if you were curious about how much Hua Cheng spent on lanterns in order to help dianxia flex on the haters at the Mid-Autumn Festival, I braved my aversion to math to shed light on the answer [THREAD]
CW: math, speculation based on something that's probably just hyperbole
pictured: Hua Cheng trying to convince his mother-in-law that he'll have his precious egg back before curfew, and Xie Lian being crushed under the weight of expectations+guoshi's ass
(I requested this work of art from
@roothiegoosie
b/c Mei Nianqing needs an animal persona)
the TGCF donghua is getting REALLY heavily targeted by homophobes review-bombing the score on Bilibili 💔💔 (earlier today it was a 9.6, and dropped down to an 8.9 within hours...)
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with the introduction of actual dianxia bodypillows, it's safe to say that hua cheng has now monopolized the merchandizing chain from concept to consumer level
the true purpose of hualian bodypillows, aside from being a substitute for human companionship, is to serve as an appealing display for one's own advance copies
Hey,
#SevenSeasDanmei
fans! We just got our office copies of the upcoming Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (
#MXTX
) novels, and they look GORGEOUS, so we had to share some special sneak-peek photos. 😍 Pre-order to reserve your own copies now: details + links to retailers below!
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fun fact: Quan Yizhen refers to almost no one by name, or even title. the only three names/titles he ever says directly are "shixiong" (not YY's name or title), "Ling Wen" (her title, not her name), and "the Emperor" (not even his actual title, which is "Shenwu Dadi")
in case anyone was curious, the Author Notes weren't published in the ENG edition because they weren't included in the manuscript that was purchased, meaning MXTX didn't want them in the finished product. [1/5]
survival horror game where you play as WWX in the Cloud Recesses, all the Lans are drunk and you're trying to herd them all into bed
you face various obstacles, like LSZ clinging to your leg while you walk, and LWJ relentlessly pursuing you thru the halls like Mr. X in RE2
Happy TGCF volume 8 release day! 🏮🏮🙏🏮🏮
TGCF is one of my favorite books of all time, and it was an honor and a privilege to bring it to the global audience it rightly deserves. Here's to one last stint at terrorizing the NYT bestseller list. (For now.)
let me just say that I do not want to see ANY slander towards Jian Lan/Lan Chang on my tl after the recent donghua episode, as she is an absolute chad who canonically hunts down and murders serial r*pists even when they're powerful cultivators with political connections
i've said it before but
with Hua Cheng's birthday in June, Xie Lian's birthday in July, and Zhongyuan Festival/Ghost Festival in August, Ghost City is basically a constant party for three solid months
(after which it takes about three more months to clean up)
in case you weren't aware, the NYT bestseller list uses an algorithm to tally results; it's not just the raw net total. the algorithm is heavily biased against romance novels (among other genres), so the fact that these books consistently chart regardless is extremely impressive!
also I'm hopelessly behind on my homepage now, has anyone made the joke about Suika simping so hard for Shi Wudu that he summoned a boat publisher for her
today is my five year danmei anniversary. five years ago, I started reading the TGCF fan translation bc I wanted to start with the "obscure one" with no official art except these two cardboard cutouts
if anyone remembers what these things were even made for pls refresh my memory
watching the TGCF fandom go feral over finally having canon XL and HC designs is great but I'm legitimately scared for when they finally reveal Jun Wu's canon design because I know at least 35% of the fandom will go full qi deviation at the sight of it
sending my congratulations to MXTX for yet another NYT best seller 🙏 It is legit unheard of for an "unknown" author to snatch this many placements in such a short amount of time, and so consistently. I hope she treats herself to several 10-pulls in a gatcha of her choice ✨✨
sighs...once again, homophobes are review-bombing the TGCF donghua. It was at a 9.4 yesterday, and is now at risk of dropping into the 8 range.
I'll link the guide I compiled for reporting troll reviews and supporting the donghua in this thread. Please lend a hand if you can!
pre-confession!HC: Your Highness, your passing whim is this one's command. I ask for absolutely nothing in return. A single touch of your gracious hand is more than this one could ever dream of, and is something which I would not dare ask of you.
post-confession!HC:
black water: i became a ghost for revenge and now that i achieved it i'm hopelessly in debt and destroyed the only meaningful relationship i had
crimson rain: i became a ghost for love anGEGE IS HANGING ONTO MY ARM AND HE LOVES ME BACK, DID YOU ALL HEAR, HE LOVES ME BACK HE LOV
SUPREME ROLL CALL
hua cheng: obsessed with xie lian
bai wuxiang: obsessed with xie lian
qi rong: obsessed with xie lian
he xuan: currently eating mayonnaise out of the jar with a spoon
because it was bugging my nutty little virgo mind, I made an updated table with the corrected gold price value for everyone!
tl;dr again: if 1000 tael of gold = 1 Blessings Lantern, Hua Cheng spent AT MINIMUM $6,840,000,000 USD on lanterns. Hua Cheng is still a very big gay.
plugging in the numbers, we get the following rundown for everyone in the top 10 (+ Rain Master)...
tl;dr: if 1000 tael of gold = 1 Blessings Lantern, Hua Cheng spent AT MINIMUM $256,728,000,000 USD on lanterns.
