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hualian · 6 months

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rolling the dice, behind the red curtain 🎲🦋 | Heaven Official’s Blessing S2 Ep2

#tgcf #tgcf spoilers #hualian #xie lian #hua cheng #san lang #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #tgcfedit #mxtxnet #tgcf season 2 #mine #tgcf: gifs #gifs: donghua #i literally have no words this was so beautiful bye #the HANDS oh my word I'll be rewatching this scene so many times

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briebysabs · 1 month

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Lu Guang is a hypocrite and that’s okay (great even)

I must stand ten toes for this man because I’m noticing the slander that went on in September and I cannot allow it. I know I’m six months late but just bear with me. We are introduced to Lu Guang as a rational, stoic, sort of wise protagonist. The brains of the operation if you will (although Cheng is clever in his own right but that’s a whole other discussion). Qiao Ling and Captain Xiao describe him as more mature. Shiguang’s relationship is strong but it’s structured, especially for their work, to where Cheng has to depend on Lu Guang. Should only do as he says and not do anything impulsive.

And it gets to a point where Cheng doesn’t know what to do without him and when LG isn’t there he relies on his past words to guide him. The thing is, we’ve seen that CXS can come up with great plans and make good decisions without Lu Guang’s voice in his head. Like how he caught Min Liu or planning how save Lu Guang from Li Tianchen. But the story has built LG up so much to be a reliable character so it can’t be untrue. But then the s2 finale happens, Cheng gets shot and Lu Guang loses his mind.

And then the ending basically tells you that he’s been winging it and gambling this whole time. Experimenting with god knows how many timelines, simply using his knowledge from the previous one to see if he’ll get lucky this time. Lu Guang has been playing a crane game. So in a story that is all about mistakes, guilt and regrets. Of showing the imperfections of people. Of showing the struggles of moving forward, of being satisfied with the present. Of sacrificing your sanity, your voice, your desires, and happiness for the people you love. How is this bad writing?

Link click has been tricking the audience to believe Lu Guang is an infallible character.

But Link Click was never about perfect people.

What he’s trying to do is no different from Li Tianchen, one of our antagonists. And I love CXS to fucking pieces but this show raises the question of a life’s value. LG is trying to save Cheng and so refuses to change the past for anyone else. Bc it may alter things and doom CXS in the process and ruin all he’s worked towards. But then you ask yourself, is CXS’s life worth more than the twins' mother? Is it worth more than Chen’s mother? Is it worth more than Emma?

It doesn’t matter because it is to Lu Guang. It’s like the question if your sibling and a mailman are trapped in a burning building but you can only try to save one. Unless they’re the absolute scum of the earth, chances are and possibly even despite that, you’re going to pick your sibling. That don’t mean it’s objectively more valuable than the mailman or you didn’t have sympathy for that person, they have loved ones, hopes and joys too. “Lu Guang is a hypocrite, selfish, unreliable, and a liar” yes he is. Because there is something called ‘flawed characters’. It’s okay for your protagonist to not be the best person. It’s okay to write a protagonist whose trauma has defined some of their actions.

If you’ve been forced to have someone you love die in your arms over and over, why is it surprising that you would lie to them? How is it surprising that you’d try to keep secrets? That you’d set things up to be in a position to control the situation? That’ll force you to plan better so maybe, just maybe things will be different? You think Lu Guang lacks self awareness and doesn’t know what this makes him? Of all things you can call LG, he’s not delusional. He knows the weight of his actions.

Link Click has and always will be a story about people. Where our emotions and choices take us. Lu Guang isn’t a robot so why would he be an exception?

Plus everyone should’ve been knew Lu Guang was sus anyway. Idk how that’s mischaracterization, there’s proof of him lying and keeping secrets from CXS in s1. It doesn’t ruin anything it recontextualizes what we were shown back then.

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oddishblossom · 1 year

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Doesn’t this remind you of the days back when we were studying at the Cloud Recesses? Me, holding a jar of Emperor’s Smile, and you, trying to capture me to punish me.

Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu was first published on 10/31/2015! Happy 7th Year Anniversary! 💖

#mdzsedit #mdzs #mxtxnet #theuntameddaily #mo dao zu shi #wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs donghua #my gifs!#魔道祖师 #忘羡 #flashing tw #happy birthday to one of my favorite books of all time 😊💖#i’ve been rewatching the donghua #so i’ve got a lot of sets i wanna make next month

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sittingwithflowers · 6 months

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autumn Beryl and Sapphire for the soul 🧣🍂

#小绿和小蓝 #xiao lu he xiao lan #beryl and sapphire #fanart #*holds them in my palms gently*#about to rewatch this donghua for the 4th time #highly recommend #𖧧 art

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yeyayeya · 6 months

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Wait holy shit TGCF Season 2 is getting dubbed??

