#Jiang YanLi

[wayofcloudbrain]

Jiang Cheng’s love language is hugs, and that’s a one-sentence horror story.

[randomness-is-my-order]

thinking about the “single-plank bridge” and how wei wuxian’s circumstance becomes all the more heartbreaking when we contexualise the kind of person he is. wei wuxian is never shown to be an isolated entity from the very start of his story. even when he lived on the streets, he had a way of connecting with those around him and wheedling shopkeepers into maintaining his daily sustenance. quickly after he came to lotus pier, he formed bonds with jc and yanli. wei wuxian was genuinely interested in people and forging friendships with those he liked. his junior disciples loved him. he was canonically one of the most popular young guys in the cultivation society. he frequently interacted with the common folk in yunmeng or anywhere else he happened to visit. at the guest lectures in the lan sect, wei wuxian was able to inspire multiple disciples (not just nie huaisang) into following his shenanigans. he is also able to befriend some of the wens, prime among them are ofc wen qing and wen ning. for a story as heavy in interpersonal conflicts as mdzs is, it is a given that people and their relationships will be centre stage and wei wuxian isn’t in the least lacking in these relationships. we see this even after his reincarnation that wei wuxian, even when he tries to stay disconnected, forms new bonds with ease. the juniors that are first wary of him soon come to deeply admire him and wei wuxian in turn becomes protective over them.

in short, wei wuxian is defined by his relationships as much as he is by his actions and convictions and thoughts. never once are we made to believe that wei wuxian’s ideal choice would be the “single plank bridge”, that he would be completely at ease with his isolation, that he would ever want to pick that option as a preference. in fact, the single plank bridge ideology has never been one that wei wuxian is shown to inherently gravitate towards or recommend/preach to other people. but that ideology is a last resort.

it is a choice made when his hand is forced, when no other comfortable option is allowed to him, when every door is shut in his face and isolating himself from the people he has known is the only avenue left with him. the single plank bridge is about sticking to his beliefs and not giving up, about doing the right thing no matter what because someone needs to take that stand and wei wuxian has never not been that someone.

i think that it is so crucial that the single plank bridge wasn’t so much a choice that wei wuxian made than a choice that was made for him simply because he refused to give up on the wens.

he was denied alternatives. he was denied help. sometimes, the anti-culture discourse overcorrects itself into painting every heroic act that happens to be sacrificial as a default ‘hero complex’ and self-sacrifical tendencies, ignoring the build-up of those difficult decisions and how, in this story, in mdzs, wei wuxian wasn’t foregoing the crowded broad road but that the crowd on the broad road had foregone him.

[scumvillainess]

reincarnation/transmigration au where after being caught up in a freak accident both jiang yanli and jiang cheng find themselves remembering their past lives in the modern world.

now this wouldn’t be that big of a deal except in their past lives, jiang yanli was a couple’s therapist and jiang cheng was a divorce attorney who were incredibly successful in their careers.

[mademoiselle-abysse]

MDZS Top Favorite Characters on Tumblr

(**Ranked by number of followers/members -people who deliberately follow a character tag to have him/her in their feed regularly.)

Wei Wuxian - 19K members

2. Lan Wangji - 15K members

3. Jiang Cheng - 7,7K members

4. Nie Huaisang - 4,5K members

5. Lan Xichen - 3,9K members

6. Lan Sizhui - 3,6K members

7. Wen Ning - 3,3K members

8. Jin Ling - 2,7K members

9. Jiang Yanli - 2,1K members

10 (11/12). Nie Mingjue - 1,9K members

10 (11/12). Xue Yang - 1,9K members

10 (11/12). Jin Guangyao - 1,9K members

13. Lan Jingyi - 1,8K members

14. Mo Xuanyu - 1,5K members

15. Xiao Xingchen - 1,4K members

16. Wen Qing - 1,3K members

(* I used the number of members of each character's most popular name (e.g. between Lan Wangji vs Lan Zhan, I chose Lan Wangji), to be fair to those who only had one name like Nie Huaisang. And anyway, it didn't make any difference to the ranking if I accumulated the followers of all the names.)

[bishy437]

what’s left behind

[pakhnokh]

The Bride who treated a Corpse to Soup

[luminouslumity]

And in MXTX-related news, this is as sweet as it is incredibly cruel! Ow, my heart!

[soursoppi]

plucked by the lotus picker

[junodoom]

swordtember day 5: edible

[clionadraws]

Yanli I think of u all of the time 🩷💫🌸✨️

[cherryysundae]

How could you recognize me after all these years? What a stupid question. I was born knowing you.

[yutaan]

Jiang Yanli doodle! 🌸

[mentallyimwrappedinablanket]

The Jiang siblings come to an unfortunate realization

[bishy437]

"Don't talk to me or my child ever again"

[hannanodaa]

Shijie 🪷

[pakhnokh]

He's constantly on guard with everybody, constantly facing rejection from every direction, but there's only one safe place he can go to, and feel secure enough to rest.