees club for drinks (idk who else would be there besides Ling wen but let's imagine that there #Everybody complaining/screaming/wishing for death bc they're so tired #Yin yu: Oh I think there's been a mistake I actually have great benefits #Ling wen considers homicide and defecting right there and then #Idk why I'm trying to push the Ling wen yin yu friends agenda but here we are

[mewtwo24]

I just watched s2 episode 10 in the english dub and I have to say. Nothing could have prepared me for Howard's delivery of that final scene where Xie Lian gets worked up about the truth coming out.

The just...sincerely agonized delivery of "That my words were the empty ramblings of a sad child!!" shook me to the core. The absolute self-loathing in that line, the raw emotion. The way concealing the truth was done to spare Lang Qianqiu but also at its heart was about Xie Lian's unresolved feelings of humiliation and shame, the way [redacted] did everything in his power to make Xie Lian lose faith in himself and the possibility of good prevailing in the world.

The way TGCF keeps me up at night, man...

#tgcf #xie lian #lang qianqiu #the runner-up line that devastated me too was: 'it's the least of what I DESERVE!!!' #i dont think there are words to describe how that made hua cheng feel knowing all that he does (from his time as wu ming) #legitimately its on the spectrum of mantis shrimp im guessing bc i can't fathom trying to put it into words either #the way xie lian won't stop punishing himself for wishing for better--for wishing for peace and collaboration--even 800 years later #the way he continues to take responsibility for all the wrongs others commit--the way he deems himself a failure -> #for things he simply could not change or did not purposefully incite. the way he won't stop punishing himself when things go wrong #i honestly cant get over how acutely xl feels like the result of gifted child syndrome #having all of these grandiose expectations placed on him and doing his utmost to uphold them at any cost #doing everything he can to the point of self-destruction to do the right thing #only to end up hated in the end when he proved to have limits--even as a god #and discarded despite his efforts; ultimately deemed worthless for not measuring up to what were impossible/rigged standards from the get g #and like . the way up to this point they made the creative decision to make xie lian's emotional range fairly static #not that he's unfeeling but that he doesn't tend to raise his voice or express anything extreme (for good reason) #until this precise moment where it all comes flying apart with so many old scars torn open #absolutely fantastic im on the ground #honestly i feel like i forget how difficult a decision this had to be for hua cheng #i mean naturally he chose this because he wanted xie lian absolved #and ultimately xie lian really does need to stop the self-flagellation--he takes it too far #but watching him tremble with fear haunted by the echoes of what he almost became #fucking cHRIST

[catradoraism]

idk if mxtx said this or this was fan interpretation but the idea that he xuan is “weaker” than hua cheng bc everything hua cheng did was out of love while he xuan was entirely fuelled by hate just ?? idk seems wrong to me? he xuan’s desire for revenge wouldn’t have been all consuming if he didn’t love his fiancée or his sister or his parents. he hates shi wudu so much, not because he has unquenchable rage that renders him devoid of love but because his righteous anger is a result of love. the only thing stopping hua cheng from becoming exactly like he xuan is that the love of hua cheng’s life is safe and happy while he xuan’s loves suffered til their dying breaths

#like. maybe bc hua cheng’s form of love is so extreme that no one would question it #but if xie lian HAD died at bai wuxiang’s hands #ppl would instantly see that hua cheng seeking revenge was born out of love #he challenged the 35 gods bc he was indignant on behalf of his beloved in the same way that he killed all those ppl in the temple in ch190 #prev art just stirred a lot of he xuan feelings. as u can see #his revenge arc is just. very satisfying to me #and maybe he is unfulfilled by the end of it but he really followed Through dbfjfj #(ik it took a long time for xl to be safe and happy but u get my point) #he xuan #black water sinking ships #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #tgcf spoilers

[stackedbirds]

ok so!!!

my sibling, having finished mdzs, started reading tgcf and

they found this epic quote

"He really wanted to hang a sign on his back saying, ‘Ascension is not as good as collecting scraps’ and promote it in the mortal world."

about xl

and in my opinion

he deserves it.

#tgcf #xie lian #yes i will always draw him sparkly shiny surrounded by flowers that's what he looks like in my head #no idc that he's a martial god who killed people he's what the youth call a 'princess' to me and I'm keeping him that way #'the youth' they said not having even turned 20 #one day i'll figure out how to add commas to tags but until then you have to suffer horribly paced never ending sentences you're welcome #anyway xl very cool y'all should probably draw him too #maybe in a different embarrassing t shirt #i like to think he thinks they're cool and hc makes them for him bc how could he deny the love of his life a t shirt #everyone else is silent abt it bc hc scary #in a tragic turn of events the tags got split up!!!! #turns out whatever you put in quotations marks will remove itself from the tag and post as an entirely separate tag #who would have thunk!! #had to rewrite them all (*) #my art

[the-golden-mango-of-discord]

the worst crime this fandom ever committed was forgetting about the original lang ying. mxtx did not write an impoverished, grief-stricken man carrying his dead baby on his back for days just to find him a decent resting place, a man who acts as a tragic mirror to xie lian’s own wealth and the personification of the futility of his good intentions, a wholly sympathetic character who takes up the mantle of yong’an rebel general to take down the useless xianle royalty, a man whose motivations are so pure that in another story he would be the protagonist, who even after he assured yong’an’s victory and was established as king himself, never got what he wanted bc all he wanted was his dead wife and child back, who denied xie lian his unrighteous vengeance bc he was already dead and dying, only for the entirety of the tgcf fandom to never talk about him again

