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cabbage-shack · 28 days
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I am LIVING for the head cannon going around that Xie Lian has actually lost it centuries ago and his beautiful husband, Hua Cheng the Crimson Rain Sought Flower Ghost King himself, is actually a putrefied abomination/horrific creature of the night and he just doesn't see it.
BUT! Why leave the other calamity ghosts out of this fun filled horror fest??
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mooncakebun · 1 month
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this is day 867701 of me struggling to paint He Xuan
(one of these wips is like 2 years old???)
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echochqmber · 3 months
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"four calamities" more like the four types of terrible people you meet on the internet
will support their problematic fave no matter what atrocities they commit.
lurker with a million sockpuppet accounts
literal troll who starts discourse for the hell of it.
and a politician who makes an alt account to cyberbully teenagers
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vinzulu · 2 months
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milui87 · 5 days
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"That Black Water Creep"
Sorry had to… loved Qi Rongs "Nicknames" in the english dub of the donghua. So well, this is Shipsinking Black Water Xuan. I just finished reading all of the books of Heaven Officals Blessing and I am a little bit hypt about it. I liked it so much and the pictures it painted in my head. Very powerfull images were the four Calamities. So… well this is my first ghost king. Hope you like it. If you want to talk about the story - happy about any DMs to talk.
Please leave a like and/or a comment. Thank you very much.
https://www.deviantart.com/milui87/art/That-Black-Water-Creep-1034360507
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bashiggs · 1 month
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double check before merging layers down so ye don't have to redo anything
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rowanix · 1 year
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The Four Great Calamities
I originally just drew qi rong for @graffitistars ‘s birthday then liked it so much i drew the rest so you can thank them for their awful qi rong obsession 🙄 Happy Birthday loser 🖤
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jayktoralldaylong · 2 years
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He Xuan: I became a calamity so I could get revenge on the deity that wronged me!
Hua Cheng: I am also searching for a god.
He Xuan: For revenge right?
Hua Cheng, smirks: ......
He Xuan: .........
He Xuan, hesitant: For revenge....... right?
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Another question for my TGCF x ATLA crossover,
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danmeiquotez · 7 months
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"Please remember well, Your Highness," Ling Wen said. "The Four Calamities are: Ship-Sinking Black Water, Night-Touring Green Lantern, White-Clothed Calamity, and Crimson Rain Sought Flower. They are the four Ghost Kings of the Ghost Realm, who cause endless headaches for all in the Heavenly Realm." -Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Heaven Official's Blessing) (Book 1 Chapter 5) (Chapter 12 web novel)
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grrritz-ezra · 2 years
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Qi Rong taking a piece of wood, not anything cool or especially deadly. No, it’s just a piece of wood from some old festival stand, and smashing the absolute fuck out of Xie Lian’s shrine. The few people from the Xianle kingdom are behind him and they’re crying. They’re just begging for someone to save them and they wish the destruction would stop. They wish all of it would stop. But no one steps forward to stop Qi Rong. It’s not worth it.
So he smashes every piece of it. He tears the paintings from the walls and he kicks over the offerings. He screams and curses while he knocks over the statue. And he waits for a second. He stands there with the wood in his hands and waits for something to happen. For Xie Lian to smack him upside the head and tell him to get his act together. Or for a bolt of lighting to strike him where he stands.
But nothing happens. He turns to the people and he tells them that their god is dead. That he’s abandoned them and their kingdom. That he abandoned his cousin. And that there’s no use in worshipping him. He can’t save them.
And when no one can bring themself to deny it, he ruins the statue. He kicks and punches until his fists go raw. Blood dripping onto it and staining its appearance until it’s nothing but red. Until there are no more words in his throat. And then he kicks everyone out, and he waits with the head of the statue. He’s not sure if he’s crying out of anger or out of despair, but he’s sure its pain.
Because he’d hoped that maybe, Xie Lian would prove him wrong just this once.
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polarsirens · 2 years
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The Ring of Brass endures.
i have made the mistake of beginning this series at a very emotionally low point and now i am just.... grieving for all of these people. of this city. of this land and i don’t think i will be okay for a long, long while. i know this is not my usual terror content but i just ... made this and i wanted to save it somewhere. oh my god i’ve never watched d&d, let alone critical role before i literally don’t go here but this series.
i will need some time to recover but oh. i am just continuously weeping while drawing my hands are all curled up. i only wanted to see more of brennan lee mulligan because i saw a short on youtube and thought he was a comedian i did not expect this. (again i’m sorry for inflicting this upon you all and offer you a textless version ??)