No fucking way

#yeyarants #tgcf #tgcf season 2 #tgcf donghua #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #HELLO???#I’m actually a huge fan of the dub #so hearing this news has me in such high spirits #Howard wang is such a good va you don’t even know #another thing that made me like him was xl langa and luka from Honkai star rail #BUT YES #also shout out to James cheek #omg the gambler den scene #wtf #whoever voices lord wind master better do good #time to rewatch ep 1 and 2 #again #I need to know who voices He Xuan Yin Yu and Qi Rong #if I don’t know them better do my research #they better give my trash king Qi Rong everything #they better go all out #they most likely had fun voicing him #who knows?#BUT AAHHHHHH #I actually thought it was getting dubbed after the season was over or something #but this is good news #as a tgcf fan I am eating so good

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emotionaldisaster909 · 4 months

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Deng Youxi must love TGCF and Xie Lian so, so much.

He understood him.

It’s impossible not to hear.

#who else rewatched the end of ep10 #how many times #tgcf #hualian #xie lian #deng youxi #tian guan ci fu #tgcf thoughts #tgcf season 2 #tgcf donghua #heaven officials blessing

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pickledworm · 3 days

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started The Untamed and I'm like 9 episodes in and can't help but wish I started the donghua first since there are shorter and fewer episodes. the pacing is just kind of odd there are a few moments that last longer than I'd like and it rly just comes down to the fact I am not used to Chinese live action shows so I am really trying to push through

#the untamed #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the founder of diabolism #mxtx #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #when it comes to this typenof media i like to watch read and then rewatch #so i spent a lot of time debating donghua vs live action #but i accidentally started the Untamed shortly after i saw the first season of heaven official's blessing #watched three episodes and forgot about it #since i have more context for the plot now after reading several descriptions i am having an easier time following at least

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i-eat-novels · 7 days

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#svsss #my post #this tweet is so important to me #i think about it every time i rewatch the donghua #currently watching every episode at 2xspeed with my friends and it's Great

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neuxue · 5 months

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still not over the way Sheng Lingyuan uses Aluojin's dagger rather than Tong for the whole... uh... Sequence In The Cave.

as if trying even then to preserve some last shred of xiao-Ji's innocence, trying to ensure that at least in this one most atrocious act, only his own hands would be stained. As if knowing he must carry the weight of this terrible deed but wanting to spare the little sword spirit the blood of those who once tended the pear tree in the closest thing they ever had to a home.

like. in this moment Sheng Lingyuan is a weapon trying to act as a shield, to a child forced (forged) to act as a weapon.

#烈火浇愁 #so instead he uses the dagger aluojin once gifted him!#because that'll hurt so much less!!!!#but that too is so representative of the relationship between sheng lingyuan and aluojin #that if aluojin had never given sheng lingyuan that blade，sheng lingyuan could not have plunged it into his heart #that if sheng lingyuan had never loved aluojin at all，he would never have had to destroy him #that if they had never meant anything to one another， it would not have had to end like this #but if they had never meant anything to one another，then all may have been lost long before #anyway everything about this story hurts SO MUCH MORE on reread/rewatch #(do not ask me how many times i have watched donghua ep8)#back on my liehuo bullshit i say as if i were ever not on my liehuo bullshit

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noctie · 4 months

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should i join this discord server and preemptively apologize to all my miraculous followers... by which i mean... *rolls dice* is this hyperfixation going to end in two weeks or consume my entire life

#i feel like the answer depends on whether i rewatch the entire donghua three more times tonight or not which is definitely.#a choice i could make.#...#*presses play*

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idontdrinkgatorade · 5 months

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god fucking damnit stop lagging i'm trying to watch a friggin donghua to make writing this gov paper a little more sufferable

#it's not link click this time!#it's scissor seven #which is also great and should be watched #me 🤝 rewatching the most depressing episode of an anime/donghua/cartoon for entertainment #it was between scissor seven s3 ep10 or link click s1 ep5 #anyways please watch link click please watch scissor seven

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hualian · 2 years

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*points to tgcf and hualian* oh look it's my will to live

#IT'S WHAT'S KEEPING ME GOING #I rewatched donghua season 1 this weekend because I needed the comfort #AND I picked up the third book😭😭😭#my tgcf book collection is growing I'm v happy #I miss being active on socials though working full time and keeping up with stuff is hard #on the bright side... BOOKS #daily I miss tgcf thought #season 2 please ... just a crumb please ....#macy speaks

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llycaons · 1 year

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difference between novel wwx and drama wwx to me is that novel wwx is a little bastard man and drama wwx is my golden boy. obviously they both have moments of each, but on the whole. on the whole

#novel and donghua wwx are such little shits. drama wwx is a little shit in a very endearing and not actually harmful way #most of the time #he also feels a lot more mature and less extreme than in the novel/donghua #some ppl find this makes him more boring but I think it makes him more realistic. and I like how much he cries #cql txp #I AM still rewatching I just don't have the time

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lizzieonka · 1 year

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He died????

And I forgot????

I mean, I know it can’t be an actual death but—