#wwx wishes it would be xiancheng

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until now i've never even considered xiancheng as a ship?? like, i feel as though wwx's love for jc is an integral part of his character, and i do wish they'd had a better resolution in both mdzs & cql (unless something happened in the extras?? never got a chance to read them 😅) and tbh i am quite fond of both of their characters, but it never occurred to me to ship them. even with the golden core transfer. bc i would absolutely dig out my solidified soulstuff and give it to my little sister if she needed it. it's not even a question, i wouldn't give it a second thought. as an act of brotherly love the golden core transfer makes perfect sense to me. my sister, like jc, has the sort of personality where if she's got no ''''natural talent'''' she thinks she's not good enough, so she gives up. i've......never really been like that?? not being good at things has never actually STOPPED me from doing things. maybe i wouldn't perform for strangers, but i wouldn't stop. so i wouldn't feel the loss of it as much--or if i did, at least i could handle it better. i'd still be all right. i'd find a way. i always do.

however. the inherent romanticism of it. as a romance trope it is. yes yes very good. i like it. i like that. a lot. and ofc the old trope of shixiong/shidi (woh/shl my beloved!!) is also very welcome to me. perhaps if xiancheng had been endgame, maybe i would have liked mdzs/cql better?? idk, i'm not even sure why i don't like it as much as i'd hoped i would... 😩

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(1 of 2) I like how the author chalked up Jiang Cheng. In midst of God like characters of Lan Wanji and his lover, the selfless Yiling Patriach, you kinda always look out for the more humane personas. JC is that guy. He is jealous of his friend but he also cares about him. He would rather his friend not bug him but be pissed when he goes over to bug the pretty dude more.

2 of 2 It might not be said overly obvious, but there is something JC has for WWX that is more complicated than familiar love and less graphic than whatever LWJ and WWX have going on( or is less sticky? Sorry WangXian is so hot, I could not help it). JC is truly a hero of his own story too. I have my own headcanon where WWX and JC make up and JC and LWJ have this on going jealous competition for bb Wei. The ultimate incest bro vs Perverted Husband🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh, definitely.

My lit-addled brain goes immediately to the idea of ‘godhood vs the human condition’ — y’know, the whole idea of presenting a god-like, perfect figure/character in literature only to deconstruct the myth and show their innate flaws aka their humanity, thereby humanizing them and breaking the myth and in that process showing we’re all the same, the human condition is universal, etc. etc. — but I don’t think that’s the right way to approach a piece of modern chinese literature, since that reading is, I suspect, a rather English-Lit-101 way of looking at things.

These immortals aren’t gods, either, not in the Western sense. So I’m misguided, I’m sure.

That said.

I think MXTX set out with the intention to make LWJ a literal god among gods, the man who is perfect and flawless even off the pedestal everyone puts him on, maybe save some kinky inclinations in the bedroom. And a surprisingly teenage-like tenacity in chasing after his senpai.

As for WWX… I got the impression post-reading that MXTX was trying to go for the flawed-god with him. She succeeded, I suppose?

Anyhow. Among these gaggle of god-people, Jiang Cheng does indeed stand out, not just because of how the narrative portrayed him. His temper is a big, glaring flaw. This relates him to us; and here is where I go into mild bashing-the-novel mode: Jiang Cheng single-handedly rebuilt the Jiang Sect, for 13 years.

By himself. Alone. With a child to care for (Jin Ling), no disciples to help him, no parents to guide him, and a smoldering Pier as his base. 

And he still, still, scrounged up the supplies to lead that siege. That’s why my running theory is that JC didn’t want to kill Lao-Zu!WWX, he wanted to catch him and bring him back and beat some sense into him

Fuck yeah he’s the hero of his own story.

And he’s, oh god, such a classic tsundere in his teenage years it makes me laugh so hard he’s so goddamn adorable.

Yes to the low-key jealousy. So much yes.

It also feeds into my xiancheng hcs, so. Actually in my head Jiang Cheng doesn’t know if he wants to punch Wei Ying or kiss him and isn’t that the best kind of love ok I’ll shut up now

Anon, the relationship between WWX and JC is so complicated. It’s so tangled. You have no— you’ll get the idea soon. There’s literally no way to sort it out. No way.

I love your headcanon, and man I wish I was optimistic enough to think that.