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canary3d-obsessed · 2 months

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Restless Rewatch: The Untamed, Episode 40 part two

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Warning! Spoilers for All 50 Episodes!

What a Relief

After spending a few weeks in Gusu doing...stuff, our trio comes to Jinlintai for the discussion conference. Unusually for a CQL stair-climbing scene, nobody is planning to murder anyone once they get to the top.

Our crew walks up the stairs past 3 massive sculpted reliefs featuring Jin Guangyao.

First and most important, I have to point out that the sculpture version of Lan Xichen [edit: Nie Mingjue actually, whoops] is wearing a sash that looks like this:

*cough*

Meanwhile, for the picture with the sword and flames, qhanzi.com tells me that the written characters are 伏殺, fú shā; Google translate tells me this means "ambush." Specifically Fu=conceal, Sha=kill. Ballsy to have a monumental artwork on your front steps announcing that you're a backstabbing turncoat, Jin Guangyao.

Speaking of balls, Jiang Cheng jumps at the opportunity to bust some when the Lan bros arrive with Wei Wuxian in tow. He pretends not to know who Wei Wuxian is, but obviously does know something, given how bitchily he asks to be introduced. Lan Wangji continues his 13-year-long silent treatment of JC while Lan Xichen tries to figure out which bland smile he's meant to be deploying in this situation.

(more after the cut!)

They're all rescued by the appearance of Jin Guangyao 3.0, who has discarded his Nie braids and his Wen hotness in favor of Jin ostentatiousness.

He's no longer wearing the v-neck robe and topknot crown that we associate with the cultivation sects. Instead he's wearing a hat and a round-necked robe with a big embroidered design on the chest, that resembles the clothing style of a court official.

Some people see JGY's bureaucratic wardrobe as signaling that he's an unassuming administrator, someone who is not threatening to the power structure or is not ambitious. I see it more as conveying that his ambition reaches beyond the cultivation sects into the realm of dynastic/imperial politics.

Anyway, Jiang Cheng turns his ire towards his nephew, and Lan Xichen relaxes again. Possibly he is a little too relaxed, judging by how he's ogling Jiang Cheng.

I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out

Party Monster

Fanfics are often accused of giving us an out-of-character (OOC) Wei Wuxian, but no fanfic Wei Wuxian is as OOC as the Wei Wuxian who attends this banquet. Normally Wei Wuxian is a mildly annoying flirt, but as soon as soon as he arrives in Koi tower he is (presumably) possessed by the spirit of Jin Guangshan, and becomes a gross sex pest.

He goes out of his way to hit on the wife of the clan leader and make googly eyes at all of the maids, whose social status doesn't allow them to be rude to him. And he does it in front of his date! What the hell, possessed Wei Wuxian.

While oblivious to Lan Wangji's jealousy, Wei Wuxian does check in with him to make sure it's ok to put on his "crazy Mo Xuanyu" act. LWJ replies with a certain amount of salt, but once Wei Wuxian makes it clear he's thinking about Lan Wangji's public face, LWJ chills out and answers him normally.

Side note: in no universe would this cute lil maid be making eyes at heavily-masked Mo Xuanyu when unmasked, radiant, filthy-rich Lan Wangji is right there to be smiled at.

Jin Guangyao greets everyone and some dancers start doing their thing; mercifully, possessed Wei Wuxian refrains from hitting on the dancers. As soon as Jin Guangyao starts to circulate through the room, Nie Huaisang has an epic nervous breakdown all over him, which is even better entertainment than the dancers.

This gives Wei Wuxian the cover he needs to slip out of the hall unnoticed. Well, as long as nobody notices Lan Wangji's obvious pining.

Fight Club

The prophecy foretells that into each generation of Jins will be born one douchebag cousin. Jin Chan is the douchebag cousin of his generation.

Jin Chan accuses "Mo Xuanyu" of being a sex pest, and Wei Wuxian suddenly understands why the plot made him act so OOC at the party. Mo Xuanyu wasn't really a sex pest; he was a regular pest, trying to get information out of Qin Su, not trying to seduce her. But he doesn't know that yet. In other adaptations Mo Xuanyu is gay, but CQL exists in a strange censorship-created realm in which gayness is pervasive but never mentioned, and therefore there is no homophobia. So nobody would care if Mo Xuanyu was gay.

When Wei Wuxian realizes what Mo Xuanyu did, he thinks "Mo Xuanyu, do you want to die?"

Nice choice of idiom, Wei Wuxian. I believe we have firmly established that yes, Mo Xuanyu absolutely did want to die.

The show is kind of vague, verbally, about whether Wei Wuxian 2.0 has a golden core. But there are a lot of moments that strongly suggest he does, at this point, have a functioning core.

This rock attack is, I hope, one of those moments, or else Jin Chan is a total pussy, getting knocked back by landscape gravel.

Next, Wei Wuxian shows Jin Ling the super-secret move known as "arm twisting," which Jin Ling, as an only child, has never encountered before.

Anyone with siblings is very familiar with this move.

Because this is The Untamed, this move should be executed with extra spinning whenever possible.

Jin Ling learns the move right away, and uses it to win the scuffle.

Avuncular

After the fight, Wei Wuxian sits with Jin Ling for a chat, and gives him the classic uncle advice "have as many fights as possible while you're young, because when you're older you'll have to be mature and get along with people."

I love Wei Wuxian so much.

