#tgcf spoiler

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[crimson-chains]

This part was super heart wrenching for both of them! Poor little ghost fire Hua Cheng couldn't even keep his beloved warm ;;;

[mooncakebun]

Probably the last post for the week since this whole ordeal of falling back into TGCF hell made me lose a dangerous amount of sleep 😆

work in progress

[lovefrombegonia]

I am not ok...

[meru90]

fafa doods ^^

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beefleaf nation where are you?????

Looking for blogs/forum/discord servers to follow

[jayktoralldaylong]

Hua Cheng is not the reward for Xie Lian's suffering. Hua Cheng suffered because Xie Lian suffered after all. Xie Lian was just lucky that someone....loved him that much.

There is no grand amazing world altering moral lesson at the end of TGCF, though some may say staying on the path of good and righteousness no matter what evil comes your way. However, in truth, Xie Lian stayed good because he couldn't bear to be evil. Hurting people has only ever hurt him. The way he so deeply regrets what he did in the past, it shames him because seeing his enemies suffer would have never brought him satisfaction. The same way Bai Wuxiang had to keep finding new enemies to fight because revenge doesn't make the pain go away and won't bring back what was lost. It's not a revelation that revenge is bad or a waste of time, but that it won't change how broken you are inside.

Xie Lian stayed true to himself but the reason he's so happy at the end of TGCF is not because of that. Hua Cheng would love him no matter what he did after all, and Hua Cheng knew Xie Lian so well, right down to the worst he was capable of, he knew Xie Lian would never hurt people, but it ended up boiling down to Hua Cheng choosing Xie Lian over and over again. Through the pain and suffering and sorrow. After everything, Xie Lian was just lucky.

It's painful, knowing that that's exactly how life works. Xie Lian was lucky that there was someone willing to fight for him and by his side for 800 years. Xie Lian was loved and adored the way everyone deserves to be loved and adored. A home was created for him and his pain did not feel meaningless at the end.

But what about Qi Rong? The neglected child who didn't get his happily ever after, except in headcanons? He didn't ask to have bad adults that never corrected him. He didn't ask to.crave attention so much that he'd rather be tortured than ignored.

What about He Xuan who lost everything for something that was never his fault? Getting revenge didn't get that back, it just made him lose more. Where is the home and happiness that He Xuan deserves once and for all?

What about Bai Wuxiang..... The version of Xie Lian that never got a Hua Cheng. That just kept suffering till he went mad.

What about Shi Qingxuan who had luck for majority of his life but will now live and die in insignificance, once again through no fault of his own. Or is he at fault for never asking his brother how he took care of the problem?

What about Ling Wen who loved and killed but never stopped loving. Who went to great lengths to revive her lover just to lose it all. What about Ling Wen who achieved so much but has lost one of her best friends and won't get the one she loves?

Unlucky. That's just it. Things didn't work out for them.

In the grand scheme of things, whether you're evil or good, sometimes things work out and sometimes they don't. Not all bad guys 'reap the consequences of their actions'. Not all good guys get a happy ending. Xie Lian was lucky, and I'm so happy for him. But every time I remember the others....it brings me to tears.

[gemarty]

Hua hua seeing that beautiful flower... Someone is waiting for your kiss.

[white-flower-blooming]

He's Here!!! Lord Earth Master!!!*crazily screaming*

[mhaynoot]

just finished tgcf and wow okay wow i read most of it while at the gym and treadmilling but i was still crying so much

please talk to me about beefleaf

i vividly remember this one part where hua cheng said he'd never control xie lian and xl could do whatever he'd like to do and hc would support him always and i fucking went crazy and immediately increased my treadmil speed so i could outrun all the feels alslkdkd

okay i also felt just so much for jun wu even if he is a crazy psycho bastard, especially with the state perceptor

the ending is so good, i literally teared up smiling reading the little folklore section i was so fucking happy for hualian

omg please someone talk to me about beefleaf, i understand the ship now, i understand and it has me on a chokehold and i need someone to talk to me about it please please please

[ilovereadingandstuff]

Honestly, I've heard many times about how Xie Lian's cooking is horrible, okay? like, I got the joke even before starting reading the books...but now, GOD, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IS WAS THIS TERRIBLE, MAN!!

LOOK AT POOR MIN YI!! HE'S FKING DEAD!!!

AND QI RONG STARTING TO PANIC WITH JUST THE SIGHT OF A BOWL COMING HIS WAY?!?!

QI RONG AND WIND MASTER STARTED FKING HALLUCINATING!!!??

But Hua Cheng didn't give a damn!! haha. The fucker just loved that poison his beloved made.

But here's the thing: XIE LIAN KNOWS HIS COOKING IS BAD!!!

THE ASSHOLE DIDN'T TASTE!!

haha.

Xie Lian wasn't even going to give Hua Cheng a bowl of it 'cause he knew is was bad (and wasn't going to bad impress his boyfriend, right??)

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[mooncakebun]

Another wip cuz I’m in the middle of some big project ahahah

Some JW/BWX/XL alternative universe brain rot trying something like this for the first time and it’s super exciting 🗡️🫣

[lovefrombegonia]

This is for those who saw TGCF Donghua episode 10, so, beware. SPOILERS!!

Did Lan Qianqiu's father recognise Fang Xin Guoshi as the Prince Xie Lian himself? There is a scene when he sees Xie Lian smiling and it dissolves into XL's face without the mask for a second. LQQ's father looks flabbergasted for a second and requests him to attend the banquet again. I don't remember if it was mentioned in the novel that he realised, it was Xie Lian tho.

[rainbowrider1290]

Pay no attention

To the man who tried to change you

He's a dark familiar stranger

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ghehe