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@divine-victory i feel like we've had this conversation 🤭🤭🤭🤭

Unclear.

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✨️Where are my Ling Wen lovers?✨️

⚠️Kinda some book spoilers from 5 or 6

Can we take a moment to appreciate women's wrongs when it comes to Ling Wen? Can I even call them women's wrongs tho since she is more of an ethereal genderless baddie because of her masculine form?

ANYWAY

It's the way she rolled up to Xie Lian's little shrine and was the epitome of "Its nothing personal, just business."

AND BECAUSE OF HER PRESENCE WE GET ONE OF THE GREATEST LINES FROM XIE LIAN MIGHT I ADD!

That's all I had to say today

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Fengqing at the laundromat fighting for the last avaliable washing machine, until Feng Xin drops his gaze on Mu Qing's laundry basket, sees something black and lacey, loses it a d books it to the door, leaving his laundry behind.

It was a dress Mu Qing made for Shi Qingxuan, but Feng Xin wouldn't know that.

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@divine-victory don't we love character development? 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

Evan Buckley went from a sIutty frat boy to a cardigan wearing PTA dad and I am honestly so proud of him 🥹🥹🥹

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@divine-victory I like the sensation of thread on my fingertips heheheh

*goes up to a polyamorous triad* so which one of you unspools the thread of fate, which one measures it, and which one cuts it?

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guys i think the 22 million killer bees are trying to tell them something

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✨️TGCF Thoughts✨️

For those who keep up with the audio drama...how we feeling about this week's update?

Are we alive? Are we breathing? Are we foaming at the mouth and biting at the bars of our enclosures?

Just wanted to check in on everyone after this update 😌😌😌 I would say I have brain rot but that would indicate there are holes in a structure so I'm leaning towards brain melt

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✨️TGCF Head-Canon✨️

I often think about how back in the Xianle era where when Xie Lian did not have the spoons to deal with Feng Xin and Mu Qing's fighting, he simply made them do something that required thought therefore made them diffuse.

I like to think post-canon this still shows up. But in a bit of a different way. Have you ever seen someone over stimulated as they are speaking and then they grab a fidget toy of some sort and they begin to calm down?

Well what if one day at Xie Lians modest little home Feng Xin and Mu Qing are at it once again at their fights. And he truly thought they would topple the place over this time for sure.

He sighs and knows they won't simply stop just because he said so anymore, so he required some clever thinking. While the two argued back and forth, he went to find some rice and something to contain it.

Minutes past and before the two can begin punching one another Xie Lian interject, "I don't mean to interrupt but you two do me a favor and hold these." He then forces two water skins that were fills with rice grains instead of water.

Without missing a beat the two resumed their verbal assaults but with their hands occupied they couldn't fight. Feng Xin whipped the water skin around as he spoke, almost as if he made it an extension of himself.

Mu Qing squeezed it, the sounds of rice moving over itself present. But the insults turned to light bickering as soon they both were transfixed with their little sensory toys made by Xie Lian.

Alas, his home lives another day.

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The way I might actually cry cause I just saw this and alas the time has come and gone

The universe exists to watch me suffer 😌

Dear Worshippers, it is time! The General has graciously given you the opportunity to purchase his Deputies' offerings! 🗡️🗡️💜💜

Link to shop: The Palace of Xuan Zhen

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*furiously begins writing this as a fic concept*

Another bonus is if Xie Lian mentions the time Hua Cheng was fun sized and Hua Cheng gets all embarrassed like

Hua Cheng: Gegeeee! Don't tell them something so embarrassing

Xie Lian: Awww but San Lang was so cute, how could I not

Feng Xin: See! A growing...boy?? Indeed, please eat up

Mu Qing: Exactly three portions for a balanced ghosts diet

✨️TGCF Head-Canon✨️

We all know the Feng Xin and Mu Qing get so pissy with one another but are very capable of pushing aside their pettiness towards one another to tackle a common threat. And that common threat is anything they deem is a danger to Xie Lian, aka Hua Cheng.

And they are always cautious, always on high alert....until it's time for Xie Lian to serve any type of food.

In the blink of an eye both Mu Qing and Feng Xin acknowledge Hua Cheng as their junior, and despite him being a literal ghost they always pawn their food off to the ghost king under the "You're a growing boy' guise. And of course because it Hua Cheng he is going to eat anything the love of his life cooked with enthusiasm.

