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oubing kpop idol au!

i mentioned last time in my actor au abt it and so i had a lot of thoughts

aobing is part of a bg!

ne zha would be a soloist imo maybe a newly debut one

aobing's positions would be main vocal + visual (ofc)

they met a music show becuz aobing thought nezha was cool after watching his performance and his group members pushed him to meet lol

it was so awkward for aobing but ne zha hasn't had any friends so far so he was so happy

aobing would ofc be nezha's senior and i think nezha would sometimes go to him for advice

DEFINITELY HAD DATING RUMORS TGT MULTIPLE TIMES LMAO

they have matching friendship bracelets that aobing bought for them so yk it's expensive as hell

they definitely have a collab song tgt trust

they did the pepero challenge and have been standing at the no.1 spot for a good while (if u don't know what im talking abt, basically the goal of the game is to get the pepero to the shortest length possible before chickening out lol the current shortest from a real kpop group is by nmixx i think? at 0.6cm but correct me if im wrong ^-^)

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oubing fic idea

hear me out on this...

aobing the son of the wealthy loong family after getting death threats so they hire they hire someone from the Li family since they are the top security company and ofc they send in their best employee, nezha.

maybe an alternate idea since i love arranged marriage aus is the same premise as the one i said except this time the Li family promises to have around the clock security for the Loong family if they let their youngest son nezha marry aobing

i might just write these myself since im planning on doing that anyways

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oubing highschool au hcs !!

hello again i have too many oubing hcs that i yearn to make known and also these are just my own personal hcs of them so it might be ooc!

note: nezha here is big zha if that isn't obv lol

class president aobing for sure

nezha delinquent becuz i love that dynamic

ao bing principal's son but ofc he is

i saw in a modern au fic somewhere that general li and lady yin are police offiers and i lwk agree with that

ao bing tasked to make sure ne zha stops falling asleep in class or skipping them entirely

ne zha feels like that type of guy to secretly be smart yk

he starts actually caring abt school becuz ao bing is there

why? idk maybe cuz ao bing is there first person to ever understand his struggles

oh my god ao guang would maybe have a tiny crashout if he finds out his son is falling for ne zha

ao bing making sure ne zha doesn't get into fights afterschool by walking home with him but in truth it's just an excuse so they can spend more time with each other lol

nezha invites ao bing to hang out during the weekend (nezha insists to himself that it's not a date)

who would confess first? i think it would happen something like this:

nezha: nobody likes me

aobing: i like you nezha: WHAT.

then ao bing tries to correct himself saying he means it in like a platonic way but i think ne zha would just tell him to shut up and maybe they kiss or ne zha will just say "i like you too"

they go out on an official date not long after that.

maybe after that date ends they ask eo to be bfs but it's like thoe accidental double proposal things yk?

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ou bing actor au hcs !!

first time tumblr user... kinda nervous haha...

these are just my own personal hcs and i wanted to contribute to the nezha fandom since i need more content so i will make it myself.

note: when i say nezha im talking abt big zha

both of them did martial arts when they were younger

maybe childhood friends? like maybe they competed with eachother once when they were kids in some kind of tournament

they met again while auditioning for the 1st movie but didn't recgnize eachother (obv) until they got to talking in the waiting room. (idk how auditons work help)

ao bing kind of a nepo baby maybe LMAO

his dad is maybe the ceo of some family business yk

thinking both of them were in there 19-20 when filming the movie.

their irl personalities aren't that far off from their characters.

whenever ne zha wants to buy something, he'll just drag aobing (his wallet) along to whatever store and ask.

aobing has nezha's contact saved on his phone as maybe his full legal name LMAO meanwhile nezha has ao bing saved as a cute nickname

nezha working as a stunt double before auditioning for nezha the movie

would it be a stretch to say aobing is an actor on the side but idol/soloist as his main job

if not then nezha def goes to aobing's concerts almost all the time.

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With one hand 😳

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nezha sketchdump

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I’m obsessed with this ship lol

WIP

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For any Ne Zha 2 fans and especially Oubing fans, may I recommend: Shangmei Oubing

Oubing (Ne Zha x Ao Bing) is probably the biggest ship in China right now. I'm sure we can all understand why. Soulmates, red blue, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, angst, hurt, comfort, THE WHOLE PACKAGE DEAL.

Oubing is generally a very sweet, vanilla and heartwarming ship. For those of us that like the darker stuff, though, I have something for you: 上美藕饼, or Shangmei Oubing.

What TF is a Shangmei? Shang-mei is an abbreviation for Shanghai Animation Studio, a company that made many beloved animated childhood films in the 60s-90s. They made the most iconic Ne Zha film, which is the 1979 Ne Zha Nao Hai (Ne Zha Conquers the Sea).

In the 1979 version, Ne Zha and Ao Bing are definitely not friends. Ne Zha plucks out Ao Bing's tendons and skins and kills him, and Ao Bing eats children. Ao Bing 1979 is also kind of really ugly (his dragon form is really pretty though!)

This doesn't exactly seem like ship material right? You're correct.

