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silverflame2724 · 1 year

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Wei Wuxian is killed in Path Qionqi's ambush and Lan Wangji decides to marry Wen Qing and pass off A-Yuan as his son to protect the remaining Wen.

There were too many of them. And Wei Wuxian knew this was where he would meet his end. But that doesn't mean he would go without a fight. But first things first, he had to get Wen Ning back to a conscious state and send him off to Wen Qing with the Seal to protect them. Now that it had come to this, Wei Wuxian thought back briefly.

Perhaps this situation could have been avoided if he had been careful about breaking out the Wens. If he had been covert and not made a big spectacle out of this, perhaps things would have been different.

It was too late for regrets now.

He tossed the suppression talismans on Wen Ning and called out to him. Told him to use his arrays to protect the Wens long enough so that they could escape somewhere. Perhaps they could blend in with the townsfolk if they changed their clothes. The elders could, at least. Wen Qing and Wen Ning, on the other hand, would have to run far, far away, if they could.

Wei Wuxian didn't know. He had no time.

With one last command to Wen Ning, forcing him to flee, Wei Wuxian snapped the two halves of the Seal together. He planned to destroy the damned thing along with everyone here.

As he poured every last bit of energy he had into the Seal and felt himself get sucked into the ensuing explosion, his last thought was........ that now, finally, he could rest.

..................................................

The news broke out soon enough. Jin Zixuan limped back into his son's one month celebration and announced what had happened. His stupid cousin Jin Zixun had ambushed Wei Wuxian with members of both Lan and Jin and forced him to use the Seal to protect himself. No one except Jin Zixuan, who had arrived too late, was only able to witness the explosion and death of everyone there.

Jiang Yanli cried out in despair, pleading Jin Zixuan that it wasn't true, that her A' Xian, her brother couldn't be dead. Jin Zixuan didn't know how to comfort her, but merely replied that he saw his broken body among the many others littering Qiongqi Path.

When asked about the Seal, Jin Zixuan shook his head, it had completely crumbled to dust. The many greedy faces of the sect leaders looked dismayed, including Jin Guangshan.

In the corner, Lan Wangji stumbled back, whispering a heartbroken "no" and simply left the place. But no one paid attention, all they could think about was the defenseless Wens.

...................................................

No. No, no, no, no.

Lan Wangji begged any god that ever existed. This couldn't happen. This didn't happen. Wei Ying wasn't dead. It was a joke. A cruel joke that Jin Zixuan said, right? Wei Ying and Jin Zixuan never got along, so of course it would be like that.

Lan Wangji didn't lose his chance. Wei Ying was alive. He was alive. He had to be alive.

Cause if he wasn't.....

He landed at Qiongqi Path.

If he wasn't.......

He desperately searched the desolated place, ignoring the implications of the many Lan members with weapons in their hands.

If he wasn't---

He collapsed beside a broken, torn body. Chenqing was in pieces by her master's side. Lan Wangji lifted up a trembling hand to the vacant silver eyes, perhaps the only intact thing on his face.

The cry that left him was silent and desolate.

What was Lan Wangji supposed to do? How could he go on? How could he.....when it was his fault, his letter that led Wei Ying to this place. To his death.

Numb to everything, he lifted Wei Ying's body up, tucking him safely by his side, ignoring the blood staining his clothes. He had to get to the Burial Mounds.

........................................

Wen Ning wanted to cry. He wanted to sob, to rage, to tear them all to shreds. Wei-gongzi died. He died, alone and hurting and there was nothing Wen Ning could do about it. He couldn't even go back to get his body. Because what if A' Jie and the others were attacked while he was away? He couldn't risk that. Not when--Not when Wei-gongzi gave his life for them.

But what could they do? They could, perhaps look for a place for the elders to settle down somewhere, but he and A' Jie were too well-known. They had to leave far, far away. But where could they run to? And....how far? Would there ever be a day when they could be safe?

Wen Ning didn't know.

But he didn't have to know.

Hanguang-Jun soon arrived with Wei-gongzi's body. But....something was wrong. Hanguang-Jun’s expression....it looked.......dead, somehow. It looked wrong.

“Hanguang-Jun, thank you for bringing him back.” A’ Jie said, her voice trembling. “But, why....why are you here?”

Wen Ning suddenly remembered the various Lan disciples that had attacked them and tensed. Lan Wangji had been amicable to them in their previous encounters but who could say that his mind was changed, considering how many Lan disciples were killed.

