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Fashion concepts for Beiyuan and I decided to name each costume with a quote from the text, cos Priest is always hella funny
Two pieces for the underworld cos I can and I love white-haired Beiyuan
To hold your loved one in your arms, when the war is going on and everything is falling apart, is what worth living for, isn’t that right?
Beiyuan, why even bother?
Speed paint timelapse
Concept for Wu Xi. I like the "classic" Nanjiang design a la the Miao costumes in black, purple and silver jewelry. But apparently my Turkic blood requires more options and colors (and more coins, of course!)
Fashion concepts for Beiyuan and I decided to name each costume with a quote from the text, cos Priest is always hella funny
Two pieces for the underworld cos I can and I love white-haired Beiyuan
I have this one art of Jing Beiyuan that everyone for some reason likes, but I don’t think it’s good enough. So I’m redrawing it.
And I liked this stage of the process. I hope to finish it.
The first life
My beloved Beiyuan
Miss Moon, Su Qingluan, in her last performance on the Fullmoon river
Lord Seventh cover design by me
Qin Huaizhang and his pupils! I always love thinking a lot about Siji manor and how it was, how it started, etc. I really wanted to make an illustration reflecting a nostalgia of these times. More Siji manor rambling below >>>
I am going through a crisis regarding my headcanons about it, though. As in, I can't be satisfied by what the book gives us, and clearly I got too invested in the backstory I made up to just accept giving it up based on some random infos sprinkled here and there. Here are the named characters that I assume are all from Siji:
(Duan Pengju isn't there because, for good balance, I thought it would be nice to have him as an agent recruited later on by ZZS.) QHZ is obviously the founder of the manor, right? According to the book (which gives us very little), he's an oddball, and he could have gone about with only two disciples-- or very young ones... But simultaneously, we do get informations in extra 5 about Siji manor's wide reach and activities. It's hard to believe that ZZS was the oldest disciple (as it is suggested in TYK in that one line where he's said to having been a dashixiong.....); he was 15 by the time of QHZ's death, so could QHZ really have operated alone with an army of tiny kids before that? Sorry, Priest, I will have to fight with canon lines here. I like to imagine that QHZ had associates within Siji-- he was the main founder, but he wasn't working alone. Old Bi, who's mentioned in TYK, chapter 1, could have been one of said associates. Lu Yu....... So Lu Yu is from Qi Ye, and up until recently he was my anchor when it came to justifying my idea that no, ZZS and LJX weren't the sole disciples in Siji Manor (since, in TYK, ZZS says it was "just the two of them"-- but it could be metaphorical!! and Lu Yu being there so early on in Qi Ye could be a proof of that!!). Turns out, the infos we get from Extra 5, once again, make me feel like it's unlikely that it was really literally only ZZS and LJX, but-- Anyway; I did picture Lu Yu as being older than ZZS, probably a shixiong, but it's also mentioned in Qi Ye that he his technique was "worthy of ZZS' teaching"...... which makes it harder to justify him being a shixiong. I mean, some mental gymnastics can probably make it work, and after all this is only a remark coming from Jing Qi's narration, BUT. Bichen suggested he could have been trained later on by ZZS as more people left Siji in disagreement with ZZS' own politics... so why not? I like to think that ZZS was QHZ's only disciple-- the others, shixiongs and shidis, were disciples of QHZ's associates rather than his own direct disciples. Maybe he didn't want any, until he met with ZZS and figured that the kid was worthy enough of being his disciple. LJX would have been taken in by QHZ as an additional trial or training method for ZZS-- because teaching is the best way of putting your own knowledge to the test. ALL OF THIS TO SAY, i do imagine that ZZS and LJX had a peculiar relationship with QHZ that other disciples didn't have, and that it was just the two of them from the moment ZZS was chosen by QHZ to become the next leader. Bi-shu... could have been reluctant at first, then decided to believe in ZZS until years later when he figured he couldn't do TC anymore and it was time for him to go? Anyway--- I could go on for hours bc clearly I have nothing better to do w my life than to muse about some random background storylines LOL
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down in danmei/xianxia/wuxia/chinese drama hell again and I do blame my old qiye drawings that somehow still get notes for tricking me into rereading the whole novel again
man I forgot how precious wuxi is god damn
qi ye is such a book tho. it’s game of thrones in china but even more fucked up. but it’s gay. but it’s also about reincarnation. the main couple are implied to actually be immortal deities and soulmates who have forgotten their pasts together. the main character is a prince who fakes his death to become a trophy wife. also he remembers his past lives but never mentions it to anyone. one of the best books i’ve ever read
okay but does helian yi even know of wenzhou? I know practicaly and canonically they would never see eachother as long as they live nor would have any contact. bUt- imagine if he recieves a wedding invitation on a random tuesday with no prior context and wonders why his friends are Like That. what if he goes in disguise and sees xiyuan there, freaks out and immediately starts cursing out wu xi
zzs freaking out and shaking wkx: I TOLD YOU YOU NEEDED TO GIVE LORD SEVENTH A DISGUISE-
wkx who wanted chaos: i just wanted to see what would happen-
lu ta coming from behind wu xi and running to jby: Dad!
jby: ...
wx: ...
zzs: ...
wkx: ...
helian yi: *starts hyperventilating*
What do you think happened to zhou zishu in jing beiyuan's first life? ill be honest I don't think he would've retired in this life. I think he died while serving helien yi. what if he did retire with the seven nails in him and passed away quietly in siji manor. liang jiuxiao would still be alive but I can't see him inhereting heavens window so he'll possibly taking over siji manor and would be the one taking care of zzs as he withers away.
What about wkx tho? I feel like meeting wkx was a drastic change to zzs life plot wise atleast meanwhile wkx would probably see all the mess in jianghu and return but would pass away during the rebellion in ghost valley during the last scene where instead of zzs there to save him, there is no one.
I do wonder what would've happened to gu xiang. did she meet cao weining in this life? would she be away living with him or dead again in the rebellion? would wkx send her away somewhere safe if he knew the rebellion is taking place or would she die protecting him?
