#ChuLian

[brilcrist]

~The sleeping lotus🪷~

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[fourseasonsfigs]

Chulian on Lake

For today's fig post we have this amazing set - that lights up!

This complex and beautiful set features Zhang Zhehan's lotus spirit Qing Lian (aka Xiao-Zhe) from his advertisement for Jade Dynasty: New Fantasy, together with Gong Jun's Dong Fang Yuechu from the upcoming drama Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Yue Hong.

First, just a few pictures of our ethereal lotus fairy:

And a few pictures of our stunning Daoist priest:

That last one in particular is the inspiration for this fig here.

This set arrived in an enormous, fairly heavy box. I had to ship this air mail because of the electronics involved in it.

I was a little worried about how big and delicate this set was, but it arrived in perfect shape. Full credit to the fig maker and the factory for cushioning it so well.

Here's all the pieces. I still think it's incredible all the fragile flowers and stems make it through.

You can see here the little tiny holes (up at the top by the edges) where you can insert the lotus leaves and flowers. They went in quite easily and were very stable.

Here's a close up of the electronics. The set came with both batteries and a USB cord. The button there turns on the lake light.

Here's the lake by itself, before the figs go in. As you can see, Yuechu stands in the boat via peg legs. Very seaworthy of him! Qing Lian just lays down however you like inside the lotus.

Before we put the figs into their respective conveyances, here's a closeup of them. Qing Lian is all curled up and sleepy eyed, and Yuechu is casting a magical fireball of some sorts.

I could only really get two angles of the figs before they went into the lake, since neither of them stand by themselves.

This was a very difficult set to get good pictures of. One, because I lack any real photography skills, and my phone kept hyperfocusing on certain parts and blurring out the rest. But, as we go around the fig, you do end up seeing the whole thing. So please bear with me!

Beautiful, isn't it? I love how detailed these figures are - their hair is amazing.

Here's a top-down view. Yuechu fits in the boat beautifully - the pegs went right in, and he's pretty secure in there. No glue needed. Xiao Zhe is resting peacefully and easily in his lotus.

We'll do a couple closeups here. He's quite tiny all curled up like that!

Huh. Is Yuechu conjuring up Qing Lian? It looks like we have a lotus in the middle of that magic. I'm not sure!

Our lotus lake at midnight! It does in fact light up like a dream. I just went ahead and plugged the USB cord in the wall, so it's a little less beautiful than it would be cordless with the batteries. Still, it's very lovely.

The fig maker included a double-sided postcard, a matching keychain with the art, the batteries, and the USB cord (that I had already plugged in).

I really appreciate how she included both. This is her first set, and I hope she makes more!

Material: Resin

Fig Count: 513

Scene Count: 36

Rating: Luminous!

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The Lotus and His Daoist

Auspicious Moonlight Summary: It started as a simple night stroll, but Dong Fang Yue Chu did not expect his quiet evening to be interrupted by the arrival of a new fairy spirit.

This is a JunZhe verse crossover story between Dong Fang Yue Chu (Gong Jun) and Qing Lian (Zhang Zhehan). Everything is pretty much a figment of my imagination as I know nothing about each individual character or their original story canons. Don’t take anything seriously. 😅

“Such a beautiful, peaceful night.”

A slow, wistful smile crossed Dong Fang Yue Chu’s handsome face as he slowly strolled through the summer night. It was quiet all around, only the sound of cicada song and the occasional rustle of a night creature could be heard. The Daoist had only encountered one other soul on the road, a farmer carrying the first of his modest harvest home, pausing only long enough to give Yue Chu a deep, respectful bow before silently continuing on his way.

Yue Chu had arrived at the bustling town earlier that evening, travel weary and in need of rest. But as night approached, he had found himself unable to sleep and had instead gone for a night stroll in search of the lake the local townspeople had spoken of so highly earlier that day. The night was pitch dark but the full moon shone brightly in a sky studded with stars. Having left most of his belongings back at the inn, Yue Chu wore only simple robes of white and jade green against the summer heat. As he walked, long, dark wisps of hair stirred about his face with every flick of his wrist and wave of the white fan he held. The road he walked was simple and narrow but well worn by countless feet. He seemed in no hurry, his steps slow and steady.

