Explaining the ENTIRE plot of TGCF to my friend
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2023
- I sat down with my friend Rei (all the way from California!) and discussed my favourite book with her. We have differing tastes with ships sometimes, but the same sense of humour! I may have been unsuccessful... maybe I should try 2ha with her next? xD
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Xie Lian would have an emo era if that one guy didnt give him a hat.
His villain era hehe
Murderous psychopath era lol
Emo gay boy era
When you think about it he did have an emo era during the time he spent in yongan as the fangxin guoshi
I mean in Chinese culture, white is mostly worn in mourning or at funerals, while red is a joyous, celebratory, peppy color worn at weddings and festivals so like… between him and Hua Cheng, he’s already the goth
My favourite part of the coffin scene was when they got to shore and all their friends were like "You guys literally just made this coffin, why didn't you make it big enough to fit 2 people side by side?" And they were both like "..."
they didn't think of that they're dumb and gay
This is why I love Pei Ming lmaoo
Pei ming was onto it from that coffin scene-he knew it-
Plot twist: *Hua Cheng planned it.*
Pei Ming shippin' so hard 😂
You spending 40 minutes explaining hualian for your friend to instantly fall for wangxian im so sorry i cant stop laughing
jajaja
Hahahahah oh nooo
Hahaha go hang out in the mo dao zu shi fandom (derogatory)
best wuming scene is when he tells xie lian he is willing to die for him and xie lian just says "you´re already dead, come"
FRRRR like “to die in battle for you would be my greatest honour” (proceeds to die three times) omg
i'm devasted. I forgot about this line omfg😭
Holy crap lmaooooo. I need to start reading the books NOW
"go hide in the mo dao zu shi fandom where you belong... DEROGATORY." PLEASE THIS IS SO FUNNY--
Kictor's friend also gives me strong SVSSS fandom vibers. Her chaotic energy is *chef's kiss* I love it.
JOIN US! lol 😂
I feel like some things- like the fact that Xie Lian saves the Heavenly Officials by flying around on a giant statue of himself, carved by Hua
Cheng, while making out with Hua Cheng- are important when telling people about TGCF because it really emphasizes how hilariously ridiculous this story is at times.
I tell everyone I'm trying to get to read it that it's written like a fanfic
@@MissBakedGoods Now I really want to make a list with ao3 tags that would fit Tgcf xD
@@FennekinBraixen "hua cheng is a simp" would definitely be one lol
Exactly! Like the way the Officials basically have a group chat.
@@MissBakedGoods”I can’t write smut but these two are FUCKING”
Someone just give her an award for being the best president of tgcf fandom,how could she even describe a FREAKING 2000+ pages book in just 40 minutes, just how!
It took me 2 hrs to describe the entire black water arc to my friend, which made her cry in the end,
Kictor you're so damn cool😎
Kictor tried enticing her friend to read TGCF and fall for Hualian but said friend gravitated towards chaotic&horny™ Wangxian instead lmao.
THAT is sooo funny to me 😂
What is wangxian?
@@flower_574a ship from another book the author of TGCF made! Lan 'Wang'ji and Wei Wu'xian' :))
@@vensious ooh, thank you! I loved that series haha
im laughing so hard at the fact that kictor took 40 minutes describing the entire plot of tgcf and every little thing about hualian and all the romantic things and her friend was like “mmm yeah cool” and then the minute she started describing even a SMALL bit of mdzs her friend was immediately interested LMAOOO
Lmao 😅 I don't wanna be that person but I think I am actually that person 😅
even without the sex, MDZS won me over with Wei Wuxian alone. Chaotic good hilarious bisexual necromancer? There are undead armies? Awesome!
Not hua cheng waiting 800 years, beating up the gods that made fun of xie lian but he still afraid of getting rejected
I like the shirt she’s wearing “I don't think Jiang Cheng can do a kickflip”.... I laughing so hard seeing it😂😂😂😂
“Because Xie Lian ate his ashes” 😂😂😂 How did Kictor say that with a straight face 😂
*me knowing all the lore watching this like I dont*
I have read the first five books but some parts such as the cave scene where they see the statues that hua made or the confession scene, those weren’t mentioned in the books were they? Do they mention them in the later books which will be translated later on?
@@genevievelois2160 it's not in the official english release yet, as far as i know. this happens in book 5 or so. they were mentioned.
