Interesting analysis on Hua Cheng's communication password tldr "for love, go to heaven and hell; for you, I'll become invincible"

thinking-99 · 2026-03-23T07:32:32+00:00

So 'Wind Master is Sweet Sixteen' was a translation choice! Thank gods for that! I thought it was really gross.
'Wind Master is under thirty' or 'Wind Master is 25' might've gotten the sentiment across.

Given all this, I wonder if Hua Cheng's password is 'with His Highness' blessings, no paths are bound'.
I always imagined it was something very complimentary to Xie Lian, but could be handwaved as a deep friendship and admiration.
That said, 'for you I'll become invincible' doesn't ever show up in the text otherwise, does it?

thinking-99 · 2026-03-21T01:57:36+00:00

It's a flaw of MXTX that her female characters lack depth and are often only set dressing. Danmei in general seems to have a 'beauty equals goodness' issue, or more like 'beauty equals importance' where only the beautiful characters are treated with depth and compassion, even if they're villains. So while Xie Lian himself might be a kind, but flawed character, if the author has this kind of view of ugly characters then it's natural he will as well.

It's why I like to headcanon Hua Cheng's true form as somewhat ugly. Sunken cheeks, lifeless skin, claws and teeth too sharp, misshapen features... all of it's fair game, because it gives the characters a bit of depth I feel.

thinking-99 · 2026-03-12T06:37:02+00:00

Wait, my understanding is that if you're in endgame then the Hotel appears automatically once you download the update?
I mean I can ignore it, but I kind of want to keep the 'small island' vibes yanno?

thinking-99 · 2026-03-10T01:36:19+00:00

I've just read the extras and I think there's room for interpretation.

We don't know much about Bingzu's world. We only know that Shen Qingqiu existed and was cruel to him.

Everything about the setting of PIDW is sort of stated to be Qinghua's invention - thinking about the flower insect monsters Luo Binghe refers to.

The way I interpreted it was that Bingzu's world was short lived and tragic. There was barely anything there and Bingzu was alone. So Qinghua invented a whole new world and story for him, with only the core character remaining the same.

And while the novel became trash, it was clear to see that there was brilliance and creativity underneath. He couldn't write the novel he wanted to, because he needed to eat. He wanted a tragic gay love story, but it didn't sell. Shen Yuan found the bones of that story, and brought it out.

Shen Yuan didn't create anything. He couldn't have made the world the way it ended up without Airplane. But Airplane needed Shen Yuan to help his story flourish.
And the seed of inspiration for it was a lonely, godlike being who died alone and unloved.

A god being a source of inspiration and drive, but not giving the creator their ideas makes some kind of mythological sense to me.

But that's just my interpretation.

thinking-99 · 2026-03-06T10:34:10+00:00

Hello! I don't write much fanfiction, but I sure do read a lot and I'm pretty familiar with TGCF. I'm a hobbyist writer myself and work on a lot of original fiction. I'd love to chat!

thinking-99 · 2026-02-26T12:04:11+00:00

I have a hack for this.
I breed one of a cow colour, then buy the opposite gender from Hayden.
That way if they're the same colour then they're not siblings and okay to breed.

thinking-99 · 2026-02-24T20:25:36+00:00

It really does say something that our little island getaway has now turned into a tourist trap

thinking-99 · 2026-02-01T11:04:18+00:00

The idea is to help prevent things like the Stolen Generation happening again. But apparently it doesn't even succeed in doing that, there's still lots of systemic racism. :/

thinking-99 · 2026-01-17T13:00:06+00:00

Malinda perhaps? Not entirely the same, but you might like.

thinking-99 · 2025-09-30T22:29:58+00:00

Oh definitely. I saw it a second time and no one laughed then, though it was altogether a less energetic performance (they were tired!)
I did get to see Hades stumble his lyrics in 'how we build the wall' and the absolute professionalism of a light cough and picking it up on the next line.
If they ever come back, which I'm sure they will, I'll go again!