(I should also note that the narration describes the lanterns having "tidy calligraphy" that identify them as being from Qiandeng Temple, so HC probably forced HX to write all 3,000 for him...)
With the recent influx of homophobic comments dragging down its score on Bilibili, how can you support the TGCF donghua if your account isn't yet at a high enough level to leave a review yourself?
A thread of suggestions! ✨
the TGCF donghua is getting REALLY heavily targeted by homophobes review-bombing the score on Bilibili 💔💔 (earlier today it was a 9.6, and dropped down to an 8.9 within hours...)
(he eventually learns XL's name or a passable version of it. never learns HC's name and just calls him "Xie Lian's husband." HC rewards this behavior by smearing the roof of his mouth with peanut butter, which QYZ spends the next three hours licking off)
while the ENG Kobo/Rakuten site took down the listing for this stolen work, it's still up on JP Kobo/Rakuten and the French site FNAC. any individuals who can speak JP/FR are encouraged to POLITELY contact the customer support for these sites to get the pages taken down.
this person is SELLING the tgcf translation as an original novel by fudging xie lian's name lmfao then claiming official art as their own creation ..
pls don't anybody actually fall for this 😂
Do you like TGCF? Do you like REFERENCE SHEETS??
Well, then do I have a treat for YOU!
Please marvel at the newest addition to the TGCF Translation Gdrive: the Characters, Places, and Terms Primer! Compiled by me & fact-checked by
@yummysuika
.
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🦋 preorder for the TGCF donghua's English boxset ends TODAY, in case y'all want to jump on board! 🦋
half the people I've spoken to weren't even aware it was getting a physical NA release, so methinks the advertising on this one was less than stellar 🙄
(taps the sign)
furthermore, MXTX noted in her recent (pub. 5/6/2023) interview with Subaru (JP literary magazine) that she's still working on the TGCF edits, so the mainland version is *not* the long-awaited revision
y’all the mainland simp version is going to be censored, that’s just how it be for mainland print publication. we’ll get a platonic new extra out of it.
but that’s not the revision mxtx has been talking abt forever. we’ll see the real thing someday just not in this one 🥲
because I seriously can't stand this person's nasty attitude towards Suika and Sahkyu any longer...
THE SAGA OF SULI-ART / SULI-WRITES
(with links, receipts, and more!)
I ripped all the hualian drink ads, begged
@lily_ocho
to help translate them, and then threw the whole thing onto YouTube with English subs
Witness MQ make f-f-friends with anthropomorphic plums and HC sulk b/c XL and SQX had a girls' night out
#TGCF
in fairness it's not all *******. some of it is sizhui's horrible family vacation, some of it is an equally stressful magic school bus field trip. some of it is JGY taking a rabid animal out of its enclosure for enrichment
my actual present to dianxia will not be on time..........while it WILL be a magnificent gift indeed, I feel guilty about not having anything in the meantime
would buying a cake for myself count as a gift
ch 91 gives an estimate of the price of a single Blessings Lantern:
"一盏祈福长明灯,千金难求,久久不灭。"
>> "One Blessings Lantern of Everlasting Light was hard to buy even with a thousand gold, and they could not easily be extinguished."
Allow me to spin you a tale where Xie Lian investigates a hole in the wall & gets himself stuck. After being saved by Hua Cheng, Xie Lian becomes aware of his true destiny, which is to have Hua Cheng fuck him while he’s in there.
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Converting this:
1000 tael = 38,000 grams
38,000 grams of gold = 1 Blessings Lantern
As of today (6/4/2022), the price-per-gram for gold in the USA is 2,252 USD.
38,000 grams of gold = 85,576,000 USD = 1 Blessings Lantern
I sometimes see people discussing why certain elements are "missing" from TGCF's lineup of elemental gods. TGCF is its own mythology and doesn't follow the traditional CN elemental system (earth, wood, metal, fire, water) to begin with,
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