#“'he'll be back-' bitch how” -donghua Lan Xichen probably
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The donghua adding in that Lan Wangji was waiting for Wei Wuxian to come back from the dead low key makes him look like an insane person, but it's fun to combine with the book lore of "He spent 13 years grieving" and turn into some maladaptive coping mechanism like-
"Lwj flipped back and forth between full confidence that wwx would come back and crushing despair over wwx just being dead. He collected alcohol for wwx to gift on return, but the only thing stopping lwj from just consuming it himself and getting alcohol poisoning was that he had to stay together enough to raise their son. Lwj incorporated wwx's ideologies and inventions into the Lan students teachings and worked tirelessly to make the world a better place, but could never simply enjoy the results as he was still waiting for the one he wants to show it off too (even if he's kept up at night knowing wwx will probably never see any of it). His hope that wwx could come back only made their time apart hurt more and made it so he was unable to move on"
#arianell rambles#lan wangji#mdzs#wangxian#headcanon#I cannot emphasize this enough: this is headcanon. not analysis#i do think having Sizhui around kept Lan Wangji alive though#or at least kept him from becoming an alcoholic#“'he'll be back-' bitch how” -donghua Lan Xichen probably#disclaimer: this post discussing wwx's impact on lwj doesn't mean i don't have thoughts on lwj's impact on wwx#i'll make a “wwx's time with lwj was the first time in his life he had a stable living situation and food/water and unconditional love” post#one day. but this is not that post#preemptively clarifying: i think lwj always wanted to make the world a better place. his methods later in life were just influenced by wwx#like- i dont think he did it *for* wwx but he did want to share it with wwx if that makes sense#anyone know if theres fics out there of lwj trying to go on a date (maybe xichen set it up) during the 13 year gap and he just cant do it#idk. 3am fic ideas I'll never write
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