I always have a hard time recommending the heavens official blessing novels because it’s so hard to describe the plot lol. There are so many stories wrapped up! I always end up just saying : trust me, it’s great!
Actually same 🥲😔
argument ? just trust me bro 😂
Same. My friend just looked at the animation and was like “It suck’s including the novels”
@@mikkanamv3679 Lol exactly!
SAME
Xie Lian could have so easily been the most terrifying being in existence and one good deed stopped it. When Hua Cheng died as Wu Ming, that could have sent him over the edge again. It's says something about Xie Lian as a person and how deeply he loves and cares for others despite what was done to him.
This video made me realize just how many important plots I have forgotten. Not minute little details. Actual main storyline of significance! Appreciate Kictor trying to summarize and retelling the romantic stories of hualian. ALSO I get how the explanation of plots tend to get funny but I cried! I cried at so many moments like when XL said live for me and when HC kneeled like wuming 😭😭😭
AWWWW Hua Cheng kneeling like wu ming is one of my favourite things, xie lian’s emotions in that moment would have been incredible!!!!
"You don't need therapy, you just need a hat" LOL
"It's a shame you died as a twink, we'll make you beefy now" it killed me, I am now a ghost hoping to get some beefy magic. This was a lot of fun! great video! AMAZING job describing the books.
46:50 I'm sorry, I'm cracking up at
Wei Wuxian: Huh, why do they think Lan Wangi and I are together?
Kictor: So [Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao] explain the plot [of Mo Dao Zu Shi].
If you're friend isn't already completely whipped for wangxian, there's something a lot of non-chinese audience missed near the end: (spoilers)
in one of the battles, their robes get dyed red because of like a blood cultivation technique or something, then they don't exactly bow to each other, but there's gratitude exchanged and commitment conveyed and all that, and then they bow to the wens (wei ying's found family for a while), and the entire battle could be interpreted as bowing to the heavens.
ESSENTIALLY
You got the red robes, bowing before heaven, earth, parents, and each other, which are key components of a traditional Chinese wedding.
And then they literally ride off into the sunset on little apple, to their little cottage with rabbits and radishes AND THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
10:31 “It’s like Bleach” “YES it’s like Bleach! Look at us, we’re bonding~” 😂😂😂😂 I love this part
Not me realizing from Kictor’s summary of the San-Lang-is-Hua-Cheng-and-Hua-Cheng-is-insecure scene that Xie Lian’s response to “I’m a ghost baddie” is basically to sing the Backstreet Boys “As Long As You Love Me” 😂
Someone’s gotta tell her that all the cute scenes happen in the middle of the most devastating parts
23:46 indeed the best revenge would’ve been to marry the wind master but no MXTX wants us to cry and suffer. /hj
I like to imagine there is a universe where they are happily together and went to therapy.
I LOVE TGCF so much! You need to read the quotes, the dialogues. I will never forget this book in my life.
"The one fallen from grace is you
The one standing in infinite glory is you.
What matters is you and not the state of you."
"If I could, I would have you use me as your stepping stone, the bridge you take apart after crossing, the corpse bones you need to trample to climb up, the sinner who deserved the butchering of a million knives. But, I know you wouldn't allow it."
“Only after having met you did I rediscover that it’s such a simple thing to be happy.”
Hol' up I forgot the second one, which book and chapter was this?
@@anoob9782 it's near the end when HC is slowly disappearing
I want to get "What matters is you, not the state of you." Tattooed on me somewhere. It's such a beautiful line
In terms of progression of the wangxian in baseball metaphors. In the beginning, there were multiple strikeouts due to LWJ’s gay panics and WWX’s oblivious clown antics. Then eventually, they just about managed first base and possibly second base in WWX’s first body. After the time skip and in WWX’s second body, they quickly got to first base the first time LWJ got drunk then skipped straight onto third base the second time LWJ got drunk, then scored at least 3 home runs in the time between them deciding to elope and just before they actually got married. After the marriage it’s pretty much winning the league with constant back to back home runs everyday with each other and maybe a home run between WWX and LWJ’s other sword…. And I say maybe because it was technically a dream sequence so I wasn’t sure if it counted….
