#but i kind of like this name

[whisperinggbreeze]

(Spoilers for pretty much all of TGCF)

Xie Lian was angry. He was angry. He was so angry. He was angry, he was angry, he was angry, he was—

He was not angry at Wu Ming, the boy who kept changing his life and was now either purposely torturing him or failing to remember.

He wasn’t even angry at White No-Face. Bai Wuxiang. He hated him, he hated him, but he was not angry at him.

Xie Lian had stopped being angry at anyone a long time ago. He felt nothing towards anyone.

(That couldn’t be true. He hated, he had always hated, ever since he had been reborn. He hated, he hated, he hated—)

White Flower Collecting Souls had nobody to blame but himself. He was angry. He was angry. But he had always been angry at himself. When he was young, he was angry at others. He was angry at Mu Qing for leaving him, angry at Feng Xin for listening to him and leaving in the end as well, angry at his father, angry at his mother, angry at his Guoshi, angry at the heavenly emperor, angry at the gods, angry at heaven.

Angry at the ghost who had torn down Xianle like a poorly constructed gold foil palace.

But that was many centuries ago. Xie Lian had grown out of his anger. He was only ever angry at himself, and that really couldn’t be considered anger at all.

Anger was foolish, nonsensical, unnecessary. It wasn’t a strong enough word. Xie Lian hated himself, despised himself—

Right, he’d gotten off track. He was thinking about Wu Ming. Hua Cheng.

“Oh dear,” Xie Lian sighed, just now taking in his surroundings and remembering how he’d been screaming and tearing up the room he stood in just a few minutes ago. His throat was raw. He did not feel it. He did not feel anything.

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another extract for the calamity!xl / god!hc au! why did I start on chapter 2 before finishing chapter 1, you might ask? to that I say: please don't ask it'll make me sad :( (I do have the rest of chapter 1 vaguely planned out, so I might post another extract for that at some point)

as you can tell, the POV switches; currently I plan to switch every chapter but that might change depending on what POV fits the story better at that moment

i am slowly working my way through world building and story planning! ill be completely honest, this project was a spontaneous one so I kind of just jot down and incorporate ideas as they come lmao

#sorry for the angst xie lian its in the tgcf fanfic handbook #do it for the fans #you can tell i am not an organized writer #but i am genuinely having a lot of fun with this story so far #tgcf au #tgcf xie lian #tgcf #tgcf fanfiction #tgcf fanfic #tian guan ci fu #mxtx tgcf #mxtx #mxtx fanfic #calamity xie lian #god hua cheng #fanfic excerpt #also did i lay there in bed for 10 minutes trying to come up with a calamity name for xl? maybe #but i kind of like this name #i feel like the flower along with “collecting” souls rather than a more malicious synonym works well for xl #because of how he's underestimated a lot in canon #and seen as very kind and delicate #and then he fucks your shit up

[catmask]

actually, i did want to ask you all - a commonly shared sentiment about character creators in games or dressup games online is there's very frequently a lack of black hairstyles.

so it made me curious - what are some black hairstyles you wish would be included more in character creators/dressup games? or ones you get really happy to see are included?

#you're welcome to just comment the name or rb with pictures! #scratchpost #both out of curiosity because i would like to make a picrew at some point #and also because i like hearing about what kind of hairstyles people like :D #txt

[tumatawa]

#dungeon meshi #laios touden #falin touden #tumatawart #Okay yeah I think i will stick to their basic romanized names when tagging #Edit: I like to refer to them as sisters in plural form. It just feels right. But by himself Laius is still a brother #Kind of like food that sits in its own sauce until the ingredients just taste like the sauce itself

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

#SVSSS #Shen yuan #shang qinghua #cumplane #Normally I don't tag with ship names but this one is a special case. #Confession time: When I first had SVSSS described to me I 100% thought the main pairing was between these two. #The dynamic is impeccable! Even if its 'just a fan ship' I stand by it. #Sorry to the people who like to think of them as handsome pretty boys. I don't. #These guys sit in their rooms and use the computer for 90% of waking hours. They are not looking after themselves well enough for good skin #They can be cute in their own way. People with acne and missed shaving spots deserve to have their romances too. #And sloppy hate makeouts <3 #Hi Sol! I truly did whoop and holler when drawing your name for the raffle! #You've been so kind and generous towards me and I'd happy to finally have the opportunity to give back some of that joy! #Thank you so much for all your support and the incredible fanart <3 You've made my day so many times! #I hope this silly mini comic is to your liking! #Playing around with colours for this one was a blast!