For contrast, Jin Ling says that Jin Guangyao tells him not to get in fights. This makes Wei Wuxian seem like the cooler elder, but it also has a more sinister element, of Jin Guangyao holding Jin Ling back. Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian grew up constantly fighting with each other--sparring as well as informal fights, presumably. And their cultivation was super strong, partly as a result of that.

Wei Wuxian takes the opportunity to tell Jin Ling that he's not in love with Qin Su any more, because he's transferred his affections to someone else. Obviously Hanguang-Jun is the someone else, given that they've been inseparable for weeks. To keep Jin Ling from yelling while he explains, he clamps his hand over Jin Ling's mouth.

The thing is, in order to effectively clamp your hand over someone's mouth, there has to be something behind them--a wall, the mattress, your own torso, or something else solid. Otherwise they can just jerk their head backwards to get away from your hand. Or they can stand up and walk away, even.

Jin Ling, hilariously, does not realize this, and spends a ridiculously long time sitting still and making angry faces while Wei Wuxian rests his hand on his face.

Spy Game

Later that night, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji get ready for some shenanigans.

Not the sexy kind, alas, just some paperman snooping.

Wei Wuxian, because he's facing serious danger, is feeling extra playful and cute, and he takes time to goof around with Lan Wangji before getting down to business.

In paperman form, he's able to do some things that the censors overlook, including tugging on Lan Wangji's headband and apparently blowing him a kiss. In the book and the donghua, he catches onto Lan Wangji's lip on his way down his face, too.

One thing that's kind of muted in the live action as compared to the novel is how much Lan Wangji enjoys Wei Wuxian's childish and playful behavior. Lan Wangji never got to be playful as a child, but with Wei Wuxian he can cut loose--which he does mostly in the sack or when they're drinking together. But even when he stays in control of himself, he likes Wei Wuxian's silliness.

He tells Paper-Xian, tenderly, to be very careful, before he sends him on his way.

The Adventures of Paperman

The CGI department outdoes itself with paperman, making an animated character so adorable I'd be happy to watch a whole episode of him.

Paper-Xian sneaks into JGY's study and pokes around, finding an empty envelope. Then he listens and watches while Qin Su stumbles in, retching.

She's followed closely by Jin Guangyao; they proceed to have an absolutely fucking endless argument in which the words "sister," "brother," "incest" "rapist dad" are never said, instead using vagueburger phrasing like "this matter."

Jin Guangyao does freely admit to killing their kid, though, and wants to know who told Qin Su about it so he can kill them, too. She won't tell him, shockingly.

Jin Guangyao ends the fight by putting a paralysis spell on his wife and then making her go to sleep with another spell, which is the cultivator equivalent of saying "I've said what I had to say and I need some space."

He takes her into a secret room where he is also keeping a bunch of talisman-protected stuff and a shockingly small number of books.

Seriously, as a person who has way too many books, I am personally offended by the way Jin Guangyao wastes shelf space in his secret room.

As Paper-Xian sneaks around the room, Jin Guangyao helpfully pulls aside the curtain covering the shelf with Nie Mingjue's head on it, so he can grouse at NMJ for (figuratively) haunting him. Seriously? Dude, you keep a guy's head on your bookshelf, he gonna haunt ya.

The episode ends with Paper-Xian bowing (adorably) to Nie Mingjue, and then sitting laying on his face, which would make BOTH Lan brothers jealous if they found out.

Soundtrack: Ring the Alarm, by Beyonce; Blister in the Sun, by the Violent Femmes

#the untamed #ooc wei wuxian #possessed wei wuxian #the untamed gifs #restless rewatch the untamed #the untamed meta #canary3d-original #ep40 #YOLO #YOLT if you're wei wuxian

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symphonyofsilence · 1 year

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does Jin Guangyao play a villainous role in Wei WuXian’s story? yes. but is he also the Narrative’s special boy? also, yes.

I don’t remember the post, but the fact that Wei Wuxian, and by extinction, the narrative sympathizes with Jin Guangyao has already been brought up. He draws a comparison between himself and JGY when the crowd suddenly turns against JGY in Lotus Pier and wants WWX to deal with him, and again when the other Sect Leaders led by Sect leader Yao assume that the Guanyin statue is made to resemble JGY himself ‘cause he’s a narcissist, and when people are saying nasty things about JGY in a tavern after his death.

but another way in which the narrative sympathizes with JGY is that every time JGY is shown doing a shitty thing, it’s immediately followed by him being shown in a situation in which he is a victim, or has done something good.

he paralyzes Qin Su after she finds out some horrible truths about him and hides her in the creepy room where WWX finds JGY’s sworn brother’s head? A chapter or an episode after that we see him being trash-talked and cast out by other Nie soldiers when they’re drinking the water he brought, while he’s doing thrice the work they’re doing. we see him cleaning the battlefields and helping the commoners after battles, we see him voluntarily do the work of the servants as a deputy general when they lack staff, and pour people tea, while they rudely clean their cups when they take it from his hands (which NMJ does nothing about), we see him loyally arguing with LXC that he can't leave NMJ for his father’s sect after all NMJ has done for him, and learn that he has saved LXC. CQL shows him in his Meng Yao Era more. We see him repeatedly receive scorn when all he gives others is curtsey and smiles, we see beforehand the Nie Captain be an absolute bitch to him so I'm sure nobody in the audience regretted his loss, but even then we immediately get that jumping in front of NMJ and taking a stab to the chest to save him, and the teary banishment scene that cancels the "guy is now officially a scheming murderer" out.

