#sorry LLH

[bbcphile]

WIP Wednesday

It's somehow Wednesday again! Enjoy DFS and FDB trying to comfort LLH during a nightmare.

(You can find more excerpts here.)

A-Fei cut himself off, head whipping around to look at Li Lianhua. “Xiangyi?” All trace of the storm had vanished, leaving only worry in its wake.

Fang Duobing sat bolt upright. “What’s wrong?” 

Li Lianhua’s hand twitched.

Huli Jing whined and shifted to drape herself across Li Lianhua’s knees.

“Where’s the incense?” a-Fei snapped, glancing frantically around the room.

“What?”

“Incense,” a-Fei bit out. “From the parcel. Find it. Now.”

Fang Duobing bit back his demand for details. “On it,” he said instead, yanking the parcel from his robe and tugging at the strings. Damn it, why had he tied them so tightly?

“Xiangyi, it’s alright,” a-Fei said, his gruff voice gentled. He tapped Li Lianhua’s pulse point repeatedly. “You’re in Lotus Tower. You’re safe. It’s time to wake up.”

A nightmare? He should have known. Of course a-Fei would have something for treating them, and of course he wouldn’t have wanted to talk about–

“–No,” Li Lianhua mumbled, “no, don’t–”

“You’re safe, Xiangyi,” a-Fei said more urgently, squeezing his wrist and giving it a shake. You’re free. Now stop fighting and open your eyes!”

Oh, shit, if he was dreaming of whatever happened earlier, and he tried to destroy his heart meridian again–

“–I can’t wake him up,” a-Fei hissed. “Hurry.”

“Understood.” Fuck it. Fang Duobing snapped the string in half and tore the packaging open. Dried herbs spilled on the ground like tears. 

“Don’t do this,” Li Lianhua begged, his voice breaking.

“It’s not real,” a-Fei said, gripping his shoulder, “whatever you’re seeing, you already survived it. It can’t hurt you. Follow my voice and open your eyes.”

Duobing’s fingertips finally bumped something long and thin. “Found it,” he said, jumping to his feet. Fuck, where was the incense burner? He’d stowed it when he’d driven the Lotus Tower here, which meant it was–“The kitchen. Hang on, Xiaohua’er,” he said, sprinting to the front of the Lotus Tower.

Fuck fuck fuck. He yanked cabinet drawers open, feeling around the pots and pans, until–

“–I got it,” he called out, rushing back into the room, shoving the incense stick into the burner as he went. 

A-Fei had shifted to his knees, his dao abandoned on the bed, and had one hand splayed over Xiaohua’s chest, preemptively radiating qi, and the other wrapped around his wrist, fingertips to pulse, hovering close to his lips. “Light it,” he snapped, not taking his eyes from Xiaohua. “Xiangyi,” he murmured, “Lianhua. Xiaohua. I’m here. Xiaobao’s here. No one else. We won’t let anyone hurt you again. It’s a dream, alright? Just a dream. Open your eyes.” 

Fang Duobing shoved some clutter off the nightstand, slammed the burner in the newly cleared space, and fumbled in his robe for his flame stick.

Xiaohua thrashed wildly. “Stop! Please stop!”

Fang Duobing lit the incense, capped the flame stick, tossed it somewhere, and rushed to the bed. “It’s ready!” he said, holding it out to a-Fei.

“Bring it here,” a-Fei said, twisting to the side to make space while still keeping a hand on Xiaohua’s heart. 

Fang Duobing sat on the edge of the bed, against Xiaohua’s hip, hovering the incense burner over Xiaohua’s chest, and tried to waft the fumes closer with his free hand. “Like this?”

 “Let me go,” Xiaohua sobbed, “Please, Shiniang, let me go!!”

Wait, then the healer was his shiniang? Shit, of course, why hadn’t he thought of that before? That would explain everything–

–Why did a-Fei look like he’d just been stabbed? 

“A-Fei?” he whispered.

A-Fei blinked, and the raw devastation on his face turned into cold, consuming rage. “She’s not here. We won’t let her hurt you again.”

Oh. Oh no.

“It’s ok, Xiaohua’er,” Fang Duobing said. “We won’t let anything happen to her.”

A-Fei shot him a look of such abject hatred Fang Duobing was vaguely surprised he didn’t gut him with his dao on the spot.

