#tgcf adds

[lemonzestedtea]

the significance of the number, 3 in tgcf gets me every time.

xie lian's third ascension is when everything changes (for the better)

hua cheng introduces himself as "san lang" when he meets xie lian after his third ascension. "san lang" means "third son." it's the third time, or the third form (his third life, if you will) that hua cheng has met xie lian in.

there are three calamities (if you ignore bai wuxian, and if you still count qi rong as a calamity)

there are multiple trios — xie lian, mu qing, feng xin; shi wudu, he xuan, shi qingxuan; shi wudu, pei ming, ling wen; and so on.

there were thirty three officials who disgraced xie lian; and were consequently destroyed by hua cheng.

hua cheng released three thousand lanterns for xie lian.

he also died three times for xie lian; first as hong hong'er, second as wu ming, and third as the supreme ghost king.

all this information, coupled with the fact that three is considered a lucky number in chinese culture just makes me feel so many emotions

#these are just things i noticed #i feel like that one meme “i have connected the dots” #feel free to add more!! i think i would probably find more if i went through the books #these are all just from my memory and i read the books last year ok #i just love them so much can you tell #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #hua cheng #heaven official's blessing #feng xin #mu qing #shi qingxuan #he xuan #beefleaf #hualian #xianle trio #xianle quartet

[eyes-of-nine]

part 2 | part 3

since s2 i decided to do some screenshot redraws of my favorite sillies (not counting hualian bc they would automatically win and i already have like ten wips of them) so here's part 1

anyways sqx haiiiii ily<3333 can I have your gender pls

#I'll post the other ones later this week 👀👀👀 #this one's is from ep2 pretty sure #it's too early for me to think of funny tags to add so just enjoy<3 #tgcf #tgcf fanart #mxtx tgcf #tian guan ci fu #shi qingxuan #sqx #tgcf sqx #tgcf season 2 #my art #heaven official's blessing #hob #fanart #artists on tumblr #digital art #screenshot redraw

[emotionaldisaster909]

HEY WHAT IS THIS

WHAT IS THIS ADD????

WHY IS IT SO BEAUTIFUL?????

SUDDENLY MORE OFFICIAL DONGHUA CONTENT??????

THANK YOU??????

LOOK AT FAFA

HE LOOKS SAD, YOU KNOW WHY???

BECAUSE HE IS

JEALOUS

BC APPARENTLY????

EATING LIME IN CHINESE MEANS

BEING JEALOUS

ALO I CAN’T TAKE THIS AMOUNT OF HUA CHENG’S MOUTH SHOTS

I AM UNWELL

AND XIE LIAN????????

LOOKING SO RADIANT????

LRKDKKDKDKJD I WOULD EAT ANYTHING FROM THOSE HANDS

WHAT IS THIS SHOT SUPPOSED TO MEAN????

ANS XIE LIAN BLUSHES AGAIN

WHAT ARE THOSE ADDS

WHY ARE THEY SO BEAUTIFUL

WHY ARE THEY GAYER THAN THE SHOW ITSELF???? HELLO??????!?!?!

THANK YOU DONGHUA?????!?!

#IF OUR WAY INTO S3 WILL BE LEAD BY THE COUNTLESS GAY ADDS #THAN YES P L E A S E #PRERTY P L E A S E??????? #I STARTED LOSING MY MIND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WORK #I HAD TO RUN AWAY FROM PEOPLE TO GUFFAW AND SCREAM AND NOT SCARE THEM #JDJDJSJDJDJHDHXHDH #THE VOICEEEESSSSSS #THE VISUALSSS #THE GAAAAAAAAYYYYYY #AAAAAAAAAAAAA #tgcf #hualian #xie lian #hua cheng #tian guan ci fu #tgcf thoughts #tgcf donghua #tgcf season 2 #heaven officials blessing #天官赐福 #tgcf s2 #tgcf official #tgcf news #tgcf adds

[bobababygirl]

Xie Lian as of where I am in the book so far

#tgcf #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #crown prince of xianle #I forgot to add that he would definitely kill his cousin if he had the chance #I’m a little ways into volume 5 for ref #could add more but don’t want to spoil #my art

[monhiio]

They`re getting along just swell!!

#feng xin #san lang #hua cheng #huafeng #tgcf #heavens official blessing #fanart #what do i even add to t his #what do i even say #please dont lynch me #the truth you guys need to understand is #feng xin deserves all the love #just wait till you hear about my lwj x xl x fx friendship agenda #OR MY SQX AND FX FRIENDSHIP AGENDA #shi wudu coming next #ha #haha

[muzsmoux]

What business did Mu "Stoic McBitchface" Qing have giggling when Feng Xin walked into the heavenly capital absolutely soaked in blood? I caught that sir, why are you, as a man, teeheeing for another man? 🤨

#heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #tgcf #mu qing #feng xin #fengqing #i just wanted to add evidence #but i accidentally made it look like he's roasting him on stream #“what are we thinking chat smash or pass” #“me? the wet cat look adds a little something but still a pass if sober” (lying)

[unforth]

The reason Xie Lian never in 800 years found chastity challenging is because he's demi and before Hua Cheng he literally n.e.v.e.r. had a single friend with whom he got close enough to have even a chance of experiencing attraction toward them.