He's being a bitch to NMJ in the Nightless City? He kills Wen Ruohan & turns out that he has been bravely spying for the Sunshot campaign all this time and they owe him their victory. But even then, he apologizes to NMJ, kneels down, and surrenders himself.

He's protecting Xue Yang? You have him explaining to NMJ why he can't go against his father's wishes, and how he's scared of everything and everyone because he was never given the luxury of safety, status & power, so he can practice that power freely. In the end, NMJ offends his mother and kicks him down the stairs (which he's well aware is a trauma for JGY). Which honor-bound ancient man wouldn't have killed the man who disrespected his mother and kicked him down the stairs? What would have NMJ done had this been done to him? But even then, in the book, the narrative does even more to make JGY sympathetic, LXC comes to NMJ to calm him down, and he says that JGY's in a difficult situation right now. His stepmother beats him & his father doesn't listen to anything he says anymore. Otherwise, he wouldn't have talked back to NMJ. & after that, NMJ's qi deviation happens when he drops eaves on this conversation between LXC & JGY:

I mean if you've tried to murder him thrice, shoved him down the stairs, & called him a whoreson, taken any opportunity to scold him, & you don't like it when he talks back to you, at least let him talk behind your back. He's not even lying or being disrespectful or anything.

He retaliates against WWX & LWJ’s attack by showing WWX as a villain and the way he has killed NMJ comes to light? a few chapters later WWX is surprised that JGY hasn’t visited LXC to demand a search but to tell him that he has prevented everyone from searching the CR and thinks it’s best if LXC, whenever it’s convenient for him opens the doors of the CR so JGY can get this search over with and shut the other sects up. And reassures him that he won’t let LWJ’s reputation be tarnished in any way. (At the stairs of Jinlintai, JGY knew fully well that LWJ was doing what he was doing because he was in love with WWX, as we learn at the Guanyin temple, but he loudly suggested that LWJ is being deceived in front of the crowd to save LXC's brother reputation.) The Donghua even has a wartime flashback from a young Meng Yao saving LXC, feeding him, hiding him, washing his clothes, getting beaten up by the Wen soldiers to keep LXC safe, and even then bringing back food for him with a smile.

He takes everyone hostage, twice (his hostages are children the first time) and is at the peak of his villain moment? You have the whole Guanyin temple thing happening. (which, personally for me, was what really elevated him from an interesting character to my poor little mew mew in my eyes.)

When JGY kneels down, WWX feels uncomfortable. He feels embarrassed on his behalf:

the same effect of inducing pity & sympathy for him is achieved in the show by somber music swelling in this scene, reaction shots, slow-mo, and a wide-shot of everyone in the temple as JGY kneels down to make him look especially small, while almost 2/3 of the shot is of the candles of the Guyanin temple. in the exposition scene when LXC kneels down to hear JGY out, the statue of Guanyin is between them. THE LOCATION OF ALL OF JGY TRAGIC EXPOSITIONS IS A GYANYIN TEMPLE! The temple of the bodhisattva of mercy who is considered to be the physical embodiment of compassion!

And the sympathetic reaction shots when he talks about JGS continue throughout the scene.

then we learn that he had to marry Qin Su because she was already pregnant and he didn’t want QS & JRS to have his and his mother’s fate and that the reason they had to rush things through like this and conceive a child was that JGS might have further caused problems for their marriage because he really disliked his son. and that if a political fall-out happened between Jin & the Qin clan, JGY would get the burn of it. (still a shitty act, but you can’t help but understand where he’s coming from & pity him), he goes on about his father kicking him down the stairs of Jinlintai on his birthday while celebrating JZX’s birthday, we learn about his childhood in the brothel, about JGS saying that he could save Meng Shi but he didn’t ‘cause she would be too much trouble, and that their son wasn’t worth mentioning, we see JGY & SMS deep connection, the show gives us some very good Xiao Shushu & A-Ling moments, & even though it’s been always clear & is especially clear during the whole Guanyin temple scene, we see truly see the depth of love, respect, and loyalty JGY has toward LXC.

We see him in the Villainous Friends chapter telling Xue Yang that he can vandalize people's shops and restaurants for no reason, only under the condition that he doesn't wear the Jin uniform. But it's immediately followed by the mention of the bruise on his head given to him by his stepmother because she can't vent her anger on her cheating husband, who JGY has to retrieve from brothels every night to ensure his safe stay in Jinlintai for another day. We see him massacre the He sect, and right after that, he goes to retrieve his father from the brothel and hears those awful things and you can't help but sympathize with him.

Because what is really important is that you understand Jin Guangyao. There are about 14 chapters in the book and 4 episodes in the show of JGY explaining himself while crying on the floor because it's less about "Jiggy eVIL" & more about look what the society who turned his back on him & his mother when they needed their help, and sneered at them when they tried to improve their situation, and never forgave JGY for being born has done to this man to make him do such horrendous deeds. (And his sword's name is Hensheng. Meaning "hate to be born". They made him never forgive himself for being born either.)