“I....I had a plan.” He whispered, to no one in particular. “I had a plan. I could hide you in a town near Caiyi and bring A’ Yuan in as an war orphan. Then, bring Wei Ying to Gusu under the guise of healing him and bringing him back to the sword path. We could lock the Seal away and find a way for Wei Ying to live peacefully. But.....”

Wen Ning acted quickly and caught Hanguang-Jun as he seemed to collapse in on himself.

“Why.....Why did this happen? I just....I just wanted him to see his sister. He was so....so sad the last time I was here. I just wanted to see him smile. Why? Why?”

Wen Ning yelped even though he felt no pain. Lan Wangji’s spiritual energy seemed to spiral out of control at that moment.

“This is-- Damn it, he’s going into a qi deviation!” Wen Qing panicked. “A’ Ning, get my needles! I need to knock him out before it’s too late!”

“Y-Yes!” He quickly scrambled away and got her medical supplies.

Without hesitation, she transferred spiritual energy into her needles and knocked Lan Wangji out. She pulled Wei Wuxian’s body away and couldn’t help the tears that fell down her face at his condition.

She turned her attention away and used it to calm Lan Wangji’s energy down. They didn’t need another death on their hands.

..........................................

Lan Wangji woke up.

Why did he wake up? Why should he be in a world where Wei Ying is no longer there? What is even the point? He was too late. Always so late.

He shouldn’t have been so scared of rejection, of his own feelings, of Wei Ying’s response. He should have just gone for it, confessed, perhaps even courted the other until he fell for him. But he didn’t do any of that.

Like a coward, he said nothing. He didn’t convey his feelings, he never corrected Wei Ying about his supposed “hatred” towards him, he never did anything.

He couldn’t do anything right.

Why was he still here?

Why--

“Rich-gege?”

Lan Wangji got up with a start, “A’ Yuan?”

“Mm.” A’ Yuan nodded. “Rich-gege, you’re back! Xian-gege said you wouldn’t come, but he was wrong! Hehe. Are you staying for dinner this time?”

Lan Wangji’s lips trembled. He should have stayed for dinner that night. He should have stayed forever that day. If he had, would Wei Ying still be alive? Or...if he had showed his support more outwardly, had given him food, water, even crops to give him strength, would things be different?

So many what ifs come to mind and what did Lan Wangji do?

Nothing. He bought a toy - not that A’ Yuan didn’t deserve it - and a meal and thought that was enough. Thought that nothing would go wrong.

Oh, what a fool he was.

“Rich-gege, why are you crying? What it something A’ Yuan said?”

Lan Wangji shook his head and bent down to hug the boy. “It’s nothing. I...just need a hug.”

“Okay! I’m good at hugs. Xian-gege told me so!”

Lan Wangji took a shaky breath at the mention as he hugged the boy.

Because Wei Ying was no longer here.

..................................

They buried him in the spare ragged blankets they had and put whatever flowers they could around his grave. Lan Wangji wanted to take Wei Ying’s body to Gusu, but he didn’t know what his uncle or others like him would do should they discover Wei Ying’s grave. He couldn’t risk it.

They decided to settle the elders in the abandoned village near Caiyi and decided to “show proof” that Wen Ning was put down. In actuality, he would be a guard for the Wen village, though they would do their best to disguise him as a human.

Wen Qing and Wen Yuan on the other hand, were tough decisions. They could leave A’ Yuan in the village, but the elders were all on their last legs and weakened from their time in the Burial Mounds. They couldn’t really take care of A’ Yuan. And even if Wen Qing were to disguise herself and run away, it was only a matter of time before she was caught considering her well-known medical skills. The Wen elders too. Even if they were old, if they happened to be recognized, there was little Lan Wangji could do to prevent the Wens from being murdered without implicating his clan.

“You could....” Wen Qing gritted her teeth. “You could...marry me. Pass of A’ Yuan as our child.”

Lan Wangji stopped breathing for a moment. “.........What?”

“Look, I don’t like it either, but this could be the only way to grant us immunity. Besides, I remember one of A’ Yuan’s parents being from the Lan clan, at least a distant relative of one. Some of his features resemble you, so it could work.”

“I....” Lan Wangji was conflicted. He had never wanted to marry anyone but Wei Ying, but if this method helped protect the people Wei Ying gave his life for, then.... “Okay.”

..............................................

It didn’t go down well with the elders. The demanded seclusion and the discipline whip for his slight, but Lan Xichen and Lan Qiren managed to calm them down, opting to give him a couple hundred strikes with the discipline ruler, three strikes instead of the thirty originally suggested with the whip, and seclusion for a few years, at least until the storm of rumors died down.

