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I think Hua Cheng is always warm. It doesn't matter that Xie Lian loves his ghost self as he is, Hua Cheng will never forget the night that his little flickering ghost fire could not keep his beloved warm.

So his body will always be warm, and his heart will always beat, so that when Xie Lian snuggles up to him at night, he will never be cold again.

retiredpeach

Bit of June's reward~

foxyjoy-art

Happy Holidays! Have some Nutcracker Hualian

stansilverart

tuck me in tight, tell me you love me and kiss me goodnight

shadowgale96

Okay but THIS redrawn with Hualian would be perfect. Has anyone drawn this already because I will commission somebody if not.

mavilez

had to

mineral0117

silly

jiangwanyinscatmom

I don't even go here, and very rarely interact in this fandom, but now that it seems to have gotten an uptick of notice with the last book for Tian Guan Ci Fu, I am honestly in shock to see how many try to say that Hua Cheng (Hong Hong-er) had not been a victim of classism by Mu Qing.

I'm annoyed enough to have to rant about this as it also dismisses that Hong Hong-er had been abandoned without guardianship due to superstition inherent to lower class positions that relied on the will of heavenly principles that also were classist from inception.

This did include Mu Qing who had consistently told Xie Lian not to help the child throughout the plot and continued the rule of class segregation despite him having been of the same social caste as Hong Hong-er. Yet due to circumstance Mu Qing was able to rise within the ranks of position due to not having the physical and superstitious reputation that plagued Hong Hong-er from birth. This jealousy from Mu Qing that had been exhibited when he refused to continue to let Hong Hong-er rise within the ranks of the Xianle army was not out of subconscious good will to protect a child. He did not see Hong Hong-er as worthy of any sort of position as he had been with rising through ranks. It is a consistent theme between Mu Qing and Hua Cheng that Hua Cheng's dislike of him is due to Mu Qing's callousness of dismissing regard towards the same class of people he came from and the benefits of social rise.

This seems to be dismissed that Hua Cheng, as a ghost, had denied heavenly principles to become a god in the overwrought and classist heavens to stay a ghost and stay a calamity considered disgusting as an existence to those of heaven. It's considered an arrogance by those of safe position and standing for Hua Cheng to deny the offered will of those in power within the system that maintains the caste hierarchy.

Because Hua Cheng was able to create another entity of social life, it exempts him now of the classism that Mu Qing perpetuated when he had been Hong Hong-er. Yet the society that Hua Cheng had made is seen as lesser and base to those in Heaven. Yet at the same time his position as the Lord of Ghost City means he is not the target of the classism he had been attacked by within his previous life. Because somehow he is now Mu Qing's equal in social standing despite this still being untrue. For his power Hua Cheng is still labeled suspicious and of evil intent, very much so from Mu Qing through the present day plot.

What is viable for one is not for any other, or dismissed by the own fandom as not honorable in comparison. The overt theme of classism that is present in the book itself also carries over with how much of the fandom perceives this theme regarding Hua Cheng and his overt opposition of navigating it next to Mu Qing. One did deny the system of classism while the other did continue to follow it without change.

jembeloved

phew i loved this! it explains perfectly on why i get annoyed whenever some mu qing stans just try to sold him as something he's not.

in the entire novel it hasn't been shown or mentioned that mu qing has done anything to defy classism or rebel against the feudalistic society. in fact, he seems quite happy to be on top of the pyramide now that he's a god. of course, it gets reveleaed that no other gods do something for the common people except for maybe xie lian and yushi huang. mu qing doesn't break the abusive corrupt cycle, he puts himself in it like a well oiled cog--just like every other heavenly official. hua cheng is not a glorified angel either, the narrative points out many times that a lot of his actions are completely done by his own motives and desires with disregard to others except for xie lian.

