#if ur boring and cannot provide him with a challenge or mental stimulation

[everlastiingiimmortals]

nine's comment on dan heng's taste got me thinking about jing yuan's and unfortunately i realize i can't say he's that much better. the bottom line for those he's attracted to the most are people he cannot have — whether it be through principle and they're a fucking criminal (blade. luocha.) or through physical distance/barriers (eden, igor, dan heng). this is also why, funnily enough, it's genuinely harder for me to ship him with other xianzhou residents — especially those on the luofu. to say that jing yuan's forgotten what it feels like to be jing yuan is both inaccurate and unfair to the strength of his character, but he has forgotten what it feels like to be wanted as jing yuan and not as the divine foresight. selfless and self-sacrificing as he is, he's already used to giving his all to others without question. it's much harder for him to actively pursue a romantic partner unless a game can be made of the pursuit (looking at luocha again, and fu xuan). he's simply not wired to be selfish in that way, never has been. all that jing yuan wants is to be craved and fiercely desired by the things and people he would never allow himself to have under any normal circumstances. if he has that, little else about the person matters.