#mingjue for husband

[h1234yt]

You guys wouldn't stand me going feral for this man like, CAN I TAME HIM???!!! i might not, but DO I CARE??!! mingjue for HUSBAND!!

#mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs #nie mingjue #he's hot #mingjue for husband

[add1ctedt0you]

"I said, “Doesn’t it bother you? [...] That all anyone talks about when they talk about you are the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo?” “No,” she told me. “Because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo.”"

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid

#IT'S VERY SILLY AND UGLY #But but #I saw a poll about ship and was like. wait wait. This throuple is about wwx's husbands. Seven husbands. But wwx has only three husbands #Then I remembered that someone in canon has seven husbands. jgy #I should remove tiktok uh #Jin guangyao #lan xichen #nie mingjue #su she #xue yang #jiang cheng #nie huaisang #mdzs donghua #my horrible gif #The last husband is mxy #Mdzs seven husbands

[valodia]

Nieyao brainworms alive and well. If anyone was wondering

#my art #mdzs #nieyao #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #i was eating a clementine and this interaction more or less happened with my husband and its nieyao hours so it made me want to draw this. #immediately after showing my husband he was like huh. isnt that what happened w us earlier. #and made fun of me for longing for Mingjue. hhh leaf me a lawn #also been listening to a cover of stay with me on loop so #i think ive been making too much good art so heres something trashy for a change

[stiltonbasket]

nmj and jc absolutely have bro solidarity because they will both cry in the movie theater if the dog dies. someone (lxc and jyl) have to check the special website "does the dog die" before they go to the movies now.

Nie Mingjue and Jiang Cheng both cry in the theatre if a dog dies, but Nie Mingjue nopes out the second a spouse dies, and Jiang Cheng does the same when a sibling dies. The one time they go to a movie without telling LXC and JYL, they end up watching a film in which a dog, a husband, and a brother die; NMJ and JC spend the next week clinging to Lan Xichen & Jiang Yanli and Wei Wuxian, respectively.

#asks #nmj was down and out the second the husbands were separated #started bawling the second they said their final goodbye and had to be escorted out when one of them died #jc hung on for another 20 minutes but then the sidekick's brother got killed and that was that #nie mingjue #jiang cheng

[digitalstowaway]

AU where nmj doesn't die

He does suffer from qi deviation as jgy planned, but he didn't die. He just kinda. Hides away. nhs is forced into being sect leader all the same, becoming known as headshaker.

lxc doesn't speak to him--he tries, but nmj won't see anyone.

Years go by. Shit goes down. jgy dies.

And nmj goes out in public for the first time. The first thing he does is see lxc who's very much not okay after killing jgy. It's okay though bc nmj has the vibe of a soaking wet cat.

All is good eventually and lxc goes to his uncle like 🥺 can he stay here?

And lqr is like sure why not what's one more husband in Cloud Recesses? Bring a donkey too like wwx. Who cares anymore.

nmj is uninterested in cultivation anymore and just spends his time doing lil crafts (he understands the appeal now of hobbies but he will not be telling nhs that bc they are NOT on speaking terms)

lqr actually likes nmj though. Like he always has and now he's like oh he's nice. wwx can learn a thing or two.

wwx is always in the background throwing his hands up in the air like all he does is breathe and it breaks three rules

#nie mingjue #wwx and nmj become good friends tho bc theyre just the fun lil house husbands will shit all to do all day #nmj lives au #mdzs

[a-schrodingers-fox]

His father’s death, after those agonizing three months, felt as a relief. At least now, Nie Mingjue thought, their father was not in pain anymore. He squeezed his didi’s hand tighter and stood straighter, but the wouldn’t stop the tears from falling…

#this 14 year old trying his best to comfort his 10 year old brother as he is given the weight of leading a whole clan #the anger and pain from knowing his father was murdered having tended to him when he was on his last weeks of life #making sure Huaisang remembered their father as the living dad and husband he was and not as the enraged ghost he became when the qi #deviations rapidly became worst #trying to live up to so many expectations #trying to be a father and an older brother to Huaisang #trying to be everything they needed everything his precious didi needed #I’m—- #AH #excuse me while I cry in the corner #you are welcome to join me #AHHHHH #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #the untamed #cql #mdzs #nhs #nmj #fatal journey #my art #nie brothers #*loving dad #because fuck he loved them both so much #so did their mothers and then they were just…gone #*9 year old brother #i hc them as being 5 years apart

[just-another-oikawa-kinnie]

“Fine. Stay. Since you can't even stay away from me in death, Da-ge.”

