#Jin Guangyao

[thatswhatsushesaid]

i'm not going to tell you just how long i spent trying to find festive hat and candy cane sword .png files sitting at just the right angles to work for this stupid photo edit

[randomness-is-my-order]

i like that mdzs is actually not a tragedy. a tragedy would have ended at wei wuxian’s first life with no one but the antagonists getting some semblance of an happily ever after. but mdzs is unique because it gives a chance of healing and growth after the tragedy, after the heartbreak, after the soul-crushing grief. if wei wuxian had never come back to life, almost every character would have been worse off. jin ling would continue to be an angry teenager who’d become an angry adult while having authority and power he wouldn’t be able to handle. jiang cheng’s thirst for revenge would remain and worsen and become uglier and many more would fall victim to his animosity against perceived demonic cultivators. lan wangji’s mourning wouldn’t ever end. sizhui wouldn’t reunite with the man who’d he once thought of as a father and he wouldn’t reunite with his uncle and he maybe wouldn’t even learn of his true past until much much later. jgy wouldn’t be as easily exposed and lan xichen would remain blind to the wrongdoings of his sworn brother. maybe nie huaisang would still find his vengeance but it would have to be another way, a messier way. in general, the resentment of many people would continue to fester––there would be no reality checks for the cultivation clans as they did during the second siege (not that their collective shitty behaviour was corrected, but atleast there was some reckoning involved.) the history would still be the winner’s and the wronged parties would be continued to be vilified. but wei wuxian does come back and that kickstarts every single character’s journey once again. his resurrection throws a wrench into the complacency of tragedy and makes the characters hope again. i like mdzs because it is about second chances. because it doesn’t succumb to the absolute narrative of ‘why do good people always suffer?’ by giving the protagonists an ending that is not perfect but an ending that is rewarding, despite everything. i like mdzs because it is not trying to sell you a tragedy and deliberately play with your emotions but a story about hope, about betterment, about renewal. the second chance may seem like the one wei wuxian got, but in truth it is a second chance for every single character and some rightfully learn to be better and get better endings while some stick to their ways and for them, even a third or fourth chance wouldn’t be enough. i like mdzs because it tells you that yes, tragedies happen and yes they are allowed to deeply affect you but you can move on some day and you can find happiness again and you can live your life as if you were reborn, even if it’s just metaphorically.

[cherizsaw]

Merry Xiyao Christmas

[boarloved-art]

trust and believe the chaser gang's unofficial coworker christmas parties went crazy. qiren goes home after an hour, xichen immediately decides this is the perfect time to get hammered, guangyao is babysitting, wen qing is losing her mind a little bit, yu ziyuan is fighting between Wanting To Leave and Wanting To Outdrink Wuxian, huaisang and mingjue show up at some point and wuxian is too drunk to remember it - which he DOES weep about when wen qing tells him the next day. they have the worlds most british karaoke session. the buffet features mini sausage rolls, cocktail sausages, and a beautiful array of picky bits. mr brightside is playing for 50% of the event.

[jinlin-at-the-moon]

i dont know how to Articulate my thoughts abt this but like. im deeply fucking surprised i haven't seen any 3zun fics where it would fully lean into jin guangyao's severe parental issues. like maybe im just too svssspilled (its totally me being too svssspilled thanks 'i wouldnt abort you' sqq) so the freudian angle analysis comes way too easily to me for it to be normal but like. someone else has gotta be seeing this shit right. rancid desire for approval meng yao couldn't get from his father specifically was already deeply seeped into his relationship with nie mingjue from the start. sideyes lan xichen and raises an eyebrow. "the child desires to kill its father for it is in competition for its mother's affection", huh? shit kind of writes itself and my primary reason for even considering this angle is that jin infamously committed actual incest and later also kicked out his half brother for trying to flirt with him guangyao would absolutely hate it

[cinemairon]

Chibi XiYao Christmas

[noenvyy]

[capricho42]

Sailor Wuxian

[thatswhatsushesaid]

some guys (gender neutral) in festive hats

[nebulathunderwave-art]

Mandatory holidays XiYao

[sleepyssnail]

Results are in! Now to announce my Mom's actual favorite characters!

Her #1 favorite is Wei Wuxian! She thinks he's funny, cute, and loves listening to his voice in the donghua.

Her #2 favorite is Jin Ling! To quote her, "Jin Ling is annoying and stubborn, but he's adorable, annoying, and stubborn!"

She's actually outraged that he didn't get a lot of votes.

Her #3 favorites are tied between Wen Ning and Lan Wangji! She calls Wen Ning a sweetheart and thinks Lan Wangji is an interesting character.

NOW ONTO HER OPINIONS!!!

She's actually aghast that anyone voted for Nie Huaisang and Jiang Cheng. To quote her, "I'm shaking my head, they voted for the HEAD SHAKER?"

And about the poll's winner, Lan Sizhui!

...she has no idea who he is.

Not even kidding, I had to remind her THREE TIMES who he was by asking, "You know Jin Ling? You know the two Lan kids he hangs out with? Lan Sizhui is the older sensible one."

She doesn't remember him, has no idea what he contributes to the plot, and doesn't know why anyone thinks he'd be her favorite. To say @lanaserra's tags aged poorly...I'm so sorry. I love him in abundance to make up for my mom 😅

Now that my Mom has finished watching MDZS with me...

I'll share her top three favorites in order when the poll concludes! She really enjoyed the show and is firmly set on her favorites!

[zhoudadudugongjin]

actually the only thing in cql that i want explained is how jiggy got his hands on king théoden of rohan's sword

[darypeacher]