#mdzs Jiang Cheng

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during my first 'the untamed' watch and my first read of mdzs, i really disliked jiang cheng's character. back then, i didn't bother to think too much on why i didn't like him. just that his constant anger was annoying and seemed, to me, a sign that he gave no regard to other people's feelings.

a handful of years passed and now i have so much love for his character. it's easy to see why it took such a long time for jiang cheng to grow on me. angry people make me uncomfortable, because anger is an emotion i learned to associate with all things negative and i am still learning to have a healthier relationship with it.

that's why jiang cheng, nowadays, is so fascinating to me. he experiences and expresses his emotions through anger. he uses it as a filter, although it doesn't work as well as he probably wishes it did. it's the emotion he is most comfortable with as well as the emotion that he deems protects him from other people trying to perceive those soft parts of his insides that he's learned to see as weakness. jiang cheng's anger is a defence mechanism, which is really not uncommon at all. because of how he was raised and what he has been through, it's just always on the surface.

his anger is rarely, if ever, just anger. there's something more to it that needs patience and an understanding of his heart to analyze.

i'm hoping to reread mdzs this year and i'm also slowly rewatching the show. i'll definitely have more thoughts on him as i'm reminded of more of the cause and effect in the story. who knows, maybe i'll be inspired to write a full character analysis on him and that anger he uses like a guard dog on a loose leash.

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Sky surfing

Wwx & jc

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The broken heart of Lotus Pier

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There very precious to me

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S/O suffers from sleep paralysis

Requested by anonymous: Anyone from The Untamed you want with a reader who has sleep paralysis? She tries to alert her husband but she can't because she can't talk or move, but she still manages to alert her husband and he then tries to help her?

Pairing: (Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, Huaisang) x fem!reader

Warnings: slightly suggestive bullet point at the end, except for that none

Wei Wuxian:

Wuxian seems like a heavy sleeper

so even when you could move and shove him, he probably wouldn't awake

but he also has a sixth sense for trouble

(how else does he survive so easily through everything)

so when you wake up, only to find out that you couldn't move a muscle

it is concerning

the room is dark and yet you can see shadows, even though they aren't actually there

you want to move desperately, but you just can't and thus you chose to just screw your eyes shut in hope that it would somehow make you feel less afraid

luckily for you, Wuxian usually magically awakens when this happens

and when he sees you, he immediatley knows that something is wrong

even when he doesn't really know what is wrong

he quickly wakes you up, shaking you awake before hugging you closer to him

he's the type to not sleep again until he is sure that you're okay

doesn't agree if you tell him that you don't want to sleep

even when you explain why you don't want to sleep, he insist that you still need to

will hug you until you sleep eventually

he's afraid of it happening again and doesn't want to go to sleep before you

always wait for about an hour after you fall asleep

just to be sure

will also gladly take your scolding for it

Jiang Cheng:

this guy is a very light sleeper

I think he wakes up three or four times in the night

it would take him a few seconds to notice that you laid awake

yet you didn't answer him when he asked why you were up

that's when he notices that something is wrong

shakes you awake and flinches as you suddenly sit up

you cry as you explain what had happened

he listens carefully to your story, still a bit confused why it had happened

stays awake with you until you calm down

although he doesn't like physical contact too much, he still holds you in his arms

when you do go back to sleep, he opts to hold your hand instead

stays awake a bit longer, staring at you as you fall asleep

this time a peaceful sleep where your mind isn't playing mind tricks on you

when you're finally peacefully asleep, he follows

his hand remains in yours throughout the whole night

he also moves to wrap his arms around you

it's quite a funny morning

Nie Huaisang:

honestly, he's probably awake

insomniac of the trio

either he's painting or brooding

he notices when your eyes open, but you looked fearful if anything

he first thought you had a nightmare, but when you don't move he gets concerned

call out to you a few times before effectively waking you up by shaking you awake

he's weirded out by your story, but doesn't show it on his face

instead he just tries to calm you down

will get anything you need

you want food, he'll wake up the kitchen staff and asks if they can make you something

you want to just cuddle, he'll smother you with kisses while doing so

he'll make sure that you wouldn't panic again

if you decide to sleep, he will hug you close to him as a sort of reassurance

if you don't want to sleep, he'll stay awake with you and get your mind off of it

and he isn't opposed to helping you sleep in other ways ;)

[miriaaijia]

One day, A-Ling asked his Jiujiu....

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Well, it was only a matter of time for Jiang Cheng to explain why Jiujiu doesn't have a wife like the other Uncles in lotus pier has. But it was quite the unexpected question to ask out of the blue, Jiang Cheng was caught off-guard.

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Here's some more of this cutie.

