#unsurprising that jiang cheng wound up with a suitable arraged married

[winepresswrath]

you got the same quiz result! now I need to hear what you think about Wen Qing & Madam Yu dynamic. imagine if Madam Yu hadn't died and Jiang Cheng marries Wen Qing and they all have to like, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺. I can't decide if they'd absolutely hate each other, grudgingly respect each other, or end up getting on like a house on fire (baoshan-sanren)

\o/ Excellent. I feel like all of these options are plausible, but the inherent dysfunction of the Jiang household would probably tip them away from getting along for real. There’s only so much you can enjoy someone’s company when they’re kind of your boss and you’re constantly dreading the next time you have to witness a hideous couples fight between them and their husband who is also kind of your boss.

Even so, I think Wen Qing is one of the very few people who could not only survive but thrive with Madam Yu as an mother in-law. I don’t think she’d get particularly attached to either of the Jiang parents, but they’d be fine with her bringing her little brother to Lotus Pier and neither of them are the type to threaten to feed him to a zombie if she doesn’t comply with them, so they’re a pronounced upgrade. Wen Qing is fine with being outwardly deferential and demonstrating her value while inwardly thinking an authority figure is an asshole. They can bond a little over being extremely competent in their respective fields of medicine and making patients for people who practice medicine.

Wen Qing loves her work and is very good at it, so Yunmeng Jiang winds up with a thriving medical cultivation sub-specialty that’s prestigious and conveniently keeps her very busy. I think Madam Yu would also genuinely think Wen Qing is a better match than Lan Wangji, even if he is the Second Jade of Lan, so Jiang Cheng has won at marrying well and that’s inherently soothing. Whenever things are getting too tense Yanli miraculously sends a letter explaining why her brothers, their spouses, and Wen Ning are essential to her salon/conference/plans to redecorate the nursery in the most auspicious way possible and she generally gets away with it because the Jins suck but are indulgent enough as in-laws.

Alternatively Madam Yu says something terrible about Wen Ning three days after the wedding; Jiang Cheng tries to deflect and when Madam Yu goes for him his face goes tight and pinched and unhappy and Wen Qing decides the quickest path to peace is war. I don’t know who wins but Jiang Cheng has a very bad time.

[ohsoverylittlehoneybee]

listen jiang cheng loves his mom a lot but he's also i'm pretty sure extremely determined not to do to his wife what his father did to her and at this point in his life  he's used to feeling like he has to get in between her and the rest of his family if wen qing offers him the chance to have someone on his side for real     like he's going to be extremely miserable and try to broker a peace but if they've decided to fight he's shit out of luck JFM meanwhile doesn't even notice  he's busy trying to arange things so a-xian doesn't wind up stuck in gusujust because he's got his heart set on that lan wangji  ah young love so nice that they're following their hearts unsurprising that jiang cheng wound up with a suitable arraged married but she seems nice enough maybe they won't hate each other! wen ning is having a great time either way swimming! wei wuxian as a brother in law! yanli has adopted him and made him soup! he's going nighthunting all the time and learning so much about water ghouls!

you got the same quiz result! now I need to hear what you think about Wen Qing & Madam Yu dynamic. imagine if Madam Yu hadn't died and Jiang Cheng marries Wen Qing and they all have to like, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺. I can't decide if they'd absolutely hate each other, grudgingly respect each other, or end up getting on like a house on fire (baoshan-sanren)

\o/ Excellent. I feel like all of these options are plausible, but the inherent dysfunction of the Jiang household would probably tip them away from getting along for real. There’s only so much you can enjoy someone’s company when they’re kind of your boss and you’re constantly dreading the next time you have to witness a hideous couples fight between them and their husband who is also kind of your boss.

Even so, I think Wen Qing is one of the very few people who could not only survive but thrive with Madam Yu as an mother in-law. I don’t think she’d get particularly attached to either of the Jiang parents, but they’d be fine with her bringing her little brother to Lotus Pier and neither of them are the type to threaten to feed him to a zombie if she doesn’t comply with them, so they’re a pronounced upgrade. Wen Qing is fine with being outwardly deferential and demonstrating her value while inwardly thinking an authority figure is an asshole. They can bond a little over being extremely competent in their respective fields of medicine and making patients for people who practice medicine.

