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cracks compound, and you’re only human

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asha-mage

Do ya'll ever think about how every character in MDZS is living in a radically different genre of story?

Cause yeah, sure Wei Wuxian is living in a danmei fantasy novel with strong romantic comedy elements, but if you slide over a bit Lan Wangji is living a serious and heady drama about regret, loss, yearning, the passage of time, and ultimately atonement.

Scooch on over to Xichen and your in a straight up Greek tragedy, right down to the parable about hubris and trust. Jin Guangyao is living meanwhile in a political dark fantasy al'la Game of Thrones, Nie Huaisang is in a Gothic moody Monte Cristo-esque reflection on revenge and deception, and while Lan Sizhuhi and Jin Ling are living in two VERY different YA fantasy books ('magic boarding school/secret orphan of destiny' and 'Steven Universe style coming of age/discovering all your family are some flavor of evil and magic' respectively).

Everyone connected to Yi City is living inside a dark psychological thriller/horror flick, except for Xue Yang who is in a Found Family/Enemies to Lover fic right up until he isn't.

Jiang Cheng's entire life has been one long soap opera, and it is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon.

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ruanbaijie

The Untamed (2019) 陈情令 Word of Honour (2021) 山河令 Love Between Fairy & Devil (2022) 苍兰诀 The Blood of Youth (2022) 少年歌行 Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023) 莲花楼

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I was wholly unprepared for the experience of watching the untamed in 2023. I’ve seen the gifs! I’ve read some character analysis! I vaguely knew the plot but I did not expect a.) the show to be a lot more tragic and nuanced and funny than what I thought possible and I cannot stress this enough b.) for Wen Ning to also be there on that damn boat

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Lan Jingyi: So you remember the plan if I ever get shot, right?
Lan Sizhi: Of course.
Lan Jingyi: Tell me.
Lan Sizhui: In the case of you ever being shot, as you fall to the ground, I am to sing "MMMMM WHATCHA SAY" no matter the circumstances.
Lan Jingyi: Good.
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omgiamwish

that feeling when u and ur husband time travel back to your school days, and ur trying to play it chill and have your relationship “progress at a normal speed” (a week is soon enough to tell your brother you intend to marry, right?) but everybody’s looking at you weird

what do u mean ‘red flags’? this is clearly fine

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on the one hand i know the lans probably tried to keep lan sizhui sequestered away from the rest of the world for several years bc of wen yuan reasons on the other hand I think it would be very funny if lan wangji tried to teach him to hate jiang cheng, specifically, for petty reasons, and wee lan sizhui just. refused

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