So by saying that X & Y has happened to JGY, and so what he does is for self-preservation, nobody's JUSTIFYING his genocides, & nobody's denying that JGY had a choice in everything he did. Even if his other option was to accept his place, sit down, shut up, and suffer in silence, NOT murdering a whole sect that includes children by doing experiments on them is the better option. The point is that it's not the point. JGY's atrocities are only means in the story to tell the cautionary tale of a classist, cruel society. The things that JGY has gone through cannot be erased from the conversations because "JGY EvIl. Periodt." The Narrative doesn't want the reader to do that! It's specifically structured to put the reason JGY's got to this point on the forefront every time he does a crime. The fight with NMJ's fierce corpse ends as quickly as it begins. The Climax of the story is mostly JGY's monologues. 14 chapters of monologues cannot be dismissed as JGY gaslighting LXC & shedding crocodile tears.

in a story that has Wei WuXian as a protagonist, and literally starts with the monster the society has made of him through rumors and has this theme going on through the rest of the story, especially with JC, and baseless accusations are the first thing that happens when JGY's secrets are out in the Lotus Pier, and then ends with society making a monster out of JGY after his death through rumors when Sect Leader Yao speculates that the statue's face is modeled after JGY himself (which WWX especially comments on), and in the tavern when people made such crude remarks that even those who were participating in the conversation felt uncomfortable, I think it's clear what and who the real villain is.

MXTX could have written people talking about literally any real atrocity that JGY has done, but instead, they talk about what he hasn’t done and read the worst out of his every action in life.

And actually, with everything that JGY has been through, he’s not even the worst case that could come out of his situation. He did have good intentions. For all his genocides, unlike Xue Yang, he didn't actually want to see the world burn. He did help the innocent common folk. He helped them during the sunshot campaign, and with the watchtowers, he fought against systematic corruption, and he treated everyone with respect. He rescued LXC and QS. We don’t know how many others he has personally saved. It's that the means he had to use to have the power to help the poor was incredibly dirty because he was playing an unfair game that was especially designed against him. (I'm not saying helping the poor was his only objective when he tried to gain his father's approval and a secure place in Jinlintai for himself. Though it's sad that he had to fight for these things at all.) The best he could honorably do was be NMJ's deputy general, which didn't save him from being bullied and people cleaning the cups they took from his hands. He knew that if he tried to help the innocent without having the political power to do that, he would end up like WWX. But what he didn’t know was that he would end up like that if he, unlike WWX, played by the rules of the game and compromised his morals anyway. There was no winning for people like them.

Dismissing the good that JGY has done, the real desire he had for helping the poor, and what he’s been through cheapens the character, cheapening JGY’s character to a one-dimensional Marvel villain, and dismissing the commentary that he represents on society as a whole is a disservice to the story. And that’s a crime cause the story is great.

his fall from grace, the heinous acts he had to commit to find himself the slightest bits of safety, security, and respect wouldn’t be that much of a tragedy if he didn’t want to be good and do good for people.

Then there is JGY's death and the framing of it. Here is a wonderful analysis by @sapphicdalliances of why his death wasn't justice and that was the point, how he died because of an act he didn't commit, and here are great analysis by @thatswhatsushesaid & @crithir about how his death is described as a gut-wrenching horrible scene framed through his horrified nephew & ward's eyes, both in the book and in the show, how it didn't bring the Nie brothers any closure either, and how through the lenses of LXC and JL, and by JC’s & WWX’s reaction we see his death as a tragedy.

His death is because of a dishonorable trick. His last act in life, pushing LXC away is an act of love and of forgiveness. In the CQL before that, he pushes Jin Ling out of danger, too.

As said in the aforementioned posts, after it, we don't see a victorious Nie Huaisang or Wei WuXian. In fact, neither of them is victorious.

WWX, and by extension, the narrative blames NHS for his scheming & risking innocent lives. WWX is especially appalled by NHS' treatment of Meng Shi's body. He points out that JGY, being a big liar with a considerable criminal record, will be forever accused of lying, no matter what. While he immediately after brings JGY's last genuine act toward LXC as proof that JGY couldn't have been lying.

In the CQL, he straight-up calls NHS the devil with the coldest tone he's ever had towards NHS.

NHS for his part doesn't seem victorious either.

Dare I say he even looks like despite years of scheming he was not ready for it when JGY pushes Shuoyue deeper inside his own chest. (Who would he be acting for at that moment? Nobody's looking at him. And he’s sweating!)

And I think there's a "no, he didn't" in his last "I don't know." To LXC (at least in the show) when he's insistently asked whether JGY was going to attack LXC or not and he insistently answers "I don't know". It's a confirmation without confirmation.

And then in, IMHO, one of the most beautiful and nuanced scenes, NHS finds A-Yao's hat, in the book, he bends down, picks it up, and quietly goes away (and that's the last we see of Nie Huaisang), in the show he wipes off the dust on it, and his hand finally gets bloodied, literally & metaphorically despite trying his best to not do his dirty work himself. And we get a flashback of A-Yao's childhood that I always assumed we're seeing through NHS because maybe JGY had told him that story. Not only does the order of the scene, combined with NHS' deep in thought look seem like it but also NHS cleans JGY's hat when in that memory A-Yao's mom tells him that he needs to take good care of his hat.

And that scene is especially beautiful because the show went out of its way to show their close relationship pre-time skip. And we see NHS keep A-Yao's principal by cleaning his hat when JGY himself is too dead to do that. Even when the reason for his death is NHS himself. And by NHS getting his hands bloodied while cleaning the hat, and staring at it with a deep, nuanced look, that combination of care & hatred is shown in that scene.

I think he feels empty. He's spent years after years planning this thing. It was his only drive. Now it's over. And it wasn't a grand, victorious moment. It just...happened. and it was something that needed to happen, in his eyes.

