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beltransadie · 23 days

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happy birthday, Mo Ran!

#2ha #erha #his birthday art is a family photo #the family he has in my fix it modern au--#mo ran

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beltransadie · 28 days

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Small tidbits about my Still Into You 2ha animatic

Coz it's April, exactly one year from now was when I started completing it and I'm in the mood now. + I don't think I made a proper one + it won the twitter poll

Check it out if you're interested... or not! I just want to dump my thoughts and fun facts that I thought of while making this.

To preface this, check them out if you haven't seen it yet: (Still Into You & Please Don't Leave Me)

If you've been hanging around my blog for a while, it's kinda evident that I did post a promo post for Still Into You back in January 2023. And that first part does have an in-depth explanation about what it covers (which is from the start to the first chorus).

If you're wondering why: TL;DR I can't work on An Act of Kindness coz I was back home from school for vacation and I thought of the idea during a trip.

Anyway, I ramble. Time to get to the actual discussion.

(spoilers!!) The Actual Discussion

Making the rest of Still Into You, unlike Mo Ran's feelings for CWN, was actually just straightforward. I already knew that it'd cover the rest of the book, given that I intentionally focused heavily on book 1 while making part 1.

Like part 1, part 2 was that type of animatic that just naturally flowed during the storyboarding and rough sketch process. The whole animatic is divided into three phases which covers the following: Book 1, Book 2 and 3, and lastly the Epilogue.

Book 1 I've already discussed in an earlier post here but I did find this interesting tidbit I wrote to my cousin:

Anyways the discussion:

Yeah I really wish I have a funny image to put here. I'm really enjoying looking back at my stuff and seeing my initial plans though.

Order at which I made each part.

One thing of note (and actually a common oversight I experience while doing storyboards coz I don't do timings) was that I storyboarded the frames when the vocals started and forgot the timings in between.

So I kinda had to fill the parts between part 1 and 2 last-ish? (don't really remember the proper timings).

Oh, oh! And another fun fact:

Still Into You Part 2 (Rough Draft)

Part 2 was initially done on my tablet in CSP so there's a whole different and rougher version of it. (pls lower the volume if you're wearing earphones)

Funnily enough, this took me like one sitting to finish and a whole lot of sessions to clean up. I do like this process though given that, around the time I drew this, I started leaning heavily into animation and prioritizing getting my thoughts across without care for cleanliness. (Something I felt held me back too much while making Please Don't Leave Me).

In fact, there are some obvious frames that I didn't really bother polishing up (mostly because they're too hard for me or they just flash by quickly). A glaring example is this frame from the third part:

Another fun fact about the scene where TXJ shows CWN the plant he's been raising is it's actually inspired off of a doodle I made for someone in the Two Lifetimes CSE back in April 16 2023.

I just really think that it's super adorable for them. Mo Ran in the the epilogue section alternates between TXJ and 2.0.

Aside from the plant, TXJ also appears in this frame which is inspired from one of the extras. Another silly intentional decision I did is to have him pour alcohol onto a cup and drink from the bottle.

Meanwhile 2.0 appears here:

The one on the left is also from (you guessed it) an extra! It's based from an offhand mention that CWN makes in one of them. (Let me know what your guesses are haha)

I kinda just jumped into the 3rd half of the song, huh? I hope my ramblings aren't too much! I just wanna let it flow naturally.

Returning to the topic of the storyboard, I really only had a rough idea of what I wanted for the 3rd half. The references to the extras and even Goutou's appearance just came when I was already putting it into frame. Like, this was what I initially had in mind for the 2nd chorus to the end.

I think one of the notable differences is that I initially planned on doing the half MR half CWN screen transition the same way i did with chorus 1 and 2 but decided against it. In retrospect, I think it fits a lot because both aren't divided anymore.

Something about the second verse + chorus of the song

Like in chorus 1 and chorus 3, this section of the song takes on a darker tone since it covers book 2 going into book 3. It's a lot to talk about so I'm gonna select a couple that I personally like that's worth mentioning and leave the rest to the viewers to guess.

Also sorry not sorry for those who got spoiled by the animatic lmao.

The confession scene

Another fun fact: The confession scene in Still Into You and Please Don't Leave Me are intentionally connected through the color palette.

It's just that Still Into You takes a dump at how it treats it. Yes, the stick figures are intentional. It adds to the funny and tbh Still Into You really is just a feel good animatic. The comedy also serves as a whiplash to the angst hell that is the chorus 🥰.

(Insert obligatory CWN running at a tree meme here)

My Favorite 2ha Moment

Gotta insert my favorite chapter here (ch 184) which I think is one of 2ha's peaks because it resolves CWN's doubts about MR's feelings all this times.

And I'm just soo glad I could incorporate it in an animatic because it's so important to me. AND Like, 'yknow, I think it echoes the song very well because guess what MR tells CWN then?

“It has always been you."

That one frame before the chorus

There's like this moment before the second chorus starts where MR tells CWN something. I wanted it to echo ch 207 where MR felt the pressure of having to reveal that he actually is reborn and has memories of his past life.

If this were animated I'd have had MR match the song and tell CWN "I'm still into you".

Anyways, here's the frame before it zooms in. Physically it's still at ch 207, but I wanted the shadows to imply what happens next which is the chorus.

