it's a little late but happy year of the dragon~
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you know what’s crazy? how lan xichen defended jin guangyao saying that though the world had many misconceptions about him he still trusted his character just to have that affirmation thrown at his face — no, it’s not even about the naivety of it that makes me laugh, it’s about how he was the person to have seen lan wangji’s grief, had seen his persistence in raising a kid on behalf of wei wuxian, had seen his trials and his willingness to be beside wei wuxian regardless of the world telling him that the guy’s evil. he’s seen it firsthand.
all the while he probably must’ve pitied his brother, uniting with the sects to kill wei wuxian nonetheless, because he didn’t believe in the patriarch’s innocence. it’s that unconscious patronisation that makes it all the more ironic. and the fact that it was exactly jin guangyao’s actions that led to wei wuxian’s downfall.
i know lan xichen’s a good person, but it’s obvious that him and lan qiren had judged wei wuxian countless time throughout it all, and not only because he was ‘tainting’ lan wangji. i was quite annoyed when he called wei wuxian ‘his only mistake’, because, in fact, lan xichen was the one who mistakenly believed in the biggest villain, so he doesn’t have any room to talk. he committed three mistakes: by his perspective of lan wangji and wei wuxian’s relationship, of wei wuxian’s evilness and in his sworn brother as a whole.
it’s more than justified that he took his time in seclusion. it takes a while to come around such a massive mistake (did he think that too, when he saw his brother doing the same all those years ago?). not to mention that it must’ve been a big blow to realize that nie huaisang wasn’t the person he thought he was as well.
this parallel just came to me and i had to rant it so. i know it’s obvious, but yeah. don’t get me wrong, i just think lan xichen having this bit of a ‘fate’ is so good to the novel. brilliant move, mxtx, brilliant move.
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I'm back on my bullshit! Have another tender Xiyao drawing from my sketchbook!
Romantic statues are great sources of inspiration for tender fanart. The OG for this is "Hero & Leander" by Karl Steinhäuser, on display in Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin (I took about 50 pictures, i might use it for reference again).
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The backstory that I want to know the most from MDZS is Madam Lan. I have so many questions about how that story went.
Why did she kill the teacher? I doubt it was just a fun little murder she committed cause if it was then they never would have let her live let alone let her children be the heirs of the sect. Plus a woman killing a man in a position of power is usually for a good reason.
If she and Qingheng-jun were in seclusion in different houses, how did Wangji and Xichen come about? Like did they have conjugal visits with each other or something? Was it only because Qingheng-jun needed and heir? If so, why was Wangji also allowed to be born?
How did she die? Was it suicide because she was confined to a home and only allowed to see her children once a month? Did she get sick?
Why were her children only allowed to see her once a month? That is a really long time to go in between visits especially for kids who were probably taken away from her right after being born.
I just think there is a lot about her that needs to be explained.
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With brother-in-law
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OMG OMG OMG. GUYS!! Is there a MDZS fanfic like this?:
Wei Wuxian dies. Lan Zhan does not accept this and decided to go to the burial mounds and search for his investigation. Maybe he meets "fans" of Wei Wuxian and finds the way to reanimate corpses like him using his demonic cultivation.
Maybe, after waking up, Wei Ying finally understands why he was told not to use that kind of cultivation as he sees Lan Zhan start to lose his mind.
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The definitive, color-coded flowchart guide to Jin Ling's many uncles.
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