POV: You can't tell my type and it's definitely not tall dark and handsome men who are filthy rich with the sluttiest waists known to mankind ever

it takes some uncles

ever think about the great sect madams of the generation before?

about madam yu, the violet spider, one of few in her generation to earn a title (even her husband was only ever sect leader. even wen ruohan was never regarded by a title other than sect leader wen). about yu ziyuan, about what she was like before years of jealousy and envy twisted her to only her most bitter parts? about the girl who was the third daughter of a sect leader, and then the wife of another, and yet all of her immense martial power meant nothing to the society around her.

about madam jin, known only by her title and never given a name or a natal sect, who was still somehow the closest friend to yu ziyuan. the mother of the sect heir and yet a wife who can do nothing but stand by as her husband dishonors their marriage over and over again.

about madam lan, the murderess locked up for her crimes, never seeing a trial and dying alone, only allowed to see her children once a month. who was she before she was the wife of the lan sect leader? was there a reason she killed the lan elder? did she want that marriage to qingheng-jun? did she even want the children she was kept from?

about the madams nie and wen, who only exist by implication, by the knowledge that their children exist and therefore so must they. about how so little is even implied about them?

jin in the afterlife watching kenjaku meet up with tengen and realizing he's just a rebound

Hiiii, if it's not too much, can you describe the biggest differences between the live action characters and the novel characters in MDZS? They are a lot, so I will love even the difference between few of them! I haven't seen the live action and I don't know if I will ever, but I am curious, considering all the meta. Anyway, thank you in general, even if you don't answer!

Hello anon! This has been in the inbox forever because there are soooo many ways to answer this! However, let me be transparent that I've watched maybe like 1/10 of CQL. Among other obstacles, I simply do not care that much about Lan Wangji and he's always there (even though Wang Yibo is giving it his all... it's not his fault I'm a hater...). Chewing through a book with Ms. Mxtx's commentary was just more enjoyable to me, and even then, to be honest, I still liked SVSSS better. (I just love Shen Yuan/Shen Qingqiu so much. That dude is wild.)

Still, the live action definitely affected how I understood certain characters (...primarily Nie Huaisang) and made me interested in relationships that I didn't pay any attention to in the novel. (I freely admit that the nieyao brainrot is 100% CQL's fault.) Also I found Wang Zhuocheng's Jiang Cheng very cute and loveable. It definitely contributed to my Jiang Cheng Brain Disease.

LISTEN. HE HAS BIG SAD EYES AND THE MEANEST SNEER AND HE MIGHT BURST INTO TEARS AT ANY TIME. HE IS A BABY. A baby who could kill you with his terrifying lightning whip! But a baby nonetheless, to me.

So if you want someone with a real and knowledgeable opinion on the live action, I'm probably not the right person for that! However, here's one difference that changed a bunch of stuff about the characters that I found compelling in the novel: the second flautist.

CQL adds Su She as a second flautist doing unorthodox cultivation in a couple of different places, including at Qiongqi Path, where he seizes control of Wen Ning and is therefore responsible for Jin Zixuan's death. Removing the responsibility for Jin Zixuan's death from Wei Wuxian creates a bunch of cascading character and relationship implications that I don't love.

Firstly, all of the people who cautioned Wei Wuxian against his unorthodox cultivation are now... wrong. If he never lost control, then actually his assessment that he could maintain control wasn't overconfidence, it was just true, and he was persecuted because the Jin needed a scapegoat and wanted the Yin Tiger Tally, not because his cultivation path actually involved significant risks and drawbacks. (To be fair, the Jins actively exploited those drawbacks, the public perception of his cultivation, and Wei Wuxian's failure to manage his reputation. But it matters whether the risks exist or are just made up.)

Secondly, removing his responsibility for Jin Zixuan's death transforms both Wei Wuxian's character and how we understand his relationships with Jiang Yanli, Jiang Cheng, and Jin Ling. Because, in the novel, he kills Jin Zixuan under duress but also after a lifetime of conflict with him. Like, he hates the dude, he doesn't think he's worthy of Jiang Yanli, and he's not willing to examine his hatred and resentment even though Jiang Yanli loves Jin Zixuan and wants to marry him, even after she marries him and has a child with him. (I would argue that a lot of the resentment is because of the eventual marriage; by marrying Jiang Yanli, Jin Zixuan becomes legally recognized family to the Jiang siblings, while Wei Wuxian's relationship with them has no social recognition; I think Wei Wuxian is deeply threatened by that but can't articulate it.) It's a huge failure! Like, dude, you loved someone and you killed that person's beloved spouse. That points to a certain degree of repressed jealousy, possessiveness, longing, arrogance, the list goes on... I am so compelled by that conflict, and the adaptation just erases it.