(Or: tgcf head canons I cherish even tho they break my heart)

#unforth rambles #tgcf #hualian #adds so much extra punch to mu qings wanting to be friends too #mu qing that coulda been you the mulian coulda been real but you held yourself back from being his friend so...

[tox-tea]

Oh to Worship You (click for higher res)

#oh my god i finished it i finally finished it this is the most complicated thing ive ever done but its finally finished #tgcf #has just taken over my brain and unlocked art ideas and skills i did not know i had im so proud of this im so excited to show you guys #thanks for all of the support of the wip of this i posted! #i have many feelings about hualians dynamic and the dedication but also the awe at that dedication its not just about hua cheng worshipping #its also about xie lian being worshipped that love of a god to their believer add their love for eachother personally and it just breaks me #hualian invented love #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #mxtx #mxtx tgcf #fanart #my art #tgcf fanart

[lazycranberrydoodles]

awesome hualian yaoi.jpeg

#doodle #lmao #hualian #tgcf #whatever add the tags yourself... #to delete l8er

[pillow-boi]

And on that fateful day, they were born

#tgcf #beefleaf #shuangxuan #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #shi qingxuan #ming yi #he xuan #black water #sqx #hx #天官赐福 #mxtx #twitter poll chose them!!!!! #drawing these two was actually quite challenging because I wanted to add some MEANINGS

[hualianschild]

presenting *drumrolls* all the homosexual supporting cast that I've shipped from the media I've watched (till now)

#will add some more as I go #also DON'T COME AT ME FOR XUEXIAO OKAY I KNOW IT'S TOXIC SO WHAT #they're the only toxic ship I've shipped :( #otayuri #fengqing #beefleaf #xuexiao #yuri on ice #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #mdzs #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #hirano to kagiura #my new boss is goofy #yuri plisetsky #otabek altin #otabek x yurio #feng xin #mu qing #shi qingxuan #he xuan #hirano taiga #xue yang #xiao xingchen #anime #text post meme #anime text post

[definitelynotarabbit]

Stuck thinking about the period of time when He Xuan didn't have any reason to resent Shi Qingxuan. Before He Xuan knew that Shi Qingxuan was walking around flaunting his divinity. Before He Xuan knew he had revenge to take.

What did He Xuan think of this bubbly young god who glued themself to his side? Were they magnetic? Did He Xuan find himself drawn in? How long had it been since someone had genuinely cared about him? How much did it hurt when he discovered what Shi Qingxuan was responsible for?

Stuck thinking about the way Shi Qingxuan surely would have hung off of He Xuan like a clinging vine and how He Xuan never fully pushed him away. Did He Xuan relax into being one of the few people who genuinely cared about Shi Qingxuan, being someone who didn't want them for their merits? How many times did He Xuan chase someone out of Shi Qingxuan's court because they were trying to take advantage of her? How many of Shi Qingxuan's lower officials simply disappeared when He Xuan withdrew his clones?

#many thoughts #not all of them beefleaf centric #may add more in a reblog later who knows #tgcf #he xuan #shi qingxuan #beefleaf #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah precanon he xuan is gonna be my doom

[lazyrunawayphilosopher]

There are so many parallels in Hualian. When Xie Lian catches Hong Hong'er during the heavenly ceremonial procession to 800 years later in the Banyue Arc Hua Cheng catching Xie Lian. Xie Lian throwing away the flower Wu Ming gave him to Xie Lian getting paranoid when he realized that he lost the golden flower Hua Cheng won for him. Xie Lian comforting Hong Hong'er that his existence isn't a problem and that he isn't at fault to Hua Cheng comforting Xie Lian that he has done enough. This is not exactly a parallel but Eming is Hua Cheng's will to survive and Rouye is Xie Lian's will to die.