#tgcf #lang ying #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #i will NEVER forgive yall for forgetting about arguably one of the most tragic well-crafted a complex characters of the entire novel #of every mxtx novel actually!!!! #cannot understate how much that scene in book 2 of lang ying burying his child ruined me as a person #blorboposting #yeah i believe in book 2 supremacy its themes and emotional beats are fucking insanity-inducing #lang ying is the very essence of the antagonist with a Good Damn Point!!!!!! he was not wrong about anything the xianle royal family IS #corrupt and useless and blind to the suffering of its own people and helpless to help them besides!!!!! #will never get over the way mxtx wrote the fall of xianle. if ever there was a more justified revolution. and YET. both sides are so #incredibly sympathetic. xl's parents are not good rulers he admits this himself. and YET. how could he choose not to fight on the wrong side #he was raised on that side. that's all he's ever known. and that's why lang ying can't trust him regardless of his good will. bc in the end #he's still rich and he still does not understand his own limits. so revolution it is #GODS mxtx was INSANE for THAT how did we just let her DO THAT

[bibbiosis]

If I think about xie lian and feng xin pre 800 yr timeskip I Will Die

#man they meant so much to each other feng xin thought so highly of xie lian and he was the one person always by xie lians side but bc of #that they were weighing each other down xie lian was pressured to be the perfect figure feng xin thought him to be and feng xin was stuck a #mortal living in poverty while he couldve easily went back to being a god but even then they dont resent each other not after all that time #tgcf #whateverjfjjrjgsakfjddnfhh

[bijoumikhawal]

Elim Garak 🤝 Hua Cheng

You are really lucky the guy you like is as weird as you are and into the shit that you do, because goodness gracious

#cipher talk #Elim 'expresses love by cutting himself and others open before you even ask on the assumption it's what you want' Garak #Vs Hua 'I literally carved hundreds of very big statues of him and refused godhood partially bc he is my God and I am his Worshipper' Cheng #Tbf I think Hua Cheng is worse but that's because he's allowed to be canonically gay and can do things like give Xie Lian a pendant made of #His literal cremains and keep the lock of hair that Xie Lian tied around his finger as a magic amulet forever #If garak was canonically queer. Well one I'll be honest I do not trust the shows writing team to not have sucked. #It's like the reani conundrum. If it was canon it would have achieved the goal of boundary pushing in a much more meaningful way than just #nudity and graphic depictions of SA but I'm Glad It Wasn't because it would've been so homophobic. Seriously the second you remember #the AIDS crisis was going on outright villainizing a gay man obsessed with curing death gets way more fucked up #But Garak would certainly aspire to Hua Cheng's level of weird. I think they have somewhat comparable views of love/loyalty/devotion

[ddanmeissu]

posting a wip of angel!xl now so that i'll guilt myself into actually finishing it later lmao

EDIT: YEAH NO IM NEVER GONNA FINISH THIS.

#idk how to draw wings..... #or his cursed shackles #or what his expression should be #sigh #i was just thinking about a modern au with clumsy angel xie lian who has been sent to earth to be hong-er's guardian angel #and they spend a few months being happy together but then xl is forcibly sent back to heaven bc he's been meddling too much with mortals #leaving poor baby hc alone and thinking that maybe he really is unlovable but he still continues to pray and look for his angel #meanwhile in heaven the once seraphim turned angel xie lian is once again admonished by ~~god~~ heavenly emperor jun wu as punishment is #sent to be spend a lifetime as a human filled with bad luck and suffering #idk what else happens but obvs hc and xl meet again and fall in love etc etc #in the end there's gonna be a part where hc is about to get killed or smthn but xl saves him and sacrifices himself instead #hc is left crying over the still mortal body of xl and as he confesses his undyng love for xl a burst of light hits him and xl's angel form #is revealed and xl gives him one last beatific smile as he ascends once again to heaven #more plot stuff happen idk but they manage to overthrow jun wu and make heaven a better place again the end #lmao #tgcf

[huahualianlian]

"i support xie lian's rights, but most importantly i support xie lian's wrongs!" should be written on a t-shirt because i said so!!! (hua cheng requested this post /j)

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hualian #i think idk i'm still on the part of book 2 where xie lian is an absolute murder machine #xie lian #>>>> the guy who couldn't hurt ants becoming a martial god?? as he should #hua cheng #i have been reading the novel for days and i'm stuck at book 2 because i kept on retelling the story to my mother #she likes xie lian bc she thinks he's funny #me too mom

[claitea]

went to work this morning bc i was feeling fine but the longer i stayed the worse i felt so i had to go home early, the nearest bus time was 70 minutes away at the time i left, it is boiling hot, AND two of my pins fell off my bag. having an awful time rn

#clai speaks #i am Rarely sick this long also like. three days???? leave me alone #hoping my pins fell off at work and someone can find them and leave them there for me but. idk :( #the pins were jolteon and xie lian.... jolteon came in a pack with flareon and vaporean #while xie lian was like. $16 on his own. hh #thank GOD it wasnt my n pin though. i got it at a con so idk if i can get it back. i thiiink i saw the seller online but not sure #need to invest in an ita bag perhaps.... i should never have put my pins out in the open like that #ESPECIALLY bc the eeveelution pins can just slide off they arent fastened with a safety pin #i mean. xie lian had a safety pin but it broke off so. :/