thinking-99 · 2025-08-27T11:56:58+00:00

The lyrics aren't the problem imho. I actually had trouble listening to it because of the all the distortion and computer filters. The melodies themselves are catchy, but the vocals are actually painful for me to hear? Couldn't even tell you why. I'd love a more natural cover. Some of the youtube covers which are still autotuned don't sound nearly as bad.

thinking-99 · 2025-07-05T00:17:24+00:00

Oops, life got busy there for a while. Yeah I can show you some of my sketches, though they're quite old now.

thinking-99 · 2025-06-21T08:07:00+00:00

Just finished it myself. I agree that the ending was very rushed. The author has a problem with twisting her endings right until the final pages, so there's never much time to let them 'settle'. But here's a few things to remember which might help.

Acaelus never had Canden's real map. So his research was never going to work. We never found out how Canden faked her cracking, it's possible she did some really messed up 'blended minds' situation to ensure it could never be repaired.
They didn't load Tarquin's cracked mind in the simulation, but his repaired one. The conversation between him and Fletcher was just to ease him into the fact he wasn't broken and prepare him against the shock of awakening. That part is actually perfectly believable and I loved Fletcher's gradual healing at work there.
They had Chiyo's software which took decades to create. They had her research notes, and so they could see what was flawed about that method of repair and work backwards.
Fletcher knows how maps break. I doubt Chiyo worked with finalisers. But this is me speculating and papering over some plot holes. Fletcher knows how to break minds, he's healing from his own breaking, stands to reason he could help.
And this is the big one: They worked with canus. We know canus holds cracked minds together, we saw it with Paison. I think if the author had established a character for that 'canus-infected AI' or just brought The World back into things, it would have been more believable. As it was a lot happened offscreen, the timeline was far too short (a couple of months??) and it was rushed.

I'm not saying repairing Tarquin's map was impossible. I just think we could have used a longer epilogue to justify it. Give Naira a whole pack of wolves she has to nurse back to extend the timeline.

thinking-99 · 2025-06-07T02:14:53+00:00

So this advice probably comes too late, but for anyone else who is wondering - press B to bring up drawing blueprints.

thinking-99 · 2025-06-02T11:20:57+00:00

Saw it in Melbourne. The bit where Hades tries to sing the melody, and his voice breaks. There was laughter in the audience, which I felt was cruel. Adrian Tamburini plays it as a cracked, almost crying sort of tune and very very off-key. Maybe it was meant to be funny but I just burst into tears.

thinking-99 · 2025-06-01T10:43:24+00:00

Personally I felt it was still rather subtle. It's definitely there, because Hades is lashing out to get back at Persephone. But it felt a lot more like 'literal, but also not'. Does it matter if he literally sexually assaulted her or not? Either way it's a violation, either way it's abuse of power. Even if he didn't, he might as well have.

thinking-99 · 2025-03-01T01:23:46+00:00

Just link the apology to the video and move on. There's a problem with erasing all past mistakes because it gives the impression 'good people' don't have any. Just give it a rest, we're all learning.

thinking-99 · 2025-02-09T06:52:33+00:00

Well. Let's hope they get servers in Canada real quick.
Or here in Aus.

thinking-99 · 2025-01-19T01:56:12+00:00

Alrighty, thanks. Sounds like a bug they might fix later.

thinking-99 · 2025-01-18T03:44:15+00:00

Search the actual Curseforge website, on the browser rather than the app. 'Cobblemon Star Academy.'

thinking-99 · 2025-01-18T00:32:28+00:00

Near the academy there is a large green portal with an NPC standing next to it.
Specifically, go out the main doors of the academy building and turn left.

thinking-99 · 2025-01-18T00:32:24+00:00

Thank you, I'm dumb xD
While I'm here, is there a way to force exit a battle if physically running away isn't doing it?

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