“Trust me,” Fang Duobing mouthed at him. “We won’t let her sacrifice herself for you. We promise.” He grabbed Xiaohua’s free hand and squeezed it. “You saved her, ok? You’re both safe. No one has to die. You’ve done enough. You can rest now, alright? Just breathe. That’s it. Nice, deep breaths.” 

He stroked Xiaohua’s hand, keeping up a steady stream of encouraging murmurs, until the faint tremors coursing through his arms had stopped, until his breath evened out, until his face had once again gone slack with restful sleep.

Fang Duobing gave Xiaohua’s hand another squeeze, placed it carefully back on top of the blanket, and forced himself to release it. “Sleep well, Xiaohua’er,” he whispered, tucking a flyaway wisp of hair behind Xiaohua’s ear.

A-Fei hadn’t made a sound since Fang Duobing had started speaking, other than the rustle of fabric when he changed position, removed his hand from Li Lianhua’s chest, and slipped back into his earlier post in the corner. 

Maybe his headache was acting up again?

A-Fei looked mostly normal: the dao was back on his lap, his legs were crossed, and he seemed to be meditating again. The only difference from earlier was that now he was holding Li Lianhua’s wrist in both hands, and his head was ever so slightly bowed over it.

He thought back on how gutted and horrified a-Fei had looked when Li Lianhua had shouted his Shiniang’s name. How furious he’d been when Duobing had promised to keep her safe.

There was no way he was as fine as he was pretending to be.

#mysterious lotus casebook #Di feisheng #Fang duobing #Li Lianhua #mlc fic #WIP wednesday #lotus trio #difanghua #sorry LLH #If you saw an earlier version of this that ended after the a-fei being stabbed line #that's because I just decided I didn't want this excerpt to be all hurt and no comfort #so I added the next part too #Enjoy!

[hualianisms]

on twitter here and here, forayuarchive has been talking about how LLH & FDB really act like an old married couple, and i couldn't stop thinking about it too. as a native chinese speaker, the level of informality, familiarity and bickering, in how FDB and LLH speak to one another (especially in the later episodes) are reminiscent of how bickering old married chinese couples are often depicted.

when FDB is angry/upset at LLH, he calls him "死莲花" - "Damn Lotus/Damn Lianhua". the way FDB says it is in a manner where you might imagine old spouses scolding one another when nagging/bickering (to clarify, it's not romantic per se, but it's extremely informal & familiar).

for example, in ep 35, FDB calls him Damn Lotus in the note he left LLH when he went to look for the styx flower. CN fanghua fans on weibo managed to painstakingly transcribe the note (see forayuarchive's tweet about it here with the eng translation) - it's extremely informal and reads like a short note a spouse/partner would write when leaving their shared home in a hurry.

i also still can't believe LLH calls FDB "xiaobao", it speaks for itself. 小宝 Xiao Bao (literal meaning is "little treasure") is usually something you call literal babies/children AND is FDB's family nickname for him so if you're calling a grown man that in front of his parents and his colleagues and strangers and literally everyone, then he's either your biological family or he's your bf/partner. (it's a level of intimacy that would make me feel embarrassed as a third party hearing LLH call FDB that in front of everyone😭)

and not to mention the deleted line of FDB calling a sick/unconscious LLH "xiaohua'er". (see video & meta of the deleted line by forayuarchive here, translation of the deleted line by ttiesanjiao here). xiaohua'er is so intimate, definitely something one might call a lover 😭

(*for more name meta, see forayuarchive's twitter thread meta about all the names that FDB and LLH call one another, and in what situations each particular name is used)

in any case these are NOT what a disciple calls his shifu or a son calls his dad. these nicknames are far too informal and familiar - no son talks to his father like that and no disciple talks to his shifu like that. (now, an angry spouse however...)

(there's also the fact that FDB explicitly rejects their relationship as being anything other than that between 2 adult equals - when LLH jokes that FDB should bow to him as disciple, FDB immediately rejects the idea, saying that he was only joking about wanting to be LLH's disciple, that FDB is too old now. he firmly sees himself as an adult equal to LLH.)

tl;dr within months of knowing each other, LLH & FDB act as familiar as an old couple 10 years married, skipping the entire courtship stage 😭

