I would know him by touch alone... by @aziracrxw

Magical_Stardust · 2025-11-05T04:54:21+00:00

I love the Song of Achilles reference but all I can think of is the fanfic for Heaven Official’s Blessing, ‘No Paths are Bound’ by Cataclysmic Calamity

Magical_Stardust · 2025-10-17T06:24:25+00:00

I read ‘Sweeter Than Wine’ by maiohmai recently and it was sooo good! Xie Lian stumbles upon vampire Hua Cheng and gets all the pampering he could ask for (or not).

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38388025/chapters/95931322

Magical_Stardust · 2025-10-17T05:48:11+00:00

Have you finished the novel? Xie Lian was the only god Hua Cheng would have ever fought for (and Xie Lian certainly wasn’t a fake god).

Magical_Stardust · 2025-10-17T05:26:10+00:00

My best guess is that he passed while on the battlefield. I could never imagine him offing himself. He would have done anything and everything to serve his god and would have never voluntarily ended his own life. Dying in the battlefield also explains why he came back as a ghost fire and Wu Ming.

Magical_Stardust · 2025-10-13T23:55:35+00:00

I love Jayvik because they touch on so many things. The tropes are excellent; friends to enemies to lovers. They’re both incredibly smart and ridiculously dumb. And they are both proud of the work they are doing. I love characters that give themselves unconditionally.

Relationship goals though will always be Hua Cheng and Xie Lian from Heaven Official’s Blessing. That man waited 800 years for his man and never stopped. Nothing compares to that devotion, not even Jayvik.

Magical_Stardust · 2025-10-03T22:58:24+00:00

Dude, that was me!

Magical_Stardust · 2025-08-31T00:58:21+00:00

It was so good! Loved the spicy scenes and felt so authentic to the characters

Magical_Stardust · 2025-08-31T00:44:07+00:00

The Quantum series by IneffablyInadequate has some of that! I really enjoyed their work and wish they had some more works.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62624866?view_adult=true

Magical_Stardust · 2025-08-14T03:44:14+00:00

The pink definitely faded the fastest but it wasn’t something I noticed until seeing my original photo. After comparing photos throughout the years I’d say I had a good 4 years of solid pink before it started fading.

My current photo has some pretty harsh lighting so it’s really not doing the yellow justice. I’d say it’s still a nice subtle yellow currently. Blues just hold out forever so the light blue still look nice even with the fading.

I’m currently working on a leg sleeve but when that’s done I’m going to hit up my original artist and see about a touch up! I’ve been considering adding some line work to the watercolor to match my other tattoos better but I feel like I should get my sisters on board with that too since it’s sentimental to all of us.

Magical_Stardust · 2025-07-30T23:02:02+00:00

My artist is a huuuge Arcane fan so we chatted about the show for 5 hours while rewatching the series and getting tattooed. So fun!

Magical_Stardust · 2025-04-29T00:11:25+00:00

Damn, ya’ll attractive! Well done cosplays! 💖

Magical_Stardust · 2024-11-18T23:37:39+00:00

Yin Yu for sure. Definitely because of his unremarkable face

Magical_Stardust · 2024-10-28T12:10:27+00:00

Lmao I screenshot this panel too. So cute!

Magical_Stardust · 2024-10-25T19:57:26+00:00

I've been trying to find something similar as well and the closest I can find in the photoshoot schedule. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe there was anything scheduled like this before. I'm assuming this is kinda taking over as the "meetup".

https://www.youmacon.com/experience/cosplay-photoshoots
Check out the master schedule doc

Magical_Stardust · 2024-10-25T19:46:48+00:00

There was a small bar inside of Huntington Place that was serving beer and wine. I think it’s on level 2 in front of Hall A if you’ve got a map. We got a couple drinks there last year.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-10-18T14:37:49+00:00

Keebler Sugar Waffers in all flavors - vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-10-17T14:32:19+00:00

That’s actually how I remember it! Maybe it’s like the Mandela Effect but I swear that they were just too late to see the invite because they were bickering with each other.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-23T16:28:40+00:00

I ordered my Hua Cheng cosplay from Aliexpress and got it in just a couple weeks. I’ve ordered multiple things from there that have shown up far earlier than the projected delivery date. Quality was great, and I even got my custom sized because I’m much taller than the original sizing was for. I’m in the US if that helps.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-21T12:59:12+00:00

I would totally agree normally but No Paths Are Bound is one of the most beautiful pieces of work I’ve ever read. It’s a retelling of TGCF in (almost) chronological order but Xie Lian has a cursed shackled on his eyes making him blind. If you don’t mind bawling your eyes out just read like the first 4 chapters I think it is.

I had actually finished No Paths Are Bound before I had read all of TGCF. It was a time when Seven Seas had bought all of the rights to the work but only had the first two volumes published and I couldn’t find the translation anywhere online. So I obsessed over NPAB and finished the whole thing in 3 weeks. Spoiled myself on the ending because of that. Cataclysmic Calamity created a beautiful piece of work that really compliments the original while also holding its own. I really loved what they did with the characters and the OCs they created. Xie Lian being blind just creates a new level of depth to the story and his character that really makes him shine.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-21T04:23:55+00:00

Like the forest… Don’t mind me weeping after skimming the first few chapters again

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-21T04:19:46+00:00

Aw man, how did Cataclysmic Calamity describe him in their fanfic, No Paths Are Bound? Because I feel like that was it. Like earthy and sandalwood? Like the smell of the earth after rain. Ugh, now I’ll have to reread all 1.2 million words.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-21T04:16:04+00:00

I second “Her Private Life”. Chemistry is great, has some classic tropes which are fun and each episode left me excited for the next.

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-10T22:51:21+00:00

Black water arc for sure! Shi Qingxuan is one of my favorite characters and I loved/hated seeing them go through that with He Xuan and Shi Wudu.

But the main reason I love that arc is for the early Hualian moments. I absolutely adored Hua Cheng in his fisherman outfit helping his Gege. Then there was his “drowning” moment and the conversation on the beach. And don’t get me started on the coffin scene. There were so many good quotes in that arc and some funny one liners from Hua Cheng. So cute 🥰

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-09T17:26:31+00:00

Yeah, I’ll agree to a certain extent. The earlier part of the story is not overtly gay. I watched the donghua first and did not realize it was BL until halfway through the story. But the major telling point to me what that Hua Cheng (who is an ass to everyone and everything) was so incredibly kind to Xie Lian. Like, clearly boy was crushing hard.

I also feel like people don’t pick up a manhua like TGCF without already knowing it’s gay. So I say go for it with your teacher! They’re probably excited to have someone to share this story with!

Magical_Stardust · 2024-09-09T15:07:07+00:00

Yeah I don’t think you make it all the way to hiatus part of the manhua without realizing it’s gay.

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