#Xianle quartet poly

[thisisallthehattersfault]

I tend to forget about Hua Cheng’s crippling self-image issues because Xie Lian is dehydrated over the man and it shows, but

Queerplatonic Xianle Quartet where HC is mostly fine around Xie Lian with his real face -- Gege loves him and loves the way he looks and sometimes remembering that is harder than others but he’s working on it and his god is always there to remind him when he stumbles -- and like, Xie Lian’s opinion is literally the only opinion that matters, so fuck everybody else. Gege likes his face. You can all deal.

Only then without him even realizing it had happened, suddenly Mu Qing and Feng Xin’s opinions do matter and he still hasn’t realized that he’s started to actually care about those idiots but he has noticed that he’s deeply uncomfortable wearing his real face around them recently. All those Oh My God I’m A Hideous Monster thoughts come bubbling to the surface and he can’t stand that he’s been walking around with his actual face out around those two this whole time.

Obviously Hua Cheng starts shifting around the two of them more and more often (It doesn’t have anything to do with them he just likes shifting shut up) and then he runs into a whole brand new wave of weirdness, because he’s used to making his forms look dangerous, seductive, dripping with sex appeal. Only, he doesn’t want Feng Xin or Mu Qing to think he’s fuckable? He doesn’t want to bang them, and he knows they don’t want to bang him. What he wants is for them to think he looks... nice? Dependable? Like he’d give good hugs?

Suddenly Hua Cheng is experimenting with forms that have kind eyes and friendly, open faces and layers of softness over muscles like iron, and Mu Qing and Feng Xin (who also Definitely Do Not Like Him And Don’t Care About Him What Are You Implying Shut Up) are suddenly having the absolutely fucking bizarre experience of wanting to snuggle Crimson Rain Sought Flower.

Feng Xin has an absolutely awful day and walks into a room to see Hua Cheng’s newest version of a papa bear form, big and broad and soft and strong, and he genuinely has an out-of-body experience over how badly he wants to just. Kind of burrow against his chest and stay there until everything is softer and smaller and quieter and farther away.

Mu Qing sees Xie Lian and Hua Cheng snuggling -- Hua Cheng’s newest form is this tiny, curvy, busty lady with a round face and big dark eyes and soft soft hands, perfect for squishing and squeezing and holding like a stuffed animal -- and he just seethes with jealousy watching Xie Lian sink his fingers into her soft soft skin and nuzzle into her soft soft shoulder. He has the thought of I bet she’d be so nice to cuddle and then he has to walk away because fucking What??

Of course this all eventually culminates in something happening and Feng Xin and Mu Qing get their shit rocked and Hua Cheng shows up in his true form to help them out, at which point we somehow get the reveal that they already associate his actual face with support and security and comfort because they know he has their back and he does not need to squeeze himself into different shapes to appeal to them. We like you for you, idiot. Yeah, really. We were shocked too.

Xie Lian through all of this is living his best life getting to squeeze and squish and cuddle with all of San Lang’s new forms and also getting to fuck them because unlike FengQing Xie Lian is sexually attracted to Hua Cheng and damn if these new bodies aren’t extremely excellent to play with. His favorite is still true form though. He’s a sucker for the classics.

Anyway tl;dr touch starved emotionally repressed idiots discover they have a nonsexual crush on their childhood best friend’s husband, said husband does the nonsexual equivalent of walking around in just a bikini, in the end everybody cuddles about it.

[biboomerangboi]

Been thinking about the homoerotic potential of Xianle Quartet again and I think I’ve figured out the best/funniest way for the post canon dynamic to play out: Xie Lian gets his offical harem.

And no I don’t mean Xie Lian just gets to hold hands with everyone. I think Hua Cheng who wants Gege to be happy and give him everything he wants but also genuinely believes he’s better than Feng Xin and Mu Qing starts acting like the Wife and Feng Xin and Mu Qing are Xie Lians concubines.

I think it would start with Hua Cheng giving them strictly solicited times to be with Xie Lian and then later when Xie Lian admits he feels something more about the two of them he would get real into it.

He makes it extremely clear he’s the first and most important wife in this game and they play by his rules. They deal with his times and get to see him give Xie Lian really extravagant gifts to wear when he spend time with them as well as giving him lots of love bites not to mention lots of little digs and because Fengqing are Fengqing they instantly match the energy.

