Chapter 3: A Package? For... Someone

my dumb? founded. my flabbers? gasted. my gob??? smacked

Manfred, everyone's skeleton son 💀

My personal ranking of Uramichi's borderline revealing work outfits

Bacterian

Tbh this isn't that bad. The shorts are a bit short Ig but not out of reason. What gives this outfit the 👀 energy imo are the long gloves and thigh high boots, tragically not seen in this photo 😔 I'll give it a 6.5/10

Absent minded cat (idk if it has a proper name?

I'm begging you give this man a kirugumi or something!!!! This is not a cat! This is a bodysuit with catlike features! This is the most covered he'll be on this list but somehow I feel like I'm seeing way too much, and that's saying something. 2/10

Uramino kun

I'm not the kind to dismiss the appeal of less conventionally appealing creatures, but let's not kid ourselves; bagworms aren't cute. Unless you find pinecones cute ig. I do appreciate having even more leg from bacterian but otherwise this is a miss for me. 4/10

God of Shiso

I'm in love with this look. And that probably sounds hypocritical since this might be the most revealing outfit yet but hhhhh muscle,,, I think I also like it because it's probably the closest thing to a normal outfit on here, although maybe not on a kids show lol. My favorite. 10/10

Right Left Man

Another banger!! I'll be honest, idk why this does it for me. I think probably those straps on his arms that really accentuate his muscles? And the thigh highs are back! I know he is a caution sign but damn if he's not the hottest caution sign I've ever seen! 9/10

Bonjour man

I feel the same way as Uramichi does about this look lol. I know a lot of folks like it but I cannot stand it. I want to burn it. The shorts being the color of the french flag is a nice touch but the color and stripe pattern clashes SO BAD with those of the shirt. It looks like someone gave you two minutes to buy an outfit that you felt says "France" from your local thrift store. I can't even appreciate all the extra muscle on display because they're being drowned out the anguished tortured SCREAMS coming from this disaster of a costume. "Kill me," it says, "I don't want to suffer anymore." But we're in different worlds, so I can't offer it the sweet release of death. I can only bear witness to its suffering while I seethe with hatred. 0/10

Whenever people try to tell me to ship "moral ships" I like to think about how inherently immoral it is to flirt with service workers at coffee shops where they're obliged to be nice to you so... many coffee shop AUs are like. Immoral. But given that they are a fantasy where this is instant romance without the fear of trapping a service worker in an uncomfortable situation that's tantamount to workplace sexual harassment, I enjoy the cutesy coffee shop AUs immensely.

And that's basically my attitude towards all fantasy. There's lots of things I enjoy in fantasy that wouldn't work IRL. Enemies to lovers. Sudden kisses. Miscommunications in relationships. Codependency. Fight sluts who physically assault each other while emotionally connecting.

Once you start ascribing your morals to the fiction you consume, you tend to miss the issues in even the most innocuous, innocent seeming scenarios. It's easy to judge other people's fictional enjoyment until someone points out your innocent coffee shop AU is romanticised workplace harassment.

But it's all fiction. It's a fantasy. That's why it's fine.

A lack of education around things like consent, healthy relationships, self respect and respect of others, bodily autonomy, etc, has made people think they can rely only on fiction to tell them what right - but that's dangerous. And unsustainable.

Chapter 2: Games

Summary: “Nobody really knows who this person could be, or why Lord Crimson Rain is looking for them,” Yu Liling continued, coming close to the pavilion with Xie Lian and Hua Cheng in tow. “There’s lots of speculation, but my ancestor who travelled to Ghost City heard there from a good source that they’re a ‘noble immortal Taoist.’”

As people said: no winds, no waves. The only rumours that passed the test of time were those that hid a little bit of truth within. Hua Cheng felt Xie Lian’s eyes on him, but he kept his face schooled and his eyes on the cloth fox.

It took over ten days for Xie Lian and Hua Cheng to walk from the inn where they met with the emperor to the entrance of Mount Tonglu. What happened during that journey? And most importantly, what would've happened if things had gone differently during that journey?

Expect folk stories told by Hua Cheng worshippers, Xie Lian figuring out stuff he could've realised one hundred chapters ago, and a Ghost King simultaneously hating on his child-like appearance and getting the best out of it.

Canon divergence from chapter 143. Contains many spoilers from the book!

Read on Ao3.

My pieces for the fic After School Paranormal Club by sleepthief, made as part of the TGCF Minibang 2022.

Summary: 

"Hello, my name is Hua Cheng and there's a demon living in my right eye." It's his good grades, art talent and creative video pitch that got him the principal's okay to set up the After School Paranormal Club. But there really is a demon living in his right eye. And it's in love with gege!

High school AU in which the creepy goth kid is in love with the school's most popular jock. Pining ensues, as do curses, demons, hormones and midterms.

there’s wip (active development) and wip (stuck in development hell) and wip (oh you’re not even getting funding for this one)

Hello, I'm Ban (they/them), and after four years or so, I find myself again on Tumblr.

I write and translate fanfiction, and I also do cosplay. I've lost count of how many times I've tried to pick up the habit of drawing just to drop it after a while, but anyway, I'm at it once more. As you can see, this time I'm mostly motivated by the author MXTX, whose good old ghost king Hua Cheng lives rent free in my head, but I hope to slowly delve into my other fandoms through this medium as well.

Glad to be back to the hellsite!

Dinghai Love Week 2023 Day 2: Side character / Death.

Xie An, the man, the legend, who I didn't expect to like but here we are. I based his design on his first description on the novel. Also, spoilers without context, I guess.

Hualian Mix'n'Match, day 2 Sect Leader Hua Cheng (butterfly dream) and His Highness The Crown Prince Xie Lian

Prompt: Sword

After initiating his training, Taizi Dianxia isn't easily persuaded to leave Mt. Taicang. However, the leader of the Crimson Rain sect is visiting the imperial court, and there's no way the prince would miss the chance to see his legendary sabre!

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