#a virtuous bloom finding her footing | zhengying

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Sibling

Summary of Nezha���s relationship with every one of his siblings for this prompt!

(cw/tw for mild mentions of fraticide and beating)

Jinzha (He/him)

The eldest brother of the family, who had helped physically punish Nezha solely under his father’s orders. Immediately after, he had apologised and make sure Nezha was okay. Nezha often used to lash out at him, but Jinzha would always take it as a deserving reaction. Even after fighting together in the war, Nezha often feels tense around him because of his near-unnatural mild-manneredness, and how much of Jinzha is still a mystery to him. However, he respects his eldest brother for his skill and military tactical prowess. In turn, Jinzha is proud of how Nezha has grown into a responsible, diligent young prince.

Muzha (He/him)

Of all his siblings, Nezha used to have the most animosity towards Muzha. After all, he was the first to jump to defend the father that Nezha had loathed so much back then, and in turn, Nezha beaned Muzha over the head with a brick and killed him. After being forced to cooperate in the war, some encouragement from their mother, and bonding over her death- well, they still don’t like each other much. But Nezha feels like Muzha was essentially made to defend his father in ignorance, motivated by blind loyalty. Despite his ultimate failure against Sun Wukong, Muzha ends up respecting Nezha’s commitment toward the Samadhi Map and his many duties. These new understandings brought a sense of peace and comradery to their relationship. Despite all this, Nezha and Muzha will never truly be able to get along, especially given their completely opposite domains- Muzha is a by-the-book scholar studying under Guanyin, while Nezha is a rebellious warrior god.

Zhengying (She/her)

Nezha’s little sister, born long after the war recorded in the Investiture of the Gods. Because of the heavy expectations placed on her to be “not like Nezha”, the incident where she had been mistaken as a demon because of her adoptive sister’s betrayal, and finding out family’s dark past, Zhengying had decided to cut ties with the celestial realm once she was old enough- and as she reached young adulthood, she did. Currently she lives as a mortal and works at a flower shop/cafe hybrid while trying to figure out her future. Despite how Nezha cherishes his younger sister and is protective of her, he respects her space and remains distant, only visiting to check on her discreetly. And though they are not that close, Zhengying greatly appreciates Nezha and wishes the best for him.

Golden-nosed White Mouse Spirit (Earth Flow/Diyong) (She/they)

A demon who wanted to become a Bodhisattva. Nezha’s father was convinced by Nezha to show her mercy because of her intent, and she was so grateful to be left alive that she decided to be sworn into the Li family. She and Nezha used to be the best of friends, bonding over being black sheep outcasts and enjoying causing harmless mischief with the few time they had together. However, during the Journey to the West, she fell in love with Tripataka, and of course did the standard demon thing. When Nezha demanded the reason for her betrayal, she retorted that no one ever truly respected her as an equal. She was just a buttered up prisoner. Currently, she resides in the heavenly dungeon. Nezha sometimes longs for their past bond and visits her, but they often end up throwing stinging words at each other and he never stays for long.