And he did love his san-ge for a long, long time before the betrayal came to light for him. And then he hated him for a long, long time. But at that moment with JGY's bloodied hat in his hand? I think that's the moment when love and hatred have both run their passionate course and they've finally reached each other in the middle and collided and ran out of strength and intensity and separate, clear meaning and they just take their exhausted leave together, leaving only a trace behind.

And most prominently we see a devastated LXC and JL. We see Jin Ling's flashback of when his Xiao Shushu gave him his spiritual puppy. We see him being the only one who could cheer JL up when he was down for days.

We see JL choosing to keep loving him despite everything.

His loss is felt and the memory of his good deeds keeps coming back in JL's narrative:

The Narrative doesn't just sympathize with him. The Narrative mourns him.

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nightdreamerr · 9 months

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Okay, I literally, physically, can't get over when Wangxian first meet.

The first shot we have of Lan Zhan is literally in slow motion, time slows down - everyone is in absolute awe of him (like look at JC).

Before this wwx had been the one trying to get them into Cloud Recesses after forgetting their invination (taking the lead of the Jiang Clan, instead of jc).

But as soon as lwj turns around wwx is speechless, completely captivated by the ethereal beauty of lwj. Dumbstruck, literally. Like look at his expression!

Even JC is taken aback by a speechless, shell-shocked wwx. (this never happens) JC stammers, awkwardly stepping forward to be the one talking on behave of the Jiang Clan.

Then when wwx recovers, look at how happy he is to talk to lwj.

AND! and later when wwx sneaks into Cloud Recesses, his smile is so wide when he sees lwj again. He even seems shy, stuttering, not knowing what to say.

Just in general, during their time at Cloud Recesses, wwx just glowsssss whenever he sees lwj.

You can’t tell me the minute wwx met lwj he wasn't completely whipped. Head over heels.

Of course, the little dumbass was completely oblivious to the feelings he was having but was still totally and completely infatuated. Always looking and thinking of lwj even when they weren't together.

We always talk about how Lan Zhan loved Wei Ying for all those years, but we cannot forget who become utterly obsessed with who first.

Look. Just look.

#wangxian #wei wuxian #wei ying #lan zhan #lan wangji #lwj #wwx #the untamed #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #love at first sight literally #cloud recesses #honestly wwx has one brain cell when it comes to reading the room and knowing what emotions are #my heart hurts #i am unwell #to this day #how will i get over this #wei wuxian and lan zhan

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accio-victuuri · 10 months

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my boys are so beautiful. look at their expressions! such big eyes lol 🫶🏼

I feel like my weekend will not be complete without clowning ….. so allow me to ramble….

let’s start small with this magazine spread featuring our boys. to be fair, i think when it comes to c-ent being popular overseas, these two have a solid ( and sadly, toxic ) following so it makes sense that they will be featured. if there will be anyone who will make c-ent and everything about it interesting to an international fan, it will be these two. it’s why they are such a good pairing/team! power couple!

I am still hoping for them to be at the Hangzhou Asian Games events at some point. These two. XZ is the ambassador. Bobo did promotional stuff for it too so yeah. let’s wait & see.

Next is what was being talked about last night during the One & Only cast performance. Where WYB did not hold the girl’s hand ( they did tho at some point, when they raised their hand but i get what people mean ).

this is actually usual for wyb. he doesn’t hold a girl’s hand casually, he tries to not touch more than necessary. out of respect. and of course, of who he is as wyb, he doesn’t want to be misunderstood if people say something about his closeness to a woman. but i also understand why turtles noticed this. thinking about all the unconscious hand holding he and xz do. that level of comfort around each other that’s not only the friendly type but something more intimate. and how at times, they also try to control their proximity and what they show the public.

also wyb’s sweet smile and how people put it side by side this lwj. imma cry. he is so precious! 🥹🥹🥹

xz and wyb are killing us lately. with wyb being extra cute and sweet. making us proud with all his accomplishments. plus the whole evisu racing campaign. and then ZZ, who thankfully did some promo for WDB and his long luscious hair. we are the luckiest fans 💟

THE SHUKE X BEITA CP parallel with them is also so strong. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I hope they see this and find it funny 😂😂😂😂 Shuke is Lei Yu’s call sign in BTF and people noticed that Chunsheng’s “look” when he drives his “motorcyle” is like beita’s. and the way he chose to post a live photo of himself looking like that for his finale post makes us suspicious. I’m sure he has lots to choose from but he used this. Does he know? 🤔

and allegedly taken 5/5/2022 @ 18:13. the numbers!

THIS SCENE IN THE DRAMA. Looks familiar huh.

there are so many other little things going around but it all points to the fact that our DNA moves ( lol i love this term and expression ) with certain things. from ZZ’s tongue twister exercise that in LRLG was shown that they both do it as a game. to zz’s “sleeping” posture shown in the drama that looks like would make sense with how wyb describes how he sleeps ( basically gg is the little spoon ). plus the way chunsheng in WDB adjusts his ring, like ZZ is used to doing it so it sorta proves our theory that he has one ( allegedly from wyb ofc ).

it never ends. all signs point to szd 😂😂😂😅😅

-END.

