#mei changsu

[cheetahing]

thinking about grief and love and my two favorite cdrama ships today, namely di feisheng/li lianhua (dihua) from mysterious lotus casebook (mlc) and lin chen/mei changsu (linsu) from nirvana in fire (nif). i apparently go for the old married couples where one of them is actively dying.

both mcs and llh are main characters dying from incurable poisons and both are more or less ok with that whereas their partners are less so. after that they do diverge quite a bit; lin chen rather famously declares that he doesn't know lin shu, mei changsu's previous identity, only mei changsu. di feisheng, on the other hand, is obsessed with who li lianhua used to be, li xiangyi, di feisheng's one and only rival.

lin chen shows up at the beginning of nif to set up mcs and then fucks off for 40+ episodes only to show up at the end to try to discourage mcs from fulfilling what he feels is lin shu's (his) destiny, because he's no longer lin shu but mcs and mcs has inherent value of his own. dfs starts out forcibly trying to cure llh to turn him back into lxy, but grows closer to llh over the course of mlc and they drink nuptial wine together and talk about the moon. at the end, dfs leaves the probable cure for llh's poison with him rather than shoving it down his throat like he would have at the beginning.

most relevantly to me, lin chen gets the chance to go with mcs to the very end. he enlists and follows him to meiling. he works to keep mcs going as long as he possibly can, he looks mcs's death in the face and does his best to delay it. he's there until the very last second. llh doesn't even leave dfs a body.

lin chen lives with the grief as it looms closer and closer and knows the shape it takes in his life. he's a doctor, he's faced this before even if it's much, much more personal this time. dfs is left widowed at the altar at their beach wedding with a hundred guests. he searches relentlessly for llh with all of the considerable resources available to him, and finds nothing. i wonder a lot about how long he searches. does he search forever? does he eventually give up? does he, a man steeped in death since childhood, actually know how to grieve?

i don't really have a conclusion to draw. i'm just thinking about who these two men leave behind and what different pictures the ones left have to work with. mcs leaves behind letters, but not to jingyan and not to lin chen, who most likely has to coordinate their delivery. llh leaves dfs his only letter where he offers fdb as his successor.

maybe it's that lin chen has to watch mcs die but gets the closure of being with him up until his final moments and dfs gets nothing. no goodbye, no grave, just the shards of lxy's broken sword. llh didn't even leave him those on purpose. maybe he gets the hope that it's not true, but at what cost?

god i love these two ships so much.

#mysterious lotus casebook #nirvana in fire #dihua #linsu #feihua #di feisheng #li lianhua #lin chen #mei changsu #rambling #i could also talk about my tendency to ship something just off the fandom juggernaut ship #either mc with someone other than fandom's designated boyfriend #or just straight up background characters #but like honestly that is another conversation lol #i'm only a little sorry i'm like this

[canary3d-obsessed]

Bad Party Guests

Wang Pangzi, Tomb of the Sea

Mei Changsu, Nirvana in Fire

Wei Wuxian, The Untamed

Zhang Rishan, Tomb of the Sea

Ling Buyi, Love Like the Galaxy

#love like the galaxy #the untamed #tomb of the sea #nirvana in fire #nirvana in fire spoilers #love like the galaxy spoilers #tomb of the sea spoilers #ling buyi #zhang rishan #wang pangzi #mei changsu #wei wuxian #canary3d-original #poll #cdrama

[jianghushenanigans]

(Nirvana in) Fire and Ice

-- Robert Frost

#nirvana in fire #mei changsu #lin shu #su zhe #robert frost #fire and ice #this concept came to me in JUNE and here we are six months later i finally finished

[waterlilyvioletfog]

⬆️ DO NOT INVITE THIS MAN TO YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY. HE WILL RUIN YOUR SPECIAL DAY FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

#mei changsu the man that you are… <3 #nirvana in fire #nif #lyb #lang ya bang #langya bang #mei changsu #cdrama

