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omfg i'm gonna scream. listen, hualian has never been anything close to a "modern idol x sasaeng" relationship because xie lian is a FUCKING /GOD/. HE IS A DEITY. AND HUA CHENG IS LITERALLY HIS DEVOTEE. which means that HE (HUA CHENG) prays to HIM (XIE LIAN).
"hua cheng's creepy bc he's been following xie lian for 800 years" he didn't follow xie lian ANYWHERE 
hua cheng never voluntarily looked for xie lian in order to be in a relationship with him. iâ, HE DIDN'T EVEN IMAGINE A RELATIONSHIP WITH XIE LIAN BC THAT WAS NEVER HIS POINT
hua cheng never voluntarily looked for xie lian in order to be in a relationship with him. iâ, HE DIDN'T EVEN IMAGINE A RELATIONSHIP WITH XIE LIAN BC THAT WAS NEVER HIS POINT
"but he prayed to him for 800 years!!!" BECAUSE XIE LIAN IS A FUCKING GOD. XIE LIAN IS A GOD. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DETAIL???? THAT'S LITERALLY THE FIRST KNOWN FACT ABOUT HIM. XIE LIAN ALSO HAPPENS TO HE THE ONE GOD WHO HELPED HUA CHENG SEVERAL TIMES UNKNOWINGLY.
the only time hua cheng "followed" xie lian" during those 800 years was when he was a GHOST FIRE. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN LAST THAT LONG DOING SO. he was doing the whole "wait for me, your highness, i'll come back even stronger for you" AND LEFT
hong hong-er literally FELL, xie lian SAW HIM and CAUGHT HIM. as a kid, xie lian approached him first when he was praying. as wuming, hua cheng was quite literally IN THE SAME PLACE AS HIM ALREADY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR KINGDOM HAD FALLEN AND HE HAD /JUST/ DIED RIGHT THERE.
"what about the thousand gods cave!!! why did he have to make so many statues of him?? that's so creepy!!" THOUSAND GODS CAVES ARE ACTUALLY A THING IN THE REAL WORLD THAT DEVOTEES HAVE DONE FOR THE GODS THEY FOLLOW
"but why only xie lian?!!!" BECAUSE THAT IS THE /GOD/ HUA CHENG WORSHIPS!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO Y'ALL FORGET THE FACT THAT XIE LIAN IS A DEITY AND THAT DEITIES HAVE WORSHIPPERS AND THAT WORSHIPPERS PRAY AND FOLLOW THEIR DEITIES FOR AS LONG AS THEY WISH
"what about the land of the tender statue??" hua cheng didn't carve that statue because xie lian was all sexy and bothered and he was a hormonal teen when he witnessed it. he carved that, along with some of the other statues, because it was one of the few times he met xie lian.
"he's kinda creepy without the context of the story" iâ ?? how on earth do you analyze a character without taking into consideration the context??? if you wanna analyze them without the context then hua cheng and xie lian simply existed at the same time and that's it.
to the people who are interacting with this thread: PLEASE READ (my apologies if there are any typos)
