#especially seeing how OBSESSED HIS SHANG QINGHUA IS WITH HIM IN THIS WORLD TOO

[nibbelraz]

Shang Qinghua created Mobei Jun as his dream man, but also Mobei Jun's dream man is Shang Qinghua, meaning they both find each other irresistible no matter what world

[ace-shenanigans]

obsessed with the OG!SQH/SY ship. i am enraptured. obsessed. feral. i gotta ask if you have any more ideas about them?

HELL YEA I DO

- Sy transmigrates as himself/an npc before binghe makes it to cqms, and spends a lot of his time dodging the plot by being a rogue cultivator. Its on one of his plot-avoiding adventures that he runs into og!Shang Qinghua and inevitably gets dragged into the plot (havent decided if airplane joins the world or nah, but if he did then hes obv a different character)

- Sqh originally only keeps Sy around as a source of information to save his own skin and fully intended to drop him at the earliest convenience, unfortunately the wife beam too strong and sqh slowly finds himself feeling protective of this strange man who keeps running head first into dangerous situations for some 'deus ex machina' that'll help them both

- Sqh does think Sy is some kind of seer btw, because how else would he know so much about things he shouldnt? Sy is 100% down to run with that narrative because it lets him get around the system's punishment protocols for revealing too much.

- Sy is ofc not trusting of Sqh at first cuz all he knows about him is the few throw away lines from PIDW, but after he starts to see just how much the man does and deals with Sy does develop a begrudging respect for Sqh

- Sqh keeps Sy on a pretty short leash even after their relationship improves because hes not about to let anyone else get their hands on someone with so much valuable intel, but he does enjoy sicking Sy on both the demons of Mbj/Lbh's court and his own martial siblings (yknow those 'translator' joke videos online where the translator says what the person really means? Thats Sy for Sqh)

- Sy is required to stay mostly quiet about Lbh's whole abyss arc, but he does make sure sqh falls into 'tolerable' terms with the future emperor to avoid the man's scripted end (and if that leads to some mobing content then thats just the way the ball bounces)

- the sect isnt really sure how to handle Sy at first since hes an unknown rogue element, but they eventually find themselves somewhat endeared to the oblivious man thats apparently bonded with the semi-reclusive an ding lord, especially after he 'stumbles' across sqq and lqg in the caves ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[hulijingemperor2]

Some Luo Binghe drama 💥

On the other side, Binghe was looking at the Jianghu's newspaper, where he read an article on Rusong and Ning Yingying.

Shang Qinghua: "cultivator Ning Yingying becomes the concubine of Meng Taizi Dianxia"

Binghe: yea, don't need to read.

Why are the Mengs so obsessed with me?!

And they dare break my harem!

Ning Yingying is mine! She's in love with me!

The simp had a crush on me first!

Now she's a concubine of some Dianxia.

Mobei Jun: this is a different Jianghu, Binghe. And the Mengs are dominant, and absolutely gorgeous.

They basically rule the world.

Binghe: are you on my side?! Or not!

Shang Qinghua: please don't argue with my king, he just has facts.

Sha Hualing: well Yao Huangdi is super hot.

Binghe: not as hot as me.

Ning Yingying is gone, and that gorgeous Qin Su took back her sisters to live with her, and Yao Huangdi stole Shen Jiu!

Like what gives, Yao Huangdi!

Sha Hualing: then give him a taste of his own medicine, and make Qin Su your harem member.

Binghe: ahhh, now you're talking. She's the most beautiful woman in the Jianghu.

Sha Hualing: hey! She must be underneath me! You understand!

Shang Qinghua: I thought you wanted Yao Huangdi.

Binghe: yea, but that was only to use him for hulijing powers. Anyways he is gorgeous. A little too gorgeous.

I rather marry A-Su instead.

Mobei jun: now what's your plan?

Binghe: stalking.

Then I'll put everyone, except Qin Su,  to sleep with my illusions.

