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(A ticket? We're HURTLING THROUGH THE VOID!!)
[Description: Panel 1 - In red, a skeleton representing Pei Ming menaces a soldier. "It freaks me out when I think about how big the universe is." Panel 2 - In blue, a skeleton representing Shi Wudu menaces a sailing ship. "Just so big and growing bigger, exploding outward constantly in all directions." Panel 3 - Ling Wen smiles, satisfied. "So no, I don't care how fast I was going, officer."]
A Softer Word 705 / Ein Totentanz - Walter Draesner (1922) / Panel from the Tian Guan Ci Fu manhua - Starember
(let's hang out - TO THE DEATH)
[Description: Panel 1 - Pei Ming with his hand on his sword. "i don't know what the fuck true love even is" Panel 2 - Ling Wen with a pile of scrolls. "but i do want to hang out with you" Panel 3 - Shi Wudu with his fan unfolded. "for basically the rest of my life."]
A Softer World 1113 / Bonus illustration from Tian Guan Ci Fu, Simplified Chinese edition - zaxnianx
(oh, and gravity might go offline later today. stay tuned.)
[Description: Panel 1 - The Heavenly Court, with grey clouds on the horizon. "Good morning. Radiation levels today are unchanged." Panel 2 - Ling Wen, wearing the Brocade Immortal and surrounded by resentful energy, leaves a crumbling building. "Please stay inside." Panel 3 - Pei Ming looks grimly at his breaking sword. "And be kind to the people you care about."]
A Softer World 671 / Illustrations from the Tian Guan Ci Fu Seven Seas Russian edition - Yaroslava Murashko / Cover of the Tian Guan Ci Fu Seven Seas Russian edition hardcover - Yaroslava Murashko
(I smile more when I belong)
[Description: Panel 1 - Shi Wudu ascends heavenward, bathed in golden light. "my gang initiation went well, I think." Panel 2 - A nation burns, with an army waving flags among the fire. "we talked about the subjectivity of morals." Panel 3 - Shi Wudu, reflected in a pool of bloody water, speaks to Shi Qingxuan. "and I learned how to make a shank."]
A Softer World 48 / Illustrated covers for the Tian Guan Ci Fu audio drama
(and this is why)
[Description: Panel 1 - Pei Ming in a court meeting. "A friend will help you move." Panel 2 - The Brocade Immortal in Ling Wen's office. "A best friend will help you move bodies." Panel 3 - Shi Wudu's face over a fan, with a streak of blood across the image. "But if you have to move your best friend's body you're on your own."]
A Softer World 242 / Panel from the Tian Guan Ci Fu manhua - Starember / Illustrated covers for the Tian Guan Ci Fu audio drama
(and this is why.)
[Description: Panel 1- Ling Wen, carrying a stack of papers almost as tall as she is while her assistants look despairing, smiles. "You can't fire me." Panel 2 - Ling Wen, wearing the Brocade Immortal and surrounded by resentful energy, leaves a crumbling building. "I quit." Panel 3 - Ling Wen, wearing the Brocade Immortal, and Pei Ming, looking at his broken sword, stand back to back. "I quit like a year ago."]
A Softer World 719 / Illustrations from the Tian Guan Ci Fu Seven Seas Russian edition - Yaroslava Murashko / Cover of the Tian Guan Ci Fu Seven Seas Russian edition hardcover - Yaroslava Murashko