The idea of Xie Lian, in his new life with Hua Cheng, carrying mini-trauma over things he'd gotten a little too used to over the centuries.
Xie Lian doing a combat move training with Hua Cheng and sticking the landing without tripping or falling or getting injured, only to stand there blinking as Hua Cheng stopped in his attempted riposte, watching with mild horror as Xie Lian looked around as if searching for something to go wrong
Xie Lian waking up in the middle of the night with a start, not because of a nightmare but because he heard the slightest creaking of the roof and thought it was going to fall down on his head
Xie Lian walking down the street laughing with Hua Cheng, only to stop mid-sentence and grab his money pouch, eyes wide because it was still there
Xie Lian grabbing Hua Cheng randomly, and at Hua Cheng's worried gaze trying to laugh off the fact that he'd thought that, if he hadn't yet been injured, it was because his bad luck had led to San Lang getting injured instead
Xie Lian randomly wondering out loud how this place he'd stayed in for ten years hadn't yet come down with a plague or become a battlefield
Xie Lian buying a treat and stopping after the first bite because there hadn't been a single insect or piece of dirt on it; it was actually fresh
Xie Lian reaching up and grabbing the necklace around his neck with wide eyes because the earrings Hua Cheng had given him hadn't broken yet and that meant the necklace must have
Xie Lian waking up rested and relaxed and desperately checking his hair and clothes for blood stains
Xie Lian nearly falling into a bath because he'd prepared his body for the usual cold and he'd only felt nice and warm
Just. Xie Lian preparing for the usual minor aches and pains that accompanied living forever with bad luck and just getting shocked over and over again when things continued to be normal and pleasant. While Hua Cheng watches with growing horror and fury over these tiny, simple things that had been stripped from his god.
Luo Binghe puts up a 'Live Laugh Love' sign in the bamboo house and the 'Live' is in bold and underlined
Please rant to me
sure lol, i’ll rant about one of my many grievances with some parts of the danmei fandom.
some people in the danmei fandom, to an extent, fandom in general, need to realise its ok when other people have interpretations of characters that are different from yours, and that’s ok! they may have different ships, that’s fine too! no one deserves to be attacked for a ship they enjoy or a certain headcanon.
if you disagree with a way a person interprets a character/relationship, engage in respectful discussion.
if you can’t find it in you to be respectful about it, just scroll away or block.
of course, this works vice versa, if people ask about why you interpret a character or relationship a certain way, either tell them the reasons politely, or just don’t engage.
on the internet, it’s your job to facilitate your interactions with other people so you can have the best experience. crucifying other people for what they enjoy in fiction and blindly hating on them gets you absolutely no where.
also no one person’s interpretation is more right than another’s. it pays to be polite and respectful when engaging in discussions. fandom is all about meaningful interactions over shared interests, not necessarily agreeing on every aspect of how you interpret characters/the media as a whole.
also please don’t try and insist your headcanons are canon and they should be accepted by all as law.
wow this rant was longer than i anticipated, i hope it satisfies you anon!
mutual 1: i’m soooo sleepy i’m such a #tiredgirl
mutual 2: heads up i found black mold in my bedroom yesterday so posting frequency may decrease
mutual 3: who up for the witching hour
mutual 4: wyd in this situation 🤣🤣 [photo of actively burning building, reverse image search: no results]
mutual 5: the moment you die will feel exactly the same as this one
mutual 6: i need to quit my job
mutual 7: THE WORLD IS ALWAYS ENDING
mutual 8: should i eat pork chops for dinner yes/no
mutual 9: just drove 150 miles for something i bought on facebook marketplace
mutual 10: day 177 since he ghosted me
mutual 11: buy my new album for pay what you want on bandcamp
mutual 12: just got my risperadone refilled 👍🏻
mutual 13: i need to look like [attractive male celebrity] i wonder if i could steal his skin
mutual 14: nothing matters in the world i hope i fall off a building tomorrow
mutual 15: me and who [saw bathroom screenshot]
i love tragic characters who get their whole world ripped out from underneath them and then completely fuck themselves and everyone around them over in the most violent unnecessary ways imaginable
happy pride
guys i made a carrd for liu yao with updated links
(read liu yao. please.)
Yeah, I'm a fan of fics with Little Guy Shang Qinghua, but I also really love Slimy Bastard Shang Qinghua.
Real Treacherous Hours Shang Qinghua. Would enthusiastically sell his sect to Mobei Jun for one corn chip Shang Qinghua. Shang Qinghua who is absolutely pulling so many strings, and loving it. Shang Qinghua who *knows* how hot the things he knows how to do are, and uses that for his own ends. Shang Qinghua who DESERVES to be killed as a traitor, but isn't, because he has convinced everyone with power that he is Just A Little Birthday Boy when that is FAR from the case.