#mei nianqing

[diedikind]

thrown off by this change in the revised version of tgcf

the context is that since xie lian went to catch hong hong'er during his god-pleasing warrior performance, someone had to be punished for it, and the options are: 1. xie lian faces confinement or 2. hong hong'er loses one of his senses.

xie lian argues that he's done nothing wrong, so he refuses the first option. mei nianqing guessed this of him, so he ordered people to take hong hong'er away before xie lian can react and to stop xie lian from saving him. and that's when xie lian relents and says fine i'll choose option 1.

a little thrown off because if it were the old xie lian, he probably would be adamant about creating a third path rather than settling for one of the two. i was trying to figure out the point of this change.

well, first of all, this isn't really a one-cup-of-water-two-people type problem since one of the options concerns xie lian himself. so perhaps the point here isn't that he chose one of the two paths but that he chose to sacrifice himself.

the second thing is xie lian didn't actually end up facing confinement because as soon as they shut the door, hong hong'er screamed and attracted a plethora of evil spirits, which caused so much chaos that xie lian ran outside to check what's going on. then afterwards everyone just sorta forgot about his confinement and mei nianqing said you know what, just go and slew some eight hundred demons. so xie lian chirpily said "see, there is a third path!"

(still feels a little iffy because A. xie lian still chose one of the two options even though the result is that he didn't end up stuck with any of them and B. xie lian wasn't the one who created this third path as it was offered to him by mei nianqing)

anyhow, i'll try my best to find a coherent explanation.

as i mentioned in another meta, xie-lian-catching-hong-hong'er-causing-the-mask-to-fall-off symbolises how hua cheng's existence was part of the reason why xie lian's different from jun wu. if we apply the same logic here, then hong hong's presence enables xie lian to choose the third path.

additionally, this scene gives xie lian a reason to believe that the third path comes easily and is very attainable. since mei nianqing just offers it to him like that, the scene adds to the seventeen-year-old crown prince's "privilege" and naivety. it fleshes him out a bit more and builds to his character growth arc of going from someone who claims "heart in paradise" even without having experienced "body in abyss" to someone who truly achieves "heart in paradise" even after experiencing "body in abyss".

(finally, side note on hua cheng losing one of his senses. i thought this was new but it actually wasn’t — thank you to the person in the comments for pointing it out. i suspect it would be his sight if they had actually gone through with it, adding another layer of meaning to hua cheng digging out his own eye almost as a tribute to what xie lian chose here.)

#xie lian #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hua cheng #hualian #mei nianqing

[foxyjoy-art]

the judgement of Guoshi

#tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hua cheng #mei nianqing

[kimbapchan]

[Reversed AU] The Four Great Calamities/supremes. Special thanks you to t_aera on AO3 For the names/titles of each ghost king/supreme!

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #mxtx reversed au #xie lian #shi qingxuan #wind master tgcf #lang qianqiu #mei nianqing #hualian

[oshikasa]

what the hell, guoshi

#my art #hualian #junmei #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #hua cheng #mei nianqing #bai wuxiang #jun wu #heaven official’s blessing #mxtx tgcf

[sweepingboy]

xie lian: you know guoshi i recently noticed that my cultivation gets stronger after ha, heh, uh, you know

mu qing: yeah, me too

mei nianqing: oh it's because i was misreading the scroll the whole time, haha actually it says "celebrate" instead of "celibate"

mu qing: with all the respect YOU OLD DYSLEXIC BITCH-

#xie lian: you??..? too???????????............ #your besties are fucking your highness #mu qing #tgcf #tgcf mu qing #feng xin #mxtx tgcf #fengqing #tgcf feng xin #tgcf headcanon #xie lian #hualian #mei nianqing

[theballadofmars]

The funniest thing in tgcf is the fact that somehow, qi rong is the best dad. Like. Qi Rong.

I mean:

-Feng Xin didn't even know that he had a kid and that kid is dead.

-Xie Lian says he's going to buy milk, fakes his death and comes back centuries later without the milk but with a new boyfriend and starts to give you life lessons. Also, 2 dead kids (Banyue and Lang Ying).

-You all know what Jun Wu did.

-Mei Nianqing: also went to buy milk, spent centuries away crying about his ex and painting. -10 points for not fighting fot xl's custody.

So, yeah. CONGRATS TO QR FOR BEING THE BEST DAD IN TGCF!! HE FINALLY WINS SOMETHING!!!!

#tgcf guzi #tgcf #heaven's official blessing #qi rong #xie lian #banyue #feng xin #cuo cuo #mei nianqing #jun wu

[therigeling]

old men affections🙏

#tgcf #junmei #jun wu #mei nianqing #tgcf fanart #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #mxtx #danmei #my art

[philanthropicalsundog]

Babygirlified in every Design 🎀💕💞

#tgcf #thank you Russian ver. #I can’t tag #uh #mei nianqing #tian guan ci fu #such a loser

[corysius]

This was fun!! Put a bit less effort into this one than my usual, sleepy,,

#tgcf #mxtx #mdzs #wei wuxian #wei ying #xiao ce'an #xiao chiye #wuming #hua cheng #yan wushi #jun wu #mei nianqing #thousand autumns #heaven official's blessing #the untamed #sLEEPY #THIS took longer than I planned tbh #coryscribbles

[mooncakebun]

Work in progress 🫠

Wuyong 5 💔

#tgcf fanart #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #tgcf art #tgcf #sketch #digital art #tgcf spoilers #tgcf spoiler #crown prince of wuyong #crown prince of wuyong and his four vassals #jun wu #mei nianqing #white clothed calamity #kingdom of wuyong

[roremy]

#jun wu #mei nianqing #xianle #junmei #bai wuxiang #Guoshi #heaven official's blessing #fanart #tgcf #art #mxtx #tian guan ci fu

[thecrimsonrainthatseekstheflower]

chapter 124 amiright

(based on HOB Vol.7 page 329, SevenSeas Translation, excerpt under the cut)

#tgcf #mei nianqing #hua cheng #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #meme #shitpost

[foxyjoy-art]

Mei Nianqing is trying to be a good parent.   who knows what Jun Wu is doing

#tgcf #tgcf spoilers #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #jun wu #mei nianqing

[kimbapchan]

Xie Lian’s teacher, Mei Nianqing is my favorite design. I wanted to recreate Jun Wu’s intro scene in the Donghua with him

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #danmei #heaven official's blessing #hualian #mei nianqing #hua cheng #xie lian #mxtx

[oshikasa]

crown prince and his most devoted follower ✨

oh.. the insanity .. i absolutely love this trio of duos. their dynamics are all different and unique but they’re all fascinating

#my art #tgcf #hualian #junmei #qiuyou #tian guan ci fu #hua cheng #xie lian #jun wu #mei nianqing #lang qianqiu #xiao mengyou #lqq’s little guy #lqq’s assistant #heaven official’s blessing

[sweepingboy]

once mei nianqing foretold mu qing that he'll be married to a general and since then kept reminding him that he's nothing but a gold digger and naturally mu qing became determined to prove him wrong only to jolt in realization in feng xin's bed in the middle of the night 800 years later

#mu qing #tgcf #tgcf mu qing #mxtx tgcf #feng xin #fengqing #mei nianqing