#fanghua #mysterious lotus casebook #fang duobing #li lianhua #莲花楼 #mlc meta #there's more to say about the names they use for each other but this post is alr getting long #sometimes i see ppl saying that LLH and FDB are like dad and son and um... well you can all interpret anything you want #im just saying that as a native chinese speaker the way they talk to each other is NOT shifu & disciple at all #(UNLESS IT'S THE MO RAN AND CHU WANNING KIND OF DISCIPLE AND SHIFU/SHIZUN) #its even less son & dad😭😭 (v much NOT son & parent dynamic like omfg even if a child and parent were v close they would NEVER talk to #their parent like that in chinese culture. NEVER. bc it'd be so rude that at that point ur rejecting ur dad if u call him like that) #(as in straight up not seeing that person as ur dad at all. rejecting them as a parent entirely) #(bc FDB does NOT see LLH as anything other than an equal) #compare FDB & his mom - he is v close to her. he is playful with her but still always calls her Niang ('mother') #edited the post several times im so sorry for how many times i edited this

[difeisheng]

lianhualou where li lianhua decides fuck it early on and in answer to fang duobing asking him things about li xiangyi he has a obi-wan kenobi Of Course I Know Him, He's Me moment and just:

li lianhua: yeah i used to be li xiangyi, what do you want to know

fang duobing:

fang duobing, thinking: it CANNOT be that easy to find him, right? besides he's already drugged me twice and has shit wugong, this is just another one of his lies

fang duobing: *narrows eyes* do you really think i'm that stupid?

li lianhua: no really, i'm him, do you want me to show you wenj—

fang duobing: how about you stop talking.

and so li lianhua gets that out of the way early and effectively keeps fang duobing from pestering him about his identity or taking him seriously when it comes to li xiangyi for Months

#sorry i think it would be really funny if llh just played up the 'yeah im lxy' act at every opportunity #and so fdb never took him seriously on it #mysterious lotus casebook #li xiangyi #fang duobing #ashton originals

[qpjianghu]

they are both looking respectfully 🤡 👀 🤡

#CLOWNS #feihua #mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #li lianhua #llh: why are you so obsessed with me #dfs: SORRY WHAT COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY HEARTEYES #I'm obsessed with llh's shocked pikachu face whenever dfs shows he cares about him #also sorry for the crunchiness and overexposure #this level of color correct and sharpening is beyond my expertise atm lolol #mlc #my mlc gifs

[zishuge]

I wrote to you as soon as I had news. Where's the letter? Did it get sent to the dog's stomach? Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

#mysterious lotus casebook #莲花楼 #li lianhua #cheng yi #cdrama #cdramaedit #mlcedit #*gifs:mine #wuliao doesn’t buy it for a second haha #hulijing: 冤枉啊 :( #“bitch i watched you burn it” - hulijing probably #justice for hulijing #she is best girl #but her dad is so annoying lol #between this and #“sorry my dog needs to choose a 上上签 before i can help you heal this dead person” #and “i can't stay for dinner hulijing is waiting for me at home” #how many times has hulijing been llh's convenient excuse to not do things / get out of situations #tbf “i have to go home to feed my dog” is such a Tired Introvert move — i've done the same

[seventh-fantasy]

君终如日光之芒 ... 却无法再伴君同行。 // 君武勇之处世所罕见 ... 然终有负君之所望。

me for months: i will forever be bugged by the oddly intimate manner of speech in lxy's farewell letter - particularly in the way llh somehow ended up addressing dfs as 君 jun

revisiting the letter qwm wrote to lxy in which she addresses him as 君 jun: OKAY...

#anybody else up still dying over the romanticism of 君??? #what's up?? shrugs. my brain is not in the right condition to process anything beyond 'wow dihua romance'. i'm sorry. #i know the farewell letter was largely lifted from the novel. but it doesn't necessarily explain the logic in drama canon #other than connotations of intimacy it wants to make about their relationship (which also may not be BUT.) ughhHHhh (delusional) #then seeing qwm's letter to lxy used jun in indisputably romantic terms. is just. WELL. there we go. (delusional) #and the way the structure of the letter are worded so similarly mmm (it's the brainrot speaking) #lxy/llh: yes i'm gonna copy and learn that and pass it on #莲花楼 #mysterious lotus casebook #lhl #dihua #my posts

[shentunans]

