#idk it's probably more likely that zonghui just. has two sabers. not for narrative purposes but because the creators thought it'd look cool

[themaevethcometh]

i find it interesting that everyone has accepted that nie zonghui inexplicably has two sabers when no one else in the show dual wields and my sister and i both assumed that he carries huaisang’s saber when we first watched fatal journey.

think about it. mingje wouldn’t let huaisang go on such a dangerous mission without his blade, and if huaisang wouldn’t carry it, he’d have someone else have it on their back, someone who he trusts and who he plans to have stick by huaisang to give him the blade the moment he asks for it.  zonghui has probably done this numerous times just from ensuring huaisang doesn’t leave his blade in random spots at the unclean realm, so much so that the saber is perfectly fine being wielded by him and he is adept at using it alongside his own blade.  when huaisang takes it from him in the woods, it’s not one of his subordinates giving him one of their swords, it’s him finally taking up his own saber, a decision that he still doesn’t feel comfortable with and therefore recants when he gives the blade back to him to hold again in the tomb

#maeve posts #nie huaisang #nie zonghui #fatal journey #the untamed #that's my headcanon anyway #and then i think he leaves it in the tomb with zonghui when they leave #i think that journey is him deciding for sure that he doesn't just hate swords but that he's never going to use a blade specifically again #and i think mingje is emotionally distraught enough to let him especially after the conversations they had in there #idk it's probably more likely that zonghui just. has two sabers. not for narrative purposes but because the creators thought it'd look cool #but i just can't fathom mingje bringing huaisang along without also forcing him to bring his sword #and if huaisang himself won't take it then someone else will take it for him