In the end, the Wens were protected and were able to live out their last years peacefully. Wen Ning migrated away from the sects after their deaths, occasionally popping by Gusu to see A’ Yuan grow up. Wen Qing contributed to the Lan sect with her skills and the originally wary Lans, warmed up to her, though not too much. Lan Wangji recovered from his punishment quickly with Wen Qing’s help though he was still stuck in seclusion.

A’ Yuan grew up to be Lan Sizhui, a calm and gentle person who occasionally showed a mischievous side. And Lan Wangji.....well, he never quite recovered from Wei Wuxian’s death, but found companionship in Wen Qing, who shared stories about Wei Wuxian with Lan Wangji.

Everything seemed fine, until Nie Mingjue’s violent death and the resurgence of demonic cultivation.

In a shed near the Mo residence, a bloody array shimmered. The body in the center of it woke up, disoriented.

“Wasn’t I dead?”

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Sooooo, wasn’t sure whether you wanted more details out of the repercussions of Lan Wangji taking in the Wens, but I did my best, haha.

Hope you enjoyed it!

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veliseraptor · 1 year

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Jin Guangyao/Xue Yang for the ship meme?

I feel like I tend to want them more as friends than romantic/sexual partners, though I do also enjoy "friends who have had probably ill-advised sex at least once, maybe twice, Xue Yang doesn't regret it but Jin Guangyao does a little bit."

What made you ship it?

I don't remember what exactly was the tipping point but it was probably the exchange between them while Nie Mingjue is about to get his head chopped off, and how easy Xue Yang seems around Jin Guangyao there - he's comfortable and relaxed and having a good time! Love that for him. But the Villainous Friends extra really sold me the rest of the way on them and their relationship being important to me.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

Part of it is definitely the way that there's a particular vibe they have with each other that doesn't work with anybody else. And I don't mean that in the sense of "murder gremlins" because the thing is that Jin Guangyao isn't a gremlin, actually, at all, but he is also someone who is constantly living under pressure from one place or another and Xue Yang is, while he's a problem for Jin Guangyao and undoubtedly a headache a lot of the time, also not someone who is putting pressure on Jin Guangyao to be anything other than who he is. Xue Yang doesn't have expectations! Xue Yang isn't ordering him to do awful things! Xue Yang has no power over him and in Jin Guangyao's position I think being around someone who (a) doesn't have any power over him but also (b) kind of ignores power hierarchies in general. Xue Yang lives in a space where everything that matters most to Jin Guangyao straight up doesn't matter, and I think there's something a little liberating to being around someone who has that kind of indifference, even if it makes no sense to Jin Guangyao.

And for Xue Yang...for all Jin Guangyao is his superior, (a) he gives Xue Yang an astonishing amount of liberties within that position and (b) Jin Guangyao still treats him like a person. I will never be over the fact that Jin Guangyao calls him "Xue-gongzi" in the Villainous Friends extra, and the way he responds to Xue Yang's "tongue tea? :D" by refusing it as politely as he might anyone else. People don't treat Xue Yang like that, in general! And it's important to me that Jin Guangyao does.

I also just, on a shallower level, really enjoy Jin Guangyao having a friend who is constantly going "aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you want to go apeshit?" and spends 99% of the time going "no. no I don't actually." And then there is the one time that he does go apeshit (on his dad) and Xue Yang is so hyped to be there for it, you know it, he's here like "GO OFF A-YAO" and you know what, even if I don't think that's actually what Jin Guangyao wants from life I think it's nice for him that he has supportive friends.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I feel like there's two poles when it comes to this relationship, one where Jin Guangyao never cared about Xue Yang and was just using him, and one where Jin Guangyao chose to let Xue Yang go and whatever led to him on the side of the road half dead happened later and was unrelated, and I end up in this middle ground where, like, Jin Guangyao did care about Xue Yang very much actually, and I think genuinely liked him, and also Xue Yang was an unpredictable loose cannon and threat to Jin Guangyao's security, and people hadn't completely dropped the wanting Xue Yang executed thing, and...ultimately he was too dangerous to leave alive. But that finding out Xue Yang didn't actually die is kind of a relief, actually.

Particularly when it's very clear that Xue Yang is not interested in retaliation and has other priorities, even if that is also sort of troubling for the reasons about his (former?) friend having sort of lost his mind.

