#ghost xie lian

[1unpaid-intern]

How long did this take me to finish?

You don't want to know. (Probably one and a half months?)

Is there stuff I don't like about it and would improve on?

Yes.

Do I have the nerves/patience to do so after having a mental breakdown over the fact I suck at drawing folds and shadows?

No, absolutly not.

Anyways, see ya in three months or however long it'll take for me to finish a piece I'm more or less happy with.

#xie lian #ghost xie lian #tgcf #tgcf fanart #mxtx fanart #xie lian fanart

[crimson-chains]

Wanted to do this style again :D Such fun locations~

#heaven official's blessing #TGCF #Hua Cheng #Xie Lian #Ghost city #Heavenly Capital #fan art #my art

[sayuri-liu]

My new ship! Xie Lian and Hua Cheng from Heaven Official's Blessing!

#hualian #hua cheng #tian guan ci fu #donghua #ghost city #heaven official's blessing #fanart #xie lian

[hualianschild]

tumblr should have a pin comment button but shoutout to this one <3

#my man is a softie but not weak #xie lian is so strong and powerful in so many ways I'll fight anyone who pushes that weak naive bottom stereotype on him #like THIS IS THE MAN WHO HAS BLOOD ON HIS HAND #and a certain ghost king finds it super hot so #win win #tgcf #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #san lang #hualian #mxtx #heaven officials blessing #danmei #hua cheng #heaven official's blessing

[ashenstars]

xie lian!!!!!

#imagine mid book xie lian saying ‘wow san lang the wind is so strong it might just blow me away if only if there was a tall strong handsome #ghost king to hold onto me’ #xie lian #tgcf #tgcf fanart #fanart

[kimbapchan]

TGCF Reversed AU - their first meeting. Im sorry Im not done with this AU, so suffer with me. I used Hua Cheng’s white outfit from the official illustration for his Martial God outfit xD I thought it would look good. Also yes, martial god Qi Rong. 

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #mtxt #danmei #xie lian #hua cheng #hualian #qi rong #tgcf reversed au #calamity xie lian #ghost king xie lian #god hua cheng

[tiniblu]

the girls are ready for party city!

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #shi qingxuan #tian guan ci fu #mxtx #tgcf fanart #tgcf season 2 #ghost city #drawing #illustration #artists on tumblr #wind master

[adragonthatwrites]

I absolutely love a stoat being Xie Lian''s animal counterpart or whatever we call it, because while they are utterly adorable, they are also little MONSTERS.

Like do you have any idea how fierce those little mo-fo's are? They take down prey ten times their size. If I remember correctly they have incredibly high hunting success rates. They will run fades with rats larger than themselves.

And their energy levels... Insane!

What I'm saying here is that this animal perfectly encapsulates Xie Lian; adorable and seemingly harmless at a first glance, but secretly a crazy little weirdo that can and will kill things ten times his size before retreating into his little rundown shrine/nest to sleep in incomprehensible positions while wrapped several times over around his mildly concerned but also delighted fox husband.

#making Xie Lian a stoat is the biggest brained move this fandom ever made #There's also the weasel war dance to consider #which puts the image of Xie Lian wildly flailing himself about in some field #in an attempt to confuse some ghost into coming close enough to stab #I imagine it works very well on Hua Cheng #tgcf #xie lian #hualian

[demonontheroad]

Merfolks and pirates hualian (ghost pirate ofc)

#my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #fanart #im too lazy for funny tags this time #merfolks #mermaid #mermen #pirate #ghosts #hualian #san lang #hua cheng #xie lian #tgcf #heavens official blessing

[minryll]

They’re lighting up each other’s candles

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #ghost hualian #my hand slipped #they’re just so cute as ghosts with their little candles

[1unpaid-intern]

Ok so I'm kinda new to tumblr, but I just can't get this fanfic idea out of my head. So since I'll probably never write this/ lose motivation half way through, I might as well share it.

Soooo I've come across a really good ghost/calamity xie lian AU fic (Dark Sword, White Flower by Luna04 on ao3 if anyone's interested) and I've come up with my own take on that premise, because it's just so intriguing.

(English is not my first language, so sorry for any mistakes)

Also spoilers for tgcf (obviously)!

