#my two surviving braincells got me through this morning's med surge theory final

[songofclarity]

Hi. Sorry to suddenly come into your askbox like this but I saw your tags on the Nie Bros sickfic you reblogged from me. Thank you so much for the lovely tags! I'm so happy to hear you liked the story :D (I'm not sure if you've seen the donghua adaptation but NHS was sent to the Wen camp in that version haha. I did really like how in CQL though it looked like NMJ was preparing to fight the invitation but then the whole mess with the XY and MY happened)

Hello! ♡ Thank you again for sharing such a wonderful fic! Nie brothers and sickfic and hurt/comfort, it’s a feast of my favorite things! ♡♡♡

You’re absolutely right, Nie HuaiSang did go to the camp in the donghua! And I saw it in your tags too, I swear, but by the end I was apparently buzzing in my own little world...! It’s been awhile since I’ve watched the donghua, I admit, and my mind is on default setting to the original canon where his incredibly loud absence at the camp has always struck me as a story in and of itself. Like what sacrificial Wen messenger would have dared to step foot into the Unclean Realm in the first place considering the Nie Sect already hates the Wen Sect? And then dare order Nie MingJue to send his little brother to them as a hostage? Like the absolute audacity!

I also liked how CQL Nie MingJue was preparing to fight the invitation! But then the donghua and CQL needed more familiar faces present due to being a visual adaption, so welcome to camp, Nie HuaiSang! Seeing him happily handing over his saber in CQL is hilarious and watching him hide behind everyone and everything in the donghua is so pitifully precious, so I still enjoy them all! Plus the more Nie HuaiSang we get, the better!

But as your wonderful fic so demonstrates, Nie HuaiSang in the camp aftermath is such a wonderful spot to fill with headcanons. Swimming out of that cave (can Nie HuaiSang swim or did he have to hold onto someone!?), having to make it back home with his people without sabers or food or anything and the Wens still chasing them... That was honestly the most dangerous thing that has ever happened to him, most likely. Having him finally get home and his health has taken a beating? Bring on the hurt/comfort! Nie MingJue having a crisis over his little brother being dead or dying at any point during all of this? My heart is bleeding and I love it, please continue!

Plus thinking ahead, Nie HuaiSang at the camp and coming home in a dismal state, of Nie MingJue having to face the possibility of losing him, adds extra meaning to Nie MingJue being so protective that Nie HuaiSang is sent off to Cloud Recesses during the Sunshot Campaign (in the novel, at least). Like Nie MingJue handed Nie HuaiSang to the Wens and that almost ended in complete disaster. You’d think he’d then want to keep Nie HuaiSang as close as possible or at least at home, but to then send him off to someone else instead?? That speaks to the unfathomable amount of trust he has in the Lans and Lan XiChen, but that really should come as no surprise to anyone.

I kind of went off there but just! Nie brother feels! Sickfic! I love it! Keep up the great work writing, my friend!