Oh noo!! šš I can see how that might happen, though. My blog has a good bit of art under the Nie Huaisang tag, none of which should be JGY-critical (personally, Iām willing to criticise JGYās actions in an analysis sense, but I donāt do character bashing unless a character is truly despicable, and JGY is just not that! NHS wasnāt completely UNJUSTIFIED in his actions, but his actions were not inherently less ābadā than JGY. JGY simply did what he did for himself, while NHS did it for his brother. Even if you look at it from a selfish vs selfless standpoint, they both tricked the people who trusted them, endangered loved ones, and both had complex and morally grey reasons to do what they did. They would be viewed as having similar arcs and compared more often I believe, if it werenāt for the fact their conflict was WITH each other, and not someone else.)
My friend Lemon (BearFox_1022 on ao3) is also soon going to be uploading a fic in their NHS-centric series āLife With A Little Luckā that has some excellent JGY content that made me SOB (beta life is fun).
So⦠hereās my fic reccs!
sucks to be zewu-junĀ (Xiyao, transmigration au)
Coats and RingsĀ (WONDERFUL sangcheng gang au where JGY isnāt villainized)
any fool can knowĀ (no ships, just JGY and NHS friendship)
same sweet shockĀ (instead of revenge NHS puts his older brothers in couples counseling. nmj learns not to be a bitch and jgy learns he likes kissing xichen on the mouth)
Like A Long-Time Painted SmileĀ (nmj lives, xiyao thrives, nhs only schemes for silly mischief reasons)
A Headless Beast, A Ribbon, and the Gold That Colors ThemĀ (fic by my best friend. 3zun soulmate au where instead of being ruined by society JGY learns to kiss boys and be stupid and awesome)
https://archiveofourown.org/series/3212457Ā (Podfic series some friends of mine did featuring the joys of JGY being petty and LXC being down bad. I do remember JGY and NHS being fun in this one)
Jiggy defender blog meets Fan Boy defender blogā¦. Who shall win⦠(I love JGY sm acc heās so complex and interesting. him and NHS couldāve been such powerful besties if not for a few Choices)
noooooo please don't challenge me to a duel, i am so tired š
i'm also sad to say that my feelings on nhs have soured a bit in recent months--not because of the character, to be clear, but because of some really frustrating and unpleasant encounters with nhs stans here and on the mdzs subreddit, so it's not his fault, i know!--but i would like to rediscover the stuff that i did used to love about his character. so if you have any nice fanart or fic recs*, i would love to see them!
* my only request for these is that jgy isn't treated like the scum of the earth or some evil caricature of himself, since it's very hard for me to enjoy fic or fanart where i can tell that the author/artist isn't extending him the same grace or compassion offered to the rest of the cast.
that scene where lxc is like "wangji why are you still here?" and lwj goes "xiongzhang is here, naturally i am also here" and lxc is like "why don't you go talk to your friend wei-gongzi? :)" makes me believe that in a modern AU lxc would want to go with his friends to the movies but shufu would tell him to take lwj with him, so it's now teenage 3zun trying to have a have a nice hang out while being followed by the most miserable 10 year old you've ever seen
To add on: in TGCF, the Sinnerās Pit arc chapter title scheme is āDallying Hualian, Night Fall in Sinnerās Pit.ā Even if they arenāt named in the canon, they still have their ship name incorporated!
MXTX's funniest and most ingenious author trick:
Character/animal/object: has a fuckass name
Reason: character in the story is terrible at naming things
Like the peak of this is obviously SVSSS with "stupid name? Blame Airplane!"
But like "Fairy is a silly name for a dog because Jin Ling inherited Jiang Cheng's stupid way of naming dogs" is also great
(I love the names that's just how it's treated in canon)
Like that's just fun
They send each other IMs during Peak Lord meetings and make each other giggle.
The other Peak Lords are very jealous SQQ is hiding a smile at something SQH said >_>
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SQHās message reads: Bro why does QQQās makeup look like dat today lmao
Theyāre being MEAN !! (Itās just for jokesies)
Cumplane for a little art trade with @gludgenbell !!! This was very fun to do :>
The two best reasons to ship anything are:
1.Incredible, deep and detailed narrative themes. The parallels that seem to hit just right, the narrative foils that they can be to each other, the intricate dynamic that's both extremely complex and easily understood. The juxtaposition between something that's harsh and undoubtedly toxic, with the softer undertones, the parts where you read in-between the lines and find a mutual feeling of loneliness from both parts, their intrinsic understanding of each other comes from the mere fact that they're each others mirrored reflections and shadows. In the end both sides will be together forever, and you as an audience can clearly see their tragedy laid out before in a path that blurs pure anguish and tender romance
2.It would be so fucking funny
Was looking for a reference in the TGCF art book but immediately got distracted so I thought Iād share some of favourite things Iāve found (also writer and artist friends if you want something specific from this book as a whole send me an ask Iāll try to take better pictures for you)
Xie Lian and whatever face this is.
Shi Qingxuan continuing to be the most me character of all time in both genders.
Obsessed with this little neck shot also how itās like a golden rope/noose Iām sure that has no significance whatsoever.
Little teeny tiny hong er making me want to cry forever i swear.
Thankfully this official art exists and I canāt. Baby Hua Cheng having a Xie Lian plushie. Xie Lian holding the Hua Cheng toy like a misbehaving cat. The Xianle Trio!!
The whole reason I opened this the gamblers den in all her glory.
This story board has me going wild like just the implications of it I think itās for the first opening but Omg. Omg. Itās Hualian with lanterns.
Lastly this little San Lang because itās so cute I can practically hear the sparkle noise to match his Gege ⨠mindset,
i just feel like you guys should see this thread about foxes
An AU where when Shen Yuan died, it created two separate timelines - one where he transmigrated and went through the canon SVSSS events, and one where he survived (along with SQH) and lived on⦠now they somehow have found out about the other!
(Part 2)
spot the diff games go hard
Tgcf fandom: Hualian invented love
Mdzs fandom: In this essay I will write about the beautiful incredible majestic heartbreaking slow-burn romance that is Wangxian-
Svsss fandom:
Svsss fandom: *proceeds to ship Shen Yuan with every single male in the novel including the person whose body he is currently inhabiting*
Nie Huaisang: why is no one calling me out for being evil :( i literally am blasting look what you made me do on repeat in my earbuds can u not hear it Wei Wuxian: im on my shojo protagonist arc mb Jiang Cheng: ur huaisang??????? Nie Huaisang: ?? Jiang Cheng: i didnt recognise u. thot u were a girl. Nie Huaisang: oh lol me too sometimes lowkey Jiang Cheng: whats in your shirt that ive not been staring at for the past hour then. Nie Huaisang: oh! pulls out two pristine cat skulls from his shirt like the worlds worst bra pads GLAD YOU ASKED
They/them ⢠sangcheng enthusiast šš ⢠useless artist
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