Almost all fics I've read make it so Xie Lian dies in the coffin Lang Qianqiu put him in, but even though that'd be pretty cruel (and would therefore make sense in universe xD) I just don't buy it. Jun Wu specifically wanted to make life as painfull as possible for him both psycologically and physically. Xie Lian getting stabed through the heart for decades would be a dream come true, so he definetly wouldn't let him die. Because if you ask me, he definetly knew. As white no-face he was stalking XL constantly and you're telling me he just stopped after his second banishment? XL was still suffering, since his luck got sealed away, so you bet that he's been watching him day after day while eating popcorn and going like: serves you right little sh*t (because we all know he's petty like that).

Instead I'd have XL die trying to stop the human face disease from raining down on Yong'an. In the original Wu Ming sacrifices himself, but what if no-face stops him by scattering his soul. XL then makes the ultimate sacrifice and even though all those resentfull spirits should kill him no matter what, in order to make it a little bit more poetic let's say that right before he gets hit, XL ascends for the second time since he regained his morals and tries to make up for it. (In the process he also breaks his shakle. And I know that you're supposed to also be imortal as a god, but Shi Wudu got killed by having his head ripped off and I just have this head canon that XL would be fine after that because JW just won't let him die.)

Now the "problem" that arises with this premis instead of the coffin-death is that JW absolutly knows about XLs death. If he lets the rest of heaven know that, it'd eventually reach Hua Cheng. Aaand oh booooyyyy. If he found out that his god not only died, but none of the other gods, not even the emperor himself, prevented it by helping him, the temples of those 33 gods wouldn't be the only thing on fire. Because think about it, the reason HC keeps on living is XL, but if he thinks he's gone, then the only thing that'd keep him going is revenge. HCs end goal would then be to become strong enough to even kill JW.

But I can also see this playing out differently. We know JW wants XL to follow in his foot steps and become a calamity, therefore needing to become a ghost (as he says when they're both trapped in the Kiln). So he'd definetly consider the posibility of XL becoming a ghost. Considering the guy has a sword for everything (looking at you virginity detecting sword) I could imagine that he also has one that can tell if somebody's soul is still wandering around even though they're dead. Obviously JW would want to find him and turn him into a calamity. But if he a) tells the other gods that XL is a ghost then atleast Feng Xin and Mu Qing would also be looking for him or b) only tells them that he died then somebody might get the idea to use the aforementioned sword and leading us back to a). So the most logical thing would be for JW to just lie about XL getting banished a second time (similar to how it originally went down).

While I like both scenarios, I'm kinda leaning towards the second one with JW lying, because as soon as XL ascendes for the third time he's gonna be hella confused why nobody is freaking out about him showing up in heaven, followed up by him becoming suspicious of JW.

One thing I've been thinking about a lot was what's special about XL as a ghost king, what differentiates him from the others. HC got his red robs, silver jewelry, blood rain, wraith butterflies, E-Ming and power over luck. He Xuan has his black robes, great acting skills (seriously give this man an oscar), never ending hunger, skeletton fish and power over the seas. Qi Rong (while only having the title of a calamity and not actually being a ghost king) has his green robes, green fire locks and his habit of trying to imitate the other calamities (e.g. hanging corpses & eating people). Bai Wuxiang has his simple white burial robs, the iconic half-crying half-smiling mask, a spirit calling cloth flag, Fangxin aka Zhu Xin, manipulation and the power of the human face disease. Things I've seen a lot in other fics and that I completly agree on are: XL can turn his nails into long claws (similar to Lady Dimitrescu I'd imagine), he doesn't want to be found so he shape shifts a lot and he helps out the common people, especially children and mothers (since trying to help others and making up for his past mistakes is basically all that keeps him going). While these characteristics are great, they aren't enough to make him stand out yet. One idea I'm really proud of is to make XL a puppet master. Because correct me if I'm wrong, but the only "ghost typs" we ever were introduced to were sentient weapons, possed objects, humanoid ghosts, ghost animals, water ghouls and puppet masters. And just imagine XL using threads and puppets to fight in addition to Ruoye. Like, imagine him fighting similar to Sasori from Naruto, the Spider Demons from Demon Slayer or ErrorSans from the Undertale AUs. I also think he should stick with the burial cloths he was wearing as white no-face (maybe with some blood on them to make it more creepy) but obviously adding his signitur bambu hat with some flowy long vails.

I wouldn't change to much about he whole XL posing as the Yong'an goushi backstory. I would only have it so Lang Qianqiu finds out that his goushi was actually a ghost king and XL fleeing so he isn't stuck in a coffin for decades. That way when LQQ finds out about XL being his goushi, it also serves as the big reveal.