#mxtx mdzs #gay #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #art #the untamed #fanart #mdzs fanart #jin guangyao #meng yao #nie mingjue #nieyao #i want that twink obliterated #said nie mingjue #tw decapitated head #fierce corpse #murder husbands

[holyshitanotherblog]

#nie mingjue #take ur husband to work day #im not taking that damn plastic off

[mr-lelia]

Day 6 of posting my thoughts until I find a friend

(In the context of poly 3zun) I love the thought of JGY using LXC like a Trojan horse to get together with NMJ. LXC knows ofc and he knows he can butter NMJ up a little before suggesting anything to him. Sjizdjsjwj I just love love love the idea of LXC being able to see JGY's more calculating, morally dubious personality (sans the murder) and accepting him anyway bc "he's just a little guy <3" lol he'd be so conflicted at first though

LXC: "Idk A-Yao, I don't like the sound of that..."

JGY, already designing their wedding robes: "Cover your ears, then."

#it's just me a-ming! #just you? #yeeeeeeees #hm... ok #BOOM #gets a second husband #mxtx mdzs #mdzs #mo dao su zhi #mo dao zu shi #the grandmaster of diabolism #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the untamed #3zun #nie mingjue #lan xichen #jin guangyao #meng yao

[lavenderjiang]

i love nie bros

#had to restrain a little special interest moment about nmj lol #it was in someones comments so i didnt wanna like write an essay #but tbh this is the autism webbed site #so i probably could have #anyway nie bros my beloveds #nie mingjue #qinghe nie #nie clan #chifeng zun #the untamed #the untamed: fatal journey #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #lavenderjiang #nie huaisang #my beautiful green husband

[mostlikelytofangirl]

Other than nieyao, what are your favorite ships for JGY and NMJ?

Oh my dear anon, where should I even start!

This fandom has made me a multishipper since there are so many fascinating dynamics going on between the characters, and they are all so wonderfully and painfully interconnected. There are many ships I enjoy for these two, but I'll go with the favorites you asked for or we'll be here all day lol

I'm a huge 3zun lover, so for NMJ, my other favorite ship would be nielan.

Now, for JGY is a bit trickier since this little guy is my bicycle and I ship him hard with most of the cast or something XD. I'm very, VERY into xiyao as well... but I have to go with ruoyao here: it's spicier and risque, with room for a wide range of scenarios (also Meng "daddy issues" Yao much lol), and I'm just the kind of person to be biased towards the underdog in any situation and it's obvious which one is the much smaller ship here :')))))

#replies #mdzs #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #nieyao #nielan #ruoyao #so many ships man! #there's so much to explore with these guys #but yeah I have an allyao agenda #I just think the little guy deserves an army of husbands dotting on him #and there are also a lot of ppl who could use a da-ge in their lives #truth to be told tho any ship can work in this story if you try hard enough #bc everybody is jin ling's uncle anyways

[shanastoryteller]

Happy Birthday and April Fools! can we have a continuation of jc and nie zongzhu?

a continuation of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Haoyu digs his thumbs into his shoulders, working out the knot of tension that never quite dissipates. "Don't worry so much. The kids will be fine."

Jiang Cheng sighs, leaning back into his husband's hands even though he knows it won't do much good. "I'm not worried."

The silence isn't judgmental, exactly. More knowing than anything else, which is worse. Jiang Cheng hadn't thought their relationship would last once Haoyu knew him well enough to pick out his lies, considering how very many of them he tells. Going by Wei Cheng doesn't feel like a lie anymore, not after all these years as A-Ying's father, but there's plenty that still does and always will.

Haoyu is almost concerningly good natured about it. It would make Jiang Cheng suspicious if he didn't know for a fact that he'd pried every secret Haoyu had out of him before he bowed to him three times.

"Mingjue won't let them get into trouble," Haoyu continues. Jiang Cheng is sure that his silence is judgmental. "Too much trouble." Haoyu can't see his face, but at this point Jiang Cheng doesn't think he has to. "He won't let them get into any large amount of trouble alone."

"Yeah," he sighs. "That's what I'm worried about."

