mari ✩ tgcf brainrot era
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一眼万年 / one glance, love everlasting. | mari, 18+, it/its or ve/ver/vis ⋆ fanfic writer, in love with xie lian ⋆ see pinned post
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⋆ very shy yapper
⋆ #hualian & #tgcf main
⋆ mxtx, link click, black butler, bsd, etc.
⋆ moa, roady, p1ece, atiny, luné, czennie + more
⋆ my strawpage & ao3
⋆ nsfw / dead dove content present, be warned byf
⋆ fic threads in feeds!
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and the thing about qi rong is that he ALSO introduces the element of like—making one kind choice doesn't necessary erase your history of violence and cruelty. but it is still powerful. saving the child doesn't necessarily redeem you, but it still saves an entire child
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
and the thing about qi rong is that he ALSO introduces the element of like—making one kind choice doesn't necessary erase your history of violence and cruelty. but it is still powerful. saving the child doesn't necessarily redeem you, but it still saves an entire child
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what I think maybe ONLY he xuan realizes is that it's never too late. yes, you've been changed, but you don't need to stay in that state forever. you can change again. you can still choose. that's what the fan scene is, too me—a testing of the waters (ha) for maybe, possibly, becoming something new
January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
what I think maybe ONLY he xuan realizes is that it's never too late. yes, you've been changed, but you don't need to stay in that state forever. you can change again. you can still choose. that's what the fan scene is, too me—a testing of the waters (ha) for maybe, possibly, becoming something new
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actually as i'm thinking about it this is like THE theme of tgcf lol. it's there in quanyin. it's there in peihuang
obviously obviously OBVIOUSLY this theme also plays out deeply with xie lian and bai wuxiang. echoes on echoes
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
actually as i'm thinking about it this is like THE theme of tgcf lol. it's there in quanyin. it's there in peihuang
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yes!!! yin yu's failure to choose kindness in a moment of insane stress is actually so important to this theme, and the fact that his entire story happens after it—how he's grappling with it, what it means for him, because it clearly Doesn't mean "he should get written off as bad forever"
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
yes!!! yin yu's failure to choose kindness in a moment of insane stress is actually so important to this theme, and the fact that his entire story happens after it—how he's grappling with it, what it means for him, because it clearly Doesn't mean "he should get written off as bad forever"
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yes!! without the choice, it could come across as like. oh some people are just Inherently Kind and others aren't. but that's not the point at all
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
yes!! without the choice, it could come across as like. oh some people are just Inherently Kind and others aren't. but that's not the point at all
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the choice aspect is what really slam dunks the theme for me. at least with xl and sqx, we SEE them hit that pivot point—xl and the hat, and sqx at first asking to die with swd. but they both choose to pull back from that abyss because they decide to live for hope and not vengeance.
January 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
the choice aspect is what really slam dunks the theme for me. at least with xl and sqx, we SEE them hit that pivot point—xl and the hat, and sqx at first asking to die with swd. but they both choose to pull back from that abyss because they decide to live for hope and not vengeance.
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and he believes it while still being very cynical as a person! he doesn't lose his accompanying belief that most people still wouldn't choose well when given the choice. he knowingly, himself, often chooses to be a bastard about stuff. but that doesn't take away the choice
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
and he believes it while still being very cynical as a person! he doesn't lose his accompanying belief that most people still wouldn't choose well when given the choice. he knowingly, himself, often chooses to be a bastard about stuff. but that doesn't take away the choice
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when humans ascend, they are still human... when they fall, they are still human. and human beings have great capacity for cruelty, selfishness, violence, hatred, bitterness. but they also have the capacity to care for one another, the choice to care. always. and that's what hua cheng has faith in
January 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
when humans ascend, they are still human... when they fall, they are still human. and human beings have great capacity for cruelty, selfishness, violence, hatred, bitterness. but they also have the capacity to care for one another, the choice to care. always. and that's what hua cheng has faith in
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I don't think it's particularly deep character analysis to say that hua cheng doesn't like himself much. but you don't have to like yourself to know yourself as someone with the capacity for kindness
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I don't think it's particularly deep character analysis to say that hua cheng doesn't like himself much. but you don't have to like yourself to know yourself as someone with the capacity for kindness
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and he doesn't just believe oh, xie lian is a person who can choose kindness. he believes in the concept that ANYONE can. because he does it himself! he chooses it himself, in the kiln, and he ascends!