Where is my Hua Hua X

#my gifs #romance on the farm #mysterious lotus casebook #dmbj cast #shen nuo #I could watch a full 40 episodes drama of just ShunXi and his brosband’s doggo going on adventures #it could be called the adventures of puppy and puppy #zeng shunxi #Joseph Zeng #she is a good doggo though so cute #is okay buddy Li Lianhua will come back oops sorry wrong drama even if he’s sad again missing someone with LLH’s dog look #iqiyi are doing this on purpose and I’m fine except I’m not I want Li Lianhuaaaaa #and di feisheng I need di feisheng to get comfort cuddles from the puppy as well xD #alternate universe mlc

[extraordinarilyextreme]

All because Wang Xiaoshi admired the Yellow Crane Tower of renown, he took advantage of his passing travels to specifically stay in Hubei and view the wonderful scenery of this famous tower. Because he inadvertently took an extra glance, and heard an extra word, so began a new and legendary chapter of his life. Wang Xiaoshi, Wen Rou, and Bai Choufei are in a triangular relationship. But this kind of triangle, to Wang Xiaoshi, is in fact a novel and interesting dream; in this dream exists the best friends, the woman he admires the most, and the happiest times, as well as the kind of friendship and love that one cannot forget or abandon even after waking up. The first time Wang Xiaoshi saw Wen Rou, the entire world was illuminated by the single flame of a candle. As graceful as a poem; as distant and beautiful as a dream. The lovely, innocent, rude, willful, and genuinely adorable Wen Rou caused Wang Xiaoshi to fall in love at first sight. Even though at that time, she loved someone else in her heart, but in Wang Xiaoshi’s eyes, romantic love cannot be attained through force; it is only a matter of what he gives. Seeing her happy made him happy; that was already enough. It was not that Wen Rou did not know of his redeeming qualities. She liked him very much to begin with; their mutual love at the end was an expected result, because “I am your Wen Rou.” The first time Wang Xiaoshi saw Wen Rou, he thought of Bai Choufei. The last time he saw Bai Choufei, he thought again of their first meeting; it left a notable mark at the bottom of his heart. They once wanted to achieve a great career in the Imperial City, and attain a great accomplishment. Warm a pot of sake; judge the current events of the world. At that time, even if they were destitute, they were in fact not desolate, all because they helped each other during such humble circumstances and could keep each other warm. So, even when, later on, Bai Choufei made mistake after mistake and incurred the wrath of the heavens and the anger of men, Wang Xiaoshi still would forgive him, and even in a fight to the death, could not bear hurting him. After Bai Choufei’s death, Wang Xiaoshi would still frequently think of him. This is how Wang Xiaoshi’s pure and kind-hearted nature exemplifies itself. Or perhaps, it is a reminiscing of exactly the most memorable years of youth.

王小石与温柔、白愁飞 Wang Xiaoshi and Wen Rou, Bai Choufei from Wang Xiaoshi's Baidu page

Any mistakes are my own.

#说英雄谁是英雄 #heroes #wang xiaoshi #wen rou #bai choufei #choushi #wangbai #shirou #my translation #SORRY I JUST. #ZSX YOUR FUCKN CHARACTERS #even at the end WXS forgave BCF #no matter how many times LLH lied to him FDB still forgives him #I CANT I CANT I CANT THEYRE SO GOOD #theyre just so fundamentally good #even if having such an open heart means they'll get hurt #they wont ever close it to the world

[geneticcatalyst]

i know in-universe its probably vanishingly rare to unheard of for someone to lose their cultivation/martial arts but it is kinda funny that people always jump to oh this is a common person who has not learned martial arts when every time i start a new show/book im tripping over some guy who was a really skilled cultivator/martial artist and lost the ability

#i love a trope #and i love this one in particular actually. never stop handing me these guys #sorry it was the bit of mlc where he grabs llh and says oh. you're empty inside #i might have started chewing the curtains just a bit just a bite ok the tiniest- #gen watches

[cheetahing]

jealous kiss fic meme fill from discord, for @completelycumberlocked. thanks dihua server for helping me figure out how the heck to make llh jealous LOL.

*

hulijing, the little traitor, is sitting with her chin on di feisheng's knee, tail wagging as she looks up at him adoringly. di feisheng, for his part, is stroking her ears and smiling more gently than li lianhua has ever seen. it's sort of unfair. li lianhua clears his throat and, other than a twitch of one of hulijing's ears, is summarily ignored by both of them. how rude!

"lao di," he tries, sidling up alongside the bench di feisheng's seated on. that gets him a questioning hum, but little else. li lianhua eases himself down onto the bench, legs opposite di feisheng's, and cozies up to breathe, "a'fei?" into his ear.

