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
Happy Xianle 🥹💗 May the peaceful times last a long time.
(If you've seen this pic on my twt and feel sth has changed, then you're right! I took it to edit a bit more after seeing err when posting on twt haha.)
The Gossip in Xianle must have been so wild and so juicy literally every character that we know that came from Xianle is full of judgement, side eyes and highly fluent sarcasm I know the Xianle Court must have been like an episode of desperate housewives.
i think hualian and fengqing should have the most unhinged double dates. xie lian is smiling ear-to-ear because his husband and his best friends are getting along, while the other three are glaring daggers at each other whenever xie lian isn’t looking. the only reason they’re not brawling rn is that they all love it when xie lian smiles. do it for xie lian 😔