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Quick analysis of the Liu Xiao PV

At first the choice of the bishop was surprising to me, cause I would have expected a queen

however then I looked a bit into the symbolism

and yeah, this does fit well, he's a character that works from the sidelines and strategizes. I do find the dyplomacy bit interesting, could relate to him trying to get lu guang to join him

In terms of the cultural interpretations, the whole PV is full of religious symbolism, so that part definitely tracks as well.

Side note, love that they picked purple for him, it's usually connected with royalty or corruption, so I wonder how that ties into everything. It also relates to the church, but there are several robe colors, so it's probably more than just that.

to pick goats, usually symbolizing lucifer, to worship him, especially combined with the previous headless angel statue, is… definitely a choice…

I do find it interesting how the goats, the headless angel (later the angel with bleeding eyes) are things which are associated with hell, meanwhile the colors, the lighting, those are associated with god and heaven.

a 10-ace straight, not much more to say besides it showing him having power

interesting how much younger he looks here, less tired, too. used to have everything very easily, but lu guang is proving to be a worthy adversary and that's taking a toll on him?

and now, speaking of lu guang

the knight piece

Again, shows Lu Guang as a worthy advercary, one he can't predict.

But the cultural interpretations are the interesting part for me

The eastern traditions could be connected to his powers and the ideals he tries to present "past or future let them be." At the same time although he messes with time, he does try to balance that, like it's said here, he changes things, but is careful with it.

With the western interpretation we have him trying to save cxs, that's the noble part, what's more the knight is also often connected with some damsel, which can be interpreted as cxs.

And about cxs, he is represented by the king piece

Although the king is crucial in chess, he also doesn't have much movement. Cheng Xiaoshi is central to the plot, but knows nothing of it, really. The king, is a piece that's targeted and vulnerable, obvious connection.

What is interesting to me is this shot

which I interpret as Liu Xiao basically saying "he will be your downfall" to Lu Guang.

And because of that, back to lu guang, this time his relationship with Liu Xiao

Previously, every time Lu Guang was refered to in music videos and just music ("Mastermind" being a prime example) by Liu Xiao, it has been in this toxic, very possessive sense. And here it's no different

He sees him as something to play with

And just like how in "Mastermind" you have this combination of hunter and pray with some, I would argue, sexual connotations, you see the same here, especially in this shot

Because the easiest way to present something sexual when it comes to gay relations in censored media is to try to use the female body as a symbol for one of the characters.

In adition we also have the line

"Would you ever want to become my friend?"

Considering what I've just said, I'm gonna say that the "friend" part is not exacly accurate, however, this lyric does show how he views all his relationships, too

With him to be revered

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Well if I'm going to draw the other two as vampires I might as well also be a little self indulgent

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https://x.com/SnookumsAngie/status/1766558508026085541?s=20

@SnookumsAngie

I drew something with the guys

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tgcf twitter dump no: actually i stopped counting

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Now, now, Mu Qing, you really don’t want to say that... lil Hong-er knows how to hold a grudge >:))

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Who would win?

Armored Mu Qing with a Huge Saber

Or

Shirtless Feng Xin with a Palm Kiss

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Little fengqing comic

Why did I use square format? It was horrible to work with. But it'll make putting it on insta easier, I guess. Most time was spent on that fourth page making Mu Qing look as much like the 🥺 emoji as possible.

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I think that’s really how they lost the war 😏

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Fengqing dynamic

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I’ve always known… from the beginning.. what my master really is..

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“Is this the real reason you didn’t want guests?” Takuya continues on, as ruthless as ever. “You didn’t want them to see how trashy you’ve let your life become? That’s pathetic, Shinji. How am I supposed to call you my brother when you-”

“Hey,” a soft voice rings out, cutting off his brother’s diatribe.

Shinji’s eyes are drawn to Shigeo, who is now standing just a few feet from Takuya, staring, no glaring, up at him.

Takuya cuts himself off with a confused, “huh,” and stares down at the small, plain boy, not even Shinji’s age, in front of him.

“You’re being a bad brother,” Shigeo says with such simple conviction that it’s almost staggering.

Sleeping Dogs by @fightmemogami

This is a redraw of a speed comic page I did, a while ago. There are still a lot of aspects to my art, framing, flow, etc… that I think that I’ve improved a fair bit between versions of this. 

Aside from the fact that I’m using tones and grayscale this time around, rather than stark black and white.

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Delinquent Mob?

As the secret leader of Salt

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Psst... could you please draw Ritsu in his maid cafè outfit?...

Don’t laugh at him you are dead.

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th……. the tiktok……….

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Promare Au!

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My brain: So…what if Promare…but Trustedpartner…consider…just for a second…

Me: 😳😳😳

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Gawwooo Matoiii!!!!!