LITERALLY SCREAMING AT THIS OH MY GOD BAHAHAHAHAH THIS IS AMAZING
I haven't finished the video but the ice cream truck distraction caught me off guard😂😂😂
Edit: "he ate his ashes" I WAS LIKE, "I DON'T REMEMBER THIS"😭😭😂
Edit 2: THE INSTANT GATEKEEP AFTER EXPLAINING WANGXIAN RELATIONSHIP 😭
I never get tired of you gushing about Hualian. Also "he covered himself in Gucci," had me rolling 🤣
This is LEGIT what any conversation about MXTX sounds like.
i love that they're just in a public park talking about all of this 🥴
Honestly, I wish there were more ramble-y TGCF (or MXTX in general) videos like this because I love listening to things like this in the background whilst I’m doing other stuff.
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Also, if anyone’s looking for good HuaLian fics (all on AO3):
・’just this’ by beesinspades (it’s part 1 of their ‘in your arms (i am loved)’ collection & it’s basically HuaLian smut with ace!Xie Lian)
・’A real noble and gracious muse’ by fullmetalpotterhead (modern AU ft. furry artist Hua Cheng)
・’in all his messy glory’ by beesinspades (you can probably tell I like their writing, it’s basically just short, sweet, & soft)
The Jun Wu character analysis hurt my feelings (appreciative) 😭
This was so much fun and I got all teary remembering all the womance, and Hualian are definitely freaks even if it happens offscreen, you can’t convince me otherwise 😂
Also the camera dying loooooool
Bro editing this I got so many jun wu feels LMAO i was like WAIT HOLD UP
@@Kictor dude despite thinking way too much about this book for way too long, I’ve never thought about Jun Wu like that, it’s so upsetting and spot on uuuggghhhh strength be with us
10:43 "You asshole, those are like people" I AM DEAD
18:04 Her reaction was priceless 😂
19:00 Kictor makes it SO sound like Xie Lian is a drama queen, I love it
"He was braindead from Lust" I AM DEAD
This whole video is just- wow. Being able to describe a 2000+ pages story plot within 40 mins is incredible. ALSO WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SHIRT? I NEED IT SO I CAN WEAR IT TO CONVENTIONS 😂😂
The jiang cheng can’t do a kick flip shirt? It’s Kictor’s merch. You can probably find it in her shop
I can't wait for you to read SVSSS and then try to explain that lmao 💀
"dirty little gremlin child" 😂😂😂why does it fit so well...
Why am I watching this even though I own every single merch and book copy of this novel💀
LOL I had no other choice but to come here I just entered the gates of this fandom literally 3-4 days ago 😭
"U dont need therapy, u just need a hat. A really good one"
-Kictor's friend, Ray.
41:15 This line never fails to make me tear up/cry. Even when it’s just being said. I think it’s such a beautiful line and so powerful as well. I love it so much
I absolutely love how the most censorable terms were just thrown in casually, one of the first times I've seen a real between friends conversation on this website and it makes me so happy! I get that feeling of trying your hardest yo get your friend to watch your favorite show or read your favorite book just for them to get interested in another one you barely mentioned relates because they like the kinky tropes, half win but still a chance.
For some reason I was expecting it'd cut to you two with ice-cream after you were like 'ice-cream truck? 🤨'
I think your description as WuMing!HuaCheng as a "Weak little twink bitch" is gonna stick with me for a while and make me laugh out of nowhere all day.
Majority of us prob are reading/have read tgcf but watched the whole video anyways 😂 Kictor is a great storyteller!
Thanks so much for explaining when he was at the temple and then he told him “let me be your reason for living” because I kept on re-watching it because I really loved it and I was trying to understand what was going on, and I just did could not but *SEASON TWO* is said- I mean will come out this year like ahhhhhhhh 🤩🤺💃💃💃💃💃
Bro this is so relatable and so funny, this is a gold mine of just perfect and I love that Kictor's friend is like low-key super unhinged this is amazing
So many memories flooded my mind of poor XieLian, what they both went thru so many intense, loving love story & my favorite novel💋👍👍👍😊
Right!! Gosh he really went through a lot
The plot of TGCF is so based on a single relationship that I really applaud you for this haha
26:05 BRUHH EVEN AS A PERSON WHO ONLY WATCHED THE SHOW THAT “If I could breath I would be stuttering” HAD ME CACKLING I DIDNT EXPECT THAT 😭😭
This is so fun, like the type of podcast i would unironically listen to while working. It just like talking to friends about what I truly enjoy. Wish there is more danmei being discuss like this.
