My HCs for the Netherworld River of Oblivion (WàngChuan 忘川) and Bridge of Helplessness (NàiHé 奈何橋).
It can be taken literally or figuratively. DFS saving LLH's life in extremis
Or tracking him into the Netherworld to drag him back...unless it's to follow him to the other side.
It's about how love can lead one to the Heavens as well as into Hells willingly, with a reference to Kurukullā (and possibly Rāgarāja, both known to transform worldly lust into spiritual awakening).
*Title comes from the MînNán/HokKien song 蓮花空行身染愛 by the really cool Taiwanese band 珂拉琦 Collage.
Flowers bloom in your house • I wanted to leave with you • the sentimental rain wets my eyes [...] • Days after days • I can't let go of anything about you • turning to search for who I've been • I realise that I've forgotten my own name • I've been wandering with you willingly • at the end of that long path the sky is filled with flowers • In the mist clarity hits • thousand years roaming your world • in delusion of my love reciprocated • I've chosen my own hell before my eyes • In the mortal realm, above and under, evildoers please back off • In this flourishing world all livings feel • feelings feed distress but the suffering is voluntary • my heart burning mad knew the anguish to come • Ten thousand mistakes are mine and have nothing to do with you.
