collateral_damage

im so obsessed with the things i like....

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first year artfight ! im so glad for the excuse to draw

[zirlink]

Vein＆LuGuang

"Unforgiven"🥰

[iveoy]

redraw of a frame from THE hualian animatic @/meltsmelt made <3

orginal screenshot vvv

[shoefaced2]

it would be so bittersweet if lu guang kept cheng xiaoshi's power in the end but just learned to use it sparingly to visit happy memories, like every once in a blue moon.

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thing is, after they dive into a photo they cant dive in it again. meaning lg can only “revisit” each photo once. and eventually he will run out of photos

[ghost-kings-court-jester]

The thing I think people miss about hualian is that they think unconditional love means I love you no matter what you do, and while that is a piece of it (what matters is you, not the state of you, etc.), it’s more about I love you without conditions. I do not love you because you do things for me or because you are a god amongst men. I love you for who you are. Loving you is as easy as breathing to me; I do it effortlessly. I will love you if you're poor, if you're hurt, or if you're insane, because I need no reason to do it. Loving you and breathing are the same instinct, and that’s why there are no conditions, because I am who I am because my love for you shapes me as a person, and that applies to both of them, because it is as simple as they are happy to be in each other's company, that’s what their love truly is.

[miyamiwu]

Can’t believe that CXS fell for Vein’s bluff on being British when that man is a walking Chinese New Year decoration 😭

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vein:

cheng xiaoshi:

the meeting of two great minds

[itsjustelian]

Link Click is hilarious because all the main characters all think they're in drastically different genres of story.

Cheng Xiaoshi thinks he's in a buddy cop movie. There's a bit of comedy, a bit of suspense, some romance, but everything turns out all right at the end of the day.

Lu Guang is standing somewhere between Shakespearean Tradgedy and a psychological horror. Nothing is ever okay, and he cannot escape but he also can't ask for help because how would he even start.

Qiao Ling thinks her life is like a mystery novel. People are clearly hiding things from her and people she loves keep getting hurt but by god is she going to get to the bottom of this no matter what.

Xia Fei (as far as we've seen so far) is trapped in a coming of age story. He's just lost his mentor and is going to have to go off and figure the world out on his own. But he's making friends and learning the error of his ways.

Vein thinks this is a romance. Do not deny it. He's trying to live out his dark romance fantasy, and it's so bad for everyone involved.

Liu Xiao is a mystery to me. He's been playing Tetris on set. Honestly, he probably thinks he's the narrator, smug bastard.

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👉👈 flower god xl,, 🥺

from Paper Flowers for the God of Gods by @mrcformoso !

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been flipping through my sketchbook, and got walloped over the head at the reminder of my unwritten tgcf fic idea..

花无百日红：a flower cannot stay red for hundred days; good times do not last

[meiniilh]

The beggars, who saved the entire capital and everyone in it on a random weekday because Ol' Feng said that that weirdass couple asking for their help were his friends, have my respect.

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proves how effective networking is

[qiandenguan]

the quiet force that is the 3000 lanterns scene in tgcf will never not get to me, like...setting the whole worship thing aside, this scene is the most romantic, evocative shit in the series (and mind u, it only gets WORSE as the story goes on like for crying out loud!!). no declarations, no claiming just someone lighting the dark so his beloved person doesn’t have to stand in it alone. hua cheng makes sure xie lian is seen, that’s it. and then xl leaves the banquet, looks up at the sky, and silently thanks him. that's the real gut-punching part of this chapter bc u can tell how much it meant to him ! oh, love as quiet presence, as comfort and certainty that he belongs.. love that keeps the other moving forward freely, not tethered, not as interference trying to change him or steer his path, but as unwavering support ! just there, lingering and shining ever so brightly. or maybe i'm just projecting, idk i'm crying either way

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theres a reason why every hualian song references the 3000 lanterns and this is it

[cryptidkey]

Started re-reading tgcf and remembered how much I love his character design

[archangel-fucking-judas]

Xie Lian: San Lang, you are a dear friend, but do not dare to presume to know him.

Hua Cheng who is also Wu Ming: yes Dianxia

[quelmdn]

yushi huang 🩸

[spffnity]

me: ill sketch some cybermoths designs finally :) my hand: … oh you said Sketch?