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huaenrose · 2 months
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⚠️ TGCF SPOILERS.
Crimson rules the land, Black rules the waters, White rules the heavens, and green rules a territory larger than land, water, and heavens combined: the heart of a child.
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149panda149 · 5 months
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TGCF: My theory on the inspiration behind the 4 calamities
In some of the oldest Chinese myths and legends, there are 4 guardian gods of the four cardinal directions - the green dragon, white tiger, crimson bird, and black tortoise, and each have a colour, season and element associated with them. I'm not sure if anyone has made this connection before, but I'm writing it down if anyone is interested. There are spoilers about the calamities' identity.
First, the 青龙 (qing long, green dragon) --> Qi Rong, Night-touring Green lantern.
The qinglong's territory is the East, and its colour is qing, which means green, or turqoise. Its element is wood, and its season is spring. Closely associated with royalty and the imperial family.
Now, for the similarities with our favourite green goblin. "qing" is literally the colour in Qi Rong's title, and his colour scheme. Qi Rong has a habit of hanging corpses from trees, which may be his relation to the element "wood". He does not have any obvious coleration with the season "spring"- perhaps he was born in spring. He is royalty, part of the imperial family as cousin to the crown prince.
Second, the 白虎 (bai hu, white tiger)--> Bai Wuxiang, White Clothed Disaster upon the Earth.
The baihu's territory is the West, its colour is white, element is gold/metal, and its season is summer. It is the king of all beasts, associated with disease and war, often used as a guardian symbol by soldiers.
On the other hand, Jun Wu's title, alias and colour scheme are all white, and has plenty of weapons that may be his link to the element of "gold/metal". I don't think he has anything to do with summer, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. He is king of the gods, a god of war, and the one to spread the human face disease.
As east and west are considered a pair, the guardian spirits are meant to reflect each other. In Chinese poems and such, symmetry is important, and both Qi Rong and Jun Wu were princes, one becoming revered by the highest of gods, covered with masks and false identities, one becoming the object of disgust by the lowest of ghosts, using his real name and face. There is a certain poetic symmetry to it, don't you think?
To the second pair. The 朱雀 (zhu que, crimson bird)----> Hua Cheng, Crimson Rain Sought Flower
The zhuque rules over the south, its colour is red, element is fire, and its season is summer. It is the king of all birds, more powerful than even the phoenix, immortal and undying. As such, in many places it is also considered a symbol of life.
Now, to the most popular ghost king: Hua Cheng. The english translation of his title is "crimson", and his colour scheme is indubitably red and autumn-y shades. He also re-re-met Xie Lian in autumn ( I think - I mean, the leaves were all red in the donghua??), and has died again and again to return like the zhuque. He is the king of all ghosts, with a great determination to live(sorta? are ghosts alive??) for his love.
Lastly, my personal favourite, the 玄武 (xuan wu, black tortoise)---->He Xuan, Black Water Sinking Ships
The xuanwu, also called a tortoise, is actually the only spirit to be a combination of 2 animals, a snake and a tortoise. It rules over the north. Its colour is black( sometimes depicted as dark blue), element is water, and its season is winter. In earlier legends, he is considered a guide and guardian to the netherworld, of death and of long life.
Thus, to our poor indebted water ghost. He Xuan's name is "xuan", the same! goddamn! character! as the spirit! His title and colour scheme are all to do with the colour black, and he is a water ghost because he died because of the Water Master. He has been marked by death, yet survived and vowed revenge. This, and the fact that his house is called the Nether Water Manor, is probably his relation to the netherworld of the xuanwu.
To the pair of south and north. Both Hua Cheng and He Xuan have suffered and suffered again, yet Hua Cheng chooses to linger on due to hope and love, and He Xuan due to revenge and hatred. But hatred and love are two sides of the same coin. If Hua Cheng hadn't experienced the hatred from his childhood, he wouldn't have thrown himself from the city wall and met Xie Lian. If He Xuan hadn't loved his family, so much, he wouldn't have broken that hard after their deaths to lose himself to hatred and empty vengence.
Aaaaaand that concludes this essay. Keep in mind that this is a theory, and probably even isn't true, but if anybody wants a more detailed description of the guardian spirits, or to know more about the similarities between the mythical creatures of ancient china and tgcf, I will be more than happy to make a part 2.
Thanks for reading!!
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lycheeluv · 29 days
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Calamity set I did for "Unfulfilled" TGCF calamity focus zine. Print currently available on my shop !
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kruk-art · 6 months
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