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mikkeneko · 1 month ago

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...this fic bunny has developed, if not exactly a plot, at least an emotional arc

having now read all of the coffin rescue AUs, the hurt/comfort gremlin in me is blissfully sated, but finding myself a little saddened at the lack of Xianle Trio in them, particularly Feng Xin (this is why I probably won't get much into TGCF fandom, really -- I ship the wrong things.)

so in order to take this trope and, as usual, make it as stupid as possible, I am imagining what if Feng Xin were the one to coincidentally stumble over Xie Lian in the coffin? Because he'd certainly help him out! -- he cares too much to do otherwise! -- but he would be so incredibly unequipped to deal with the fallout of All Of That.

i am now picturing Feng Xin having broken the coffin and absconded with Xie Lian, possibly back to his palace, puts him on a couch and is now just staring at the absolute catatonic mess that is post-coffin Xie Lian while bluescreening and panicking because he doesn't even know where to begin. does Xie Lian need a bath? food? medical treatment? all of the above but where does he even start??

so, I'm thinking possibly in his panic he calls Mu Qing, because he simply doesn't know who else to turn to, and does a very bad job of explaining what he needs. and mu qing is just, ughhhh, why am I getting dragged back into this bullshit, but he goes over to Feng Xin's place complaining all the while, I am not a servant any more Feng Xin, you cannot ask me for favors just because you can't comprehend basic manual labor, it is 100% not my job any more to clean up after Xie Lian and this complaining monologue lasts right up until he lays eyes on Xie Lian and goes HOLY FUCKING SHIT

i am not going to write this

#fenglian unboxing au #emotional arc mostly centering around 'how to help your suicidal friend'#'who is highkey suicidal but fortunately(?) physically unable to die'#despite kinda shipping it I think it would be platonic/qpr fenglian #feng xin loves xie lian. xie lian is his most important person. he doesn't want to have sex with him #after however many years it's been #feng xin deserves a chance to decide for himself whether he wants xie lian in his life #and whether he wants to care for xie lian (spoiler: he does!)#instead of having xie lian decide that for him #to be fair to xie lian. I don't think he really had a choice in the matter #sending feng xin away was probably the only way to protect him from bai wuxiang #that said! here's a second chance for them both #hua cheng is not onscreen in this fic but he's in the background being a love martyr #I'm thinking HC got wind of xie lian's reappearance from his spies/sources in Heaven #had a moment of blackout THAT ASSHOLE DID WHAT TO DIANXIA. HE'S A DEAD MOTHERFUCKER rage #figured out thankfully quickly that feng xin was not the guilty party here #traced FX's steps back to the now unearthed coffin #put some pieces together #had a brief existential meltdown when he realized what happened to xie lian and that he had been able to do nothing to prevent it #nearly ceased existing for a moment there #when he recovered grudgingly acknowledged that he doesn't like feng xin at ALL but #feng xin is doing right by xie lian in this case. and that gets him SOME points back in hua cheng's book #and decides to put his resources into making sure that nobody ELSE finds out about xie lian or what happened #covering up for feng xin who sure isn't capable of keeping a lid on something like this himself #and waste away nobly for his unrequited love in the background forEVer

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