Sha Hualing: dude, they're all powerful hulijings. They'll just become a nightmare of a nightmare.

Within the realm of illusion and reality, you would see their true faces and potential.

I'm a demon, so I would know.

Binghe: yea, now shut up.

I know that all hulijings are masters of illusion.

Shang Qinghua: don't let the dimples and the big golden eyes fool you.

Binghe: never.

Now i got to be stealth.

I'm banned from the empire, and Jing Manor.

~

Jing Manor 📍

Sizhui visits, with some of his clan leaders.

Sizhui: *kneels* greetings Huangdi and Huanghou.

Yao: greetings Wen Zongzhu. Please get up.

Sizhui: I came to do my duties as a clan leader. 

Paying respects to their Huangdi, asking about His wellbeing and bringing gifts.

Yao: oh you're too kind. I absolutely adore young clan leaders.

Especially when they act more mature than the older ones.

× it's a Jianghu custom, to check up on their Huangdi and respect him. All clans, great and small, do it when the time is right. Some would even talk to him about clan affairs~~ It's like bonding time with Huangdi~

But the disastrous, complicated Nie gui fei doesn't do it so often. ×

Sizhui: I have read that too much pride isn't a good thing. Great clans should honour you without someone telling them to.

Qin Su: correct, Zongzhu. And clan leaders must comply to the system.

Sizhui: mn.

Huangdi, how's your health? Have you been sleeping well?

Yao: oh yes, I'm alright. Thanks for asking!

I tried a new blend of tea, and it's working wonders.

Sizhui: that's marvelous. May Huangdi and Rusong Wangzi stay strong.

What about you, Qin Huanghou?

Qin su: I'm doing well, Zongzhu. Thank you. *smile*

Yao: and how are you, Zongzhu?

Sizhui: I'm fine, Huangdi. You care so much. The Wen sect is now ready to do more night hunts.

Yao: good news. The Wens are always persevere.

Sizhui: I have to meet Wei Qianbei and aunt Wen, some time.

Yao: hope you do, soon.

Sizhui: Huangdi, we brought you some ceramics, for your residence.

Yao: aw they're so beautiful! *inspects the gifts* ah, the craftsmanship and artwork.

As you see, I'm in love. Thank you Zongzhu.

Sizhui: I'm so glad you love and accept the gifts, Huangdi. *bow*

Xue yang: Sizhui, if you want some help in Qishan, you can always call me.

Sizhui: sure. I know you worked for the Wens as well.

Su she: You're a good sect leader. I commend you.

Sizhui: thank you, Xiandu.

Mo xuanyu: keep up the good work.

Sizhui: mn. I'll take your leave, Huangdi.

Yao: it was nice meeting you today.

Shen Jiu: I never saw team dimple be nice to anyone, except for the Mengs and themselves.

Su she: because he has respect for Huangdi.

Shen Jiu: well yea, that's a great thing.

But I didn't know you were capable of being nice.

Shen Jiu: *looks through a window, to his left, to see someone like Luo Binghe staring at him*

*squeals*

Team d and Qin Su: *startled*

Yao: Lord Shen. Are you ok?

Shen Jiu:  yea yea, I'm good. I thought my I saw my stalker.

Mo xuanyu: Binghe?! Is that wicked Binghe back? But Yao gege banished him.

Wanyue and Wanrong: Binghe?! He's here!!

Su she: and Jing Manor is hard to enter.

Yao: yes. Other than a defense force, it's also guarded by my own illusions.

If an unwanted person enters, and they're still safe, it just means that they're a part of my illusion.

Wanrong: but he's an illusionist too.

Yao: well we'll see who's stronger.

Su she: Yao Huangdi took down Wen Ruohan and revealed the Yiling laozu.

Qin Su: I feel so uneasy hearing about Binghe. Why does he keep stalking Shen jiu.

Wanyue: jiejie, we're sorry. I think he's here for us.

Xue yang: I think he's here for Shen's juicy ass.