#conversating #wolffyluna #jin guangyao #xueyao #xue yang #the sad queer cultivators show #ship opinions meme

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ibijau · 3 years

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Writing prompt: Role reversal AU where Nie Huaisang is the one who discovers demonic cultivation. Wei Wuxian becomes his first and closest disciple, but Xue Yang isn't really making things easy for either of their reputations. And when Nie Minjue dies... well, desperate times call for desperate measures. After all, if Wen Ning could be brought back to life, then why not Nie Minjue?

What could possibly go wrong?

Oh, only absolutely everything.

“I’m just saying the option is there,” Wei Wuxian said while tinkering on… something.

For his own sanity, Nie Huaisang had learned not to be too curious.

“We’re not bringing my brother back as a fierce corpse, Wei Ying,” Nie Huaisang slowly replied, pinching the bridge of his nose. He felt as if he might start crying again. He’d been crying all week, and he’d had a massive headache for most of that time.

Then again, headaches were just a normal part of his day lately, due to the company he kept.

“I think it’d be fun to try!” said Xue Yang, the second and biggest cause of his headaches. Then, catching Wei Wuxian’s eye, Xue Yang backpedalled a bit. “I mean I think it would be… scientific to try?”

“You can’t always replace ‘fun’ with ‘scientific’ to make yourself sound less creepy,” Wei Wuxian said, as if Xue Yang hadn’t picked the habit from him. “Though I think it would be pretty scientific. And also our Huaisang has been missing his da-ge. And with a really strong fierce corpse at our side, we’ll finally be safe! No offence, Wen Ning.”

“None taken,” Wen Ning mumbled, who was currently helping Wei Wuxian with his tinkering.

Nie Huaisang couldn’t resist a glimpse, saw a lot of moving viscera and talismans, and quickly looked away. He didn’t mind corpses, he could deal with blood, chunks of flesh, or bones scattered around, but for some reason Nie Huaisang remained squeamish about the sight of most organs. Those were meant to stay inside.

“If I had family,” Xue Yang said, “and if they died, I’d want to raise them back to life.”

“If you had a family and it died,” Nie Huaisang snapped, “it would be because you killed them.”

“Yeah, but I’d still want them back.”

“I’d want that too,” Wei Wuxian claimed. “Remember when shijie got wounded? I’d have done it if needed.”

Nie Huaisang’s headache increased. He needed water. Or wine. Wine was more tempting, because while it would give him a worse headache later, with enough of it he might pass out now.

“You would not have brought your sister back as a fierce corpse,” Nie Huaisang said, “because Jiang Cheng would have fucking murdered all of us for that, including A-Yuan, which is bad, and me, which is worse. And I am not bringing my brother back, because we would not be able to control him. I mean, Wen Ning was already a crazed monster that tried to kill us all… no offence, Wen Ning.”

“None taken.”

“And that was with him being a very weak and inexperienced cultivator when he was alive. Still no offence.”

“It’s fine.”

“If we bring back my brother, how are we going to control him? We’ve never dealt with a person that powerful!”

“Well, if Wen Ning helps us tie him up…”

“Da-ge would tear him apart limb by limb in the blink of an eye. He could have done it even when he was alive. No offence, Wen Ning.”

“You know what, I think I’m starting to be a little offended now.”

“My point is,” Nie Huaisang said, raising his hand to order silence, “that we are not bringing my brother back. Unlike you people, I have a sane and healthy attitude towards death. Just because I use corpses and ghosts doesn’t mean I can’t accept the fact that my loved one will someday be lost to me. I have that emotional maturity. I know how to let go.”

“If you brought him back,” Xue Yang pointed out, “maybe you’d get a hug. Don’t you miss that?”

“Fuck you,” Nie Huaisang informed him, before breaking into tears and storming out of the cave.

It still pissed off Nie Huaisang that he’d agreed to this, but the perspective of another hug from his brother after years of separation had gotten to him. So they’d made their way to Nie Mingjue’s grave, keeping out of view, avoiding every system in place to alert Qinghe Nie of intruders. Nie Huaisang, of course, had cried at the sight of his brother’s name engraved on a tombstone, but the other three hardly said anything.

Well, Xue Yang tried to mock him for it, until Wen Ning grabbed him and placed a hand on his mouth to silence him.

Bless Wen Ning, Nie Huaisang thought. That boy needed a raise. Or maybe he needed to be paid at all.

Eventually, Nie Huaisang got a grip of himself, and set to work. It wasn’t his first grave-robbing, far from it, and his friends had just as much experience. But none of them were used to doing it without just destroying everything that stood between them and the corpse of their dream, so that took a while.

The grave, when they opened it, was empty.