#prompt answers #prompts are closed #asks #anon #untamed

[justaghostingon]

When Your Brother Thinks You’re Being Cheated On: How Not to Introduce your third

A 3zun crack au

Jin Guangyao, Lan xichen, and Nie Mingjue have recently become a triad, finally taking their sworn brotherhood to the next level after many talks, tears, confessions, and scheming of a one Lan xichen to get both his boyfriends to be boyfriends together

Guangshuan is also dead far earlier than in canon under mysterious circumstances, which greatly helped the three come together and absolutely was not a bonding expierience for the three

They’re pretty happy, however this realtionship is still new, and with politics being as it is, (wei wuxian being out there in his burial mounds scarinf everyone by existing and stressing out lan zhan, jin zixuan a new sect leader and expecting a child soon, and nie mingjue suffering baxia’s backlash) they’re trying to keep it on the down low until things stablize a bit

What they forget to take into account, are there brothers

Lan xichen is probably the most innocent in this, he fully believes he’s told lan zhan, he talks about his lovers all the time! Surelly lan zhan was listening?

Lan zhan was not listening. He was brooding over wei wuxian.

He is vaguely that lan xichen liked nie mingjue from way back when they were kids, and hasn’t thought it changed, since lan’s can only love once. It’s their families curse after all. So when lan xichen talks about a-yao this, a-yao that, lan zhan thinks its just friendship talk (like what wei ying used to do to him in cloud recesses) and tunes it out.

Jin Guangyao has an excuse. His position in the jin clan is destabilized by the shift in leadership. The last thing he wants is for jin zixuan to think he can’t do his job because he’s also kissing the leaders of two rival sects.

Jin zixuan for his part, does not see the other sects as rivals to beat like his father did. He’s not thinking much of anything except that he’s really drowning in work, and both Jiang Yanli and Jin Guangyao are lifelines.

Jiang Yanli he can show his gratitude by being the best husband he can be. But jin Guangyao? How can he get his brother to stop being awkward and take a break, (and maybe be closer like everyone else is with their siblings?)

Then jin zixuan catches the heart eyes that jin guangyao throws lan xichen at a sect conference, so much warmer than how he acts towards his other sworn brother, with all that bickering (flirting).

So jun zixuan tries to set up jin guangyao and lan xichen, giving every excuse for one to visit the other, and ample alone time when they do. He’s rewarded once by coming in a room wirh out knocking to see them holding hands.

Jin guangyao pulls his hand away, but its too late, jin zixuan saw it, his mission is complete!

Nie Mingjue is the only one who was no excuse. His brother asks him about his love life all the time. He wants to know!!!

But nie mingjue does not want a meddling sibling in his buisness, and anytime it comes up he gets so embarrassed he can’t speak, so he shuts him out.

Nie huaisang has to use his own brain, and so wjen he spots nie mingjue blushing and braiding a flower into jin guangyao’s hair, he realizes his answer. Nie mingjue has finally acted on his old feelings for meng yao, now his awful father isn’t here to keep them aprart.

All three brothers are thrilled. Until….

Lan zhan finds out first. He’s walking in the cloud recesses, when he sees two people making out. One in a now familiar green, and one in …yellow.

Nie mingjue is making out with jin guangyao in the cloud recesses, right under his brother’s nose! The nerve!

Lan zhan is frozen solid for a good five minutes, just watching in horror, before he turns and storms away, determined to save his brother from such a faithless match.

Jin guangyao and nie mingjue were absolutely doing it on purpose. They caught a glimpse of lan zhan’s white robes and handsome appearance out of the corner of their eye and thinking he was lan xichen, decided to give him a show. When they weren’t hit with a solid body joining their embrace they realized something was wrong, it wasn’t xichen, but lan wangji. They both feel very embarrassed and do not want to bring it up to lan xichen that they ruined his brother’s innocent with the sight of their kissing.

Lan wangji meanwhile tries to tell his brother, but his brother won’t hear a word against nie mingjue, (and lan zhan’s phrasing was also really vague, stuff like: “nie mingjue is a bad man, and jin guangyao is a snake in the bunny feild” but give him a break, he was traumatized)

Lan’s only love once, lan zhan justifies to himself, its gonna take more than words to convince him.

So he goes to the only person he can think of in times of crisis, wei wuxian.

Wei wuxian isn’t very close to those three, he thought nie mingjue was a better man than that, but then again, all the sects did turn a blind eye to the wen prison camps, so what does he know? No. He’s only mad about this because lan zhan came to him so obviously upset, and wei wuxian can never resist an upset lan zhan.

