I don't think we talk enough about what an iconic character Xiao Lanhua is. She's baby. She cries over her hair. She's been fixing and managing the destinies of every living thing for the last few centuries. She is excited about sky whales. She sleeps like a log. She has the hottest bachelor in Shuiyuntian making heart eyes after her. She's so kind she saves the people who bully her. She never let's them defeat her will. She's lonely in Arbiter Hall without her master. She protects the strongest God in Shuiyuntian. She sees a dude turn an entire pavilion of people into dust and stays sane about it. She calls the Devil a blockhead. She steals her friends' spirit stones to buy magic fix-all pills from the shadiest town in the three realms. She befriends the ulimate tsundere businesswoman with the power of stubborn love. She weaponises her ability to body-swap with the devil and ends up in the most cringe fail escape attempt/coup ever. She stands between the man she loves and the entirely of heaven. She's the first in centuries to step back and fight against the cycle of hate and revenge that's been taking lives since forever. She is ready to die for the world. She is The Goddess. She makes silly little faces on cakes. She is the clumsiest fairy in the three realms. I fucking love her.
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i can’t stop laughing over changheng realizing xiao lanhua/xi yun remembers her past and saying “you remember everything, but you won’t reunite with dfqc because you’re going to die and you don’t want to hurt him anymore. but you’re ok with marrying me and then having me watch you die?“ and xlh was basically like “yeah, sorry.” like that was brutal lmao, get this man some therapy
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Whumptober Day 28: Sacrifice
Peizhi looks awful. Truly awful. And Gu Qingzhang… he has a job to do. He can’t sacrifice everything he’s worked towards just for this.
Except…
He had approached Lan Jue because of who his father was. He had befriended Lan Jue as a means to an end. He had meant to stay with Lan Jue in order use him.
He had stayed with Peizhi because he was utterly entranced by him.
He can see himself in him. They’re of a similar age. They’re both orphans (or, in Gu Qingzhang’s case, as good as). They’re both determined to go through anything to get justice for their families.
Peizhi doesn’t know this about Shulin, of course, but he must have seen something, because for all Gu Qingzhang had tried to chase him, Peizhi had not tried hard to escape. Had pushed closer himself.
And all this, now, has led to Gu Qingzhang’s heart beating faster as he watches Peizhi pour poison into his own wine.
Gu Qingzhang has too much at stake to risk anything. He has to avenge the people who raised him. He has to have revenge on the Empress who left him to die.
And yet... and yet.
He swaps the wine with a deft hand. Tips it back without giving anything away. Slips away into the dark, feeling his insides burning but knowing, at least, that Peizhi will be alright.
Some sacrifices are worth it.
Peizhi looks awful. Truly awful. And Wang Yan… he has a job to do. He can’t sacrifice his good name, his family’s reputation just for this.
Except…
When he had met Lan Jue, he had been a nobody, selling calligraphy in the street, his own family’s reputation nothing but dust. Wang Yan hadn’t even noticed him, until he had been given no choice not to.
He can’t imagine his life without Peizhi in it, now.
He can see himself in him. They’re of a similar age. They both want their father’s to be able to look at them proudly. They’re both desperate to prove themselves in the political sphere.
Peizhi knows about the struggle Mowen has had, getting his father to approve of him. They had held each other close, one of them wishing his father cared, the other wishing his father was there. It made Wang Yan feel selfish, thinking about it afterwards, but somehow it had only drawn Peizhi closer.
And all this, now, has led to Wang Yan pausing to think as Peizhi begs him to hide evidence that he says is being used to frame him.
Wang Yan has too much at stake to risk anything. He has to prove his worth as the Minister for Justice to the Emperor. He has to prove it to his father.
And yet... and yet.
He nods, briskly. He swaps the evidence with a deft hand. Hides it without giving anything away. Slips back to the investigation, ignoring the potential political ramifications because he knows, at least, that Peizhi will be alright.
Some sacrifices are worth it.
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Crossposted here on ao3
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Care from DFQC
你听着。本座不关心你的死活。只是你的命属于本座...
Listen. I don't care about you. But your life belongs to me...
I tried to capture in gifs DFQC's concern for XLH, which he showed, but … The more I made gifs, the more I began to understand that "IT" could not fit into the gif format. It doesn't even fit the word "care". DFQC took care of Xiao Lanhua with words, deeds, looks, his presence, his breath. He gave her so much care and kindness … He gifted her such different attention. He tried so hard and diligently to make her happy… So many times…
I should stop making gifs of him taking care of XLH. There is no continuation, no finished thought in this post… I'm just at a dead end, because it's like I realized again how much I love their love…
But since the gifs are made, I will publish my "confession" and this tattered post.
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