(*´﹀`*)

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It took me months, BUT I FINALLY FINISHED IT!!!!

all this cause I wanted my own sticker XD

Ps. These are characters with important roles from book 1 so some characters aren't here

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Commission for @spriteofmushrooms ^^

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I haven’t drawn enough of my beloved characters I need to draw LQG and SJ and LXC and JL and NHS and SQX and SW and JW and MNQ and Banyue and-

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Make sure to always give your kitties head scratches <3

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jiang cheng's role and involvement in the burial mounds siege against wei wuxian and how he is directly responsible for it, a mini thread :

quotes from the unedited mdzs translation by exiled rebel translations which clearly state he was the very reason behind the burial mounds siege success to kill wei wuxian

chapter 1, prologue

“But, if not for Jiang Cheng making a plan that aimed at Wei WuXian’s weaknesses, the siege might not have succeeded. Should I remind you folks of the item that Wei WuXian possesses? Did you forget about the day that three thousand skilled cultivators were completely annihilated?”

chapter 43 -

After a moment of silence, Wei WuXian asked again, “What else have you heard?”

Wen Ning whispered, “Sect Leader Jiang, Jiang Cheng, brought a siege upon the Burial Mounds. And he killed you.”

Wei WuXian, “I’ll have to clarify this one. He didn’t kill me. I died from a backfire.”

(note how he doesn't defend the statement that jc brought the siege upon burial mounds, but only about the fact that he didn't directly kill him)

Chapter 68 -

Back then, during the first siege of Burial Mound, Jin GuangShan led the LanlingJin Sect, while Jiang Cheng led the YunmengJiang Sect; Lan QiRen led the GusuLan Sect, while Nie MingJue led the QingheNie Sect. The former two were the main forces, the latter two could’ve gone without. Now, the LanlingJin Sect’s leader hadn’t arrived at, having only sent people for the GusuLan Sect to command; the GusuLan Sect was still led by Lan QiRen; Nie HuaiSang replaced his brother’s position, shrunken within the crowd, his face still full of ‘I don’t know about anything’, ‘I don’t want to do anything’, and ‘I’m just here for the numbers’.

Chapter 104 -

(In the GuanYin temple scene, JGY himself says that if not for jc, things wouldn't have become what they were, implying he was a main factor behind the burial mounds siege)

Jin GuangYao wasn't swayed, continu- ing with a smile, "... Back then, the Lan- lingJin Sect, the QingheNie Sect, and the Gusulan Sect had already finished fighting over the biggest share. The rest co- uld only get some small shrimps. You, on the other hand, had just rebuilt Lotus Pier and behind you was the YiLing Patriarch, Wei WuXian, the danger of whom was immeasurable. Do you think the other sects would like to see a young sect leader who was so advantaged? Luckily, you didn't seem to be on good terms with your shixiong, and since everyone thought there was an opportunity, of course they'd add fuels to your fire if they could. No matter what, to weaken the YunmengJiang Sect was to stren- gthen themselves. Sect Leader Jiang, if only your attitude towards your shixiong was just a bit better, showing everyone that your bond was too strong to be bro- ken for them to have a chance, or if you exhibited just a bit more tolerance after what happened, things wouldn't have become what they were. Oh, speaking of it, you were also a main force of the siege at Burial Mound..."

all this clearly indicates Jiang Cheng played as the main force at the siege at burial mound against wei wuxian. If there's anything else I missed please feel free to add in.

Edit (22nd July 23')

adding this comment by @jiangchenganalysis

a great addition to the post, thankyou so much.

Another addition by me :

In ch72 (EXR translation)

wei wuxian finds that wens are being put in concentration camps, and that wen ning died, after learning about this he attacks the guards and frees the wens from them.

Following up, in the next chapter, there is a meeting at jinlintai with many sect leaders and people present, wei wuxian's topic is brought up and how he attacked the guards Jin's question Jiang Cheng who was present there about it, he apologized and said wwx's actions were too much and said they (wwx and jc) owe them for helping them during the sunshot campaign.

Then there is this -

Nie MingJue, “You owe them gratitude? Isn’t the QishanWen Sect the ones who caused the YunmengJiang Sect’s annihilation?”

Within these few years, Jiang Cheng insisted on working late into the night every day. That day, just as he decided to rest early, he had to rush to Koi Tower overnight because of the thundering news. He’d been suppressing some anger under his fatigue since the beginning. With his natural competitiveness, he was already quite agitated since he had to apologize to other people. When he heard Nie MingJue mention the incident of his sect again, hatred sprouted within him.

The hatred was directed at not only everyone who was seated in this room, but also Wei WuXian.

(ch73)

During this meeting be never once defended wei wuxian (only lan wangji and mianmian did) and he agreed with Jgy when he was badmouthing wei wuxian.

This also shows that he did not step in at a crucial time where everyone was against wei wuxian and all the hostility lead to the nightless city massacre as well which lead to wei wuxian dying eventually