REVERSE ROLES AU WITH CALMITY XIE LIAN RULING OVER GHOST CITY AS TAIZI DIANXIA AND HE IS EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE OVER HIS CITIZENS BECAUSE HE ISN'T GOING TO LET THEM GET HURT LIKE THE PEOPLE OF XIANLE
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.
I WAS SLEEPING HOWEVER THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT. GUYS. WHAT IF AFTER THE EVENTS OF TGCF (IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO HAVE A DEMOCRACY OR WHATEVER I FORGOT) LANG QIANQIU BECOMES THE HEAVENLY EMPEROR. WHAT THEN.
Xie Lian would be a top candidate, however...
He will not be in heaven for that long. he would rather be in ghost city, and therefore wouldn't spend that much time there
He would get assassinated within three seconds. i love you, xie lian, i would be your hua cheng if you wanted me too, but you are not good at politics.
Ling Wen could, but...
She is a civil god in charge of literally everything
making her the emperor would mean she has the power to just. not do that anymore. which no one wants
she wouldn't like it- she already has enough bullshit to deal with, politics just. would be a lot
Lang Qianqiu, on the other hand...
Has experience being a king
Has strong morals
Is not evil/learning to forgive
Is well-respected/well liked within the heavenly court
Will not get murdered by Ling Wen or Xie Lian
Do you see me?! Do you hear what I'm saying right now?!?! I'll edit later since I'm supposed to be sleeping but DO YOU GUYS HEAR ME