"yes?" says di feisheng, without looking up from the dog. li lianhua frowns. really! he leans across to block di feisheng's view instead and, while he's still blinking in confusion, kisses him squarely on the mouth.

li lianhua feels the brush of di feisheng's eyelashes against his cheek as his eyes close. he allows the rather aggressive entrance of li lianhua's tongue, tilting his head to adjust the angle and kissing back. somewhere in the part of his brain not wholly wrapped up in di feisheng, li lianhua hears hulijing sigh and pad away. his heart does a little fistpump. sorry, hulijing, he'll make it up to you later.

"what was that for," di feisheng says once li lianhua lets him up. li lianhua smiles, content.

"nothing," he says, "i just thought you looked cute."

di feisheng's eyebrows go up. "cute? me?"

"yes," li lianhua says, smile widening. "you."

di feisheng squints at him. "what goes on in that head of yours?"

"don't worry about it," li lianhua says, and kisses him again.

#mysterious lotus casebook #li lianhua #di feisheng #dihua #feihua #jealous dfs would have been easier but i did that already #dfs: jealous of himself #llh: jealous of dog #god i love this ship

[bbcphile]

Thoughts on character and costume?

I really love how the respective characters have different colour palettes, silhouettes but in particular material/textures to their costuming. Fang Duobing is a little princess so he gets pale pastels, fancy ornamentation and transparent gauzy fabrics which I find so cute, he’s not just rich he’s *expensive* and *pretty* it’s pretty funny that he matches the actual princess in the red leaves mountain case

DFS gets your wide shoulder bad guy rich deep colours with thick layers and lots of metal detailing but it veers towards grand instead of pretty. Hot topic young DFS is leather and studs lmao. Brocade and fur & shit.

LLH is a linen boi and he almost never has any metal on him, we all know his natural material hair ornament meta etc. Interestingly, he does share some colour palette and fabric overlap with FDB, we se him with his tits out transparent outer layer sometimes. No structure all flowy silhouette

someone on here made a post abt their differing sleeve styles but I can’t find it!

I wanted to gush but also do u have any extra costume thoughts + how they relate to one another? You have a great knack for finding good photos of the show too 😅

Thanks for the ask, @lei-llustrations , and I love your analysis of the outfits! I'm so sorry it took me forever to respond! I had grand plans for a full essay analyzing DFS's costumes, and then I ran out of spoons for doing that. (The short version of the point I was going to prove is that his a-Fei outfits have elements of what seem to be his favorite details from his fancier alliance leader outfits, so it seemed like evidence of LLH trying to make up for making him be in disguise and without his power. I'm thinking of the maroon-red one with studs in the sleeves in particular, but there are echoes of his preferences in the other ones, too.)

Since I'll never actually respond if I wait to put that meta together, here's a shorter one, with my thoughts on DFS's official Alliance Leader robes (screenshot taken from ep 40, when delivering the wangchuan flower).

LLH and FDB both call him Di mengzhu in the wangchuan flower scene, because he's clearly dressed in a way that makes this an Official Visit. I find it fascinating that he wears his alliance leader outfit instead of his grey, maroon, and gold outfit that he wears for non-alliance matters (aka. the wedding room outfit, which he also wears for such Xiangyi-related purposes as the reunion duel that doesn't happen and grieving for him in the middle of the night). After all, he's giving LLH a gift to save his life and issuing him a friendly anniversary honeymoon challenge, so you'd think that would call for his dating outfit, not his official garb.

BUT! What if he's using his official Alliance Leader regalia as a way of saying that not only a-Fei/Lao Di, but also Di Mengzhu and the Jinyuan Alliance want him to live? It's more than just essentially creating Peace Treaty version 2.0, and trying to get life back to what could have been if SGD and JLQ hadn't ruined everything: their people at peace, and the two of them meeting for friendly duels rather than death matches. Yes, only LLH and FDB are there to witness it, but by showing up in his Official Capacity, he's also correcting all the narratives about the enmity between himself and Li Xiangyi, and in giving him the flower, he's officially declaring that Di Mengzhu wants Li Lianhua to heal and have his strength and power back more than he wants to gain martial arts power himself.