Yao: I'll get the empire's protector to dispatch his hulijings in Jing Manor.

Shen Jiu: aww I feel so special.

Binghe: *talking to himself* Shen Jiu. You'll be mine. Time will tell.

He's so hot, omg.

And Qin Su.......oh, that woman is so divine.

Shen Jiu and Ayao: *opens fan and blocks Qin Su*

Qin Su: what's this?

Shen Jiu: for your safety.

Yao: I'll dig his eyes out.

Binghe: I want you two to fight over me. Nah, you three instead.

Yao: *flings his hensheng towards him*

Binghe: *disappears*

~~~

Meanwhile, out in a verandah, Rusong was spending time with Aqing and Ning  Yingying.

Rusong: *playing guqin*

Binghe: look at Rusong Dianxia.

He and his dad think they rule the world with their dimples.

I'm gonna ambush him.

Rusong: *creates an energy wave with his guqin strings, which pinned Binghe to a bush*

Then his guards unsheathed their swords.

Ning Yingying: what just happened?

Aqing: imma beat that intruder up!

Rusong: you better show yourself! How dare you enter a private spot in Jing Manor?!

Binghe: Rusong! Let go of me!

Rusong: *drags him out with his telekinesis*

Binghe: *falls at his feet*

Ning Yingying: Binghe?!!

Binghe: what gives, Rusong! You stole my woman.

Rusong: pardon?

Ning Yingying: I don't like you anymore. I have moved on!

Binghe: you can't move on from me!

Rusong: well I don't see how I stole her, and she has lost feelings for you. I advise you let it go

Binghe: you have the audacity! Do you know who i am! I'm the powerful Luo Binghe! I'm a feared demon king with 3000 harem members.

Aqing: and this is Taizi Dianxia you're talking to! The future Huangdi of this whole Jianghu! Now have respect.

Rusong: dear, I can humble him. Don't worry. *puts his hulijing tail around him, and squeezes him*

Binghe: Rusong! You brat!

I'll use my illusions on you.

Rusong: you think you can threaten me.

Ning Yingying: that's what you get for challenging Dianxia! You shouldn't have done that.

Aqing: burn him!

Rusong: so you have a large harem?

Ning Yingying: where everyone is mistreated

Binghe: you're lying!

Rusong: Don't you know mistreating women is highly prohibited here.

I don't think the empire would welcome you.

Aqing: and didn't Yao Huangdi ban you!

Rusong: Binghe, I'll sky you.

Binghe: and I'll keep coming back!

Rusong: *sigh* what do you have with the Mengs.

How dare you target us?

Binghe: you and Huangdi have everyone in a chokehold! And I want to break apart his harem.

Rusong: huh. Jealous much.

*flings him* now get out of my sight.

Ning Yingying: Dianxia, are you ok? Your qi didn't drop?.

Rusong: I'm fine.

Aqing: so that's your demon ex?

Ning Yingying: yea.

And he's possessive of everyone.

He even wants Shizun.

Aqing: shit.

~~~

Like a bad rash, Binghe appears on another side of Jing Manor and tries to cast an illusion.

Yet his power was being challenged by the fox spirits themselves.

Unfortunately, weaker hulijings fell into a trance.

Qin Su, however was alone in a room, observing hulijings fighting against a certain force.

Binghe: Qin Huanghou.

Qin Su: *turns around* Binghe!

Binghe: oo you know my name.

But Junshang would be fine.

Qin Su: you dare correct an empress.

Binghe: dear. You can call me Junshang when we're married. No need to rush.

Qin Su: are you mad?! Who said that I want to marry you!

Binghe: I don't think you'll have a choice.

Come on, you're really beautiful. And I think I should break up Yao Huangdi's harem.

Like what gives, dude?! Why are you taking my concubines.

Qin Su: your harem members chose to leave! That has nothing to do with Yao Huangdi!

