Lan Hua, I know you’re still mad at me. You can beat me, scold me. You can stab me even. If one stab won’t work, you can stab me twice. If two stabs won’t work, you can stab me ten times. As long as you can relieve your anger. But don’t ignore me like this.

Fanwork no.1 I made for 2026 stormblood's anniversary.

hand drawings through the years

made in aseprite 💚

Also, I've noticed that his crowns are mostly wooden, and the one golden crown along with armor look like tree branches. And a cherry on top of that theory is that the characters of his name Qingcang - 青苍 - mean "blue" and "greenish-blue", which are colors you would expect tree leaves to be.

But I also like a theory that his true form is a watermelon 🍉

That same author speculates, that DFQC is a laurel. At first I didn't get why they were so sure, but then I looked up the characters for laurel - 月桂 (yuèguì). 月 means Moon 🥲

ahhh i love that. if nothing else, he's certainly associated with trees, w/ the repetitive use of the heart tree and the nickname as you've pointed out. and yes!! i also noticed that a lot of his accessories look wood-based/bark-based (which is in contrast to his brother's, where his accessories look more obsidian-y?).