#hei fengxi

[palehorsemen]

[zhoufeis]

All the officials here like to give a toast to me. If I refuse to drink, will you drink in my stead?

WHO RULES THE WORLD 且试天下 Dir. Yin Tao & Yu Yong Gang, China, 2022.

[lady-blodreina]

Hei Fengxi bringing food to Bai Fengxi

Who Rules the World 且试天下 (2022): episode 7

[weird-xie-liankovic]

Finished Who Rules the World, and it's lovely. (I mean, we could've done with way less imperial court scheming and tight topknots, but what can you do.) It's got the bestest straight romance, though, easily leaps into my top five personal favourites.

There's a heroine who's gorgeous and all around awesome! My first screenshots of her are titled 'girl wkx.jpg', but I couldn't be more wrong. Yes, she's badass, accomplished and beautiful, but her main thing is that she has a loving family and a great support network, which turn out to be _awesome_ for one's well-being and personal development.

Then there's her cocky partner in shenanigans - in this scene, by the way, he says that he's afraid of nothing as long as he's together with her.

She's calling him Black Fox, and it's the cutest.

She has chess strategies named after him!

of course, the guy's second identity is the local sovereign's second son (coming together with a second wig and lots of talk about duty before the people and conquering the world, all in one sentence)

Finally, his third wig and third identity - the Sick Man. He's got really good at it, and sometimes he even gets sick for real!

Look at him!

And that's them together, and they've got their priorities straight. They feed each other a lot, fight side by side a lot, paint each other's portraits a lot, save each other's lives a lot, and then - guess what? - feed each other again.

[mistyclouderis]

Ok here me out a who rules the world fanfic where bai Fengxi and hei Fengxi got married pre canon and the only ones who know are bai langhua, hei fengxis two servants, and xieyue. They subsequently decide to mess with everyone

[maomaojinshi]

Lakan and Fengxian only wanted to be together

[monarch-of-altamira]

Never in my life have I seen to main characters as married from the very beginning of the drama as Bai Fengxi and Hei Fengxi from Who Rules the World

[lovenonymously]

My good people of Tumblr! You know when you love something so much, you just have to share it?

Niché fandom fanfic rant incoming, you've been warned:

Writing fanfics for a smaller fandom is 100% self indulgence, but despite how small it is an it's been since the show came out, the Love Like the Galaxy fandom is pretty active on AO3!

Recently, Infinity by the talented MoodyScorpio got completed. It's a fix-it sort of fic that enhances the canon in ways I didn't think were possible despite the many hours I've dwelled over LLTG. I was surprised in the best way!! Speaking of which, they started a new fic today called Splendid Stars which I'm very excited to read!

One of my all time favourite LLTG fics is Just a Dream by the amazing raileypink. This is probably my most favourite fic on AO3. It offers themes of time-travel and chances of do-overs yet doesn't make the story a repetition of canon. Instead, the sweet moments are sweeter, the tense moments are filled with twists. Every time this fic updates, I leave everything I'm doing to go read it!

Then we have KimberlyA's reimagining of LLTG called Reverse Love Like the Galaxy. Apart from the writer being one of the biggest supporters for anyone who writes for the LLTG fandom, they've crafted quite the intriguing story! It's not just a gender-swap, the characters are more than just put into gender-defying roles that would make a mess of the time period the show is set in. No, it offers a refreshing take with a "what if?" factor where the characters keep their strengths and depict their flaws; both known and original plots entwining quite well. I'm looking forward to seeing where this fic goes!

And lastly, if you're still here, I too am writing a fic that's a crossover between Love Like the Galaxy and Who Rules the World. Cheng Shaoshang and Bai Fengxi are two characters so brilliantly played by Zhao Lusi are two of my all-time favourite female leads. When the time called for it, Shaoshang chose to put herself before the volatile nature of Huo Buyi. Her saying "He is my most beloved person in the world. But I am still me." both surprised me and changed my perspective fundamentally. It explained so easily how selfish and self-preservation are not the same.

But I needed something more. I needed her to get a chance to grow up, to know what freedom tasted like, to know what it is like to love herself before she loves others or is loved by others.

And so, The Wind of Fire was born, where Cheng Shaoshang becomes Bai Fengxi. Shaoshang is certainly younger and more faminine than Bai Fengxi, who has a regal aura about her while holding up as one of the most powerful people in the Martial Arts World. But in essence, they're the same. They're both courageous and mischievous, stubborn and steadfast, both very capable young women.

It's ongoing and updating, you can find me on AO3 as aprilrayne. Below are some edits I made for the fic!

Apart from the fics I've shared, which are all ongoing there are a hundred more fics to go through. Some with happy endings, some with characters going their own ways. Whatever your preference, there is something for everyone!