The wistful smile on his face slowly faded as Yue Chu made his way around a bend and began to approach the often spoken of lake just as thick clouds dimmed the moonlight and deepened the darkness. His footsteps faltered as he clicked his tongue in disappointment, the white fan in his hand stilling.

“Well, it is certainly as vast as they claim,” Yue Chu remarked quietly. “But perhaps a bit underwhelming.”

It was indeed a vast lake, the opposite shoreline too far for even Yue Chu’s keen eyes to see. The dark, clear waters glimmered in the night, reflecting the bright full moon and glittering stars in its mirror-like stillness. But it was, in all other respects, unremarkable, a simple but large body of water surrounded by the dark silhouette of rolling hills. 

Not one to be easily deterred, the Daoist decided to make the most of his little night jaunt. The shore was muddy but level, the ground giving way slightly beneath his feet as Yue Chu strolled along the perimeter. A warm breeze wafted, carrying the scents both familiar and foreign as fireflies blinked in the darkness.

A break in the clouds allowed the moonlight to stream through once again. His boots made a suddenly scuffing sound as Yue Chu stopped abruptly, eyes widening at the sight that appeared before him.

“I must take back my earlier assessment,” Yue Chu murmured, a note of wonder in his hushed voice. “This is certainly a sight to behold.”

What Yue Chu had mistaken for small rock formations in the lake was revealed by the moonlight to be hundreds of lotus blooms covering the surface of the lake and stretching as far as he could see were. The flowers ranged in size and color, from a bud of the brightest pink that could sit in the whole of Yue Chu’s palm to one of a pale blush smaller than his littlest finger. Many of the blooms had closed for the night, some receding into the lake waters for their rest. Those that remained above the water line glimmered in the silvery moonlight, undulating gently in the breeze.

Yue Chu walked slowly along the shore, admiring the sight before him. Every now and then, he would stop and lean in closer to inspect a lotus bloom. His eyes followed every detail of the flower as he became mesmerized by the delicate details from the veins in the petals to the deep green colors of the sepals and leaves. 

Once again, the Daoist’s footsteps faltered as he caught sight of something quite unusual.

“Oh…aren’t you a beauty. Quite different, aren’t you?”

His robes rustled as Yue Chu knelt down until he was eye level with the pure white lotus bud. The white petals seemed to glow in the darkness; Yue Chu even fancied he could detect a faint humming coming from the flower. Amongst a sea of pink, it stood out sharply atop a vibrant green stalk. It’s color wasn’t the only think unusual about the bloom. Yue Chu could feel a strong sense of power coming from that little white bud; it was sure to be something special one day.

As if in a trance, the Daoist stretched out a hand, long slim fingers reaching for the lotus. It seemed to be calling to him, inviting him. Just when Yue Chu’s fingertip was about to brush a petal, the flower bud quivered. He quickly withdrew his hand, scrambling to his feet as the flower’s glow began to intensify, pulsing gently from within the lotus.

One-by-one, the petals began to unfurl. Yue Chu watched transfixed as the lotus bloomed while being bathed in moonlight. When the petals had fully opened, where a yellow carpal should have been glimmered what looked to be an iridescent pearl. Yue Chu felt a sense of protectiveness overcome him as he gazed upon that pearl. He resisted the urge to reach forward and pluck the peearl from where it was cradled within the lotus petals. He wanted to hold it in his palm, protect it from the world and hide it from sight. Before Yue Chu had a change to act, that pearl pulsed once, twice, and began to rise into the air.

The very stars seemed to dim as the light of the pearl became blinding. The humming from earlier grew louder, vibrating in Yue Che’s ears. As he shielded his eyes against the glare, he thought he caught a glimpse of a human form within the light.

A tiny ‘pop’ was heard, and then the light exploded, casting back the shadows.

When his vision finally cleared, Yue Chu’s breath caught at the sight before him.

White lotus petals danced in the air, twisting and twirling around a newborn fairy spirit. He was tall and lean, a gracefulness evident in even the slightest movement of his limbs. Dark hair cascaded down his back, a stark contrast to the green and white garments he wore. His face was smooth and slightly pale, with full lips and arched cheekbones. Dark lashes fluttered as he opened his eyes, the large, dark orbs containing small flecks of green in their depths.