[japhers]

redesigned these two again as a treat!

#velvet room #velvet room attendant #persona #oc stuff #artz #I think I named them Victoria and Clerval before but Henry and Shelley sound cuter and sticks better #also gave them more like. Regency design elements to an extent bc the vibe was supposed to be like. Ballroom Dancers #Henry looks like he'd be a Waltz kind of guy while Shelley looks like she'd do Flamenco

[drawnbythestream]

Obi-wan and his friend Bant Eerin having a sad moment after certain events

#star wars fanart #obi wan kenobi #bant eerin #I was going to save this for a long sketch dump type post #But then again it’s the most complete art I’ve done in a while #Even has a background and everything #I’ve been making my way through the Jedi Apprentice books and I have mixed feelings #Ranging from “this is great 😭💛” to “wow they would never! I’m glad this isn’t canon” #But anyway I was happy to find that Obi-wan has a sweet friend named Bant and I would like to see more of her in stuff #…also I drew this kind of small…since it was supposed to be part of a whole lineup of drawings but then I ran out of drive/energy #So… the rest will be posted some other time

[carouselcometh]

#URL are kind of like. Last names on Tumblr I feel like so it would feel wrong to not include them here

[hugs-and-stabbies]

The self-awareness on this guy 😞 someone pls send him an "are you bi?" quiz STAT

#dead plate #rody lamoree #rody x vincent #vincent charbonneau #rodince #rodincent #my art #i saw someone tag one of my drawings with a version of their ship name using their last names and it was nice but i forgot what it was #aksjdhf #also NOO i forgot Rody's lil moles 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #thankfully at least tumblr allows edits #anyways #rody looks so wonky to me but I just wanted to stop fidgeting with it and post it since i wasnt getting anywhere anyways aksjdfh #also little story time lol #when i was in 10th grade there was this girl in my chemisty class that i was kinda frienemies with #we just always got into arguments with each other but the vibe ultimately stayed light and friendly between us #kinda like a <<fuck you but anyways what did you get for no. 5>> kind of situation #one day she slammed one of her hands against the door right next to my head 😳😳 #i think she was trying to intimidate me but instead it just gave me a core memory LMAOOO #thankfully by then i already knew i wasnt straight lol but it definitely unlocked something in me hahahah

[bubblingsteam]

#disco elysium #disco elysium fanart #kim kitsuragi #harrier du bois #harry du bois #this is probably one of my fav conversations in the game... #sad that not many people get to see it(?) cause you need like 7 in empathy? #comics #comic art #trans #cw blood #blood #cw smoking #my first time making a comic i hope it looks okay lmao #ough i have so many thoughts about kim and his complicated relationship with his name #im interpreting the dialogues in a very transgender way but its definitely about his racial identity too #cause its a *seolite* name #another factor of him not being seen as a revacholian #and its one of the only things he has left of his parents too #i wonder if the name kim is seen as more masculine or feminine in seol and in other isolas? #im definitely *not* projecting haha #i read once in a fic that kim *attempted* to translate his parents' letters when he was young #10/10 fic made me cry #thats why i decided to add the seolite dictionary - i dont think kim would have *tried* to learn seolite otherwise #he definitely has some kind of internalized racism he needs to get over #sorry for rambling #my art

[egophiliac]

just thinking about hair and faces

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #i don't THINK this counts as face horror but just in case #face horror #for your daily dose of me losing my mind over anime characters #i don't know why the hair thing surprised me so much. i think because i thought it was funny that lilia named silver after his hair color. #like ha ha lilia is hilariously bad at names how cute and silly! #oh. oh it's kind of a Thing. #anyway i am excited to see where the heck all of this stuff with silver's various dads ends up! #we still don't actually know who killed meleanor! #we still don't know literally anything about dad draconia! (dadconia? dradconia?) #we don't know what happened to the macguffin gem with its magical dad-saving powers! #(surely this will not come back to save a certain dad at a later point. of course not.) #man i was not expecting episode 7 to be all dads all the time #i mean i'm here for it but #hey remember when the highest stakes were who was gonna win the big talent show #then robots started kidnapping people and now we've just escalated from there #episode 8 our cat is going to turn into a drippy ink kaiju and we're going to have to mecha battle him to save the world or something #each member of diasomnia pilots a limb and we gattai into a giant robot dragon and hold on i gotta submit this spec script to aniplex brb