“Oh,” Nie Huaisang said. “Ok now I really want to bring him back.”

#nie huaisang #wei wuxian #xue yang #wen ning #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #jau writes #oops it's a short one

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silvysartfulness · 2 years

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sorry to bother, but I recently re-read the last chapter of Heaven has a Road, (36 for future reference), and I don't even know how to phrase my question here. Did/Do you have a clear idea of what was going on through Xue Yang's head? (I think you know exactly when I'm talking about), did/do you have something from his perspective? are we getting some insight into his head and what this meant to him in future chapters? speaking of, is there a ETA? cause Im DYING over here, checking my mail daily

Never a bother! I love getting to talk about Heaven Has A Road - people asking questions about it really help boost my inspiration/motivation! ♥

I'm assuming you mean the last scene, with SongXue..? There will definitely be more of whatever the hell that is up ahead! Both Song Lan and Xue Yang are approaching the "post-incident" morning in their own very different ways - it's definitely shifted their relationship dynamics in a way they both wrestle with, and will keep wrestling with for quite some time!

As for the scene itself, what went through Xue Yang's head started as anger and frustration at not only being filthy but having to rely on an enemy to help him get clean, and then equal parts furiously resenting and helplessly enjoying that physical touch, the illusion of closeness and care - he's every bit as touch starved as Xiao Xingchen, and he hasn't been getting hugs and kisses to take the edge of it. Probably more furious at himself and his body for reacting as it does than Song Lan, though.

But then, once Song Lan turns out to actually be equally aroused... That's a game-changer! Suddenly there's a chance to actually get some of that physical touch - distraction, pleasure, release...

But he knows how easy it is to piss Song Lan off - the uptight lump takes offense at anything! - so he consciously opts to keep his mouth shut and just let Song Lan take the reins, as it were. Trying to vibe as much as he possibly can that he's all for this, without actually saying anything crass enough to make the prissy daoshi run away.

And for all that the sex itself wasn't great, getting to have it was amazing. Doesn't matter all that much with whom, or the circumstances, or that it hurt - it knocked him right out of the angry/hurt/hopeless thought spirals in his head for a few blissful moments, and was exactly what he needed.

... Only problem now being that he wants more of where that came from, and Song Lan will not be very easy to convince to go a second round. XD

I drew this image for a scene from next chapter - Xue Yang greeting Song Lan the next morning, tousled and smouldering, wearing nothing but Song Lan's robes... It may be good Song Lan is already dead, or he might just have suffered a heart attack. ♥

As for next update... I just got the chapter back from my beta, so in theory, once I've made the suggested edits, it'll be ready to go! I do, however, want to finish another one for my buffer pile before I post 37, and don't have a chapter image ready either... So realistically, probably not this week. Maybe next one, if I can finish a chapter image before I leave town next weekend - I can write away from home, but the laptop isn't powerful enough to run Photoshop.

So your guess is as good as mine? 😂

I am still steadily writing ahead, though (currently at 228k 😬) so hopefully soon!

#asksilvy #the happy songxuexiao roadtrip story

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xiyao-feels · 2 years

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I was thinking about your "send me a chapter that isn't about Lan Xichen or Jin Guangyao and I will make it about one or both of them" thing you were doing a while ago, and thought of a (possibly) fresh way of making the Yi city arc about JGY, in a way that doesn't involve comparing him to Xue Yang:

SongXiao are the pinnacle of how in this story, good deeds don't necessarily lead to good outcomes, and the right combination of dumb bad luck and another's malice can ruin even the best of men, and that concept is crucial to understanding JGY's story.

Relatedly, thinking about how Xue Yang could manipulate Xiao Xingchen so easily because XXC didn't pry into his past or even identity out of respect, and how it was the lives JGY saved and spared that doomed him in the end. I just feel like there are parallels to draw here.

That's a great point about song//xiao, anon! It's very true, song//xiao are a great example of how doing good doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a good ending, and how easily the powerful can destroy someone if that person doesn't have enough backing, themselves. (And song//xiao were both wildly better off than MY was!) It's also occurring to me now that what was lost with song//xiao wasn't just the men themselves, but all the good they would have done—the people they would have saved, the sect they wanted to found that would value ideals rather than blood in common. Contrast JGY, who survived and got into power and /did/ build.

Hmmm, though, I don't think your second point quite holds for me. XY is deliberately taking advantage of XXC and his kindness; the people JGY saves (and spares)...they survive to hurt him, but it's not really the same thing. There's no games like that being played, there; to the extent there's a parallel I think it's mostly covered under your first point, about good deeds.