The Harem games begin.

There’s so much side comments and subterfuge and of course fights to see who is the favourite while also convinced that it won’t be them because they start to notice all the beautiful things about their competitors in a really homoerotic way.

They would all start to act nice with each other when they are with of Xie Lian because they notice that he likes that and they have points to win. So there are lots of group spars and meals with a general play nice vibe to them. Until they reluctantly start to like playing nice but are also be thinking fuck these guys. These two guys are the worst people in the world.

Then of course Xie Lian goes away for a few days on a mission and they all lose it . They will literally have no one to perform for and yet they are all still being so petty and in each others business, then each others faces, and then suddenly they are all in each others bed.

Xie Lian naturally comes back to this and is delighted by this development.

[dandylions101]

Poly Xianle Quartet Dynamics Headcanons/Thoughts

Okay so first we have our main big ships: Hualian and Fengqing

Xie Lian x Hua Cheng: our star-crossed lovers duo. Constant heart eyes. We know them. We love them. It’s very important to me that they both love each other the same intense amount tho.

Feng Xin x Mu Qing: Rivals to lovers type. I think they both definitely had a crush on each other when they were younger, a bit of a “fuck this guy but also he’s kinda pretty wait what-“. I think post-canon they finally try and do get over their general angst and bad communication and become a duo that really make a fantastic team when they can. Like. Not kill each other enough to actually listen. The Martial Gods of the South. They’ve been at each other’s side (and at each other’s throats) almost always since they’ve met, and I think that fact really is the foundation of their dynamic.

Alright, now the more fun stuff.

Xie Lian x Feng Xin: ‘Body Guard x Royal’ dynamic my beloved. I think they’re very much childhood friends to lovers too. Like saw each other in diapers type. I think Feng Xin was born to a noble family (with a strong martial background) that was mostly dead by the time the kingdom fell, and therefore was one of the few people deemed high ranked enough to be friends with the Crown Prince. Which makes him like. The person Xie Lian knew the longest. Intensely loyal, especially post-canon once they get over their angst. Honestly I think they may be a little bit codependent for a bit, but they ease out once they’ve settled into their relationship again. There’s definitely more to say here but I’ll leave it at that for now.

Xie Lian x Mu Qing: Ah yes, it’s the Unrequited Love complex they both nurtured for me. I read It’s In Your Warmth, I Feel The Coldest, by PeacefulDiscord on ao3 (it’s great you should check it out). And they wrote a line which really pinned down their relationship for me; “I always thought of you as my beauty,” Xie Lian says. His gaze is firm even as his hand gentles where he’s still holding Mu Qing. “My jade. My love for you drove me mad, it made me too harsh when I believed you to have discarded me so easily.” And that right there has to be the crux of their relationship. I think they both crushed on each other when they were younger, and they found each other’s differences fascinating. But that difference in class made it so difficult for them to actually understand each other. I think post-canon, once they both have lived closer to the contexts of each other’s childhoods, they both have a much better understanding of the other person. They both had strong insecurities when it came to each other, a balancing act when they never knew what the other might take the wrong way. And the power imbalance that Mu Qing was always intensely aware of and that Xie Lian never even considered. Which made them lash out the minute they felt unsure. Assumptions galore. I think after a long chat post-canon, they settle into a sweet and close relationship again, and I think their experiences after they parted lent them a new understanding of each other they bask in now. The intense admiration (and love) they have for each other goes unshadowed now.

Alright, now probably the most juicy dynamics (at least in my opinion):