January 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
and he doesn't just believe oh, xie lian is a person who can choose kindness. he believes in the concept that ANYONE can. because he does it himself! he chooses it himself, in the kiln, and he ascends!
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and i think there's something so interesting about that in terms of the nature of faith... fundamentally, he xuan and bai wuxiang don't believe in anything. they have no myths of human possibility, no beliefs about what people are capable of except darkness and evil. but hua cheng Believes
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
and i think there's something so interesting about that in terms of the nature of faith... fundamentally, he xuan and bai wuxiang don't believe in anything. they have no myths of human possibility, no beliefs about what people are capable of except darkness and evil. but hua cheng Believes
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when i first posted this thread over on twitter, @booksong.bsky.social also pointed out that the reason hua cheng never falls into this trap is because he has been there watching as xie lian chose kindness over and over again, and it's why he knows he xuan will fail
black water and white no-face both fail to turn the objects of their obsession into themselves, because they both fail to account for the fact that no matter what has been done to you, you can always choose to be kind.
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
when i first posted this thread over on twitter, @booksong.bsky.social also pointed out that the reason hua cheng never falls into this trap is because he has been there watching as xie lian chose kindness over and over again, and it's why he knows he xuan will fail
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black water and white no-face both fail to turn the objects of their obsession into themselves, because they both fail to account for the fact that no matter what has been done to you, you can always choose to be kind.
January 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
black water and white no-face both fail to turn the objects of their obsession into themselves, because they both fail to account for the fact that no matter what has been done to you, you can always choose to be kind.
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he xuan's revenge can never be truly complete bc he CAN'T make sqx into what he is, and can't even make him into someone hx doesn't secretly admire and want to emulate and love to be around, because it wasn't the naivety that gave him those qualities, it was the core of who sqx is....
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
he xuan's revenge can never be truly complete bc he CAN'T make sqx into what he is, and can't even make him into someone hx doesn't secretly admire and want to emulate and love to be around, because it wasn't the naivety that gave him those qualities, it was the core of who sqx is....
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so when hx destroys the ignorance he expects the kindness to also follow, for sqx to join him in bitterness and resentment, but sqx... doesn't. he rescinds his godhood and his power and his ability to shift gender at will, but he remains cheerful and eager to help his friends
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
so when hx destroys the ignorance he expects the kindness to also follow, for sqx to join him in bitterness and resentment, but sqx... doesn't. he rescinds his godhood and his power and his ability to shift gender at will, but he remains cheerful and eager to help his friends
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meanwhile shi qingxuan literally ascended for no reason and has no idea what his ascension did to hx or his family or any of it. hx resents that ignorance to an ENORMOUS degree because, in his view, it means sqx is able to be a fun, kind, loving person, "better" than him in every way
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
meanwhile shi qingxuan literally ascended for no reason and has no idea what his ascension did to hx or his family or any of it. hx resents that ignorance to an ENORMOUS degree because, in his view, it means sqx is able to be a fun, kind, loving person, "better" than him in every way
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he xuan was smart and knowledgeable enough while alive that he should have ascended for it, and then went through immense trauma that made him bitter, violent, jaded, and obsessive, and he views that as a natural, even inevitable consequence of his experiences
January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
he xuan was smart and knowledgeable enough while alive that he should have ascended for it, and then went through immense trauma that made him bitter, violent, jaded, and obsessive, and he views that as a natural, even inevitable consequence of his experiences
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this is what happens to mu qing and xie lian - it's why mq admits xl is a better person than him, because he CAN remain kind after centuries of some of the worst possible shit happening to him. but it's also a beefleaf feeling!!
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
this is what happens to mu qing and xie lian - it's why mq admits xl is a better person than him, because he CAN remain kind after centuries of some of the worst possible shit happening to him. but it's also a beefleaf feeling!!
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there's a theme in tgcf of people who have been through trauma or who pride themselves on their cynical wisdom equating kindness and the ability to be happy with naivety or ignorance, and then being shocked when the kind person in question loses that naivety and remains kind.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
there's a theme in tgcf of people who have been through trauma or who pride themselves on their cynical wisdom equating kindness and the ability to be happy with naivety or ignorance, and then being shocked when the kind person in question loses that naivety and remains kind.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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