If there is a parallel there, I suppose it's NHS, who /absolutely/ takes advantage of JGY's kindness while plotting his destruction. The difference being a) I like XY a whole lot better and b) assuming the lookout towers did fall (and given what we hear about the Jin after JGY's downfall I cannot /imagine/ that they didn't) he probably does a lot more damage.

#more than one tag could contain #nhs may be the only character in this thing I actually dislike #but man I /really/ dislike him

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inessencedevided · 4 years

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The Untamed, episode 39 - watching notes

How did this show manage to make me care for these characters in about one episode???

Xue Yang is 100 kinds of creepy

How does he disappear like that? That's a power we haven't seen on this show yet

This whole revenge plot is waaay too convoluted to be only about revenge

Ohoh ... this silence is too ominous

I love how A-Qing still has her rebellious streak, even in death

This is too easy ... he won't die just like this, right?

Holy shit his arm!! 😱😱😱

Um ... sorry but, it's really obvious that the actor just has his arm tugged under his clothes 😅

Whaaaaaaaat???

He's not the guy under the mask???

Who???

Who is that and why does he want the stygian tiger amulet???

I was so sure that that was him

Lan and Jin sword style? I'm wreaking my brain right now who has a strong connection to both, but I'm coming up empty

Oh no, a qing :'(

This is such a brilliant shot! Goosebumps! All over!

And wow

All the awards for song lan's actor 😥

I am ... fascinated by Xue Yang's backstory. Like ... the guy is a goddamn sociopath

With the parallels of his backstory to wwx it's almost like he's wwx without his good heart 😥

So ... all of this is a direct consequence of what happened when they met them in the flashback?

But this isn't how "human affairs" should go or even normally do! Obviously, xue Yang isn't a reliable narrator at all, but all I want to do is wrap Xiao Xingchen in my arms and tell him that not all his good faith in humanity was misplaced 💔

"Stupid, naive, dumb idiots like you, who think the world is a better place just because they did something good!"

But it is!!!! The world on it's own, without humans, isn't inherently good or evil! It is what it is. Good or evil, that's up to us! In the face of the endless indifference of the universe, every act of kindness tips the scale towards a better world!

(Sorry, my atheism is showing)

And that's why I will always have infinitely more respect for the Xiao Xingchens of the world than the cruel and bitter Xue Yangs.

Oh fuck no

No, this will break him, won't it? 😰

Oh no 😭😭😭😭

Oh no

Honey...

"Say something..."

Oh god

Does this show want to set some kind of record for must characters severely traumatised in 50 episodes???

Noooo

Fuck

When I wrote that I hadn't seen yet ...

He ... killed himself

I am crying so hard right now and I feel like I haven't even really processed the full tragedy of this arc yet

What is Xue Yang doing?

This is so weird. He honestly looks at Xiao Xingchen like he is a doting husband waiting for him to come home

Ohhh

And now it makes sense that he wanted wwx to restore his soul

And why his soul didn't want to be restored ... because he killed himself. He doesn't want to come back 😥

The way this looks ... that can't be an accident

So NOW he's grieving. Because he can't bring Xiao Xingchen back, can't control him. Xue Yang has such a screwed psychy, it's fascinating ... in a very disturbing way

Wow, he's damaged ...

Oh no ... the candy ... THE CANDY!!!

Holy shit ... what even am I supposed to feel right now? 😨😨😨

Trying to parse that out, I feel like (and this is just my first impressionof thus and my very raw thoughts)... Xiao Xingchen and his kindness they did touch Xue Yang. But he was ill-equipped to deal with whatever feelings they stirred in him, because he had already been so twisted by the world and his own actions. And so he expressed his love the same way he expressed everything: with obsession and the desire to posses and control.

Honestly, I need some more time to really process this ...

They buried A Qing 😭

Oh, Lan Jingyi. I didn't know you had it in you 💚💚💚

Oh god, the Juniors are ALL so soft! 😭

Oh god I want to know so badly. What did Lan Wangji want to say??? "Fortunately... this wasn't us" "Fortunately... you came back to me"? 😭

Omg ... this is a parallel right? From behind they might as well be song lan and Xiao Xingchen!

Oh song lan 💔

The way he takes the pouch 🥺

And Lan Wangji's look. Maybe I'm imagining too much into this but ... if that's not a man intimately aware of what he's going through

"Roam the world. Exorcise evil beings alongside Xingchen."