Hua Cheng x Mu Qing: I headcanon that they knew each other, when they were kids. Same impoverished neighbourhood type. I’m not sure how close that relationship was, but I think they definitely had one, even if it was just Mu Qing lying about Hong Hong’er’s whereabouts when his family or some other kids try to hurt him. They have lots of animosity to get through, especially regarding the whole Xie Lian stuff. And I think because their childhoods were similar, it made Hua Cheng even less inclined to forgive Mu Qing for what he viewed as his abandoning Xie Lian (especially cause I wouldn’t have done that, he thinks to himself). I think Hu Cheng also envies him the relationship he had with Xie Lian when they were younger, thinking him undeserving. I think any headway they make happens after an explosive verbal fight, which is probably how their other two lovers learned they knew each other when they were young. Once they actually talk out the resentment, I think their relationship eases a bit. The spark of admiration they had for each other when young erupts into a whole forest fire pretty quickly after that. (Mu Qing was definitely Hua Cheng’s gay awakening when they were younger, and Xie Lian was Feng Xin’s. Mu Qing’s was Feng Xin, to his eternal despair and Feng Xin’s eternal smugness. And Xie Lian’s was obviously his San Lang, it was almost Feng Xin tho, but he was too oblivious). They turn that lingering animosity into gossiping and judging people together, it’s their favourite bonding activity. I think their shared background eventually makes Hua Cheng the person that can read Mu Qing the easiest, and Mu Qing the person that catches Hua Cheng’s insecurities the easiest too. Their relationship is surprisingly soft. Theres is a slow burn.

Hua Cheng x Feng Xin: These two bitches might actually be enemies to lovers. Hate at first sight. Hate for a long while after. They have no basis for a relationship outside of their assumptions about each other, and the early post-canon years consist of snide remarks and actual fist fights sometimes. Their own unique relationship with Xie Lian means they have no qualms about throwing him at each other’s face, and it wasn’t until they almost made him cry doing that they finally calmed down a little. Still. Lots of animosity that doesn’t get solved until some sort of mission together forces them to actually exist around each other enough to not try to explode each other with their brains. They realise, after a fraught silence, that they’re both quite similar. Especially with loved ones. Especially when it’s loyalty. And they both, respectfully, hate this new understanding of each other. “What do you mean I can’t get mad at him for doing the most for someone he believes and is loyal to?!” “What do you mean I can’t hate him for leaving our shared lover because he proved more loyal when being asked to leave?!”. Unfortunately for them, this does prove to be the ice breaker for their relationship. They end up bonding over their shared drive to keep their loved ones safe, and they understand each other’s intense more than anyone else. It’s a slow surprise to both of them when that starts to include each other as well. But they find it’s nice to be the object of someone’s intense for once too.

Alright that’s all for now. I clearly had more thoughts than I assumed.

[obihoeee]

little tgcf ship chart.....mr president the multishipper has hit the fandom

if i don't ship them w anyone i didn't include them :p

[questionable-sanity]

I've not shared this fic on my blog before, but I'm proud of it! I finally got chapter 5 out after 2 months or so. It's my Xianle Quartet polycule fic that is very close to my heart.

It leans Mu Qing-centric, but all of them get screen time for sure. It's also my first fanfic in like 8 years. There is temporary major character death and major themes of unhealthy coping mechanisms, grief processing, and the emotional baggage obligatory between four traumatized immortals with varying degrees of daddy and self-esteem issues. But, I promise there will be a happy ending 💗. Please read the tags, though! Summary:

A silent plea rings in Hua Cheng's ears, a final prayer that had, against all reason, been sent to him. It had resonated with a desire with which he’s intimately familiar, one he can't quite bring himself to ignore.

“Please don't let me leave them.”

Or,

Mu Qing dies, and does not rest in peace.

[xieliansbignaturals]

[original] [AO3]

"Harder," Hua Cheng directs Mu Qing. "He likes it rough. Are you getting tired or something?"

"I'm just trying to take good care of your precious Dianxia," Mu Qing snarks back, but his hips snap forward with more force. Xie Lian moans under him, mouth full.

"You're always like this," Hua Cheng says, rolling his eyes even as he runs a gentle hand down Xie Lian's back. "Thinking you know what's best for him. Imagining that he doesn't have desires of his own."

Xie Lian pulls himself off Feng Xin's cock, a line of spit connecting his mouth to the dripping tip of it. "You'll find something to argue over in any situation, won't you," he laughs. "Come on. Let me distract you, San Lang."

[irritablepoe]

my one-sided mulian headcanon goes brrrrrrrrr

[flowersdiceandlove]

Hello!!! I don't know if you're still interested in talking about your wip fics (if you aren't , then just ignore me), and I don't know if you have talked about it already, but I am humbly requesting to hear about the Xianle Quartet Fourway-Soulmate Marks AU one. I read that and my interest was INSTANTLY PIQUED, PLEASE 🛐🛐

tagging @happypeachsludgeflower bc you asked about this one too.