So he works day and night, (while lan zhan gets covered in blankets by the wens and hugs a-yaun for comfort) to create a talisman that can capture an event in the instant it happens, like a painting!

(Its a camera, he invented a camera)

He then starts marketting them to the common people under a psydonim, so it will be a trusted device by the time news reaches the cloud recesses.

He then gives it to lan zhan and instructs him to get a photo of nie mingjue cheating to show to his brother as proof.

Lan zhan accepts with the gravity of a man going to war, and prepares to stalk his brother’s boyfriend.

Meanwhile, nie huaisang is in for the shock of his life at the next sect conference, when he sees thr flowers he had sent to jin guangyao’s rooms on his brothers behalf, were instead decorating the rooms of a blushing lan xichen, who said “someone very special gave them to me.”

This may seem an innocent gesture of regifting, but nie huaisang smells a rat. You don’t regift a lovers gift to another person, u certainly don’t leave the other person blushing and saying it was from someone “very special”

Clearly jin guangyao is two-timing poor nie mingjue! But don’t worry! Nie huaisang has the perfect plan! First he’ll expose jin guangyao for the liar he is, then he’ll have both nie mingjue and lan xichen rebound with each other, effectively ensuring their happieness while punishing the guilty party! (Lan xichen can’t know. He’s to good to cheat, and he loves nie mingjue to much,” nie huaisang thinks, missing the obvious)

His plans however, face problems from the start. He first tries to expose jin guangyao as having a failed relationship before with qin su, to show to his brother jin guangyao’s track record isn’t great. But when he finds the actual reason “the mother told them both they were siblings, since she was no longer afraid of jin guangshan’s retribution since he was dead” it doesn’t help him at all! If anything it makes jiggy look even more honorable for covering it up and makinf it look like it was because he wasn’t good enough.

Then he tries to expose him as a liar in koi tower, lots of corruption there! But his every step is thwarted by some unknown force, one even he can’t out think

His only hope lies in the new talisman on the market that allows you to capture images. Surely if he catches jin guangyao in the act, that will be wnouggh to prove him unfaithful (even if it will prob take a few more steps to convince da-ge that lan xichen didn’t know actually and is s good choice for rebound)

The person who is thwartinf nie huaisang is in fact jin zixuan, mostly by all the back breaking work he’s done to weed out corruption, tiredness, and trying to keep jin guangyao to simpler, easy to do jobs.

See, jin zixuan saw lan xichen kiss nie mingjue on the cheek a couple weeks back, and even though he’s not certain if its actually cheating or lan xichen and a-yao broke up and lan xichen moved on far to quickly, he knows it must be taking a toll on jin guangyao

Not that jin guangyao is showing any signs, but that’s just the mask he’s always wearing. If Jin zixuan wants to see the real him, he needs to prove he can be someone he can trust.

So he starts giving jin guangyao simpler tasks to do, paired with babysitting the new born jin ling, things that keep him away from all the husle of court politics that put him into contact with his ex and his ex’s new man.

Jiang yanli is more than happy to help, talking about her own brothers to remind jiggy he has one too, and having tea with him while he holds jin ling.

Jiggy is glad for time with jin ling, but he likes doing things! He has to fight tooth and nail to get jin zixuan to let him help with the one month ceremony, and is far to busy with that to do any scheming of any kind

Everything comes to a head at jin ling’s one month celebration, where nie huaisang tries to publicly expose jin guangyao by working pictures of him with lan xichen into the slide show (yet another wei wuxian invention, he’s really on fire with these)

He then points out the obvious by “accident” and tries to reassure mingju there’s no way lan xichen would ever betray him like that

Lan zhan (who has brought wei wuxian for moral aupport) sees this and panics, showing his pictures (which he originally wanted to give to his brother in private) to prove his brother’s innocence and that its the other way around, actually.

To which jin zixuan angrilly stands up and points out how nie mingjue and lan xichen were the one’s who left jin guangyao and he’s not going to stand for anyone insulting his brother actually, and this is his psrty so they better back off or get out.

“Your here for formalities sake, we could easily have this with just the jins and the jiangs!”

“Anf me!” Goes wei wuxian

“And the wei sect!” Goes jin zixuan, accidentally acknowledging wei wuxian’s group of outcasts as legitimate and thus changing the course of history

It is at this point when 3zun realize the jig is up. In their attempt to keep quiet for politics, they made everything even worse.