#short rambling cpn post #yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do

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layzeal · 1 year

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My Top Posts in 2022:

wwx being all like “man, lan zhan would be so much prettier if he just smiled” and then meeting xichen who literally has the same face as him except that he’s warm and smile-y, and wwx just going “nah, i want the mean one” will never Not be funny

2,239 notes - Posted February 16, 2022

enough about the good things in wwx's life, remember that time we were told how the burial mounds is nothing but a mountain of corpses where nothing living survives and wwx still lived there for 3 months and then when asked if food planted in that soil is edible he answered "when starving, people will eat anything" and didn't elaborate? was that messed up or what

2,505 notes - Posted January 28, 2022

mxtx saying that modern lwj would wear glasses ruined my life cause all i can think of is canon lwj going through the whole plot while being nearsighted

2,987 notes - Posted March 19, 2022

so imagine a guy who hates MDZS gets so pissed off at the ending he dies and gets transported into that world as Wen Chao, and to avoid the fate of being brutally tortured to death by Wei Wuxian he has to find a way to fix his character arc before it's too late

however those attempts cascade into a series of insane events that causes WWX to fall in love with Wen Chao, as our guy keeps getting assigned romantic scenes with WWX that originally happened between wangxian

terrible, isn't it? that's SVSSS

3,158 notes - Posted September 19, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

remember when nintendo made those few official arts of botw!link and wolf!link hanging out together? i miss them. they were so fun

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out-there-tmblr · 1 year

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I posted 3,111 times in 2022

20 posts created (1%)

3,091 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 2,735 of my posts in 2022

Only 12% of my posts had no tags

#the untamed - 1,109 posts

#gotham - 330 posts

#wangxian - 315 posts

#good omens - 270 posts

#nygmobblepot - 240 posts

#hee! - 203 posts

#ineffable husbands - 202 posts

#goncharov - 188 posts

#unreality - 174 posts

#the sandman - 157 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#i tend to file off a lot of the pettiness or keep it as a little internal sharpness towards friends but not something he would ever act on

My Top Posts in 2022:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Niè Huáisāng Additional Tags: WangXian, Fandomtrees Mulitfandom Gifting Fest, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - After College/University, college pining, LWJ would wear the hell out of a corporate black suit, wwx is great with kids Summary:

Wei Ying doesn't look away until Jiang Cheng groans beside him, "Don't start this again."

"Don't start what again? I'm not starting anything. I'm not doing anything. I'm just standing right here, keeping my loser brother company," Wei Ying says, grinning widely. Somehow, Lan Zhan looks even better than Wei Ying remembers.

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Vid rec - runs in the family (the Untamed)

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I just came across this on YouTube and wow does rhis vid pack a punch. So much family trauma and love, and all twisted together. The editing is fantastic but it takes a few watches to realise how well those shots go with the lyrics.

I love the Lan brothers and their desperate devotion (to anyone who'll have me... fill me up), and the match of Zidian to "we're wonderful folks" for the Jiangs. I love the running section, JGY running for office, and LWJ running for a cause, NHS running from responsibility, and JC running into debt with his new golden core. Its great editing but it takes a few watches to appreciate it.

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The Untamed || Build a B*tch || Jin Guangyao

I came across this vid on YouTube and it’s delightful. I will always love vids that show JGY at his sweetest and most vicious.

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All this Goncharov renaissance on Tumblr has me nostalgic enough to watch Reservoir Dogs. Harvey Keitel might be missing the Russian accent and the eyepatch, but Mr White has always reminded me of Andrey. An Andrey who made it out of Naples with Goncharov, who got out of Italy with hope instead of heartbreak. An older Andrey who's mellowed with time, who's relaxed his guard without constantly juggling his loyalty to Goncharov with his assigned job.

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My #1 post of 2022

You know, Tumblr reactions made episode 6 sound pretty gay, and I disregarded that as background noise because I never got that vibe from Hob in the comics. Then I watched episode 6.

Wow. I was so wrong.

Dream smiled! That felt like watching the gayest romance ever.

For a series with actual queer rep, that episode was gayer than everything else so far.

34 notes - Posted August 9, 2022

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dreams-of-fate · 2 years

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@parahyah said: " you have a really good smile, you know that? " / for lwj

A soft “oh” exhaled in surprise as he had his attention elsewhere, and the said smile widened at the sight of Wei Ying’s face. The face Lan Wangji grew used to as being his, but all along the personality beneath it was a person he’d known from long ago and wanted to continue to get to know. To continue to love.

“Then I will smile for you more,” he promised, a sincere one from the bottom of his heart. As it was, Wei Ying was the person he wanted to smile for the most.

#Ask ;;#;; lan.wangji #parahyah #(i am soft)

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yilinglaozuhot · 4 years

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“He smiled, and his face was like the sun.” ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

#the untamed #theuntamededit #cqlsource #fytheuntamed #mdzsedit #cqledit #cql #wei wuxian #wei ying #my edit #*#why doesn't this post want to show up in the tags?#i'm crying #i hate his face so much ❤️#fave wwx smiles compilation post #and he smiles at lwj in all these gifs #i love dying and being dead

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sarawatsaraleo · 4 years

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and he’s always gone too long.

#the untamed #theuntamededit #wei wuxian #wei ying #wwx #xiao zhan #mytuedit #myedit #god his smile #quote #you really can't blame lwj for loving him with all he's got #he's so damn beautiful

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kpopper · 4 years

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"Lan Zhan, I'll give you one last chance. You'd better think it through. If you really go out with me, your reputation will be ruined completely." "You talk too much."

#fytheuntamed #theuntamededit #the untamed #wangxian #cqledit #there is not one single more romantic scene in the history of man kind #lwj's soft smile as he throws everything out the window #his reputation his connections his previous life #in favor of this man #bc yes wwx has all of his favors #and this is the moment lwj has been waitinf gor 16 years this is his atonement #the single plank bridge is not bad at all if youre walking on it with the love of your life #and wwx's later 'lan zhan lan zhan'#you're a stupid fool for sticking by my side #wwx said he is used to it but he looks so relieved when lwj stands by him #i wanna scream

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lanwuxianz · 4 years

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Has Wei Ying arrived yet?