Okay, this one is gonna be kinda tricky to explain because I originally was just writing this out as a prompt to post and it got away from me. It got to the point where I was just like "I'm already writing this much out, I should just actually write it." So, the first like, half of the fic is written tumblr prompt style and summary with some actual scenes sprinkled in and the second half of it is mostly actual fic with some tumblr prompt style summary in it. Once I get it all down, I'm definitely going to have to go back and work on the first half. Anyway, I'll do my best to explain without getting carried away. Also, since I'm getting busy, I'm just doing this from memory instead of rereading it.

So! As the working title says, it's a soulmate au where Xie Lian, Mu Qing, Feng Xin, and Hua Cheng are all soulmates. They all have four soulmarks on their bodies, each mark in the same spots and each one representing one of them. However...they take a long time to figure this out. Like, it follows canon really closely, the poly only happening after canon. Also, it's really heavy on the MuLian.

It starts in Xianle era. As Xie Lian's servant that dresses and undresses him, Mu Qing sees the soulmarks on Xie Lian and instantly figures out the two of them are soulmates. He doesn't say anything, though, bc he's all self conscious and insecure, thinking he might be thrown out of the Holy Royal Temple and have people try to cover it up and say he was trying to seduce Xie Lian or smth. So, he keeps his mouth shut, just trying to be content with Xie Lian in this way. One day, while Mu Qing is dressing him when they're 16? Mu Qing's sleeve falls down just enough for Xie Lian to see the soulmark on his inner wrist. He grabs Mu Qing's wrist and is like "Mu Qing! You're my soulmate!? Why didn't you tell me? You had to have known. How many times have you seen me naked after all?"

Anyway, Mu Qing basically says that he's worried about people knowing and that's why he didn't say anything. Xie Lian agrees to keep it secret, not even telling Feng Xin, but they do start a little affair. It's all sweet, shy moments, chaste kisses, and blushing hand holding. They both still want to follow this cultivation path, so anything more is totally off the table, not even considered.

Soulmarks aren't actually talked about a whole lot. It's seen as being private and personal. Asking about it seen as rude, and soulmarks are usually covered unless they're in an area that's too hard to hide. Bc of this, while the four of them haven't heard of people having multiple soulmarks, they don't really think anything of it. And, since they also haven't heard of people having multiple soulmates, they just figure that some people just have more soulmarks and it doesn't really mean anything.

Honghonger-er absolutely hates his soulmarks. Fate was what gave him his red eye and his horrid luck, so why would he want the soulmate that fate also gave him? This becomes an even stronger conviction to reject his soulmate when he decides to dedicate himself to Xie Lian and even goes so far as to tattoo Xie Lian's name on his forearm over the soulmark there, covering the mark of his so-called fated with the name of his chosen. This is extra funny bc the soulmark there is the soulmark representing Xie Lian.

Feng Xin just doesn't give a damn about soulmates. He's seen couples who aren't soulmates have happy marriages together, and couples who are soulmates bicker and fight constantly. So, he doesn't let the idea of soulmates sway him one way or the other.

During Xie Lian's first banishment, Mu Qing still leaves like he does because he needs to take care of his mother. Mu Qing figures that this separation between him and Xie Lian is temporary and that fate will bring them together again in the future when they can really be together. For Xie Lian, though, he views it as his soulmate rejecting him, thinking him not good enough anymore and not wanting to be with him. All that rest still happens, but the feelings just run deeper.

When Xie Lian ascends the third time, he figures that Mu Qing still wants nothing to do with him, knowing how much Mu Qing values his godhood and reputation, thinking he'll only muddy it and drag Mu Qing down. Mu Qing doesn't bring it up bc feelings, and thinks that Xie Lian is the one that doesn't want him as a soulmate, and that Xie Lian continuing with his life and not bringing their soulmate status up is him rejecting Mu Qing. Because Xie Lian thinks Mu Qing doesn't want him, when Hua Cheng enters the picture, he doesn't exactly stop himself from catching feelings for him. Mu Qing is having a very angsty time watching his soulmate, love of his life, falling in love with someone else, and then the cave of ten thousand gods...and hualian being all...hualian... He is not doing well. But, they've both lived hundreds of years without each other and don't want to go back to that. So, they try to make it work. Think: divorced couple trying to still be able to interact and be civil and friendly but also move on from the love they still hold. Xie Lian is doing better since he found a new lover.

