#but they're all on a spectrum of 'you killed my [insert family member] prepare to die'

[lgbtlunaverse]

I know everyone here loves a good "A is injured and/or killed and their partner B absolutely loses it and puts the fear of god into everyone around them" as well as unhealthy devotion to the point of love superceding both self preservation and morality. They're classics for a reason. And I think it's fun that in mdzs basically every single one of the examples for either of these have not been romantic (I think lwj would be up for some wei wuxian-motivated murder if you put him in the right situation but the most he ever did in canon was injure some of his elders, and while intense his grief is mostly silent rather than explosive) but familial. All of the big revenge plans and post death/injury deadly freak-outs have been about family. Wei wuxian (and, honestly, Jiang Cheng) for Jiang Yanli. Wen qing and Wei Wuxian (again) for Wen Ning. Jin Guangyao for his mother. And, of course, the whole fucking plot is set in motion by Nie Huaisang going "I don't give a fuck who it sacrifices in the process i will get revenge for my brother's death" for Nie Mingjue.

It really is "unhealthy codependent family dynamics: the novel." I like it.

#mdzs #all of wwx's heavily skew towards 'i am putting the fear of god into all of you' instead of a constant unhealthy devotion #while jgy and nhs skew the other way #but they're all on a spectrum of 'you killed my [insert family member] prepare to die' #i mean for jgy it's more 'you insulted my mom prepare to die' but you get the gist #wei wuxian #jin guangyao #nie huaisang #wen qing