#theuntamededit #cqledit #fytheuntamed #the untamed #myedit #so anyway i love dying and being dead #that scene with jc+yanli and then lwj kills me dead every damn time #they wanted to introduce jin ling to wwx so much #they wanted to see their brother so much after all this time #lwj was probably so excited to see wei ying again #he would be here with his family. smiling #SIKE instead it's just pain

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symphonyofsilence · 1 year

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Jin Ling & his Xiao Shushu appreciation, 'cause I don't see enough of it.

Remember that Jin Ling avoided LWJ like plague 'cause he was scared of him shitless, to the point that when WWX fake called Hanguang-Jun he ran without even looking back literally seconds after WWX pulled the same trick on him with JC 'cause he didn't want to risk looking back just in case it was actually HGJ, but he stood against Hanguang-Jun AND sect leader Lan when he thought they were invading his Xiao Shushu's room? Only Jiggy's own intervention made him back down.

& IDK maybe the reason Jin Ling was there at that time was that it was the family section. But since Fairy wasn't with him, maybe he was visiting his uncle. & I find it hard to imagine, like, say, WWX visiting Jiang Fengmian or Lan Sizhui visiting Zewu-Jun or the Lan brothers visiting Lan Qiren in the middle of the night in their private chambers unless something very important has happened. I think according to the standards of their time, they must have been very close for this visit to happen.

Running to Xiao Shushu 'cause JiuJiu is angry with him & adorably hiding behind him 'cause Xiao Shushu spoils him.

Defending Xiao Shushu and having a firm belief that whatever he says is for Jin Ling's own good even in the face of his cool uncle after the rush of winning a fight against a group of his all-time bullies.

Still using the affectionate term "Xiao Shushu"even when confronting him about why would he kill his father, begging him to "say something". Give him anything to make it a little bit less painful.

Jiggy wanting to comfort Jin Ling even when he's crying because he just realized that Jiggy has killed his father.

Jin Ling looking so hurt when Jiggy says that JGS didn't let him hold Jin Ling as though he can't imagine a world in which his uncle is not allowed to hold him. Not being allowed to hold JL being a notable part of JGY's villain origin story.

Jiggy pushing Jin Ling out of danger.

Jin Ling screaming for Jiggy to run even after Jiggy took him hostage. And all the other shit.

(It's worth mentioning that in the books, Jiggy doesn't push JL out of danger and JL still screams for him to run, and he still calls him uncle instead of Sect Leader as he does in the show. It's also worth mentioning that the show made some stunning choices in the Guaniyn temple scene regardimg JGY & JL. As half of the things I'm saying about that scene here only happened in the show.)

Jiggy looking so worried as Wen Ning goes towards JL even though he himself has lost an arm and is bleeding to death. And only looking relieved when Wen Ning holds the blade.

Jin Ling being scarred for life here. Oh my poor, poor baby.

With much difficulty, he coughed up some blood. Everyone present heard a crack that was abnormally clear and brutal.

A whimper of a last breath left Jin GuangYao's throat.

Jin Ling's shoulders shivered. He shut his eyes and covered his ears, too afraid to keep watching and listening.

And my favorite scene that emotionally crushed me: Jin Ling remembering when his uncle gave him little Fairy & mourning his uncle & becoming the hero of the nation who finally told Sect Leader Yao to kindly go fuck himself. 'Cause he told him that his uncle was not worth his tears. Jin Ling thinking that they wouldn't dare to tell him such bullshits if his uncle were still alive. Baby Jin Ling feeling so comfortable around the sect leader and the Chief Cultivator that he could break things beside his feet and scream at him, and his uncle just understanding that he needs to leave him alone at that moment, his Xiao Shushu being the only one who could comfort him and make him happy at that point, his Xiao Shushu giving him his spiritual dog & one of his rare actual, geniune smiles that was so warm & kind that Jin Ling remembers to that day, this happy memory being the one that Jin Ling remembers Jiggy with after all the things he learnt in the span of two days. Him acknowledging that Jiggy's love for him was geniune and real & still choosing to continiue to love his uncle despite everything. Him learning that he can't really resent JGY, WWX or WN 'cause though they gave him reasons for that, they also gave him reasons against that. They gave him reasons to love them. And why choose hate when you can...not choose that. Him breaking a cycle of hate that few of the adults of the story did not drown in. And it must mostly be Jiang Yanli's legacy, but it also proves that Jiang Cheng & Jin Guangyao, despite their own numerous issues did something right raising such a child. He feels so secure in their love. And he's right in that feeling.

#jin guangyao #meng yao #jgy #jin ling #jin rulan #the untamed #cql #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #chen qing ling #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #mxtx #my two cents #cql meta #mdzs meta #xiao shushu rights

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elvencantation · 4 years

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"As long as you promise to help my friend, I'll do anything you ask."

#weilan #weilanedit #zhao yunlan #shen wei #zhen hun #bai yu #zhu yilong #镇魂 guardian #guardian #guardian gifs #my gifs #ep22 #have we ever seen shen wei smile this wide?#but seriously i almost wanna go back and find all his smiles like i did for lwj #tho i think he smiles more often #shen wei i mean not lwj #that doctor just third wheelin in the background tho XD #shen wei smile #elvengifs

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ctl-yuejie · 5 years

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Wei Wuxian telling Lan Wangji that he isn’t at fault ;A;

#the untamed #cql #lan wangji #wanxian #wei wuxian #cql episode 36 #all my feels #the smile he gives lwj

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accio-victuuri · 2 years

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Times when Xiao Zhan was “... understand everything, but I am always pretending to be stupid” 😏

I can’t get this out of my head and it really made me look at things in a different way. So here are some examples of this sly little fox. Xiao laoshi please teach us your ways. lol. 🙏🏼 this is all cpn and interpretation only.

1. In the recent OOL tidbits, it was shown that GG uses a Macbook easily. with just one hand, he can navigate it and do all kinds of things. However, if you recall that interview with Yibo, it was also Mac. Look at him acting like he needs Bobo to do things for him. He’s just sooooo 🙃 Did he want him to come closer and help him? but in the last GIF he knows what to do! 😂😂😂

2. I always wondered why he stuttered and was so flustered in this interview. People were saying that it was because of the topic and cause Yibo was there. Imagine the always eloquent master of interviews GG stuttering. I think it’s one of those times. He’s so cute tho and it’s clear Yibo got the message.

It’s 01:01:30 of this video.

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3. THIS SMIRK. The legendary smirk. Web couldn’t see his face so he wouldn’t know and Web was full-on LWJ mode. In the meantime here is is GG who “knows everything” and that’s why he had that smirk.

4. I’ve always loved this interaction, when they talk and whisper so close to each other. When Bobo tells GG what’s going on since it’s too loud and he tells him which way to go in a chaotic stage. It’s not that GG pretends to not know, It’s that he allows Bobo to take care of him and trust that he will be there to supply the things he can’t understand at the moment. I can only imagine how chaotic it can be for them when onstage and everyone screaming and cheering.

5. GG is not really the best dancer but with a good teacher, it’s gonna be so much easier. I can see GG loving how Web is so good at memorizing the steps and taught it to him. He doesn’t need to “pretend”, Web is willing to teach his Gege. 🥺

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6. Their conversation during that white windmill moment which I posted here. GG was asking “who won’t cry?” and like he was denying what Web was saying that he ( LWJ ) won’t make him ( WWX ) cry. He knows what’s going and what they are talking about but I think he is challenging Yibo to say more. He wants to hear more.

Now let me venture into some unofficial BTS videos/audios that went around at some point. Some are still available and some have been deleted. I just love these cause it shows behind the scenes moments. and omg the things they say. i’m sorry I can’t link to the originals cause most of them were deleted.

7. A convo like this, he baits Yibo again then when Bobo tells him something truthful he acts like it’s all play. 🙃

8. Staff are getting ready for the scene. the two of them are standing & started looking at e/o while baring their teeth 😬

👧: why do you smile once you look at e/o?

🦁: 😏

🐰: (distracted) no, it’s abit hot...

HAHAHAHAHAH OMG. Look at him denying what’s going on when someone points out what they are doing. It has nothing to do with the weather! You just love gazing at each other all disgustingly sweet! 😏

9. This whole exchange. I know it might be confusing to keep up with the scenes to be shot and how things may change, he doesn’t know what specific scene but he knows it’s with Yibo. Is this some selective memory? Remembering only stuff with Yibo? and I love that he’s asking about Bobo when he’s not there.

🐰: what time is web lao shi having his makeup done?

🦁’s 👧: 6(?)

🐰: tomorrow who am i... what am i filming?

🐰’s 👧: (something) rabbit!

🐰: why are we filming rabbit again?

🐰’s 👧: no... it’s just... just... they made slight adjustments to the script

🐰: isn’t it with him? /points to 🦁/

🐰’s 👧: they also added (scenes number)

another really heart warming one to add here even if our topic here is “sly little fox” GG.

The scene was GG and his staff are watching the Wangxian farewell scene.

GG: This beautiful? It really looks good.

GG: He got thinner. After he came back from Changsha he got really really thin.

🥺🥺🥺🥺 He cares so much!

10. The “princess carry” exchange. I find him doing this tactic often when he says something provocative and then backtracks like he knows nothing.

GG: princess carry me.

Web: no problem

GG: Let’s try it out on this side

Web : boyfriend strength no problem.

GG : boyfriend strength my ass, we are a brotherly drama. What are you thinking of Wang Yibo?

11. His sly ways of continuing to call Web “LWJ” when he knows that Web doesn’t like it. Lol. He is such a gremlin! We thought it was only Web, turns out, GG is equally a gremlin.

🐰: i asked web if he’ll get angry if i call him that and he said yes so i’ll continue calling him that. heh heh~

There are so much more of these BTS transcripts and it gets more and more 👀. Makes you realize that reality is waaaay better than fanfiction.

I’ll stop here and pretty sure there are so much more. Feel free to add ones you recall. This doesn’t mean that I’m trying to “frame” GG in a certain way, it’s just interesting to see a different interpretation of his actions to Web. the “acting stupid/ignorant” is also a way of allowing Web to take care of him which is not GG’s style. If you observe him with other people, he has that “leader” quality going on. He does not rely on other people or tell them that he’s having a hard time. But with Web, he can tell him what’s really going on. 🤍 I just love THEM. I love what they have and I hope they continue to be together. 🙏🏼

#bjyx #yizhan #all of this is cpn #clowning and cpn bye #Youtube

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