When Hua Cheng returns from being away for a year as they're stripping down and making out getting ready to have sex, Hua Cheng sees the soulmarks on Xie Lian, freaks out from happiness, and shows the same marks on himself. They figure out they're soulmates and are happy about it, but Xie Lian is also confused bc Mu Qing's his soulmate. When Hua Cheng finds out about Mu Qing, he barges into the Heavens and Mu Qing's palace while Xie Lian's asleep. He almost strips Mu Qing in his front hall in front of his junior officials to check that he really does have the same soulmarks and he wasn't faking it, but Mu Qing, knowing what he wants and that he can't stop him, convinces him to at least take it to a private room just the two of them, wanting to preserve at least some dignity. So, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng know that the three of them are soulmates, but don't tell Mu Qing about Hua Cheng bc Hua Cheng is refusing to admit it and it doesn't really change anything. Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are still choosing to be with each other, promising themselves to each other. Mu Qing...tries to deal.

post-canon, the Xianle trio get together once a month for tea and snacks, trying to work on becoming friends (f-f-friends). Mu Qing knows he's in love with Feng Xin, and he's pissed about it (he's known for centuries). Xie Lian knows he's still in love with Mu Qing even though he chose Hua Cheng. Feng Xin is fucking oblivious. To all of it. Feng Xin and Xie Lian think that their feelings for each other are Totally Platonic.

Eventually Mu Qing just Can't Do This anymore and blows up at Xie Lian that he's still in love with him and that Xie Lian is the one who rejected him and chose someone else. He says that he can't be friends with Xie Lian anymore, that it hurts too much, and that they need to just end this. Xie Lian doesn't go after him when he leaves because he did choose someone else and he's still committed to Hua Cheng. He does feel horrible though and curls up crying about how much he hurt Mu Qing without even realizing.

Hua Cheng had long clocked the fact that Mu Qing and Xie Lian still loved each other and knew this was coming. He didn't want it to, but knew it would eventually. He'd also never want to hold Xie Lian back, so he hugs Xie Lian and tells him it's okay, that he can love Mu Qing too. Xie Lian goes up to the Palace of Xuan Zhen the next day (after repeatedly checking with Hua Cheng that he's really okay with this) and is basically like "You told me yesterday you still love me and want me, so I'm not leaving until you agree to be my lover again. Yes, San Lang knows and is the one who told me to come; he won't kill you for this, I promise." So, Xie Lian and Mu Qing become lovers again.

...They still have major communication issues. They'll get better though! But, as of right now, Xie Lian still thinks Mu Qing doesn't want anyone knowing about them like he did back in Xianle, and Mu Qing doesn't exactly correct him, and he is a private person, just not worried like he was. Also...they don't really have a conversation about sex. They both know Xie Lian's doing it with Hua Cheng, but Xie Lian still thinks it's off the table with Mu Qing like when they were younger. Mu Qing takes a while, but does decide he wants to with Xie Lian.

I don't really know how to explain Hua Cheng and Mu Qing's dynamic without writing out paragraphs and paragraphs about it, but maybe like ex-husband and new boyfriend, but they're both still with Xie Lian, and Hua Cheng's a super supportive husband and Mu Qing is Resigned. Also they're falling in love. Just starting to, though. They're in the...friends?? stage at this point. Oh, yeah, when MuLian got together again, Xie Lian told Mu Qing about Hua Cheng being their soulmate also. They don't talk about it, but Xie Lian has made it clear he's okay with them getting together if they wanted (they're both repulsed by the idea).

Hua Cheng realizes how much his and Mu Qing's relationship has changed first when, while MuLian were spending the night together (also, Hua Cheng literally commissioned Mu Qing a wing in Paradise Manor for him and Xie Lian to sleep in together when Mu Qing spends the night. like I said, super supportive husband), and Mu Qing grabs hold of Hua Cheng's ashes. Hua Cheng feels it, knows that's not Xie Lian's hand holding them, knows there's only one other person it could be, and is...okay with it. It shocks him, but, he trusts Mu Qing. He knew he did because he trusted Mu Qing with Xie Lian, who he values more than his own life, but it's when Mu Qing holds his ashes that he realizes that he trusts Mu Qing with himself also.