The fairy blinked curiously as he gazed about. His eyes eventually settled upon Yue Chu, a look of awe on the Daoist’s face as he stood transfixed on the shoreline. A moment of stillness passed between them, the fairy and the Daoist gazed deep into the other’s eyes. 

Slowly, a smile curled Yue Chu’s lips.

“This is becoming quite the auspicious night,” Yue Chu half said to himself. Slowly, he raised his hand, stretching it out towards the still floating fairy. “My name is Dong Fang Yue Chu.” It was dangerous giving his name away so freely, especially to a spirit so new to the world and unaccustomed to even their own power. One miscalculation and he might have just condemned himself to eternal hell. But Yue Chu had little fear; his intuition told him this fairy spirit would not harm him.

The lotus fairy gazed at him, head tilted ever so slightly in consideration.

“Daozhang?” he asked, his voice soft and pleasant to hear.

“If you like,” Yue Chu replied. “Do you have a name?”

The fairy turned his head up towards the moon, his expression becoming intent as if he were listening carefully to something only he could hear.

“Qing Lian,” he said after a moment.

Yue Chu felt something stir in his chest at the name, at the voice, at the eyes that continued to stare so deeply into his. His smile widened as he stretched out his arm further, palm open and inviting.

“A-Lian, would you like to come with me?”

“Where?”

“Anywhere. Everywhere. There is so much to see. Would you like to come and see it - with me?”

He remained still, waiting on that shoreline, a smile upon his face and hand stretched out invitingly towards the fairy. Yue Chu waited and weathered the fairy’s gaze and silence.

Qing Lian’s fingers were cool as he curled his hand around Yue Chu’s. A soft smile formed on his face as he floated down and stood before the Daoist; from this vantage point, he had to raise his chin just the slightest bit to maintain eye contact with Yue Chu. A moment of silence passed between them, a feeling of completeness forming in Yue Chu’s very soul as he stood there with the newborn fairy before him.

“Yes,” was all Qing Lian said as a breeze blew, carrying the scent of lotuses in the night air.

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[lilium-dragomir]

[fgcz]

The Royal Prince's First Love

This post has spoilers!

Reading Royal prince's first love and this is intense, (also slightly silly plot wise but mainly just intense). I loved the plot so much in the beginning and I still like it, just not as much.

The simplicity of the plot at the start was so good. Nothing overly complicated. Then they made it complicated.

Nazaire, Cassius, and Ivy in their little not-actually-a-love-corner was an amazing read. Especially seeing Ivy ship them together and keeping pushing them together was great.

I personally don't like when they pull plot-bunnies out of thin air strictly for the purpose of keeping the story going, which is a little bit what it descended into.

Cassius suddenly being the son of the general was ok, also made me forgive the mental version I had of Cassius' parents who apparently dumped their child with his grandparents and then got new families?? I was ready for murder.

Them knowing each other since they were kids felt a bit overdone when they first confirmed it, but it was really cute despite it.

I am however absolutely in love with the unshakeable trust and faith they have in each other.

Prince of Valu and Angel makes me cry. He loves him so damn much. Missed him the entire time they were apart, and still loves him now.

Angel's list! ;_; Oh no. And for it to be them the Prince chose to help in order to fulfil it!

Zion going back and forth is a mind-fuck. Is he or isn't he!?

Oh gods, ok, *heavy sigh*

That... didn't not quite play out how I had imagined between the press conference after arresting Haine and the ending.

The tears are numerous and gigantic.

[ao3feed-undertale1]

Impious Resolve

read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/53141284 by StrelitziaMystery1097 So what if Ink could actually remember _____tale and decides to go against the Creators?... Imp!Ink concept created by ChuLian and me. Words: 796, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Undertale (Video Game) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Sans (Undertale), Sans Ensemble (Undertale), Papyrus Ensemble (Undertale) Relationships: Sans & Sans (Undertale) Additional Tags: _____tale Sans | Ink (Undertale) read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/53141284

[gerrysherry]

To Fate Prototype shippers

I get it Arash and Elsa are cute but they’re probably just friends

Jekyll and Tatsumi have great chemistry (ba dam cshhh) but Tatsumi’s 17 and Jekyll’s sexuality is probably in Hyde so no it’s not gonna be a cute moe ship.

