#my beloved gusu trio <3

[lhaewiel]

As mentioned, I am introducing my headcanons/heartcanons about the Yunmeng trio and sweets.

Thanks to @featherfur for the endless source of inspiration <3

So.

Let's start with our favourite gremlin Wei Wuxian. We know from canon as well that the way to Wei Ying's stomach heart is spices. And yeah, sometimes he exagerates, but in general spices are the bread of every Yunmeng resident, so yea. But will WWX eat sweets? Sure, he is not a picky eater, he knows starvation and he will not say no to some sweet pastries - I remember him recalling osmanthus cakes from Gusu at the Wen Indoctrination Camp, so yeah. Still, spices are at the top of his list, although I am 100% sure that it can be a tie with dishes that combine sweet and spicy together. In a modern AU I can totally see him go crazy over hot pepper dark chocolate - yes it exists and yes it is one of my favourite things in the whole world. Like, look at the below pic and tell me to my face that this would not be something modern!WWX would love

Then there is sweet Yanli. I seem to recall that she has some sort of chronical illness? Yes? No? Pls correct me. She has to be careful of what she eats. She says that she does not like sweets, she will decline offers, but will take teeny tiny bites from her brothers' sweet dishes, if she really does not have any choice she will take the smallest plate among the lot. Sometimes she really cannot finish the plate and her brothers offer to help her. But we know that shijie's heart is full of soup, so she will most likely make a sweet kind of soup,like squash and carrot - yes, her pork rib and lotus root soup is legendary, but I feel like she has specialized in making soups, much to the Meishan Yu Sect dismay who wanted to see in her a proper poisons master and instead they are stuck with a healing master.

But. But the sweetest tooth among them is our beloved Jiang Cheng. Like, let's face it. This man has had a bitter life ever since childhood, thus resulting him in being Exactly That Bitch and we all love him for that. You do you, king. He figured that at least one thing in his life had to be sweet, and he decided to just start devouring any sugary edible thing on his way. People think that "you are what you eat" and they see JC eat a pastry bigger than his head and think "aw, he must be the sweetest", just to be disappointed and shocked when JC bitches back at someone. The Jiang disciples know that and especially the elder women will bake him all sorts of sweet goods. JGY will have some pastries brought in whilst he discusses JL's custody with JC and the pastries disappear in the X dimension straight into JC's stomach. LXC will bring osmanthus cakes from Gusu and he will have to bring extra bc half batch will disappear with JC. Someone tries to point out that too many sweets are bad for his health and JC will give them the Blank Stare Of Doom and say: "my life is bitter enough, the sweets are the only thing keeping me from flipping my shit at you all, consider yourselves lucky enough." And no one questions his choices anymore bc they do not want to touch the trauma with a 10ft pole.

So. Thoughts? Comments? Additions?