#like girl please help what order is it and how do XXC and SL even get separated in the first place i think i missed that part

[onmythirdleg]

Least favorite part of getting into a new fandom is figuring out what to do with ships and figuring out where the lines are and everything else. I am all for poly ships, but when it comes to the case of the MDZS crew, besides wangxian I have no idea what I'm doing

This rant is mostly inspired by xuexiao, where I try to figure out how to untangle the tangled earbuds that is Nie Mingjue/Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen/Song Lan

LIKE they DEFINETLY aren't one big poly relationship, but where is the time difference between them? By that I mean who is with who WHEN? I don't have a grasp on the timeline yet BUT I KNOW Mingjue and Xichen were a thing, Xichen definitely had feelings for Guangyao at some point, I cannot be convinced otherwise with Guangyao and Xue Yang has SOME SORT OF intimacy that goes beyond your average friendship, and then Xue Yang with his slow burn tragic love story with Xingchen, and do I really have to give an explanation for Xingchen and Song Lan???

Help how do I navigate the timeline