Nigel Sayward is literally drugging Brynhild with Love Potion so please don’t ship them

Artur and Manaka are canonically in an abusive relationship. She’s a yandere.

Arthur and Ayaka are actually sweet together just don’t make it sexual she’s a teen. 

Assassin and Tatsumi is a doomed ship but if you like angst you got it.

Caster should not be shipped with anyone because he’s a creep who flirts with children and brings back a zombie Tatsumi to appease assassin and taunt Jekyll. 

Misaya and Chulian is iffy since she had that trauma with Caster but they’re both adults and he’s the only person she’s nice to. Remember that she’s a sadist though. 

If you SHIP Sancraid Phain with Hercules there is something wrong with you.

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[fourseasonsfigs]

I'm back ... mostly!

Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated! My work and travel schedule went absolutely bonkers there for a while, and is just now starting to slow down. I can't believe it's almost been two months since I last posted. But, I haven't been totally out of the fandom loop. Read on for some exciting new figs coming!

And figs have definitely been coming. The factories have been hard at work, and I have to say, these fig makers have been at the top of their game. I have a lot of figs waiting to be posted - an enormous 4-box sea shipment was dropped off at my house a while ago, and a much smaller set of boxes a day or so ago. So many cute figs I can't wait to share! I'm going to try to resume posting as often as I can. Probably not as regular on-the-daily as before, since things are likely to still be crazy through the end of the year, but I'll try my best!

In all this craziness I have managed to keep up with Gong Jun's schedule, including his amazing Fashion Week whirlwind. I had originally planned to go to New York to see if I could catch him when he was in the US, but, well, as you can imagine my work schedule did not allow for it.

Which ended up to be for the best, since no one got to see him outside of the airport. Apparently the place I really needed to go was Paris!

I, like everyone else, just about lost my mind at Gong Jun in his black and gold Elie Saab outfit. When I saw this pic, my first thought was, I need this in a fig. My second thought was, no wait, I need this in a BIGGER fig. The next natural thought, was, of course the artist that hand crafts the magnificent clay figures I like so much. I sent her this picture, and said in my very best MTL Chinese, can you make a statue of dad's outfit?

And she could and she would! So I commissioned a statue of this (two, actually, one for me and one for my friend). She said 1 month delivery time, but she's always been faster than that, so I can't wait. She sent me a pic of the modeled head, which looks incredible.

As soon as it lands in my warehouse, I'm sending it out along with this amazing Chulian set:

So those will be a bit still, but still exciting to look forward to.

Also upcoming are an entire week's worth of Han Ye figs, lots and lots of Junjun and Zhehan and also plenty of new Word of Honor figs that I'm delighted about. More JZEU too, including this little wedding Yuan Che that I was literally putting together only a few hours ago:

Lots of cute dolls and doll outfits too - for once I'm a little ahead of the holidays, so I have some amazing Halloween outfits I can't wait to share. That's right, I have a Zombie Bunny and a Strange Meow all lined up! Actually, I also have a bunch of Halloween Junzhe / Wenzhou figs too, so look forward to those, they're pretty hilarious! Here's a mild spoiler of one:

Tomorrow is a Bazaar set I've been waiting to post about for a long time, so if you have time, come back then and check those out!

[pawsnread]

The Lotus and His Daoist Dong Fang Yue Chu/Qing Lian

Extra 1: Aphrodisiac M rated chapter Summary: After a disastrous encounter with a spirit he was sent after, Dong Fang Yue Chu finds himself in a precarious situation. He attempts to send Qing Lian away for his own safety, but the lotus fairy refuses, deciding to take matters into his own hands.

[the-last-dillpickle]

Y’know how there’s the headcanon that there’s no hard J in Kardasi so Julian is instead pronounced Shulian, Chulian, Zhulian, etc...well turns out that Russian also doesn’t have a hard J. And so Julian is written out as  ‘Джулиан’ or d-zh-oo-l-ee-ah-n, combining the D and Zh sounds to replace the J. Another possible alternate Kardasi pronunciation?

[lilium-dragomir]

[emdoddles]

Marinette with the Pig miraculous, Im calling her Chulian.

[nyxatnight]

I know I shouldn’t feel this way I but Cu Chulians pulsating muscles are so hot