Hey tgcf animators, what the fck were you thinking in S2E4?
Why was it necessary to make them poc? Why was it necessary to give them markings? Why was it necessary to add monkey sound affects? Why was it necessary to call them savages? WHY WAS ANY OF THIS NECESSARY???
(And BTW this was NEVER even mentioned in the book, both in ENG and in the original! They were never described like this! /s)
The book was bad but the animation really made it worse 💀
last one for now, I was hoping to get 4 posters done total for AB but I've got work to do so the final one is on the shelf until I get more free time 😩
also this one was cute in my head but jeSUS MY HAND IS DEAD why did I decide to draw a show where everyone's wearing 4+ robes 🙃
Mxtx love interests and their relationships with captivity are fascinating and all, but I’d rather just focus on how funny Hua Cheng’s is in particular.
We have Luo Binghe‘s creepy replica bamboo hut and the tragic horror of watching him succumb to his worst impulses and try destroying the world to trap Shen Qingqiu by his side.
We have Lan Wangji warring internally with himself for years over his smothering need to hide Wei Wuxian from the world and save him from himself.
And then there’s Hua Cheng
Professional Gege Catch and Release Wildlife Expert Hua Cheng.
This man is a gege rehabilitation facilitator who does what he loves and loves what he does.
He tags his gege with a gps tracker so he can study his migration patterns. He humanely traps and relocates his gege whenever he’s strayed into danger.
If you hit a gege with your car, all you need to do is call Hua Cheng and he’ll be there with an animal control slip leash, a GoPro to promote his TikTok awareness campaign for gege welfare and conservation to the masses, and Yin Yu is on the phone preparing the treatment center for a new arrival.
He’s one of those guys who lovingly cares for a feral cat colony in his backyard, providing handmade housing with heating and regular check ups.
He’s insane don’t get me wrong. But his crippling self doubt and unbreakable compulsion to provide merged in such a weird way, it comes off a little more wildlife rescue than I think is intended.
[Video description: digital animation of xie lian and hua cheng from the chest up in a simplified, chibi-like style, camera over hua cheng's shoulders. Xie lian has both arms around hua chengs neck and shoulders smiling at him fondly while hua cheng strokes xie lians cheek with his thumb. They then lean their foreheads against each other as xie lian laughs a little, then settles down, blinking slowly a couple times at hua cheng with the same fond smile. End description]