I find it so funny that, since most people are introduced to mxtx's works through mdzs, newcomers tend to have this view that wangxian are so weird. Their...everything (wwx's casual "dark arts" aesthetic, their fondness of cnc, lwj's whole hall monitor thing, among many other things) makes people go "yeah they're a great couple but my god they arent normal"
But. But when you have read mxtx's other works (and therefore know about bingqiu and hualian and moshang), the general consensus is that wangxian are the most normal out of all the pairings.
"I wouldn't trust Billy fans/harringrove fans around my drink" Dawg you are in the same circles of people who have sent the following and this is a GENERALISATION OF A LIST:
1. Death threats
2. Harassment
3. Harassment and racism towards BIPOC especially Black Billy fans.
4. Doxxing
5. Sending gore to Billy fans
6. Sending LYNCHING photos to black Billy fans (thanks for that one BTW, got a few myself on twitter)
7. Talked explicitly and IN DETAIL about black fans getting hate crimed by billy
One thing I've noticed on Tumblr, is that most of the time, "Villain Whump" is usually an individual who was never really that bad, and was more a minor inconvenience and pest than actual danger, and was always frenemies or love interest to the heroes pre-whump.
And while this is a great trope, that is not Villain whump. That is shady dude whump.
Please. We need more actually once-terrifying Villain and Supervillain whumpees.