Binghe: Qin Su, you know you're gorgeous. One of the most beautiful women in the Jianghu. Your face is a national treasure.Quite regal and headstrong.

If you join my harem, you can remain my empress.

Qin Su: I rather die.

Binghe: Death isn't an escape. You know that, A-Su.

Qin Su: Qin Huanghou to you!

Binghe: fine. *goes to touch her face*

Qin Su: *pulls out a dagger and slashed his hand*

Binghe: *trying to muzzle his scream* beautiful and dangerous. I like that.

But it won't stop me from taking you with me.

Qin Su: I'm married to emperor Guangyao. We have children, as well as billions of subjects. I'm not going anywhere.

Qin Su: this is what your Shizun taught you?!! To refuse someone a will or their own.

Binghe: forget about Shizun.

He'll  be a part of the harem too.

*walks towards her*

Qin Su: *steps back*

Then, a dreadfully sharp object slashed his back.

Qin su: Huangdi!!

Yao: stay away from her! *points his hensheng* or I'll go for your neck.

Binghe: where did you come from?!!!

Qin Su: *runs to Ayao's side*

Yao: did he do anything?

Qin Su: just tried to seduce me. But when he came close, I cut him with my dagger.

Yao: good.

Luo Binghe, you're not allowed in Meng territories. And now you tried to abduct my wife. Who's the empress.

How much money should I pay to to leave?

Binghe: give me Shizun and Qin Su.

Yao: hell no.

How about, I give you an illusion of  your Shizun. They will be a huijing, so they'll help you with your shenanigans.

But you must give them offerings, love and appreciation.

Binghe: dude, I'll do anything for someone who looks like Shizun!

Yao: splendid. Now don't call me dude.

Binghe: it's a deal. I'll leave your empire for good, and not harass you.

Yao: glad we came to an agreement.

Stop your illusion attacks and leave.

Binghe: as you wish. *grin*

[kayayayayayayayayayayayaya]

Ok so here's my yapping about this au

In PIDW there was a character that Sy would have been obsess with if he wasn't a sacrifice for the neretive and betrayed binghe with the most one dimensional motive, realy what a waste of a perfectly good character.

The reason why Sy realy liked him is cuz he was the only one of his kind that appeared in the story.

He was a rare spiritual beast that was a mutation that only happens in animals that live close the a lot of spiritual power. A perfectly ordinary animal will give birth to a human hybrid. They are extremely rare and most only know of them in stories. They are said to have special abilities depending on wich animal they r a hybrid off.

The character was an owl hybrid with is the most common one but not cuz they appear so often in nature but rather that cultivators have tried to artificially creat them for their ability; they will never forget. They are immortal and are used as living archives with most having over a 1000 years of history preserved only in their head.

I think now you know why Sy was so pissy about this character being killed of in a very cheap plot twist. This creature which was the archive of demon emperor's for generations and one of the most knowledgeable beings in Existens! Just killed! Like that! WTF Airplane!

Anways for this au one thing that is said about these creatures is what is realy importand! Since they are said to never forget they also don't forget their past life! Some are said to even come form difrent worlds!

So now we have a skrunky little baby bird Sy, future archive of cang qiong sect remembering every emberesing detail of how he died and what he was doing.

The first 5 years he is stuck in the beast peak just focusing on growing up and developing. He meets all the peak lords and is introduced to his future job.

After he is allowed to run freely and is encouraged to do so since he has to recorded all of the sects happenings. But he'll mainly stay at an ding peak but isn't part of any specific peak so the only person he has to actualy listen to is Yue qingyuan.

He finds out very quickly that many perseve him as creepy or unsettling, especially shang qinghua, he always jumpes when he sees shen yuan. He desides He quit likes being scary.

It also helps when he has to observe disciples who are very secretive. In fact a lot of ppl quite like their privacy, to bad shen yuan is tasked with recording ALL of cang qiong's happenings.