Ive got a few other long form videos like this on my channel with the other big danmei series out currently! :)
It's really fun when you have a friend that will absolutely 100% listen abt tgcf even tho they have no idea what tgcf is. And when you see there reaction, you will thought "oh that was my reaction too when i first read the novel" 😂
that "NO! gods fuck in this" was big slap to pei ming and I rolled crying laughing 🤣🤣 oh my poor pei ming X"D
Would love to see a video explaining mdzs story to your friends too 😆 I am positive that they will love that story too.
Hong going, "Uh uh, I'm so strong I'm not into that" Is something he'd totally say...
Really great explanation... I watched this 5 times and it's still intriguing... 😄
I thought were at hualian? How did we end up with wangxian? 😂HAHAHAHA I REALLY LOVE HOW YOUR FRIEND GOT MORE FOCUSED ON MDZS 🤣🖐
You should definitely try to do 2ha next but its not the most best thing to do if you still haven’t finished the story since there’s so many plot twists and hidden secrets you would not know until the end.
The way she actually started having more interest into it
I can't believe how much of the book and plot points I forgot/didn't understand until I watched this video. This really helped clear things up and jog my memory, especially on Jun Wu's backstory.
Oh that was an awesome description, simplified and efficient, the story is fantastic and complex you broke it down really well without feeling confusing or all over the place. Cool the jokes are also great
Just read MDZS, i think she would appreciate it more than TGCF 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is a fantastic way to undermine the emotional resonance of the plot. The whole point of this video is to discuss the juicy parts, not the plot. MDZS and TGCF are novels with good plot and BL, and not BL novels where the sole focus is just the romance and nothing much is happening apart from that.
you didn't tell her about lan zhan and wei wuxian "everyday means everyday" lmaoo
Are we gonna get a MDZS and SVSS version of this? I think we also need a 2ha one too 😂
Honestly, at the end, i was legit like * i`m going to freaking sue you, sue the writers, and even the earth, if my fav ship is destroyed after all they`ve been through😭😭* and then i just gave up on the ideia 😃( bc i realized how stupid that sounded🙃)
I’ve just finished the novel last night and usually videos of almost one hour cannot hold all of my attention but I watched this instead of working and smiled the entire way. thanks for the laugh!
When we were addressed at the end again, I literally flinched because I forgot I was technically part of this conversation. xD
I would definitely love to see you try 2ha with her! Scumbag would be fun too, since it's time for a recap for me anyway lol.
I haven’t finished the heaven officials blessing series yet. I only read up to half of the second book. I don’t mind spoilers so that’s why I watch your videos. I will start reading again once I finish reading SVSSS.
This was 7 months ago I never heard of this story EVER but the end made me tear up cuz I’m like all this and he gone again HELL NO TELL ME HE COMES BACK and when you said he did I CRIED AGAIN LMAOOO THANK U FOR THIS
I feel like your friend will like 2ha lol I feel like they’ll be a very meatbun person
YES ABSOLUTELY
I like tgcf A LOT but the way this vid explaining the whole book makes me feel like some sort of really messed up murderer tbh. But I love this video.
As a big MDZS fan I wanted to say you were wrong but I related to your friend on all accounts.
this is my religion. queer people talking about fantasy gay men. i love y’all.
TGCF is my ultimate favorite danmei and I'm so, so happy to come across your video! I read the entire series a couple years ago and unfortunately forgot most of the plot, so this helped resurface so many memories and emotions I felt when I read specific scenes! Thank you!!!!
I am only 18 minutes in, but watching this video after not knowing anything and watching the first season of the anime completely blind is......................an interesting experience. The entire time I was like "Oh my god Xie lian is such a cinnamon roll, we love him!!!" Quickly followed by "Oh shit this is gay????....... I did not expect that....... But go on...." But hearing about his past is.... odd.