#I love them sooo much #words won't be enough to express it #tian guan ci fu #hualian #tgcf #I think there are other parallels I am forgetting to add #tgcf revised version

[pichirobi]

put your hands together for yet another hualian college au 🥳🥳🎉

once the star valedictorian of his high school, xie lian is now a broke, failing college student surviving on packaged ramen fished out of cafeteria garbage cans. his luck turns for the better when he meets the mysterious art student who's filled his canvases with portraits of xie lian.

fic series | au tag | notes under the cut! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

xie lian (he/him, asexual)

xie lian's parents laid him off so he takes odd jobs, tutors, and does homework for anyone he can get to pity him. all of his money is spent on rent, and a cheap gym membership he abuses so he can at least look like he's functional on the outside. he bodybuilds his stress away.

his grades are terrible. xl's actually a greatly diligent student and does all his work, he just keeps misremembering due dates, and his professors are the kind that give zeroes on assignments typed in the wrong font.

he's kept fed by his roommate, shi qingxuan (she/he). xie lian's saved her ass from academic probation enough times for it to be embarrassing. their bond is more of a silent agreement to look out for each other.

hua cheng (he/they, demisexual)

his parents died when he was young but they left him a small fortune. he doesn't show off his money, unless it's to dress opulently outside of class and treating xl to expensive restaurants.

hua cheng takes like six courses a semester, four of which are obscure electives. he says it's because he likes to keep himself well-rounded and busy, but he has a ridiculous amount of free time anyway.

he's a perfect student but his professors are wary of him. he thinks very little of most professors and talks back to them in such a way where they can't tell if they've been insulted or not.

hc chooses the same art concentration every semester. portraits of the same beautiful boy at various ages. sometimes his art professor can get him to paint butterflies feeding on flowers.

hualian's backstory

their story begins on a playground. 10-year-old xie lian scares off mean kids bullying 8-year-old hua cheng over his heterochromia (one of the mean kids is qi rong). xie lian tells him he thinks hua cheng's eyes are pretty. xie lian wears earrings and has long hair that he braids with flowers, and he doesn't care what other kids think of him. he won't let anyone be bullied for their appearance.

we know what comes next—endless pining. hua cheng's infatuation grows as, from a distance, he watches his noble, gracious, special classmate defend kids who are easy targets (with the help of feng xin and mu qing) and earns the title of teacher's pet. hua cheng gains the bravery to stop covering his eye, until hualian are separated in chuzhong (secondary/middle school). the bullying returns and hua cheng swears to never take off the eye bandage again.

hua cheng's "young soldier" moment is at a halloween party in their last year of gaozhong (high school). hc's dressed as a ghost, face painted and almost unrecognizable. xie lian's dressed as a rabbit. qi rong spikes his cup of water. xl's top is sleeveless and it's unintentionally drawing unwanted attention to his shredded arms. some asshole teen girls won't leave him alone and keep flirting with/grabbing him. hua cheng tells them to fuck off and scares them away. although xie lian is indeed incredibly gorgeous and hua cheng is incredibly flustered, after the party, he makes sure to escort a drunk xie lian home.

some guy xl's never seen the face of starts rumors that xie lian paid off the administration to name him valedictorian, and that he sweet-talks his teachers into bullshitting his grades. he's the understudy for the lead role in a school play. the girl who was meant to lead falls horrifically sick and is in the hospital for some time. the guy who hides his face spreads another rumor that xie lian is the one who put her in the hospital so xl could have the attention/spotlight. other students gradually join in on the fun of bashing xl, knocking an admirable figure down to their level, until people start avoiding him, and his popularity is lost. feng xin and mu qing distance themselves from xie lian. hua cheng gets more detentions than usual for picking fights with anyone who dares to insult xie lian in front of him.

hualian in college

their third-first meeting is when xie lian is down on his luck, drenched from the rain as he just barely misses his bus to campus. hua cheng appears, stands next to xie lian with a red umbrella, and wordlessly waits with him for the next bus.

xie lian doesn't see the kind stranger again until he needs to track down the dean of xianle university, jun wu. jun wu is chatting with the head of the studio art department. while xl politely waits for their conversation to end, he looks around at the art students milling about, and catches that tall, handsome, kind stranger staring at him. the stranger smiles, looks down, and leaves. xl wanders the room to check out the art pieces scattered around, and comes to an easel in the corner. xl is faced with a painting of...himself. the signed name is written so poorly he can't read it.

hua cheng comes to him next. he introduces himself as "san lang" and asks xie lian for tutoring—not for any subject, but to improve his handwriting. cue montage of soft-spoken critiques and hands gently touching and hua cheng confessing his admiration via the poem they're practicing writing together. xie lian doesn't recognize hua cheng from their childhood but fixates on that lovely deep voice, trying to place where he's heard it before. hua cheng tries to overpay him but xie lian refuses, saying hc can tip him by grabbing lunch with xl. they meet up for calligraphy practice once a week.

san lang is generous and protective and patient. san lang is flirty and dependable and mischievous. he's also very, very handsome, distractingly so, "how can it be that no one's fought for the affection of a guy like you?" throughout the wild events of xie lian's life, hua cheng is right by his side. from helping ling wen the librarian organize hundreds of books and scrolls, to uncovering the schemes of pei ming's vengeful ex, to stopping the dangerous "pranks" of xl's insane cousin qi rong.