This is a HUGE deal. DFS formed the Jinyuan Alliance as a way of climbing the ranks of the jianghu, because his goal was to gain strength so he'd never be helpless or forced to do someone's bidding again. And yet, he wears the outfit that symbolizes that striving and his place at the top of it to GIVE AWAY THE FLOWER THAT WOULD CEMENT HIS PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE JIANGHU. He wants Li Lianhua to not just live but also to regain the strength SGD and JLQ stole from him, which would mean that Li Xiangyi would quite possibly defeat him, and he would welcome that, because it's not about self-protection anymore: now, what he wants more than anything else, is for Li Xiangyi/Lianhua to live.

If that's not enough of an emotional gut punch, try this: Di Feisheng told Li Xiangyi at the start of the show that swordsmen shouldn't have weaknesses. Di Feisheng has only really had two "weaknesses" (vulnerabilities might be more accurate): his desiring the wangchuan flower (which led to SGD and JLQ incapacitating him) and Li Lianhua. It feels like a monumental shift to me that, at the end of the show, Di Feisheng hands one weakness to the man who is the other: essentially, he is announcing to the world that nothing is more important to him than Li Lianhua's recovery, and he doesn't care who knows it.

It also feels very pertinent that his official outfit is wedding red, and he's essentially showing up in his fanciest remaining outfit to offer Li Lianhua his heart on a platter priceless magical flower in a box the way someone might show up at the house of their beloved with boxes and boxes of betrothal gifts. Not that DFS explained that or LLH picked up on it, because that would involve better communication skills than either of them had.

#mysterious lotus casebook #mlc meta #lianhua lou #lhl #asks answered #Di Feisheng #Li Lianhua #Fang Duobing #costumes #feihua #dihua

[tpwkwriter]

helllooooo! i love ur fics, they are really great. Could you please do any cute fluff with llh, like make our hearts melt due to his love for his girl and him showing the world how truly in love he is with y/n thank you! all the best <3

Truly.

Awww hello!! Thank you for your request and lovely, words I appreciate it so much!!!💟

We all love a bit of LHH 😚

And also Zayn is included in this he is always a part of one direction 💛

Warnings- none really! Extreme fluff

Hope this is what you wanted and I hope you enjoy this! 🌷

— — — — —

The sound of laughter and banter ricocheted between the lads downstairs.

It was a rare occasion that the 1D lads had a day off and could spend it however they wished.

Despite spending everyday with one another for the last 5 years, they still make time for each other and make sure to have quality time. And y/n was more than happy to accommodate that, she loved them 5 boys.

With messy hair, oversized hoodie and Pyjama bottoms that were tucked into her long fluffy socks y/n carelessly crept down the stairs not minding her state around the boys.

Harry was sitting straightly upright on the sofa, his elbows leaning on his knees as his eyes were glued to the Tv screen that played some video game they took in turn playing.

To his left sat Liam who was leaning comfortably across the sofa with his legs dangling over the matching ottoman that was perched in front of him.

Louis, Zayn and Niall were sat on the 3 seater sofa that sat adjacent to the one Liam and Harry occupied.

Once y/n crept in to living room to see what they were up to, all attention immediately sprung to her.

“Morning y/nnn” the four boys said in almost unison.

“Morning Boys” she yawned using her sweater paw to cover her mouth.

H couldn’t help but stare at the girl that was all his.

Even in the early mornings she still managed to look beautiful, she looked adorable wrapped in his hoodie, fluffy socks and hair down and ruffled.

“Y’alright angel?” He asked all eyes and focus on her.

“Yeah” she smiled glancing at the 5 boys lazing in the room.

“I’ll make us coffee” she yawned once again. And slipping away to the kitchen.

“Need any help love?” Louis called

“M’okay thanks Tommo” she answered.

“I’ll go” Harry interjected swiftly placing his phone done and hurrying to the girls aid.

“Whipped” Liam jokingly remarked

“Oi i heard that payno” he answered taking a quick look at Liams smiley face.

Harry was quick to wrap his arms around the girls waist as she flicked the kettles and prepped the cups.

“G’Morning” he whispered in her ear pressing tiny kisses to the side of her face.

“Morning” she sweetly replied, blushing at his actions

“Sorry couldn’t stay f’mornin cuddles” he pouted.

“S’fine, we get to deal with these cuties anyway” she said referring to 4 giggling men in there sitting room.

“Heeeyyyy, am I not cute enough?” He said holding her waist tighter and pressing his lips to her neck.

“Y’know what I mean” she giggles.