So we see snippets of Mu Qing and Feng Xin staring daggers at the ghost king, hurling insults, and as soon as the dinner plates come out this scene kind of plays:

Mu Qing: W-when was the last time this little ghost king ate?

Feng Xin: R-right, nourishment is always important for power. Please have my portion for your strength.

Mu Qing: And mine for your health!

Bonus: Xie Lian thinks his husband and his friends are finally getting along because of this behavior so they have bi weekly dinner nights together, and he also thinks his food is improving in the process.

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✨️TGCF Head-Canon✨️

We both know Hua Cheng has the most absolute sorry excuse for chicken scratch hand writing that Xie Lian has ever laid eyes upon. Xie Lian would have known from book 1 the Hua Cheng was down bad if he was able to read the scribbles on that man's arm the firs time he saw the tattoo.

THAT BEING SAID, we also know Xie Lian is God awful cook. Let's not judge baby boy too hard, he got it from his mama, and I'm assuming cooking this way could be a means to keeping her close. Especially after his punk ass cousin desecrated her resting place.

What if these two wrongs made a right?

One day Xie Lian realizes he has been name dropping a lot of recipes lately and he wants to keep track of them. So he decides it's high time he start making a recipe card or books. And since he loves his husband so much and wants to ensure he keeps practicing his writing, he suggests Hua Cheng scribe for him.

Nervous about his atrocious writing, he hesitantly agrees and sits down with Xie Lian to write down ingredients and instructions.

Fast forward to a week later. Feng Xin and Mu Qing have arrived just in time for dinner. Much to their dismay Hua Cheng was the one who greeted them so they couldn't run away once he told them "Ah you two....actually perfect timing, Gege made extra."

The two generals looks as though they were being shipped off to war as they waiting for their bowls to be served. "Ah Mu Qing, Feng Xin! I wasn't expecting you two to stop by today! Good thing dinner was prepared. Its a recipe I'vebmade before so, its nothing new." Xie Lian said with a soft smile.

The two generals steeled themselves as they thought back to all the past 'receipes' they have been subjected to in the past.

"You think he heard about our fight yesterday?" Mu Qing whispered.

"He must have...he's punishing us, I know it..." Feng Xin whispered back.

Xie Lian approached the table with a hot pot and placed it in the center. "I apologize in advance, the flavor seems to be a little different." He said softly. He had actually struggled to read the recipe cards Hua Cheng had dutifully wrote out for him.

"Make sure to eat up well good generals." Hua Cheng quipped as he served Xie Lian, himself, and the other two.

Full of reluctance they begin to eat. They suddenly freeze. Xie takes their frozen expressions and worries, "Oh no! I'm sorry it's ba-" "DELICIOUS!" The generals announce in unison, as they down their bowls together.

"Your highness, we thank you for this meal!" Mu Qing speaks between slurps.

"I will find strength in your cooking Your highness!" Feng Xin says as he's helping himself to seconds.

Bonus: Xie Lian ended up making all the recipes the Hua Cheng made recipe cards for, and all of them were absolutely edible. Though he didn't know what he was doing differently, he decided to prepare buns, as a delicious offering to his mother and father then next time he went to visit.

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@icyfox17

This is actually what I hope happens. And then once the beenado arc passes he has an epiphany and shaves that mustache.

this is my only theory contribution for this season btw: eddie goes to church and talks to the priest and goes "i cheated on my gf with my dead wife's doppelganger and my son walked in on us and left me, also i think I'm gay" and then the beenado shows up and he thinks he sinned so hard he released a biblical plague

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We've been robbed of a glorious opportunity

‘girl dad buck this.. girl dad buck that..’ but where is the love for girl dad eddie? eddie, who has two younger sisters and leaps at any opportunity to play dress up? he was built for tea parties and extravagant living room fashion shows

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Yes, and let's not forget the ungodly amount of times HE LOST CHILDREN WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF FINDING THEM

Okay but like are none of us gonna talk about how insane tgcf vol 5 was??? like xie lian defeating a band of monks by catapulting cement meatballs into their mouths then running across mountains?? Him pretending to be a woman in the changing room? Not to mention baby cheng was in the changing room with him? what was the view like??? And also him running around dressed as a woman for like the 3rd time in a row?

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✨️TGCF Fic Idea✨️

Warning: This is gonna hurt feeelllingggs

I recently saw an animatic in passing that this idea is loosely based off of, with this oh so amazing cover. So you tell me if I should write out this fic idea fully.