[earththings]

𝓜𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓫𝓸𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓟𝓸𝓹𝓹𝔂 ☘️🐇

𝓡𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂: @twilitpoppy

#I really hope you like it #name moodboard #Poppy #order number 4 is up! #love letters to poppy 🌹 #stay hydrated 🫶🏻 #stay kind #stay warm #cozy aesthetic #naturecore #earthlings #earthcore #natural aesthetic #light aesthetic #fairy cottage #cottagecore aesthetic #springcore #January

[hazieash]

Big week for himbos

#tdp #Soren #I was already drawing the beach one when i realized his name also worked with ‘Enough’ #this is one of my greatest epiphanies of all time #also he has a Hat!! #like in the movie #I love this good job ne #tdp art #the dragon prince #barbie movie #tdp s5 #tdp spoilers #kind of cause of Hat #dianadraws

[gloriousmonsters]

love when you can ask the Narrator why the Princess is a Princess and he's like 'well i uhhhh YOU did that. maybe it's because uh... something something about her being above you... but still approachable... look i don't want to analyze or anthropomorphize your--' my guy. i am a primal being of Order and Eternity and Shaping. You're the one who convinced me I was some dude and were quite willing to take credit for shaping my view on the world through narration five seconds ago. Are you gonna look me in the eye and tell me the desire to interpret something worthy of adoration and more powerful than me as a dommy princess is written in the very nature of the universe or are you going to show me your browser history like a man

#this is a joke but the 'so where did i get the Idea of a princess from??' still stands #since we remember nothing and don't seem to have many ideas about like. what the world looks like #but when given the conception of 'we're a hero' from the narrator's Quest #we immediately go to 'so the thing you're telling us to kill is a Princess' -> i.e something I'm not SUPPOSED to kill #and in fact am supposed to respect and cherish #and/or pledge eternal loyalty to #(and then on a deeper level we KNOW that we're the dragon #we're the biggest threat to her we're what has the power to trap her and keep her here #we're a monster just like her) #but my point remains. as a god-entity stripped of memory where did we get the idea of a (human/like) Princess. do we still have like... #the threads of common narratives sort of built into our structure b/c we're the god-half concerned with Shaping and Naming and Order? #that would kind of slap #anyway uh. dragging myself offstage now #slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #stp spoilers

[zazagundam]

Hey friends, I hate to ask again, but with missing work due to covid;

for my birthday this year, (June 1st) I would like to ask for, and appreciate, any help with raising what I'd have made while working, is around $400.

any, and every bit of help is appreciated and I'm hoping next year will be better.

vmo: @RubyLovehart csshaap: $rubylovehart pypall: @rubylovehart

rb's help immensely.

#please wear a mask and test often #currently on day 4 of my mulvoprivir #or whatever the name of the other kind of paxlovid is called #feelin a lot better #but this still really stings especially with how close i felt like i was gonna bite it

[whosectype]

I watched the new Spider-Man across the spiderverse

#spider man across the spider verse #miles morales #my art #spiderman #peter Parker #i do not remember thr other guys names #spider punk #Spider Gwen #Shitpost #it was late when I drew this ok #And now it’s early morning :( #Omg it’s freaking funny that this post kind blew up a lil bit #Well blew up in terms of the attention my blog usually gets #I Imagine ppl have come to my blog for more spiderverse content #And then all they see is Cddwtd shipping and au crap and they’re like #What the fuck #That’s so funny to me for some reason ALSKDNJD #WHAT #THIS IS MY FIRST POST TO REACH 1K NOTES? #great #1k

[carpp]

these two were the best part of the event for me

#reverse 1999 #blonney #changeling #or jessica and jennifer i guess #but i feel like putting those names in the tags is kind of pointless #i also loved tooth fairy