[circumference-pie]

NiF + "One Art" [x]

#nirvana in fire #琅琊榜 #circ gifs #cdramaedit #mei changsu #lin xie #jinyang #xiao jingyan #mu nihuang

[bitterflames]

what happens in the secret tunnel stays in the secret tunnel

#nirvana in fire #琅琊榜 #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #jingsu #vayne's art tag #this man shows up in the secret underground room beneath ur homes with his hair down and wearing but a single robe wyd #if jingyan didn't have a little “oh no he's hot” moment at that then i don't even know

[erizosan1]

In honor of Lin Chen's victory in the Lin's poll by 2 votes 😂 as i promised very smug Lin Chen and Changsu, who is already plotting his new revenge plan

And screen to immortalise this glorious victory 😂

#nirvana in fire #lin chen #mei changsu #my art

[thecrenellations]

Xiao Jingyan, Mei Changsu, and this post :)

#nirvana in fire #lang ya bang #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #something i #it was between the bow and the blossoms but this shot worked better and he was wearing a fluffier coat #i forgot that after she stares at him he just keeps walking and talking and pretends nothing happened #everyone is doing GREAT #jingyan is having a terrible day and it's about to get worse #glad people agree with this analysis because this IS them

[palehorsemen]

#nirvana in fire #the langya list #lang ya bang #lyb #nif #cdrama #fanart #cnovel #cdramaart #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #mu nihuang #xiao shu #lin shu #illustrations

[kimboo-york]

Nirvana in Fire rec list & Resource database!

I have been busy updating my NiF database! I have added a new tab, "Resources," which contains links to all kinds of information about the drama Nirvana in Fire, the novel Lang Ya Bang, and cultural/historical facts/meta!!!!

Here's a peek:

So whether you are a fan who just wants to know more, or a fanfic writer who needs to know more, please partake of all the great information here!

If you have any suggestions for resources I have missed, please let me know.

#kimboo's musings #nirvana in fire #lang ya bang #mei changsu #lin chen #xiao jingyan #fanfiction resources

[a-little-lost-in-my-own-head]

It always destroys me, how Mei Changsu plays up his shemingness and ruthlessness, pretending to be evil strategist, just so Jingyan doesn't accidently start liking him. Like, he knows, he has to, that Jingyan might like him anyway, even without revealing his true identity. And that if he likes him he will put him above the crown in his list of priorities. Just...

#so many feels #so many thoughts #those two are husbands your honor #lang ya bang #nirvana in fire #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #lin shu #lyb

[thatrandombystander]

The imperial court is soooo lucky Mei Changsu's goal was justice and not revenge. He already started throwing everything into chaos from the moment he arrived, imagine how bad it would have gotten if his goal was to leave none of the bastards alive

#nirvana in fire #ramblings of a bystander #you see one NiF post and it makes you want to put your head in a pillow and scream about the show for the next five days #mei changsu #lang ya bang

[hardwareabstractionlayer]

#mei changsu #a bao #hu ge #nirvana in fire #blossoms shanghai #琅琊榜 #繁花 #两只bking #my gifs

[waterlilyvioletfog]

Nirvana in Fire, Ep. 33: Mei Changsu has a shitty day

#nirvana in fire #nif #lyb #langya bang #lang ya bang #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #xjy is like >:( why was he so mean to my mom DUDE HE WAS SNOOZINGGGGG #he’s got a terminal illness bro needs his rest!!! #cdrama

[circumference-pie]

Nirvana in Fire | Ep 49

A remake of this gifset.

#nirvana in fire #circ gifs #remake #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #the original gifs were made purely with commandline and Preview #they weren't that bad considering

[bitterflames]

my hands look like this (bloodied with the stains of foul deeds and scheming) so his can look like this (pristine and unsullied as he ascends the throne with conscience clear)

#nirvana in fire #mei changsu #xiao jingyan #jingsu #don't mind me i'm Goin Thru It #text post tag