Feng Xin is holding a battered and bruised Mu Qing in his arms. Despite being God's, Mu Qing looked like he was at his final breaths.

Feng Xin had few moments when he felt absolutely powerless. When the fall of Xianle came and now. He wanted to yell at Mu Qing to pull through, but how could he bring himself to yell as he held the fading general close.

"You idiot...you absolute...absolute fucking idiot...." Feng Xin breathed out as he tried to bite back the tears forming in his eyes.

Mu Qing gave a weak smile, "Who knew...it would take....it would take dying for you to care about....me..."

The generals voice faded, as his eyes closed, and Feng Xin was left with the memory of that snarky smile, even to the last moment. "You fool! I always cared!"

His voice was filled with regret and pain, as all he could do was hold Mu Qings limp form close, "Please....please come back," Feng Xin choked out, "please....tell me how I'm always wrong...please prove I was always wrong about you, that everyone was! Please Mu Qing, you have to...please don't....don't leave me..."

Every past fight seemed so trivial in this fleeting moment. He no longer cared about all of fights, the misunderstandings, or the grudges. He would gladly have them all over again if it meant that Mu Qing would come back...

Time seemed to have run out when Feng Xin whispered, "Wherever you are beyond here....know my heart will follow..."

A painful silence passes until a weak voice wheezed out, "And if I stay?"...

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✨️TGCF Head-Canon✨️

We all know the Feng Xin and Mu Qing get so pissy with one another but are very capable of pushing aside their pettiness towards one another to tackle a common threat. And that common threat is anything they deem is a danger to Xie Lian, aka Hua Cheng.

And they are always cautious, always on high alert....until it's time for Xie Lian to serve any type of food.

In the blink of an eye both Mu Qing and Feng Xin acknowledge Hua Cheng as their junior, and despite him being a literal ghost they always pawn their food off to the ghost king under the "You're a growing boy' guise. And of course because it Hua Cheng he is going to eat anything the love of his life cooked with enthusiasm.

So we see snippets of Mu Qing and Feng Xin staring daggers at the ghost king, hurling insults, and as soon as the dinner plates come out this scene kind of plays:

Mu Qing: W-when was the last time this little ghost king ate?

Feng Xin: R-right, nourishment is always important for power. Please have my portion for your strength.

Mu Qing: And mine for your health!

Bonus: Xie Lian thinks his husband and his friends are finally getting along because of this behavior so they have bi weekly dinner nights together, and he also thinks his food is improving in the process.

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✨️TCGF Thoughts✨️

⚠️Spoiler warning kinda⚠️

This one hurt my bsf so I thought I'd share it with the world so they can be hurt with her 😌. Now saddle up cause we are about to have some...emotions.

So within book 6, we learn about the stipulations that were provided to Xie Lian when he was branded with his curse shackle. One of those stipulations being, though he was knocked to the mortal realm again, he could not really die nor could he age (a nerfed god). But we are focusing on the stipulation in which he never physically ages.

So for the past 800 years we see Xie Lian in the same physical state he was in when he initially ascends at the age of 17. Not a day older, and not a day younger for 800 years.

After his initial banishment, Mu Qing and Feng Xin are also mortals once again as well....but they were never given such stipulations that Xie Lian was given...And AS FAR AS I KNOW, we are not given an exact timeline in which Mu Qing and Feng Xin ascend. (please correct me if I'm wrong)

MEANING in the donghua and danmei when Xie Lian enters the communication array and we see the two generals they could EASILY be in their early 20's. And if you're like me you notice details! Feng Xin was quite shocked as well as a little I wanna say tongue tied, for lack of better words, when he realized just who it was who knocked down his palace.

We often know what it looks like for Feng Xin to have to slowly diffuse when he is pissed and annoyed, and when he is completely just disarmed. And we most definitely witnessed that in the first scene he enters in both book and show.

And then you have Mu Qing who immediately recognized the prince he once served, surprised of his returned and then immediately annoyed when he was not recognized. Possibly reading the situation wrong, as he always does and assumes this is a moment Xie Lian looked down at him.

But just imagine in. They haven't seen him in 800 years. And he has not grown a day. He looks the exact same as he did on the days they were no longer in his service. I personally think this fact hits Feng Xin the hardest as he is quick to rush away from the array. Painful memories leaving behind the prince he swore to stand by, perhaps.

Teehee, it's just a thought 😌 I have even deeper thoughts on this, but this is just a lil tid but I needed to get out cause my brain rot is so real