#jiang cheng too

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Look what we've become.

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[tbgkaru-woh]

The new generation leaders

[enlightningbugs]

Jiang Cheng with Zidian worm on a string, 2019

[goatpunches]

i’m not sorry for this one

[tea-cat-arts]

Sometimes I wonder what Jiang Cheng could've become if his parents didn't instill a mix of "crippling fear of failure" and "impossibly high standards" in him. Cuz like, his dad was holding him to the vague standard of being as good as wwx, his mom yelling at him whenever he goofed around like wwx, and then both of them expressed disappointment when he's less successful than wwx. The thing both of them seem to ignore though is that wwx got where he is entirely because he had the freedom to fuck around and find out- he trained tirelessly because he made training fun for himself, he was innovative as a cultivators because he experimented and persisted through failures, and he was able to act in line with the Jiang clan moto because his actions had less political pull than members of the main family. Jiang Cheng on the other hand- if he fucked around he got told to "stop stooping to the level of servants." If his achievements were lesser than wwx's, he got either dismissed by his dad or yelled at by his mom to try harder. And if he picked fights with the Wens, they'd have an excuse to destroy his clan. Like ya- no shit that'd create an adult who's terrified of failure.

The kite game serves as such a good metaphor/embodiment of this set back- with Jiang Cheng never being able to shoot as far as Wei Wuxian because he pulls back and shoots closer the second he misses.

And its sad too because he's shown to be pretty brilliant when he's in "fuck it, we ball" mode. Like, when he's not freezing up, he manages to pull off things like rebuilding his entire clan from the ground up, leading armies and taking back territories from the Wens, and I'm fairly sure he's the only character we see counter the Lan music cultivation techniques (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on that last one. Also feel free to add any of the other cool shit he did that I'm blanking on at the moment, cuz I know I'm forgetting something).

That being said- even with his anxiety, he's still one of the top cultivators. Imagine what a force of nature he'd be if he could sustain "fuck it we ball" mode

[sandushengshou]

endless gifs of jiang cheng [6/ ∞]

[pastelshroomsbasement]

i mean wei wuxian *is* the nicest angel there is

[ID: A MDZS comic done on a pink background. Lan Xichen kneels with incense and prays, "I need someone to be Wangji's friend. Maybe send him an angel. The nicest one you have." Lan Wangji stands in the doorway behind him and demands, "STOP. (Please.)"

We then cut to Wei Wuxian loudly declaring "Party time Cheng-Cheng, Huaisang!" Jiang Cheng looks to the side, and Nie Huaisang sweats nervously. End ID]

[cultivateme]

[benevolenterrancy]

finally in the process of reading the Guanyin Temple scene and holy shit if WWX isn't the protagonist of all time. We're in the Big Final Confrontation and so far my man has done fuck all except cuddle in LWJ's lap while everyone else is losing their shit and when he DOES finally do something he summons an army of naked, writhing, moaning sex corpses that even his allies just desperately wish Were Not There. stupendous, no notes

[qourmet]

open for a surprise

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[notoisstrange]

🪷 Adult ver. Yunmeng Shuangjie 🦊🐱 and baby 🐤 A-Ling & 🐉 A-Yuan 🪷

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

You made her cry, time to die.

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[sunshinerotting]

u ever think about jiang cheng having enough trust in wei wuxian to walk up a mountain blindfolded only to be betrayed in a way so internal and inescapable that learning about it sends him spiraling nearly two decades later. he lost everything in the world except what couldn’t physically leave. he has jin ling and wwx’s core and they’re both necessary and he couldn’t have had either of them without losing his siblings. he would prefer his siblings. he can’t have a conversation with wwx but he can never escape him how can he deal with that. doesn’t it feel dirty. imagine thinking your brother thinks he’s so worthless you would prefer taking the most important thing from him than to not have it. imagine him beating u at everything always and when u finally get ground it turns out it’s not even you. its still him. in giving up his core wwx gave up the possibility of staying in jiang chengs life even before the wen remnants entered the picture. congratulations to jiang cheng! u have his core but u can never have him again

[waitineedaname]

this is my proposal for an unhinged au where wen qing ruins wwx's day by trying to fuck both his siblings

[materlyowing]

[qiu-yan]

postcanon lan xichen is doomed to suffer, not just because of anything that happened, but also because the moment jiang cheng finds out about lan sizhui, he's immediately going to declare war on lan xichen for the title of Best Uncle