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eunuchboy · 1 year
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A Heart of Ice and Jade
I finished SWBTS a while ago and I love general ouyang so much! I’ve been waiting to read the book since 2020 but only got my book a few days ago, ahhhh it feels so surreal! well written eunuch antags are so rare in historical fiction and I never thought I’d live to see one beautifully written like a trans mlm, this really satisfies my incredibly specific niche (I’ve been fascinated by the concept for years), sorry I don’t know how to authentically describe how much ouyangs character means to me, he’s genuinely (almost) everything I’ve wanted to see in historical fiction, like oh my goodness... he raised the eunuch antag bar way too high now I’m gonna be disappointed when I read anything else
thank you if you read my entire paragraph above I feel like its really hard to articulate just how much I love ouyang as a gay dude with a eunuch hyperfixation... hope u like the art!
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chamomiletears-blog · 4 months
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two different kinds of cat (cat with knives and wet cat)
(to op who asked: ouyang is the wet cat and zhu yuanzhang the cat surrounded with knives)
[09/01/23]
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layaart · 7 months
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he who drowned the world is so fun* you guys
(*it's mostly not fun)
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ozymandien · 5 months
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general ouyang no first name
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sketchyandsketches · 2 months
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Did Xu Da for @durgeteriormotives since she started She Who Became the Sun and bc I had to repay some kindness ;)
HAD TO GUESS FOR THE HAIR BC I COULD SWEAR HE'S GOT A TOPKNOT IN THE SECOND BOOK BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANY OTHER DESCRIPTION SO IF ANYONE'S WISER THAN ME, LET ME KNOW
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impalafortrenchcoats · 2 months
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General Ouyang
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Record Holder of Grudges
Full disclosure, I haven’t actually read the book but just absorbed our general’s angst through osmosis from my friend’s ranting. Full credit to @exo-locket for biting the bullet and diving into the heartbreak so I didn’t have to. Your pain and suffering was a source of endless sympathy and entertainment.
I do appreciate General Ouyang’s absolute commitment to his BE and the intense case of emotional constipation he suffered with throughout the story.
May the AU gods treat you well.
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maemaealltheway · 1 month
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Ma Xiuying Fanart
She Who Became The Sun
I'm finally done doodling this goddess, I hope you guys like it!
I love the idea of swbts modern au
Pretend to be Zhu in the comments ( ͡°❥ ͡°)
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harmacys · 13 days
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so i’m drawing this and listening to my playlist and ”not strong enough” by boygenius starts playing and the moment i hear i am not strong enough to be your man i can physically feel my heart breaking. because. well. he was not strong enough to be esen’s man ANYWAY
anyway. a fanart of general ouyang from "she who became the sun" by shelley parker-chan!!
click for quality
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potatounicoorn · 2 months
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Wanted to try to draw my fav mantis, Zhu Chongba!! <3
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papenathys · 10 months
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hi what's swbts? from your tags on the f/f ships who hate each other
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan is a queer historical fantasy retelling of the rise of Chinese Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who is reimagined as an evil, ambitious genderqueer lesbian monk. It is a powerful, raw, intense fantasy book with an undiluted Chinese folklore feel to it.
Technically speaking in Book 1 at least Zhu and his wife (I use she/he pronouns for Zhu) are not hating each other, they are actually quite tender and intimate and have some equally tender and intimate kinky smut. However, Zhu does something to break Ma's trust at the end of the book, and their relationship has probably soured in Book 2. It's definitely an imbalanced, somewhat emotionally manipulative relationship between a sheltered woman and her worldly wise, scheming spouse.
My problem is that people want "girlboss" heroines, "morally grey" sapphics, "enemies to lovers" etc etc but when they get a brilliant, political genius, cutthroat lesbian character like Zhu they will do everything to erase her from fanworks, discussions and focus entirely on the one mlm ship from the book. They will call Zhu terrible and say "Well actually I don't ship her and Ma😢 they are so toxic" but then turn around and justify their poor little gay meow meows and write them into coffee shop AUs because they are men. Even the author sometimes plays favourites with the male characters at the expense of Zhu. Idk.
Anyway read this book and make fanart and fanfic (steamy ones) of Zhu and Ma.
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faux-fires · 1 month
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2024 books
Tagged by @ranilla-bean on a book meme, because rana loves making fun of me and my colourful bookcase and my habit of buying new books when I haven't read all my old books if the covers are shiny enough. It's a problem. i got a new bookcase over christmas and she's already full to the 3rd shelf with new books. 😭😭😭
anyway "the game is to share 9 of my favourite books from the last 12 months, or 9 books on my tbr list for this year" and i opted 9 on the TBR list because i spent most of last year reading somewhere between 5-6 million words of zukka fanfic and i can't put THAT in a 3x3 grid on tumblr!
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(1. Babel by RF Kuang 2. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 3. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter 4. The Traitor (Baru Cormorant) by Seth Dickinson 5. Poems of the Sea edited by Gaby Morgan 6. Ode to the Sea edited by Howard Watson 7. Inuit Folktales collected by Knud Rasmussen 8. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey 9. Chinese Myths & Folk Tales adapted from various - as far as i can tell - out of copyright translations)
this isn't in any particular order other than the first two - i've wanted to read babel since rana finished it and gushed at me about it, SWBTS is getting some BANGING fanart drawn for it and i would be lying if i said i was immune to fanart propaganda on the dash - and the others have been on my tbr list forever or are vaguely in line with an idea i have for the zukka big bang. always good to stock up!
tagging: @carabas, @hoochieblues, @mikkeneko, @flashhwing and @kj-likes-dogs!!
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ash-and-starlight · 1 year
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soo i just finished she who became the sun and saw your GORGEOUS fanart of it and. yeah teehe<333 anywayy um that book gave me the brainworms for real i am kind of emotionally down for the count but thank u for thr stunning artwork mwah
2/ oighhh my god bro i cant stop thinking abt it (swbts). im SO late to the train for this book but i. it's affecting me. anywya i scrolled a little thru your tag for it and i so agree w wanting to see zhu and ma's relationship tested. tbh..i wouldnt mind seeing it become a total failmarriage idk i like when toxic things happen. actually except when those things happen to esen i really loved his character too and I'm upset we won't get more of it...UGHDHEHRHRJJJ um. im fine
HHRGSHDG I FEEL U SM ANON!! the brainworms are so real sometimes i think about that book and have to stare at the wall for 30 minutes. and yeahhhh exactly we need more lesbian toxicity lesbian divorce lesbian insanity. WJDHSH esen ;—; my beautiful warlord hunk homophobic bisexual golden prince ;—; completely surrounded by some of the Most Toxic bitches in the story and completely unaware of it until it was too late ;;—;; i’ll really miss him and i for one hope to see him join the endless army of ghosts haunting ouyang. feel even worse boy. <333 i can’t believe they will be back to me in august!!!! sequel time baybeee!!!
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layaart · 1 year
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she who became the sun lesbians
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aroaessidhe · 1 year
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end of year scramble to finish my 1000 wips (despite having a lot of work....sorry clients look away..) means i have a ton of finished fanart suddenly. keep an eye out for euphoria kids, valiant ladies, the midnight girls, kaikeyi, sorrowland, and swbts art uhh in the next few weeks probably
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mybeautifulboy · 1 year
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i was actually planning on making iron widow fanart (before i finished swbts) but i finished the book and then i hated it so bad
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fey-changeling · 2 years
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WAKE UP BESTIES NEW OUYANG SKETCH JUST DROPPED!
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