AND YET. mxtx still decided to actively write that just as he can be cruel, he can also "do odd acts of kindness", he built a city that very much is implied a shelter for the rejects and the outcasts in society. i remember even a quote (correct me if i'm wrong) that xie lian has always thought there should be a city for the ghosts. we are explicitly said by the heaven's eye and his group that hua cheng sheltered a prostitute who killed a serial rapist. and as op beautifully pointed out, even the act of hua cheng refusing ascension and jumping down from heaven is an act of defying heaven and its corrupt classist society that reflects the mortal world.

mu qing is not an advocate for the lower class as much as his stans want that for him. yes, classism plays a huge part on explaining why he acts the way he does and is the solid ground laid out for his character. but that's all there is, it just explains. yes he was a servant (800+ years ago), yes we know he was bullied and made fun of (even though xie lian defended him many times lmao), and yes we know the ultimate reason he left was because he had to go take care of his mom (which btw, we have no mention of after the fallout in book 4. for all we know, she probably died of old age after mu qing managed to become an official. unlike a certain someone whose parents hung themselves, but what do i know.) nevertheless, yes, mu qing had his reasons and i'm not saying he wasn't a victim or wasn't somehow justified in leaving xie lian, feng xin and the king and queen in book 4. his experience as a lower class citizen very much did shape his character, attitude and view on many things.

he is complex and there is a lot to be explored with his character when you look through the lens of classism and poverty, but it needs to be acknowledged, especially by his stans, that mu qing becomes the thing he probably detested as a mortal. he has flaws, made mistakes, but there was character development in the end precisely because he looked beyond his ego and pride, and recognized that.

poorlittleyaoyao

consider: Xiyao but it's Hadestown

wolfriver777

To Xie Lian, he is the moon and Hua Cheng is the sun.

To Hua Cheng, he is the moon and Xie Lian is the sun.

wangxian-the-zhijis

Just wanna add this bit of information to the long list of parallels between WangXian and XiYao.

WangXian = 知己 zhiji | XiYao = 知音 zhiyin

Lan Wangji: 你把我當成什麼人？(What do you take me for?) | Wei Wuxian: 我曾經把你當做我畢生知己。(I once thought of you as my soulmate in this lifetime.)

Interviewer: 你怎麼理解金光瑤和藍曦臣之間的關係? (How do you understand the relationship between JGY and LXC?) | Zhu Zanjin (JGY’s actor): 我覺得他們是知音關係。 (I think they are soulmates.)

知己 and 知音 are synonymous and can be used interchangeably. Both are translated to “best friend” “intimate friend” “bosom friend”. Both also mean “someone who understands you very deeply” and is considered “very hard to find” and, can also mean “soulmate”.

The Lan brothers’ partners soulmates really be labelling them as soulmates without them knowing. But I’m sure no one’s complaining.

Anyways, I present to you: the soulmates Nie Huaisang reunited; and the soulmates Nie Huaisang broke up.

nixster627

Tournament of Jiang Cheng's Lovers 3rd Place

Lan Xichen vs. Jin Guangyao

Lan Xichen/Jiang Cheng

Jin Guangyao/Jiang Cheng

Voting ended onNov 30, 2023

fox-fic-and-ink

Chengyao raise a traumatized baby together with polar opposites parenting styles. How is that not the tastiest option here?!?! XD

nat-draws

I love how Xie Lian always trusted Hua Cheng since the very beginning

thatswhatsushesaid

I often see people over in the clock app painting NHS as outdoing JGY in his scheming and tbh I get where they're coming from but I think that's just dubious at best because JGY and NHS are very different characters. Bear with me.

I don't think either classify as schemers per se— NHS's plan could have been derailed by so many things that had a very fair chance of happening and that's not scheming imo. At least not decent scheming. NHS is a smart resentful guy with means and patience who happened to get lucky.

JGY on the other hand, unless I'm forgetting something, we never see him actually playing the long game, do we? Save for sunshot. He takes measures to protect himself against getting his crimes discovered but that's basic self preservation rather than long term thinking.

JGY works with his current circumstances because he has too or he'll die, while NHS has the means, the safety, and the time to play the long game.

NHS has the luck that nothing on his plans derailed, while JGY does not, and that kind of highlights their respective social positions, JGY as a hard working man who gets the short end of the stick every time and NHS as headshaker who gets to do whatever he feels like doing because he's gentry. Also NHS being given more grace than JGY

TLDR NHS and JGY are very complex and very different in the ways they operate (noth of which reflect their lives and experiences) and reducing All That to "schemer 2 outdos schemer 1" is both reductive and a disservice to both their characters