Especially shen qingqiu, he at first tried to keep poor binghe a secret, saying that it's non of shen yuan's business what he does to his disciples. To bad for him it actualy his his business!

After having found the protagonist shen yuan tries everything to make his life better! Though the fact that half his brain is a bird's isn't helping him with ideas. His human brain will say "we have to make binghe comfortable!" And his bird brain will be "build him a nest!" Or his human brain is "he is so under feed we need to bring him food!" Brid brain be like "let's catch him a mouse!"

He just can't fight his bird instincts! His main victim is airplain, who just lookes so much like a hamster shen Yuan can't help but snatch him up! Another problem with being half bird is that u don't have hands! Most of the fun things require hands! He some how manages to read using his wrist(?) after giving up on trying with his feet only to shred whatever he was reading. Eating is even worse! You ever tried using chopsticks with out a thumb? Or fingers? And he can't just eat with his mouth! He may be half bird but he's half human too! So all he can do is drink congee or soup and eat his meat where no one can see.

Another fun activity he finds joy in, is playing with the disciples. He always loved kids even in his old life, so now being surrounded by them is quit refreshing to his other wise boring job of listening to old people talk about "importand" things wile making sure he actualy remembers Wat ever they are yapping about. So He defenetly Likes playing with the kids more! He even tries to teach them stuff! It's just a shame that most don't seem to like him... He already tried to appear more friendly, he knows he has a resting bitch face so he always tries to smile at them but it seems to only make it worse!

But they still seem to like playing with him! They always run as soon as they see him! Shen Yuan knows this game it's tag! They always scream with joy when he picks them up too! An ding disciples are so lively! It's just a shame this peak lord is airplain, he doesn't even teach them how to not get attacked from above! He knows they will mostly be doing paperwork but their self-defense is very importand! Especially with how easy shen yuan always catches them! No matter he can just teach them himself.

Owl yuan

First time drawing birbs n feathers

I realy like how it turned out

[elencelebrindal]

If I'm not mistaken you've now read/watched the three mxtx works and WoH. How would you rank them following personal preference? Which main couple did you like the most? Favorite plot twists in all four?

Yep, I did. I still have to read Faraway Wanderers though. Can't wait to.

This came out to be quite a long post, so I'll put it under the read more thingy.

Now, how would I rank them?

I'll have Tian Guan Ci Fu at the top, no doubts. It's my absolute favorite among all these four, and will probably remain my favorite even after I finally get to read the huge thing that's 2ha. It's the perfect balance of a story with no characters left unexplained (except for the minor ones and RIP Hua Cheng's backstory, why did mxtx rob us so much), of characters being unique all in different ways, and of a romance that, while being absolutely the main focus of the novel, is not overwhelming. For me, an aro/ace person, the romance written in TGCF is so good that it made even me stupidly happy. I don't get such big smiles on my face while reading my own romantic content.

This is the ONLY novel I've ever read that doesn't have a single character I hate in it. Only one, maybe two at most, that I dislike. That's it. Everyone's good. Everyone.

Then I'll definitely have Word of Honor. Just like TGCF, it's a really good balance between an interesting story (I was literally squirming in my seat while impatiently waiting for things to be revealed, enjoying every second of it) and a subtle romance that was still obvious enough to make me wonder what the hell happened with censorship in this drama. Not that I'm complaining though.

Almost all the characters are incredibly good. They have depth to them, all the main ones have either a satisfying backstory or a beautifully crafted development.

And this is it for the ranking. I wrote way more than I should have, but oh well.

After that, it's a tie between Mo Dao Zu Shi and Scum Villain. I don't want to favor one over the other, because I genuinely like them the same. Scum Villain is really underrated, and while I understand it somewhat, it's really unfair.

MDZS (and The Untamed) has a story that draws you to it, especially if you (like me) have an obsession with all things dark and spooky and terrifying like the demonic cultivation in this, like the whole mystery they have to solve with body parts leading them to the solution. The drama, as good as it was, really didn't do justice to the spook factor of using dismembered parts of a corpse to move around.

