#Also. Yeah. lwj wants to do nasty things to jc

[add1ctedt0you]

the rest is undercut because it's ugly af

[jaimebluesq]

if you are still doing the Highly Specific Ship Ranking, how about NHS/JZX or NHS/LWJ? :)

Always happy to do an ask meme :D

I'm actually going to turn this into because a set of initials you gave me also applies to my super-secret evil little guilty pleasure ship.

Nie Huaisang/Jin Zixuan -

Squick / Just nope / A trainwreck you can’t look away from / Mehh but they are bloody everywhere / Not interested but no negative feelings / I need to see how I could make it work / BroTP / Cute / I love them / They rented a room in my mind and are here to stay

I can def. see them as a BroTP - I always imagine NHS asked Da-ge to tag along any time he went to Koi Tower because he loves pretty things and all the gold is pretty (even when it's tacky sometimes) and the gardens are pretty and the clothes, etc etc, and can see him making conversation with the awkward Jin sect heir, and NHS just loves talking so it's nice to talk to someone who'll just sit and listen. The thing is, there's this one scene in The Untamed/CQL which could be a good starting point to figuring them out as a friendship OR a romantic ship. The fight scene when WWX attacks JZX, NHS gets in the middle of it and from all appearances doesn't look like he's picking a side. In fact, when the fight ends and WWX & JC walk away with JYL, NHS is still behind with the crowd. So yeah, it gives food for thought. Don't know if I'd ever write a romantic ship, but am actually working on a BroTP friendship in a fic I hope to get working on... sometime in the next century.

Nie Huaisang/Jin ZiXUN -

Squick / Just nope / A trainwreck you can’t look away from / Mehh but they are bloody everywhere / Not interested but no negative feelings / I need to see how I could make it work / BroTP / Cute / I love them / They rented a room in my mind and are here to stay

NOW HEAR ME OUT - okay, I know Jin Zixun is an asshole, that is a part of his character, etc etc etc. But... I think they'd be hilarious together. Seriously. Or tragic. Either way, what bliss? I wrote them together in my Purple Peony fic as a "surprise, this is who the mystery guy is", was supposed to be a one-off joke... and they haven't left my brain!!! Like an enemies to lovers with them sniping and being really nasty and eventually falling into bed together because JZX saved NHS' life in the war or something, or a tragedy where JZX is inspired to not be so much of an asshole because he fell in love but then it all goes to hell because he won't give up his crusade against WWX and NHS refuses to be with someone who's after his bestie, or some sort of redemtion arc after WWX dies and JZX realizes he can't have been the one to cast the curse because wouldn't the holes have gone away when WWX died? Honestly, I just love the idea of them together, and if people can ship Xue Yang with whoever, then I want to ship with Jin Zixun, damn it!

Nie Huaisang/Lan Wangji -

Squick / Just nope / A trainwreck you can’t look away from / Mehh but they are bloody everywhere / Not interested but no negative feelings / I need to see how I could make it work / BroTP / Cute / I love them / They rented a room in my mind and are here to stay

I can see the potential, especially after WWX dies, but I just don't see the chemistry. Maybe for the same reason that I'm not much of a Xisang shipper either. My favs tend to be NHS with someone mean/sarcastic/can be nasty or nice, which is why I love him with JC, JGY, and the abovementioned Jin Zixun. LWJ, while he can be an ass sometimes, it's of the quiet glare at you, shut you up with a silenceing spell, or tattle on you variety, and there's little room for banter, which I love :( At least romantically. As friends, there's more potential there. Their brothers were besties, friends with WWX, they at least have connections, and potentially a shared enjoyment of music (NHS does play the flute in Fatal Journey after all).

Thank you so much for this! You accidentally gave me an excuse to talk about my guilty pleasure :D