This also affects how we read Jin Ling's relationship with Wei Wuxian. In one scenario, a teenage Jin Ling is (eventually, minus one little stab) ending the cycle of violence by not seeking vengeance for his father's murder. In the other, it was actually someone associated with Jin Ling's paternal family that killed his father, and he's maybe just... coming to terms with that? One of these scenarios is so much richer and more interesting.

How it affects the relationship between Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian is a little more subtle. It locates the responsibility for a lot of the harm done to the Jiang siblings with the Jin sect, not with Wei Wuxian, removing some of Wei Wuxian's culpability in the devolution of his relationship with Jiang Cheng. If Wei Wuxian isn't guilty of wronging the Jiang family (and instead is also a victim of the Jin sect), then all of Jiang Cheng's rage and betrayal was misdirected. They were both tricked. In some ways, maybe that's easier to patch up after canon? (I wonder if this is why many CQL yunmeng shuangjie reconciliation fics have Jiang Cheng apologize to Wei Wuxian, but not the other way around?) But it's so much less interesting to me!

Finally, it removes Wei Wuxian's tragic flaw! Dude is legitimately a genius but he's got hubris coming out of his ears and it fucks him up big time! This is classic stuff. Please stop flattening my boy!!

mdzs headcanon of the day #250 !

one time yanli was flirting with jin zixuan by asking if he wanted to try out some of her lip gloss when she was applying some. jin zixuan, being the idiot that he is, said yes he asked for the tube, not understanding what she meant. to this day it haunts him

big domestic energy

I may be white, unmarried, and not a dad, but I am so ready to be this genre of father

Edit: I can't figure out how to get rid of this space so I'm just writing this here

Fandoms when:

A male character has trauma: Awww my poor little meow meow cmere lemme give you a hug! Destroy the entire world! Kill whoever you want! We're with you!

A female character has trauma: You dumb bitch, how DARE you do anything regarding your trauma?! Your life purpose is to soothe the trauma of the male character so shut the fuck up with your whining and devote your life to him!

"I said, “Doesn’t it bother you? [...] That all anyone talks about when they talk about you are the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo?” “No,” she told me. “Because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo.”"

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sad hc of the day is that Meng Shi's father used to be an official of a decent rank until the day he commited a major mistake, or got accused of an important crime which led to his entire houshold being convicted with him. Important members of the household got killed, but unimportant ones, like Meng Shi that was a young girl at the time, got reduced to a pariah status. For women, this kind of status often meant being sent to prostitution, which was what happened to Meng Shi.

When she had Meng Yao, she knew she would not be able to offer him the same kind of happy childhood she got, but she did everything she could to try to help him to get closer to the position he would have naturally gotten if this tragedy did not happen to their familly before. Since passing the imperial exam was not an option because of their status (and let me tell you that if he had the possibility to pass it, Meng Yao would absolutly slay the imperial exam and officialdom in general. Bro would be in the top 3 graduate on first try and become a 4th rank official before 30.) becoming a cultivator was probably the second best option and what Meng Shi choose to bet on.

Sorry for a hc that make Meng Shi's already sad life a little more sad in a different way but tbh I think it really make sense for her, it would explain why she is so educated, why it is so important for her that Meng Yao achieve a good and respected position and why JIn Guangyao choose to wear an official cap as soon as he got recognized by his father.

i need to ride him in the next five minutes or else

Wanna know what kinda dick Jin itadori has kenjaku to admit that yuji is his favorite kid and care sm about him

Vin Jin x Reader: Vulnerable

Comfort with Vin. This one for everyone who is just gd tired of everything.

"The fuck you doing down there?"

VIn's face edges into your periphery. Even with it upside down, you could see the sneer.

Ah. He hasn't got his sunglasses on today. Or, heaven forbid, those stupid goddamn goggles.

It's... nice. It's calming. You both showing a bit of vulnerability.

Even returning his question with a quip takes too much energy lately.

Instead you sigh and stare at the ceiling. It's easier to talk if you pretend there's no one except you and the void.

"Does everything ever feel like too much?" Can someone with as much arrogance and ego as Vin ever feel like that? "And you just need a lie down. No matter where. Even on this..." Gesturing with your hand, "dirty floor?"

You pause, thinking about what you actually want to do.

"Or do you ever just want to hide in a dark room somewhere, shut yourself off from the world until everything blows over?"

A part of you worries if you did do that, you may never see the light of day again.

Vin mulls over your words as he plops down gracelessly next to you, kicking up a bit of dust and causing you to flinch.

"...Yes."

Oh. You weren't expecting that.

Voice quiet, like an unwilling confession. You look into his eyes again and count the pupils.

One, two, three.

Huh. Or maybe you should have.

Your hand reaches out to hold his and his grip is firm, tight. Reassuring.

Just for a while. Just for a moment of reprieve. You both lie there and just... be.