SVSSS is straight up weird, literally an isekai but make it Chinese. I think the best part of it is Shen Yuan panicking and cussing everyone out every time something happens around him, though... I really loved the story and the way it played out. I especially liked how the novel kept mentioning Proud Immortal Demon Way and compared the events of that book to the events that were happening in that book's world.

But why do I prefer Word of Honor to them? Well, it's simple. There's some aspects of the romance that don't resonate well with me.

WangXian is a beautiful couple, and they deserve all the happiness in the world (they have a canonic son!!!!!!!!), but Wei WuXian's initial obliviousness made me really uncomfortable at times. Not because he didn't know Lan WangJi was in love with him (the fool! thank goodness for Guanyin Temple), but because he kept teasing Lan WangJi about it while the latter was drunk. I mean, I get it. If you don't know, you don't realize what you're doing. But as a person that easily suffers from people making fun of me behind my back... it kinds struck a nerve. I still love them to pieces, though, they're so good together.

BingQiu, well... this is a rollercoaster of a couple. Again, I absolutely love them together, but some parts come off almost as scenes where consent is thrown to the wind. As a reader you know Shen QingQiu is willing and in love (gods, they married each other, I'd be a fool to say the opposite), but there should be a limit to how many times a willing person should say "No" in such a novel. This is mostly me being my aro/ace self, though. I don't really understand what goes on in the world of intimacy between people because I (literally) don't give a fuck, so I'm probably reading too much where there's too little. Don't take this as me not liking BingQiu, I'm in love with them and I desperately need more content.

Favorite plot twists, eh? Okay, big SPOILER ALERT from here onwards. And I mean it. BIG. SPOILER. ALERT.

Now, which main couple did I like the most?

Hualian. I don't even need to think about it. Bonus point because they're both out of their minds and the extras show it.

I said it before, and I'll say it again. I never have smiles so big and goofy in front of anything else, not even my own stuff. Hualian genuinely makes me happy.

Stop reading if you haven't finished all four of these, please.

...

Okay, here I go.

WoH:

Wen KeXing faking his death and telling basically everyone but Zhou ZiShu.

The villain being Zhao Jing; I was actually fooled and thought the main bastard of the series was Gao Chong.

Episode 35, and I'm not saying anything else. Although, as soon as that son of a bitch put his hands on Cao Weining's face like that, I genuinely knew what was going to happen.

The hairpin being the key for the armory. That was so stunning I had to pause the episode for a second and take a walk around the house.

MDZS:

Jin GuangYao being the villain. And being an amazing villain, on top of that.

Nie Huaisang. Fuck's sake, that man fooled the entire fandom just like that. I don't think many people realized he was the one behind everything.

The golden core transplant reveal. I'm sure that more experienced readers and viewers (aka people that had read/watched a ton more cultivation world stuff) had hints of it, but when I watched The Untamed I never read/watched anything remotely close to this genre. It hit me like a brick and I sat in front of the screen in shock.

SVSSS:

Shang QingHua being Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky. It's such a silly thing, but it made me pause for a good five minutes. I wasn't expecting it in the slightest.

The whole thing with the Old Palace Master. The man belongs to the dumpster he never got thrown into.

Tianlang-Jun not actually being the villain. Poor demon, he just wanted to continue with the questionable hobby of reading porn and daydreaming about Shen QingQiu's relationships.

I think I had another one, but it's late and I'm probably forgetting it.

TGCF:

Oh boy, where do I belong? Ah yes, the entirety of book 4. Took me out on the spot.

Jun Wu being Bai WuXiang completely blew me away. That was probably the biggest plot twist in the history of plot twists.

Also, Ling Wen knowing, and her being the creator of the Brocade Immortal.

Fu Yao and Nan Feng being Feng Xin and Mu Qing. For some reason, even if it's kinda obvious when you take a good look at them, it never clicked before being revealed.