I can't guys, I'm crying so hard right now 💔💔💔

Holy shit Lan Wangji's actor's performance as he hands him the sword 😭😭😭

IT IS A PARALLEL! 😭😭

look at the screenshot up there again!!

I'm ugly crying so hard right now 😭😭😭

Gimme a moment ...

Tge music in the next scene is really unusual for this show, almost jarring after I've just bawled my eyes out

What is that?

An entrance?

Okay no, not an entrance

Who is that????

Aardgfdgh

The Juniors!!!

The scenery us so pretty :)

Waitwaitwait ... I have a suspicion... no ... nooooo? It can't be ...

The butterfly toy ...

And the comments in the last episode fit, too ... 😳😳😳

OH MY GOOOOOOOD!!!!

The shot of the little flying thing! That's in that restaurant, right??

The comment about remembering stuff from when you're three!

IS HE A YUAN????

@sweetlittlevampire IS HE A YUAN??? 😱😱😱

I'm crying again you guys

Of course he is! It all makes sense

And omg, lan Wangji with the bunny lantern 😭😭😭

And now wwx remembers A Yuan and... the LOOK!!! The song!!! The bunnies!!!

The smile 😭😭😭😭

"Let's buy it" "Okay"

They're a family, you guys!!!! They're a family and I'm ... so ... so emotional!!! 😭😭😭

So much softness between them!!! 💙🖤💙🖤

And wwx smiles as brightly as before this whole mess and ...

Holy shit this episode you guys!!!

First I cry out of sheer devastation and now I feel like my heart is ready to burst!

And it FITS!!!

wangxian got the happy ending Xiao Xingchen and song lan never did. They reunited and even though they spent many years apart they have a real chance now!!!

And this, their child, this is the pay off.

I'm listening to the new album by Nightwish (my favourite band) all the time right now and in their song "How's the heart?" Is this line "now there's one who came from me / A child of light, another tale" and I can't help but think of that right now! The whole song is about how it is worth it, going through the bleak times, fighting through your own darkness because there is light and love at the end of it. It's worth it to keep fighting, just so we can keep meeting others with love. And I can't help but think of little A Yuan/ Lan Sizuhi (and god, I'm almost bursting at the fact that I can write that line!!) As their manifestation of that love. Their "child of light" :')

And even with Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan ... there is this slight hopeful feeling of "we will meet again", if not in this life than in the next ...

Guys, I'm so emotional right now

Sorry for the tengant. It probably doesnt make much sense put in writing 💚

I'm so sad and so happy at the same time ... :')

Oh god, lan Wangji with the lantern is so unimaginably cute!!!

And they gave it to Lan Sizhui!!!

SYMBOLISM!! 😭😭😭

Now, this should be interesting

How much does lan Xichen even know at this point?

Ohhh! That was nie Mingjue in the coffin earlier!

Why is he buried in Yi City???

I'm so confused right now!

(But don't tell me the answers. As always, these are rhetorical questions ;))

Ohhh ...

I have a suspicion about the ghost faced man

And apparently I'm not the only one

He has been "discussing" things with you every single night. Aha 😏

Sorry, this is serious 😬

(This has nothing to do with anything but I paused the stream to type and this was the image I got. I thought i should share :D)

Lan Xichen is so deep in denial

Poor guy

And again with the parallels! There is another Lan who has stuck to someone with a bad reputation and he's standing right there

And jin ling is conveniently reminding us of that 😐

So much drama

OMG!

That was smooth!

No, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

Just, "Wei-gongze" :D

"Don't take it to heart"

MY HEART!!!

I feel like Lan Wangji isn't the only Lan who will suffer an aneurysm from repressed emotions one day

@sweetlittlevampire @fandom-glazed @elenirlachlagos @allhailthedramallama @luckymoony @kyrrahbird @i-love-him-on-purpose and @sxnshot (should I tag you again next ep? No hard feelings if not 😊)

Honestly, this ep was the most emotional one for me so far in terms of the whiplash from pain and joy it gave me, though I certainly cried harder at the Yunmeng massacre. The prevailing emotion is joy now, though. I am such a sucker for mismatched, found families and wangxian and their child of light isn't exactly that, I don't know what is. I'm going to sleep with a smile on my face now. 💚

#sophie watches the untamed #the untamed #wei wuxian #lan wangji #xiao xingchen #song lan #wangxian #xue yang #lan sizhui #lan xichen #jin ling #lan jingyi #a qing

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In the case of SongXiaoXue going perfectly fix it style (XY meets the other two early, has a life-changing field trip and so manages to just pull himself back from massacring all the Chang Clan, decreases his canon atrocities and joins them in a polycule and becomes A-Qing's annoying uncle), how would JGY interact with them?