I'm not so sure what to do with the Banyue kingdom backstory though. I would like for XL to take Ban Yue as his little adoptive daughter, but if he went back after the kingdom was destroyed, then woudn't he take care of Kemo and the other ghost soliders right there? That would lead to Little Pei never luring people in, therefore erasing the entire Banyue arc and I don't know how to feel about that. Yes, not much would change, were it to play out, but that's the first time XL meets the "earth" and wind master. Also JW led them to Banyue pass (and also to the ghost bride) in order to damage Pei Mings reputation, so he'd lose believers and therefore would be easier to beat later on and that's kinda important. Not to forget he used a puppet for that and with XL as a puppet master he'd definetly be able to get more info out of it, leading to raising his suspicions again.

Aaaaand that are all the ideas I have so far, also my fingers hurt from typing.

Maybe I'll continue this some day, since I probably won't stop obsessing over this AU any time soon. (Also if you know similar fics please let me know, I feel so starved rn)

#xie lian #ghost xie lian #calamity xie lian #fanfic ideas #tgcf

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i think the barbie movie would have a profound psychological impact on hua cheng

prev comic / next comic / follow for still more hualian barbie movie content because i am not done

bonus angsty version 🎉 i hate love expressions just a couple tiny lines on the mouth and eyebrows and it goes from silly to sad

:(

#this is a haha hua cheng devoted joke but idk it’s nice to think about how much of his identity and self worth is placed on xie lian #obviously since he was 10 most of his major life choices were to serve the crown prince #but in the interval time he became one of the most dangerous men in the world and decided it was his responsibility to create a ghost haven #he works on artistic mastery and alternatively brokers deals with and evades assassination attempts by heaven #if asked i think he would say he only does good for dianxia’s sake (What Would Dianxia Do) and is actually a bad person #and similar stuff about his combat and art skills #theres a question here about how much of his success is due to being such a determined person and how much #of it is luck from ‘the savior’ reversing the star of solitude #how much hua cheng is left when you take away xie lian? #he would say nothing #xie lian would say a billionaire genius playboy philantrophist etc #tgcf looooooves to talk about destiny and free will and so do i #all this to say if it was in character for hua cheng to cry at a movie hed be sobbing #this can be read as pre or post confession btw #the poll decided which version of the comic was the ‘main version’ above the cut #tgcf #art #comic #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #hob #mxtx #my art #barbie #barbie movie #tgcf meme #lmao

[imnotpoppunk]

I get emotional thinking about how much it must have meant to Xie Lian to have one of the most influential people in his life confirm that he accepts him even though he's in love with another man (the fact that he's a supreme ghost king is a lil weird but who cares!!)

#xie lian #tgcf vol. 7 #heaven official's blessing #hualian #tian guan ci fu #tgcf #no bc is a precious lil gay baby who thinks everyone is gonna judge him for being in love with a MAN #but everyone is like no sweetie!!!! but we are judging u bc hes a SUPREME GHOST KING

[azureaixin]

Qi Rong as a god (patron of single fathers)

Thanks to @gesonyue for the idea!

#please don’t steal I’ll cry #qi rong #tgcf qi rong #mxtx tgcf #tgcf #tgcf fanart #tgcf xie lian #tgcf hua cheng #green ghost qi rong #mxtx #mxtx fanart #mxtx novels #mxtx svsss #mxtx mdzs

[hualianschild]

love how instead of accepting he liked kissing hua cheng he blames his teacher for not teaching him how to not be tempted by men 💀

#like that's a YOU problem babe #DENIAL IS NOT JUST A RIVER IN EGYPT #and here starts my journey of witnessing xie lian being in DENIAL™ while still simping over how beautiful hua cheng looks #xl : *points at guoshi* it's YOUR FAULT I'M STUCK HERE ON THE LAP OF A HANDSOME AF GHOST KING *proceeds to makeout with said ghost king* #XIE LIAN I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE #tami rereads tgcf #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #hua cheng #tian guan ci fu #mxtx #heaven officials blessing #tgcf novel #hualian #danmei

[yeonslayjun]

#tgcf text posts bc I have nothing better to do #We'll just ignore that I have exams next week #hualian matters more than my future #i'll just die and become a ghost city resident #text post #hua cheng #hualian #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #mxtx tgcf #heaven officials blessing #hualian invented love #crimson rain sought flower #san lang