On the same note, Ming Yi being He Xuan, and the Earth Master being actually dead. What a ride that arc has been for me.

One of the most important details, however... I got it myself. The ring Hua Cheng gives to Xie Lian. I see so many people saying that they didn't expect the ring to be his ashes, but I did something I generally can't stop myself from doing. I guessed something tremendously important by accident, something I do with many many books so I can ruin the experience for myself. I was literally sitting down, taking a break from reading (I devoured TGCF in 3 days, I needed that break lol), and all of a sudden this goddamn revelation descend upon me like the holy spirit, completely out of the blue. I just sat up, looked at the screen, and went "the ring is is fucking ashes, isn't it?", and completely ruined the surprise for myself.

And this is it.

If there's more I forgot (probably) I don't know. For now, this is my answer. Way too long, as always.

[demonic-cultivar]

Hello! I'm just curious but who are your top 10 MXTX characters?

oooooh this took a bit of thought to whittle down!!! this is only kinda in order!!

nie huaisang - my baby baby boy. i think about this man literally constantly. honestly, his character is a fragmented little heap of contradictory traits that you get to assemble however you like, and i've spent like... a year just building my perfect version of him. at the same time, there are so many other takes of him that are incredibly dear to me. he's like his own little multiverse! i am lost in the nie huaisang sauce.

wei wuxian - i FELL IN LOVE with this man as i read mdzs. brilliant, irreverent, devious, volatile, empathetic, SELFLESS...!! he's tailor-made to be one of the most magnetic protagonists i've ever encountered!!

hua cheng - the perfect man, would marry in a heartbeat. HUGE supervillain vibes, 100% committed to The Aesthetic, morally ambiguous as FUCK, but literally devotes his life to the man he loves. swoon city!!

lan xichen - i LOVE that such a soft boy somehow lives in such a harsh world. i ESPECIALLY love thinking about how canon was a major test of that softness, and how he might possibly be able to recover after having his world shattered. he's so Vulnerable, despite his immense personal and political power, and i adore that vulnerability!!

jin guangyao - gorgeously crafted villain, fascinatingly fucked up mindspace, i love delving into his motivations and obsessions. he's a pile of neuroses that puts on a hat and pretends to be a well-adjusted person, and i have no choice but to stan

nie mingjue- wonderfully complex in his simplicity. he's bull-headed, completely sure in his own convictions, a black-and-white-thinker in a morally-gray world. and he cares SO MUCH!! he's got the weight of the world on his broad, sculpted shoulders!! his fatal flaw is FEELING TOO MUCH!!!

xie lian - DOING HIS GODDAMN BEST AND I LOVE HIM FOR IT!! the dichotomy of goofy, humble wanderer vs supremely powerful, supremely kind martial god.... he's got layers and im here for them. he had so many chances to break, and he got close, but he never gave up!!

mo xuanyu - listen. i know we never actually meet him. but i love him so much?? canon is kinda awful to him without ever giving him a chance to exonerate himself, and with the themes so centered around ferreting out the truth among nasty rumors, i can't help but feel supremely protective of him. justice (and therapy) for mxy!!

a-qing - hands down THE most badass mxtx character. she's got grit. she's got brains. she's quick on her feet and cool under pressure. she faced down XUE FUCKING YANG and walked DIRECTLY into his sword without fucking flinching!! her scam powers are off the goddamn CHARTS

wen ning - in the novel he did this sexy little journey where i originally thought of him as wwx's "henchman," but by the end i was fully invested in him as a character. i want the nicest things for him!! he also did the "ill keep all my emotions right here, and then, one day, ill die" bit, but after he died he got to unleash all of his bottled emotions in a primal blood-rage, which is #goals

honorable mentions: qi rong - horrible little gremlin man, we love to see it shang qinghua - he really went out there and fucked his own oc, an icon zhuzhi lang - soft snake boy wants to be loved! adorable! jin ling - awful little boy doing his absolute best <3