“Hmm m’not sure I do” he said kisses going higher up her face.

“Oi keep it PG yeah?” Zayn called, the rest of the boys immediately sniggering.

“Bloody hell” he said closing his eyes a smile showing.

— — — — —

The boys carried on with there game that took place the flat Tv that sat on the wall.

Though to be honest even if y/n had no clue what was going on, seeing them get competitive against each other and joke around made her heart happy.

Y/n leaned against the doorframe watching all the boyish banter unfold.

Harry determined that wasn’t close enough.

“C’mere m’darling” he says patting his lap.

Y/n knew the boys wouldn’t mind, so she accepted his offer.

His back leaned against the sofa, as y/n perched herself on his lap comfortably.

She then leaned onto his chest, legs still dangling over his knees and head resting just on top on his shoulder.

Allowing that safe familiar scent to take over.

As the day continued laughs and jokes were made.

Y/n’s phone starts going off a Bit more than usual.

“Baby y’phones going mental” Harry says slinging his arm out lazily to reach it for her.

She opens it which leads her to Twitter to reveal a post Niall had made.

It was a snapshot of the couple on the sofa, the timing being to perfect that it captured harry pressing a kiss to the girls forehead.

The caption read: look at these lovers.

It was safe to say Twitter was going feral.

“Niall! You shitter!” She jokes, very much loving the photo.

“Let’s see” Harry said moving the girls hand with his own.

“Heeeyyy, y’caught me in my most vulnerable state” he smiled, pressing another kiss to the girls hairline.

“S’pretty damn cute if I say so myself” Louis smiled, scrolling down Twitter.

Harry then presumes to retweeting the photo which further leads the fandom into frenzy, many of this is them trying to work out who y/n is, how long they’ve been a thing, them gushing over how adorable boyfriend Harry is.

Y/n was glad he was all hers.

— — — — —

As the day progressed, the boys and y/n spent the day at home with continuous banter and laughs.

“Mmm I love you” he said pressing a kiss to the girls cheek after closing the door to the boys who had just left.

“I love you” she replied.

“M’social batteries dead though” she sighed.

“Looks like m’just gonna havta cuddle you then hey?” He said plopping down next to her and leaning his head on her lap.

The Tv played some random drama that caught the attention of y/n, her fingers playing with his long curls that splayed all over her lap.

“Y’so pretty” he randomly admits

“Y’are” he said eyes scanning her features, as best he could considering he was under her chin.

“Harryyyyy” she dragged.

“Don’t start this, y’know y’gorgeous” she blushed.

“I love you my sweet girl” he said, melting into her soft and loving touches.

“Love you more than life”’

“Love you too Harry”

“I do” she mumbled

As they sat in comfortable silence feeding into the programme on the TV.

Y/n’s phone pinged allowing her screen to light up, the random light in the corner of his eye made Harry glance at it, and he wasn’t expecting to see the newly posted photo to be her lock screen.

“Baby?” he wondered

“Hmm” she hummed.

“Is that photo your lock screen?” He smiled.

“Maybe”

— — — — —

Bit crappy ending but I hope you enjoy nonetheless! ❤️

#harry styles #harry styles fanfiction #my fic writing #harry styles au #harry styles blurb #harry styles x y/n #fluff #one direction #1D #Harry styles imagine #Harry Edward styles #harry styles stories #Harry styles fluff #Harry styles x you #harry styles x fem!reader #Harry styles one shot #harry #styles #harries #fanfic #fluffy fluff

[ecoamerica]

Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

#ACLA24 #ACLA24Leaders #youtube #youtube video #climate leaders #climate solutions #climate action #climate and environment #climate #climate change #climate and health #climate blog #climate justice #climate news #weather and climate #environmental news #environment #environmental awareness #environment and health #environmental #environmental issues #environmental justice #environment protection #environmental health #Youtube