I love this lol. Gotta do this with my friend now 👹
I red a title and instantly clicked on the video, but my mind somehow saw it was 9 minutes long. And for a second it loaded, i thought HHHMM IS IT POSSIBLE to explain everything in less than 10 minutes, only to realise we were blessed with an 50 minutes video hahahah
How i described mdzs to a friend was to explain the scene where lz is drunk and they kinda play tag, wwx offhandedly says he'd kiss him if he caught him, and lz just beelined for him and caught *him* instead. That, and the "i love you" "you do realize this is a hostage situation, right" "excuse me, i'm confessing here" part.
But also, i showed this friend the scene in the animated show where lz was (again) drunk and tied wwx hands with his forehead ribbon and literally everyone gets the meaning except wwx.
Unfortunately, they humor me but don't get nearly as excited about these kinds of shows/books. We're doing 2 diamond by numbers of lz and wwx, each a portrait of one that's like 50x65cm and they agreed that they'd watch tgcf if and only if they could find the dub on one of the streaming services they have. Like i said, humoring. 50 hours of the untamed in chinese is just not going to be possible for them.
tbf I love MDZS, loved the dongua, but I cannot sit through the untamed. They don't even end up hanging out together at the end - they go their separate ways! Plus no cool undead gore stuff. It's very slow as well and low budget.
The way she roasts you, I can tell youre good friends
"you don't need a good therapy, just one good act"
I recently finished TGCF; I read the last 3 books online because I couldn't wait longer. I loved it so much, HuaLians relationship is my absolute favorite, its so romantic.
This was the best almost hour of my year so far. Y’all should do a video together talking about the other 2 books in detail too!
Oh my gosh the video is a delight 😂 you guys are so funny. I also loved the mini dive into Wangxian lol
I love that my first thought upon hearing Kictor say "ice cream [truck]" was the Mo Dao Zu Shi cornetto commercials 😂😂😂
ok so...this was so good, i only watched a little more than half cuz i don't want to be 100% spoiled. i'm done with MDZS and wanted to move on to TGCF, i am so pump to start this new journey.
the no full on naughty scenes in tgcf is ironic a bit cuz mxtx has said out of all the the couples she has written hc it’s the best at doing the deed (prolly cuz 800 years of solo practice with statues😅) with Lou Binghe (bing-mei not bing-ge) is the worst. But while lwj and wwx are…creative and eager, a lot of ppl complain it not realistic (ignoring the fact the it’s in a xianxia setting, they can fly on swords, can raise ppl from the dead, can die and come back in someone’s else’s body, but unrealistic smut is where ppl draw the line) Just a random fact that never fails to make me laugh
I seriously love you for this video I literally understood the plot so well ahhhh i was really confused back then ✨
his book was just amazing. My god.
The way they break down xie lians mind was very real.. i felt that..
you guys are so much fun to listen to i loooooved this!!!!!
OH MY GOD. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO ILY SO MUCH KICTOR
Fun fact, i read the first Vol yesterday and Xie Lian also said that "All banquets must come to an end" it's on page 369
I love Hualian but haven't managed to get my hands on the books yet and all my knowledge comes from fanfiction so this actually explains so much 😂
thank you so much for this genuinely, i feel like im the friend getting this all explained to LOL, ive read the whole manwha and the anime and owna few of the novels but never had time to read, so this really helped fill in information and helped me understand the entirety of heavens official blessing!
OMG this is the best.... Imma send this to people now when I have no time to sit and tell them the full story but i reallyyyy want them to know.
thanks
I love you guys, you story tell so well and your friend is such a mood ❤❤
This was so fun and actually, I loved to hear the whole plot again. It's been a minute since I read the books and there were so many scenes that now make so much more sense. I gotta re-read them at some point, because there are so many characters and plots that I forgot half of them WHILE I was reading. LOL
I'm definitely an MDZS fan first and foremost. I like the romance in TGCF but I really love the dichotomy of MDZS's "actual good" vs "society's idea of good".
Your elucidation of the series lore is immensely appreciated. Discovering Heaven Official's Blessing recently, I was swiftly engrossed in the captivating dynamic between Xie Lian and Hua Cheng. Thank you for sharing such enriching insights.
I saw this title and nearly cried because that's literally me with all my friends
Yayy an almost hour long video. Going watch this after I return home after my class
Oh my god. Thank you so much for this, I've always been told how beautiful this story is but I just never started the novel, partly bcz it's too long hh. But now I see yeah it IS beautiful now I wanna start reading it.
oh how amazing would it be to listen to your storytelling of other books as well!!