BUT!

Shanghai released a short promotional video to celebrate a collaboration. The promotional video featured Ne Zha and Ao Bing from the 1979 version. In the video, Ne Zha didn't kill Ao Bing. No. In this video, Ne Zha and Ao Bing have a bit of a... scary dynamic.

You can probably find the video on Douyin or XHS, but in it, Ao Bing appears in a familiar-looking red wheelchair. He looks very different from his 1979 design- he looks more human, and he's in a half-dragon half-human form. Generally much prettier than his 1979 design.

Throughout the video, he wears a slightly terrified and miserable expression on his face. His phone screen is a selfie with him and Ne Zha in which he's smiling VERY awkwardly. Ne Zha, in fact, has opened up a seafood shop for the two of them.

Probably the biggest thing is that Ne Zha in this promotional video calls Ao Bing "Bingbing". Ao Bing also calls Ne Zha "Zhazha." So cute, right? Seems normal?

Well, in Ao Bing's phone screen saver, the selfie with him and Ne Zha involves him sitting on the wheelchair, smiling a pained smile. Ne Zha is hovering over his shoulder, smiling a very THREATENING smile.

Oh, and the wheelchair? The wheelchair isn't a wheelchair. It's Ne Zha's flying red sash, the Huntianling. Remember this sash obeys Ne Zha's will.

You can interpret this two ways.

Ao Bing has had a change of heart but is a little depressed because he's disabled now. He and Ne Zha are just good friends, and Ne Zha is taking care of him while also keeping a close eye on him to make sure he's not doing anything bad.

2. The popular interpretation.

Ne Zha, out of trauma (remember his dad is a huge asshole and he had to commit suicide very, very painfully) has formed an inappropriate attachment to Ao Bing, who is terrified out of his mind of Ne Zha, but is essentially prisoner because he can't even walk and is trapped within the red sash at all times.

Ne Zha forces Ao Bing to call him by a cutesy nickname, pretend that he loves Ne Zha, and essentially is speedrunning Stockholm Syndrome.

VERY toxic and very dark. Remember that Shangmei's Ao Bing is not a good innocent baby dragon- he eats children. Ne Zha is a protagonist who believes in justice, but he's also a kid who's been through a LOT of trauma and has never had a good family, whereas Ao Bing grew up cherished and loved.

For Ne Zha, this twisted love may be all he knows. For Ao Bing, he's terrified out of his mind, but knows he "deserves" this treatment- doomed to play happy family with his enemy, the enemy that crippled him.

I am NGL, I kind of like this dynamic. Being part of a big fandom is so satisfying. Whenever I'm full on sweet happy Oubing content I can switch to dark Shangmei Oubing content.

Shangmei Oubing is now one of the most popular ships in Ne Zha fandom. It's second only to regular Oubing. People also ship Ne Zha and Ao Bing in the 2021 New Gods Reborn movie: that ship is also really yummy. Oubing in general is yummy.

The dynamic I've seen the most often is as follows, with minor alterations depending on the specific fanwork:

After beating Ao Bing's ass, Ne Zha leaves him alive, but the rest of the myth and story proceed as usual (for the actual myth, see my Ne Zha post linked here). After Ne Zha commits suicide and is reborn in a body made of lotus roots, he ascends to godhood.

Ne Zha, traumatised and brimming with hate for his "father" Li Jing, searches for any source of love and affection he can find. He settles on Ao Bing, his old enemy- the little white dragon who was once so arrogant. He doesn't know exactly why: half jealousy that someone as evil as Ao Bing can have a better family than him, and half a desire for revenge since Ao Bing's death was what led him to have to commit suicide.

He kidnaps Ao Bing and keeps him captive on the red sash wheelchair. Ao Bing's father can't help him- he's already lost to Ne Zha multiple times, so Ao Bing can only resign himself to being Ne Zha's plaything.

Ne Zha, seeking love in any way he can get it, essentially begins to play house with Ao Bing- pretending they're best friends, calling each other cute nicknames (in some versions forcing Ao Bing to share a bed with him) and generally being very affectionate.

Ao Bing, terrified of Ne Zha, goes along and essentially lives a life of misery.

Ne Zha technically treats Ao Bing very well if he doesn't misbehave. If he does, however, well then...Ne Zha sometimes tortures Ao Bing emotionally (his trauma has made him ruthless and somewhat cruel) and humiliates him by making him crawl, since Ao Bing is now crippled. When Ao Bing cries or gets upset, Ne Zha tells him it's his penance for eating children.

Mpreg is a common tag, but more commonly it's Ao Bing finding some way to either commit suicide or he goes completely insane after years of living in fear. Ne Zha panics after seeing Ao Bing break down, and realises he's come to truly care for Ao Bing.

Toxicity adds flavour, everyone. Shangmei Oubing is actually so delicious.

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Nezha after rain… 🙂‍↕️ he’d look so lovely with his hair down 🥹

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Nezha after rain… 🙂‍↕️ he’d look so lovely with his hair down 🥹

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a little post battle nap