[difeisheng]

thinking about cryptid little forensic anthropology professor li lianhua who wears cardigans with converse and shows up 10 minutes late with a matcha latte every class, but will then proceed to sit on the desk swinging his feet and drop an absolute banger of a lecture without notes or looking at slides (he does have slides, and amazingly they're both legible and genuinely informative). baby future archivist fang duobing is in his class, and Technically this is outside of his focus in the anthropology major he's doing to get there but hey, counted credits are counted credits, and he may as well apply the time he's spent watching elementary and listening to true crime podcasts to something. except all he actually ends up doing is develop a massive infatuation on his cute sweet professor who intersperses all his lectures with pictures of his dog, and his friends are stuck hearing about it because "don't you understand the struggle, guys, going to office hours won't get anywhere because it's really hard to find an opening to flirt when the topic being covered this week is trauma analysis of cranial fragments". it doesn't stop fang duobing from showing up to them anyway, though, because getting li lianhua to go on about some niche and random topic over the tea he always offers, just the two of them, is a beautiful thing. even the pictures of him and his admittedly stunning husband crowded on his desk can't take down the smile fang duobing has on whenever he leaves. sure it really is a puppy crush but hey a boy can dream

#sorry this was supposed to be crack ish and then ended up kind of sweet #this is therapy for me in these trying times #btw su xiaoyong is llh's ta for this class and she is NOT impressed at xiaobao's crush #also guys i haven't watched elementary but i know that lucy liu as joan watson would've Done something to xiaobao's brain chemistry #mysterious lotus casebook #fanghua #li xiangyi #fang duobing #ashton originals #forensic anth au

[oof-ouch-yikes-stripes]

Sorry I don’t have the nice digital panels but. I know everybody was talking about the last page of Love’s Lightning Heart (for good reason), but can we just take a moment to appreciate the panel layout here and throughout the rest of the story please I just think it’s neat.

Rant about page design below!

Like there is not a single page in LLH that is entirely composed of standard square/rectangular panels, and the closest it gets is the famed last page, when Ray comes back (a return to normalcy both for the characters and the layout), though it’s still not completely “straight,” because the lives of Red Racer and Flashlight will never be completely normal. The non traditional layout also parallels the fact that this is an alternate universe where things work differently, and there’s probably something about when pages are symmetrical or not that represents something that I don’t want to put the effort into analyzing. And obviously this page is flower shaped to emulate the fact that Hank’s on Soul Sucking Flower World. I love storytelling and I love when storytelling is aided by something as simple as panel layout!!! Like I’ve only gotten into comics over the last couple of months and I haven’t even read that many in that time but my favorite thing about the medium is how there is a distinct idea of what “normal” looks like and how the choice to either follow that or break the pattern influences how the story is perceived.

Some other interesting uses of panel layout that I’ve seen and liked, just because while I’m here I may as well commit to the topic:

-Midnighter (2015) does a good job of using layout to add to the dynamicism of fight scenes and also to place emphasis on when he’s doing Head Computer Things

- This is part Otto Schmidt’s art and part page design, but Babs’s dream sequence in DC vs Vampires #8 in particular, though the rest of DVV does make interesting choices

- Literally any time that Barry Allen taps into the Speedforce to think and we get the cool focus on him while all of his thoughts surround him in little panels

Like yeah!! Use the medium to its full potential!!

#hank hallmark #halbarry #maybe it doesn’t justify the tag but we are still talking about LLH #comics #somebody please shut me up

[carduelis-art]

I love how dfs is playing with llh's hair 😭😭 would you consider drawing llh with white hair because that immortal samsara look lives in my brain rent free

Ah, I forgot to answer your question, sorry!

And absolutely love Cheng Yi with white hair, so I'll apply that somewhere in the sketches. I think the poison might have caused Lianhua's hair to turn white, so this idea is good for post-canon~

#He would look adorable in a white cape and white hair!

[seventh-fantasy]

江湖风波恶 楼里莲花清 (the outside world of jianghu is perilous and it is pure as the lotus within this tower)

lotus tower is his body

(never beating the i'm thinking about lhl with reference to nezha 1979 allegations)

anyway.

#i just wanted to have llh in the nezha rebirth lotus dance pose #bc. clearly i've been thinking about Things #(and mark u know i am tagging u in any lhl/nezha content) #sorry i literally only have unpolished doodles </3 #if i was a Serious Artist i would have also drawn more poses but unfortunately i'm not </3 #江湖风波恶 楼里莲花清 is subbed as 'i prefer solitude to venturing into the perilous world' #which gets the meaning across but. is totally different in expression #this tl i did is NOT meant to be accurate. nor is it polished. but should be smth closer to the og line #莲花楼 #mysterious lotus casebook #lhl #rin doodles #my posts #i might have been awake for too long today i have never drawn this much lhl #its like almost 2am now I might wake up wanting to delete this lol #i drew these on my phone...