Xie Lian doesn't know that Mu Qing did this, and there's even a scene earlier where Xie Lian instinctively bats Mu Qing's hand away when he reaches for the ring. It's only after that Xie Lian realizes what he did and apologizes saying "A gift from San Lang... I'm very protective of it." Mu Qing drops it, but does feel sour because Xie Lian literally never takes that thing off, even when they have sex, so it's kinda just...between them. Always. A constant reminder of Hua Cheng. That's why Mu Qing grabs it one night while Xie Lian's too out of it to notice, and just holds it in a tight grip. He doesn't take it off of Xie Lian, just holds it in his hand. It's kinda like "haha! You may be his husband and get to love him, but I'm the one with him tonight. Not you."

Anyway, Xie Lian is completely oblivious that Mu Qing touched the ring, and Mu Qing doesn't know that it was Hua Cheng's ashes, just that it was a gift from him. Hua Cheng doesn't say anything about it. He knows that Xie Lian, even if he trusts Mu Qing, wouldn't let him touch his ashes bc it should he Hua Cheng's choice on who should be allowed to do that. And he also knows Mu Qing has no idea what he did because he's acting way too normal for someone who knowingly grabbed his ashes. And, like I said, Hua Cheng's fine with it, with letting Mu Qing touch and hold his ashes.

This is to where I've written, and it's at 46,589 words. I'll keep going, telling you my plans:

Hua Cheng, by this point, has become a lot less hostile towards Mu Qing, and after realizing the ring thing, he doesn't even pretend any more, just going with it. They're relationship doesn't completely change, but there's no chance of a fight breaking out between them and Hua Cheng is more...indulgent to Mu Qing, not holding any ill-will towards him. They're both aware that Xie Lian really wants them to get along (and that's why they've been trying so hard up till this point), so when Hua Cheng starts being nicer to him, Mu Qing tries too, and they slowly get on even friendlier terms. Xie Lian is ecstatic, but they also know he'd really like them to get together. And watch. Or at least have them both at the same time even if they don't do anything with each other. That, though, is something that Mu Qing and Hua Cheng were clear that they are not comfortable with because they hate each other and they're barely getting along just sharing a lover separately.

But, that was before. This is now. So, one year when Xie Lian's birthday is coming up, Hua Cheng goes up to Mu Qing like "Hey...so...Gege would probably really like it if we took him to bed together... What do you think of that for a birthday present?" Mu Qing's gut reaction is NO WAY! but... He's comfortable with it when he really thinks about it. So, they come to an agreement, that they'll both be in bed with Xie Lian, but won't do anything with each other, just spoil Xie Lian for his birthday by having both his lovers at the same time.

It is, by far, one of the best nights of Xie Lian's life bc of how happy he is. He has both his husband and his lover with him. He can't think of anything he'd have liked more.

The next morning, Xie Lian is still asleep and Mu Qing wakes up, finding Hua Cheng already awake and still in bed, gazing at Xie Lian. They have a Soft Moment talking about why they agreed to do this for Xie Lian's birthday and feeling a deep understanding with each other. And, they can't help but just kiss, feeling like they're being drawn together and it's unavoidable. And it is. Because they are soulmates, and they both know it. They've felt the soulmate draw to each other all this time even if they pretend that they don't, and they've been softening to each other. And now...after last night, watching the other make love to and dote on Xie Lian, loving him, being completely open in front of one another for the first time, they can't feel any reason to not just kiss each other.

Xie Lian wakes up to that scene. Of Mu Qing and Hua Cheng kissing over him, and smiles widely at it, watching. It takes HuaQing a long moment to realize Xie Lian's awake.

Anyway, the three get together and it's all happy and they're all good! Yay!