xie lian and shi qingxuan's dorm is falling apart at the seams. hua cheng spends a day and night with them helping to clean and renovate. he sleeps over (AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED ?!). xie lian wakes up to a new canvas painting on his bedroom wall. it's a beautiful portrait of himself, as a child, with flowers braided in long hair. in the bottom right corner is a signed name that xie lian can now read, the handwriting marginally improved.

xie lian finds that he stops expecting misfortune. he gains friends. his grades improve. at one of shi wudu's lake parties, xie lian nearly drowns, and hua cheng gives him totally unnecessary mouth-to-mouth. (they take this as inspiration to find completely bullshit excuses to kiss in the future.)

later on at the same lake party, they find a moment alone, warming/drying up by a fire pit. hua cheng alludes to being in love with someone who saw him at his worst. xie lian is envious of that. he firmly tells hua cheng that what matters is him, not the state of him.

misc

hua cheng has been going blind in his right eye for over a decade, and by college, he can just make out changes in light with it.

hualian definitely have a "draw me like one of your french girls" scene while their relationship is ambiguous. feng xin walks in and has prayed every day since then that he's knocked on the head so hard he gets amnesia.

hua cheng gradually leaves more and more of his belongings in xie lian's room until he practically lives there ("oh gege, how silly of me, leaving my toothbrush with you for the 23rd time this month 😇").

feng xin still calls xie lian "dianxia"; it was xl's nickname throughout primary school because he was such a beloved little prince 😌

feng xin and mu qing insist they're sworn rivals, but sign up to be each other's dormmates every semester. ("i know mu qing's every move. how many pillows he enjoys sleeping with. how he likes his coffee in the morning. you have to keep a vigilant eye on the enemy, dianxia.")

shi wudu offers xie lian an absurd amount of money to spy on report back weekly updates on shi qingxuan's life. xie lian politely refuses.

pei ming and lang qianqiu are gym lunks. sometimes they workout with xie lian, barely disguising their true intention of competing with each other.

hua cheng will occasionally waste time at a bar owned by he xuan. he plays poker and wins nearly every game by sheer luck. he doesn't bet money, but instead has the losers do something embarrassing for his own entertainment. he gains a fearful reputation, and mixes drinks when he's bored of playing or when no one in the room is brave enough to bet with him.

hua cheng makes up increasingly ridiculous stories as to why he covers his eye when he's asked. "it shoots a deadly laser." "a bear scratched it out, but i took its skin after. it made a nice rug." "my eye is right there. what are you talking about? are you okay?"

xie lian rescues a small, hungry cat he names banyue. he asks hua cheng to house her as he lives off-campus. the conversation goes like this:

"gege..."

"san lang 🥺"

"FINE."

qi rong buys a cat just to copy xie lian and names it guzi.

#i've only just finished book 4 so i'll probably add to this as i read more :D #if you're a writer you're welcome to reach out and ask to use this!! #hualian modern au #modern hualian #hualian college au #college hualian #xie lian #hua cheng #san lang #hualian #shi qingxuan #feng xin #mu qing #jun wu #ling wen #qi rong #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #my art

[wannabe-f-f-friends]

Every day I think about how slick this guy is for choosing a fake name like San Lang, so that even when Xie Lian finds out his real name, he can say, "actually just keep calling me baby" and XL doesn't even have time to gay panic because he's already used to the name.

#also not to add feelings to this but did he go with San because it's his third life with xie lian?? #tgcf #heaven officials blessing #hualian #hua cheng #san lang #talking pancake

[kamariya]

svsss, luo binghe pov: enlightening + the most annoying thing i've ever read + shen jiu eat shit + i want to whack the protagonist's head with a frying pan + abyss era is angst taken to another level + this is highly unprofessional + why are all the i's dotted with hearts + i fear the power of the heavenly pillar + (MAYBE) context on the Balls to sate my curiosity

mdzs, lan wangji pov: that's what he was thinking about? + tons of extra info about politics + i hate imperialism + why are they (every character) like that + second-hand embarrassment & exasperation combined + unsurprisingly tragic but at least we got more lwj humour + DISCIPLINING YOUR ANNOYING BRATTY FRIEND GONE WRONG, NO CLICKBAIT + nom nom sizhui is the best

tgcf, hua cheng pov: hi how r u & have u ever fucked god + i wish death eternal agony on half of the characters + qi rong kys + jun wu kys + mu qing kys + every other chapter is an internal monologue that reads like a psalm + *checks the genre* isnt this gothic horror + lore lore lore + we dont play around in ghost city + crimson rain sought flower receives husband classes + do not treat my boy e'ming like that

#feel free to add on loves #svsss #mdzs #tgcf #luo binghe #lan wangji #hua cheng #swan stuff #mxtx #scum villains self saving system #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #heavenly official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong