#eventually starts wearing down lwj's contempt for jc

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idk, is it so much to ask that jiang cheng and lan wangji get kidnapped and are forced to spend time together, in the same room, with their cores locked? like fantastic, 16 years of practice at avoiding each other like the plague out the window because some chuckleheads who thought they were sooooo clever decided to lure the erstwhile yiling laozu into a trap by abducting people he cares about? so these two nemeses are languishing in some dungeon somewhere, exhausted from trying to escape, and jiang cheng makes a comment, and lan wangji is just oozing disdain from every pore, and two seconds later somehow lan wangji has managed to insinuate that jiang cheng doesn't care about wei wuxian's happiness despite only having said like three words total, and that is IT, jiang cheng has HAD IT, how DARE HE???? but again like i said they don't have any energy or power and obviously their weapons have been confiscated so they just...have a slapfight?? with their sleeves??? and they're SO serious about it??? wei wuxian shows up to kick some chucklehead ass and is all ready to bust them out of there but when he arrives they're just? batting each other in the face?? wearing THE most ferocious glares known to man?? the killing intent just radiating off of them???

so obviously wei wuxian is overcome, just look at them, roughhousing like real brothers, aiya you two, i knew you loved each other deep down, i'm so glad you got it all out in the open, now we can be one big happy family, we are going to do so many joint night hunts, everyone is going to bond, it's going to be so beautiful -

and like neither of them can correct him? because wei wuxian is so clearly happy about this, so if jiang cheng bursts his bubble, he's proving lan wangji's point, and if lan wangji does it, he's no better than what he's accusing jiang cheng of? so now they're locked in eternal stalemate, forced to pretend that their deep and abiding hatred is normal Just Brother Things because wei wuxian comes from the Stop-Hitting-Yourself-I'm-Not-Touching-You-I'm-Not-Touching-Youuuuu School of Fraternal Affection???

(plot twist: wei wuxian can actually tell their ridiculous slapfight is not affectionate but is pretending otherwise because so help him he IS manifesting brother-in-law reconciliation in this dungeon tonight if it is the LAST thing he EVER does -

and it turns out that being able to slap each other with their sleeves whenever they want is actually a great outlet for their mutual resentment, and before you know it jiang cheng starts forgetting that they aren't just doing normal brother things, and lan wangji is having such a great time not being totally repressed, that eventually there comes a day when lan wangji throws jiang cheng into the lake and jiang cheng just acts fake indignant instead of real indignant and wei wuxian isn't even watching them so it's not like they need to pretend and hey wait a second - are they friends now? did that work???? and then they all live happily ever after THE END)

#idk i think it could work #jc resents lwj for taking wwx away from him but he's used to that. mostly he hates lwj because lwj hates him #so if lwj a) stopped hating him and b) wasn't actually keeping wwx from spending time with him in any way #i think he could start to move on from it #and getting to see how happy wwx is around jc - and seeing what jc is enduring for the sake of that happiness - #eventually starts wearing down lwj's contempt for jc #he still resents jc for his perceived role in wwx's death but getting to slap him in the face with his sleeves is very therapeutic #i believe in a thing called 'wei wuxian can have a family with both his brother and his husband' #(justlistentotherhythmofmyheart) #and i just want wwx to have the things he wants so i say again. is it so much to ask that jc and lwj have a sleeve slapfight???? #i posit that it is not in fact too much to ask. rather dare i say it may be...the exact right amount to ask? #let wwx incite his favorite people to slap each other in the face with their sleeves in the name of fraternal harmony 2k21 #the untamed #lan wangji #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #cat!jc #cat!lwj #my posts #f #now is wwx capable of this kind of emotional manipulation? that's the real question #i think he is capable of it as long as he thinks it's for the good of someone other than himself #so now we just need a way to make that work and then we're golden