Now, you're probably wondering where Feng Xin fits into all this. Well... I thought I knew. But, then I was writing this next part out and was like "Actually...maybe this would be better..." so I'm not exactly sure anymore. Uh oh. I'll figure it out when I get there. But, as for my ideas. 1) HuaQingLian are all happy together, and one day Xie Lian are leaving Mu Qing's palace and Feng Xin sees Xie Lian kiss Mu Qing goodbye. And, Feng Xin is shook. He goes up to Mu Qing like "What was that??! Why did His Highness just kiss you!?!? Hua Cheng is going to kill you!!!" and panicking and stuff. Mu Qing just rolls his eyes and is like "Relax. It's fine. Hua Cheng already knows. Has for decades." "Decades?" "Yeah." "You and His Highness are like actually together? For decades?" "Yeah. You didn't notice? Idiot🙄" "And Hua Cheng allows it?" "Yeah." Feng Xin is having a whole paradigm shift. "...So you two just...share Xie Lian?" "Basically. But we also--" "That's an option!?" Mu Qing snaps his mouth shut as he watches Feng Xin having a total internal crisis. He suddenly realizes that Xie Lian is an option and that he maybe kinda wants him actually. ...And maybe Mu Qing too. He's still reserved about Hua Cheng, but that'll come in time.

Now 2) which is the one I'm kinda leaning towards right now (but it could change in the future) is that HuaLian realize that Mu Qing has feelings for Feng Xin. Because they're already in a poly relationship, they have a talk about it, and HuaLian tell Mu Qing that they're okay if he wants to pursue Feng Xin. Mu Qing doesn't think he should because they've never really gotten along and he doesn't want to mess things up when their relationship is already so fragile. While they're talking, Xie Lian raises his hand and says, "Um...I think I might like Feng Xin like that too..." MuLian talk about it more and decide that they'll both try to court Feng Xin. Hua Cheng is just being #1 Supportive Husband/Lover and helping his two loves with whatever they need. Despite this, and Xie Lian being pretty obvious with Feng Xin about what he wants, it takes Feng Xin A While to figure out that the two of them like like him and want a relationship with him (himbo Feng Xin my beloved). And he's like "Wait, that's an option!?" bc that's the only way I can picture him reacting to it. And, then he realizes, huh, you know what? I can get with this. Me and Xie Lian have always had a good relationship and gotten along. And, I guess I do like Mu Qing like that too...

Anyway, it doesn't take long for MuLian to get Feng Xin to agree to get into their bed at Paradise manor. They strip him first, and he's more than happy to let the two of them take the lead--always the follower. But once they have him naked, they both pause, staring at his body. They turning this way and that, seeing his soulmarks. Feng Xin is thoroughly confused. Mu Qing screams, and punches something. When that proves to still not get his feelings out, he storms out of the room to go beat something up in the training hall that's built to withstand the three of them's powers. Xie Lian just breaks out laughing. Feng Xin still doesn't know what's going on and is confused about how things went from sexy time to this.

Hua Cheng, seeing his lover storm past him, goes to the bedroom to see what's going on. Xie Lian is still laughing hysterically, bent over and clutching his stomach. Feng Xin is still standing naked (or mostly naked) getting even more confused. He looks up at Hua Cheng when he enters, wondering if he might know what's going on. Hua Cheng sees the soulmarks, puts their reactions together, and just sighs, putting his head in his hand. It takes a long while for anyone to explain it all to Feng Xin.

So yeah. ...I don't know how HuaXin get together. I figured I'd figure it out when I got there. I still have a ways to go when I write to figure it out. But, yeah! That's that! Before the Feng Xin thing, HuaQingLian thought they had this soulmate thing in the bag, not knowing that four soulmarks means four people. They were so hitting themselves over the head feeling like idiots that they didn't realize it sooner. Especially Mu Qing.

I left a lot of little things out bc there's no way I could fit it all into a post like this. If I tried, it'd just be the og post that turned into a fic all over again 🤣

I'm getting busy, so I don't know when I'm gonna work on this. I just noticed that you both asked this a while ago and looked at what was coming up for me and decided I should just answer. I have another wip ask that I'll be answering hopefully soon. Hope you enjoyed this! :) And, if you want to know more about it or have questions about it, you can ask. I don't know when I'll be able to get around to really talking about this more, but I always welcome asks! Fandom is about talking with each other and sharing ideas after all, right? 😄 ���

[xianle-quartet-shenanigans]

for those confused about the banner, that is Xie Lian judging me for my life choices, but who cares. yes hello, this is an account for xianle quartet shenanigans, might just be funny shit or serious shit. I fell in love with this after seeing this one time. yea I know it isn't canon. don't care. I like hualian, and fengqing as ships on their own too, so why not as a poly relationship

if you do not like this ship, do not interact with this blog. feel free to ask me silly questions about these boys.

edit ;; if you make requests ! please mention what kind of story you're looking for. if you don't I'll just go with the flow of the information you provided !

also, for character asks, make sure to include names. if you don't I might see it as a writing request. also you may ask me, as mod questions too. just make sure to address me as mod lol

[parameciam]

me: ah yes, finally I'm going to sleep, it's really late

ao3 notification: it would be a shame if one of your fav ongoing fics just updated!

and so, I did not sleep at all. no regrets though, AND i already left my unhinged, ridiculously long comment so my work here is done.

(the fic in question is Guide me home, btw. it has kidnapped my heart and soul 😭 i mentioned it before, but if you like xianle quartet, angst of the highest quality, excellent characterization and eventual poly...)

now I'll go take a nap, I guess hdkshzjs

[monroeknoxwrites]

for the fic writer game – have you ever written any form of xianle trio (or quartet)? and if not, what might interest you about exploring their dynamic?

sadly no. I planned plenty, none made it to the wip stage😅

tbh I'd love to explore a modern au pre-poly (xianle quartet end-game) fic with xie lian/feng xin and mu qing/hua cheng. telling themselves they're content in their current relationships but still pining for something they believe to be crazy/impossible, all the guilt that comes with that

or a post-canon bodyswap fic, the quartet forced together to find a solution as they grow closer

[celestianstar]

at first i was like “mmm poly xianle quartet”, as a joke

but bro

i dont think its a joke anymore 😟

[dandylions101]

Okay I think I ship poly Xianle Quartet now. I think they should all kiss.

[dandylions101]

Hmmm. Thinking about the Poly Xianle Quartet dynamics post, and I’ve been poking at Xie Lian and Feng Xin’s relationship post-canon. I mean obviously they will be in love, but I’m not sure about the co-dependency anymore. Actually I wonder if they try to fit together like the duo they were when they were younger and find out their edges don’t seem to match anymore. Xie Lian is not the bright, exuberant child anymore. Feng Xin is not the devoted shadow and quiet admirer anymore. Somewhere in between the fracturing of their relationship they both learned to be independent. I imagine that Xie Lian needs time to himself sometimes nowadays, and that’s not a surprise to anyone really. And Feng Xin also needs alone time now. He has days where he goes faring off on some mission. And he didn’t tell them anything besides that he was going. And well, Xie Lian is a little worried, cause this isn’t like his friend. But Mu Qing just shrugs when asked and says “he does that sometimes now”. Hua Cheng obviously doesn’t care much at this point, but does reassure his Gege with “I’m sure he’s not entirely useless at keeping himself alive”. And Ling Wen and the other heavenly officials don’t seem worried. And Xie Lian is finally and slowly coming to the realisation that this boy he’s known since they were children has changed more than he realised. So now I wonder if they actually aren’t codependent. I wonder if when asking Feng Xin to leave, Xie Lian didn’t realise he would be consigning both of them to learning how to be alone. Maybe it threw him off a little, before he observed his friend in that new quiet, steady way of his. It dawned on him that he didn’t mind this new Feng Xin. One that wasn’t a quiet shadow but was the Sun himself, demanding attention when he spoke and drawing everyone around him with his gravitational pull. One that people seek out advice and counsel from, respected and admired as the brilliant Martial God he became. A Feng Xin that was a leader in his own right, with an assortment of deputies he doted on relentlessly, who loved him fiercely and were just as loyal Feng Xin was. That when Xie Lian sent his friend from his side, Feng Xin found an opportunity to become so much more than just his right hand. And maybe in the dead of night, when thoughts of that time hunt him through his dreams, Xie Lian can find some comfort in that something good had come from it after all.

[dandylions101]

Multishipper, but not in the sense that I’m fine with them having either partner, but in that I need them to have both actually.

[celestianstar]

me when me when me when poly xianle quartet

they gibe each other smooch