Like, thanks to them Chingmei isn't causing too much of a hassle, they'd be supportive of the Watchtower programme, he broadly likes their sect ideas etc, so I guess he'd like them, and it would add another base of support for him.

putting aside that I think convincing Xue Yang to not kill the Chang is...not impossible but pretty damn hard to do, which is why I don't think I've ever written him just straight up not doing it--

(working with novel timeline here, for the most part, because it just makes more sense)

man, that changes a lot of things, though. like, how does that interact with Xue Yang being a Jin disciple at the time (which he would be, if this is pre-Chang massacre, or even if it was afterwards), and specifically while Jin Guangshan is the sect leader? Because while I can see Jin Guangyao being willing to let Xue Yang fuck off and have quality independent daoshi time, I do not think Jin Guangshan would be so inclined; if anything, the second Xue Yang had a remotely positive relationship with Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan, Jin Guangshan wants to use that to draw the pair of them into association with the Jin Sect, which Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan are vehemently going to be not in favor of. That's going to be a hard and probably somewhat insulting nope!

(I mean, I'm picturing Song Lan giving a slightly more diplomatic refusal and Xiao Xingchen is just straight up like "no thank you, I don't want to participate in the corrupt and self-serving sect system :)" which. great move on his part for sure! not going to make him any powerful enemies! one of my favorite things about Xiao Xingchen is his complete indifference to social norms and refusal to be politic about anything, ever. It makes Song Lan's life harder even if he agrees with him most of the time; Xue Yang thinks it's great.)

and while Xue Yang would be happy to ignore Jin Guangshan and fuck off without permission, but that's going to, uh, not go over well and end up with everyone involved in a whole lot of trouble, and as we know, Jin Guangshan is very good at making problems for people when he doesn't like them.

so...that's a problem, and it's not really up to Jin Guangyao.

If they did figure out a way to make it work, and it comes up down the line with Jin Guangyao in trouble...unfortunately, even if they were to get involved (and I think Xue Yang's instinct, friendship or not, would be to go "nope! not getting in that, sorry a-Yao," and Song Lan would be equally disinclined to get into the political morass that's...everything there. Xiao Xingchen might be a little more inclined toward intervention, but I don't think enough to overrule the other two. I do think they'd approve of the watchtowers, you're right! but ultimately there's probably a general sort of distrust of everyone in that whole system (while Xiao Xingchen in this universe might actually still have more faith in the existing systems because he hasn't witnessed via Xue Yang's exculpation how corrupt it is, Song Lan is more jaded, and Xue Yang is the most jaded.). And they definitely wouldn't approve of Jin Guangyao's killing Nie Mingjue or Jin Guangshan, just on principle. So that's going to outweigh any casual existing goodwill from the daoshi, and Xue Yang has too much of a sense of self-preservation to not look at that whole situation and go "yeah that's a lost cause."

and even if they did go to bat for Jin Guangyao, in the face of everyone else turning on him...their word is not going to carry a lot of weight, and by that I mean their word is going to carry no weight at all. I think the most likely outcome there would be Xue Yang getting tarred by association (regardless of what he's actually done, as we know that's not really relevant when the accusations start flying in the cultivation world) and the daoshi getting labeled as poor naive fools taken in by the sinister wiles of Jin Guangyao, etc. etc. It would be very condescending "you don't know what you're talking about."

so...yeah, regardless of how they felt about it, I don't think it would ultimately matter. which is the general tragedy of the Yi City characters, actually (or one of them) - their sheer unimportance and insignificance. nobody, in the larger sense, cares what happens to them! Xiao Xingchen's pleas for justice are ignored. A-Qing's attempts to get people to listen to her before Xue Yang kills her are ignored. Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen both disappear without a trace and, once he falls out of the Jin orbit, so does Xue Yang. I know people don't like the Yi City Arc because they feel it's "pointless" or "sidetracks the plot" and to that I say yes absolutely it sidetracks the plot and it is pointless (in the sense of it all already being over by the time anybody else arrives) and that's part of what makes it so good and so painful because nobody! cares!!! and that makes me so miserable.

anyway that's kind of a sidetrack from the content of your ask, but, well. ask me a question and get a rambling five paragraph essay, as always

#conversating #anonymous #i don't know that i can qualify this as 'meta'#ah whatever. it's analysis-y enough #lise does meta #the sad queer cultivators show #(though it's really more about the novel)#xue yang #xiao xingchen #song lan #jin guangyao

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