Other Bonus stuff

Ran out of stuff I wanna gush about so Imma talk about cut content.

XM and the MHX twins are supposed to have more frames (I didn't include it because it felt like it had too much energy)

2. Ling'er and the village ranwan visits during farm arc is also supposed to make an appearance

3. I forgot to animate the butterflies

4. I was supposed to polish the sequence at 2:41 - 2:51 at one point.

5. Fuck ow

6. CWN was supposed to glomp MR at the reunion scene

7. You and I

anyways go watch it

#2ha #erha #ranwan #danmei

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beltransadie · 30 days

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colored sketches for march 2024 (some are part of my request promo from twt)

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beltransadie · 1 month

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Blessing tumblr with this one too. Enjoy!

#2ha #erha #danmei #dumb husky and his white cat shizun #Taxian-jun can't stop

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beltransadie · 3 months

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Another Duanxun art for your souls

(I needed a new wallpaper)

#2ha #duanxun #erha #duan yihan #xun fengruo #it's 2024 school's starting and i still haven't changed my wallpaper so i'm changing it now #yes my wallpaper is animated and it looks especially good under the classUp widget showing my schedule :)#dumb husky and his white cat shizun

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beltransadie · 5 months

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Mo Ran's two moms

It's not a lot of content but chapters 257 to 259 has sold me into this ship even before Violets on the Breeze. Also they don't have a lot of content and I said I'll draw them more so I am drawing them more.

I also put them in Heirloom, in the very last frames.

Here's some passages in book 3 (Book 3 spoilers in past the line break)

Rivals to very very close girlfriends

I stan XFR giving DYH all that she could so DYH can be happy. Also last line 🥺🙏

DYH explaining XFR to a baby MR

Y'all child ranwan fics can be set up with this lawd i just want DYH recognition. Yes I'm pushing my agenda

#2ha #erha #danmei #duanxun #who tf is duanxun #anyway it's about time i push the 5 year old Mo Ran's two mom's agenda #Mo Ran has two moms I will die on this hill #dumb husky and his white cat shizun

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beltransadie · 6 months

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Week late spooky post

#2ha #erha #chu wanning #horror #mystery #idk how to tag for this but imagine it's a fic idea

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beltransadie · 6 months

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Blooming under the moonlight

#2ha #erha #dumb husky and his white cat shizun #chu wanning #danmei #hanahaki #aren't flowers nice?#do you guys like flowers?

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beltransadie · 7 months

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New 2ha Animatic? New 2ha animatic. Watch it here.

Helping out in Violets on the Breeze put me in the Duanxun brainrot, but I've always had a soft spot for MR's mom.

#erha #2ha #dumb husky and his white cat shizun #animatic #danmei #mo ran #二哈和他的白猫师尊 #二哈

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beltransadie · 7 months

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A long time before Mo Ran found his way to Chu Wanning, Xun Fengruo found her path to Duan Yihan. If only their paths didn’t diverge.

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Violets on the Breeze is now out on AO3! Read it here

🌹10k | Rated M | 2HA fic 🌹Art by yours truly, in collaboration with junemys27 🌹Pairing: Duanxun (Duan Yihan / Xun Fengruo) 🌹⚠ Book 3 spoilers!!! Also, see tags. ⚠ 🌹Written for Erha Reverse Bang (@2ha-events)

Context:

This is a retelling of chapters 257-259 in Xun Fengruo's perspective. As for their identity, they are closely related to Mo Ran's childhood which gets delved on in those chapters.

Due to some unfortunate and fortunate turn of events involving a programming homework and some venting, I met moons/junemys27 on Erha Reverse Bangand collabed to produce (dare I say) the first Duan Yihan/Xun Fengruo fanfic on Ao3.

#2ha #erha #2ha angst #book 3 spoilers #not volume 3 i meant book 3 (chapters 211 onwards)#dumb husky and his white can shizun #fanfic #erha he ta de bai mao shizun #二哈和他的白猫师尊 #reverse bang #fic rec

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beltransadie · 7 months

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We are excited to share our fic for Erha Reverse Bang (@2ha-events)

“The Long Light After Time”

🌸 Written by this_vulnerable_one 🌸 Art by yours truly 🌸Pairing: Ranwan 🌸You can now read it here! (Link to the fic) 🌸You can now see the illustrations below!

till soul can loose its hold of self and both are free and can return to vastness and dissolve in light, the long light after time. ~ excerpt from “How It Seems To Me” by Ursula K. Le Guin

When wizard apprentice Mo Ran unwittingly releases an ancient and powerful shadow into the world, his master Chu Wanning is swept away with it. As a result, Mo Ran is left with two choices: face what he fears or have it destroy what he loves most in the world.

Can Mo Ran trust his inner light to guide him through his darkness?

Posting this in this_vulnerable_one's (my partner) stead because they don't really have a tumblr set up but yeah, here's our baby!

#2ha #erha #erhareversebang #二哈和他的白猫师尊 #ranwan #danmei but it's western fantasy #fanfic #reverse bang #fic rec #my fic

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beltransadie · 8 months

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Still another sketch

Did you know that MDZS's JP audio drama season 3 is out and I had a moment when I learned of it? I love the audio drama's intro and have been waiting for a JP ver since i learned of it

#wangxian #mdzs #danmei

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beltransadie · 8 months

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