https://www.tumblr.com/duckswithwings/725009974341795840 [reposted with new link because ig op deleted their post? 😔 ] i am obsessed with this art as a glimpse of the upward swing before you hit the tipping point of he xuan gender tragedy (sacrificing your beautiful homoerotic friendship with the girl who made you a girl upon the literal altar of the family.) like oh my god she made youuu into somethinggggggg and you can't undo ittttttttttt. THE EROS OF TRANSFORMATION. THE EROS OF DECEPTION. IT'S ALL THERE