Wen Qing loves her work and is very good at it, so Yunmeng Jiang winds up with a thriving medical cultivation sub-specialty that’s prestigious and conveniently keeps her very busy. I think Madam Yu would also genuinely think Wen Qing is a better match than Lan Wangji, even if he is the Second Jade of Lan, so Jiang Cheng has won at marrying well and that’s inherently soothing. Whenever things are getting too tense Yanli miraculously sends a letter explaining why her brothers, their spouses, and Wen Ning are essential to her salon/conference/plans to redecorate the nursery in the most auspicious way possible and she generally gets away with it because the Jins suck but are indulgent enough as in-laws.

Alternatively Madam Yu says something terrible about Wen Ning three days after the wedding; Jiang Cheng tries to deflect and when Madam Yu goes for him his face goes tight and pinched and unhappy and Wen Qing decides the quickest path to peace is war. I don’t know who wins but Jiang Cheng has a very bad time.

[ladyofrosefire]

listen jiang cheng loves his mom a lot but he's also i'm pretty sure extremely determined not to do to his wife what his father did to her and at this point in his life he's used to feeling like he has to get in between her and the rest of his family if wen qing offers him the chance to have someone on his side for real like he's going to be extremely miserable and try to broker a peace but if they've decided to fight he's shit out of luck JFM meanwhile doesn't even notice he's busy trying to arange things so a-xian doesn't wind up stuck in gusu just because he's got his heart set on that lan wangji ah young love so nice that they're following their hearts unsurprising that jiang cheng wound up with a suitable arraged married but she seems nice enough maybe they won't hate each other! wen ning is having a great time either way swimming! wei wuxian as a brother in law! yanli has adopted him and made him soup! he's going nighthunting all the time and learning so much about water ghouls! (winepresswrath)

you got the same quiz result! now I need to hear what you think about Wen Qing & Madam Yu dynamic. imagine if Madam Yu hadn't died and Jiang Cheng marries Wen Qing and they all have to like, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺. I can't decide if they'd absolutely hate each other, grudgingly respect each other, or end up getting on like a house on fire (baoshan-sanren)

\o/ Excellent. I feel like all of these options are plausible, but the inherent dysfunction of the Jiang household would probably tip them away from getting along for real. There’s only so much you can enjoy someone’s company when they’re kind of your boss and you’re constantly dreading the next time you have to witness a hideous couples fight between them and their husband who is also kind of your boss.

Even so, I think Wen Qing is one of the very few people who could not only survive but thrive with Madam Yu as an mother in-law. I don’t think she’d get particularly attached to either of the Jiang parents, but they’d be fine with her bringing her little brother to Lotus Pier and neither of them are the type to threaten to feed him to a zombie if she doesn’t comply with them, so they’re a pronounced upgrade. Wen Qing is fine with being outwardly deferential and demonstrating her value while inwardly thinking an authority figure is an asshole. They can bond a little over being extremely competent in their respective fields of medicine and making patients for people who practice medicine.

Wen Qing loves her work and is very good at it, so Yunmeng Jiang winds up with a thriving medical cultivation sub-specialty that’s prestigious and conveniently keeps her very busy. I think Madam Yu would also genuinely think Wen Qing is a better match than Lan Wangji, even if he is the Second Jade of Lan, so Jiang Cheng has won at marrying well and that’s inherently soothing. Whenever things are getting too tense Yanli miraculously sends a letter explaining why her brothers, their spouses, and Wen Ning are essential to her salon/conference/plans to redecorate the nursery in the most auspicious way possible and she generally gets away with it because the Jins suck but are indulgent enough as in-laws.

Alternatively Madam Yu says something terrible about Wen Ning three days after the wedding; Jiang Cheng tries to deflect and when Madam Yu goes for him his face goes tight and pinched and unhappy and Wen Qing decides the quickest path to peace is war. I don’t know who wins but Jiang Cheng has a very bad time.