They stand up and point out that no, no one is cheating, and yes, they are all together, all THREE of them, and that is not going to change anytime soon, and also could they have those photos? Lan xichen’s starting a scrap book.

See this is why i don’t tell you things, goes jin guangyao to jin zixuan, (secretly pleased he’d be willing to go against two sects for him)

“What the f- goes on in your head?” Goes nie mingjue to nie huaisang

“Brother i told you this ages ago,” goes a very disappointed lan xichen

“Lan’d can love more than one person?” Lan zhan says, eyes wide and uncompeehending “do i have to love more than one?”

“Don’y worry about it lan zhan,” goes wei wuxian. “You can love exactly how you want too.” Lam zhan looks at him with wide eyes, makes three leaps of logic, a d assumes this is wei wuxian acknowledging lan zhan’s feelings and giving him permission to court him.

Thus 3zun live happily ever after, having learned that communication really is key when you have three very over-protective brothers.

#the untamed #the untamed au #mo dao su zhi #mdzs au #mdzs #3zun #nieyao #nielan #xiyao #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #lan xichen #jin zixuan #nie huaisang #lan wangji #wei wuxian #i don’t got enough coins to fastpass love me to death so i had to turn to another throuple instead #a little bit of wangxian in the end #not cheating au #cheating discussed but never happens

[winterprince601]

one of the most obviously sad and frustrating things about wei wuxian is the way in which everyone assumes the worst of him All Of The Time. whilst this clearly encompasses classist rich dicks like jin zixun and the people who make up evil myths about the yiling patriarch, even ostensibly virtuous characters like nie mingjue and lan xichen are constantly suspicious of him. jiang cheng is a classic example - despite loving his brother, he finds it easier to believe that he's lazy or out of control than interrogate his motives. even love of my life lan wangji, prior to wwx's resurrection, doesn't stop to consider that wwx might have good reasons for not retaking the sword path beyond a greed for power so out of character, it's laughable. having said all of that:

SHOUTOUT TO JIANG YANLI WHO NOT ONLY LOVED HER BROTHER DEEPLY, BUT FIERCELY AND DEMONSTRABLY. SHE *ALWAYS* ASSUMED THE BEST OF HIM AND DEFENDED HIM. GRIEF NEVER BLINDED HER. IRONICALLY, CONSIDERING HER BUDGET MR-DARCY-ASS HUSBAND, THE WORD ""PREJUDICE"" DID NOT EXIST IN HER VOCABULARY. JIANG YANLI SAW THE SOCIAL HORRORS OF THE CULTIVATION WORLD AND SAID NOT TODAY AND NEVER MY A-XIAN. I MISS HER. JYL FOR CHIEF CULTIVATOR 623 BC.

#not asoiaf today whoops #jiang yanli has so many good traits #but in a novel where wwx is the protaganist this one has always stuck out to me immensely #she has that reader's clarity #she knows our boy #and she is the most uncorrupted by social pressures of the sects #i love and miss her #jiang yanli #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #the untamed #cql #lan wangji #mdzs #mdzs meta #the untamed meta #wwx #jyl

[eastofakkala]

The Sunshot Generation as Babies/Toddlers

(And That One Story that was always told about them when they got older).

Wei Wuxian: Surprisingly, was a very good kid. There are shockingly few juicy stories. 

Lan Wangji: By contrast, he was an absolutely feral toddler who terrified EVERYONE. Lan Xichen was the only one who could settle him down. It got so bad that Wangji got to attend class with his brother, because discipline did not work. 

Jiang Cheng: Very cuddly baby/toddler. Was nearly kidnapped once or twice because he was offered cuddles. Developed his temper/paranoia/general prickliness later on. 

Jiang Yanli: Accidentally kidnapped Wen Chao once. She wanted to give him soup because he looked sad. He was one year old and could not properly explain he was supposed to stay in place. They were halfway to Lotus Pier when it was discovered that the Jiang delegation had accidentally taken Wen-gongzi hostage. 

Lan Xichen: Much better toddler than Wangji, but for a while refused to walk anywhere on his own. Surprisingly, the adult who gave in to his (very muted) temper tantrums most often was Lan Qiren. 

Nie Mingjue: At his 100-day ceremony, he cried every time Wen Ruohan got close. His father was very apologetic. His mother thought it was hysterical and had to duck into antechambers to laugh in private. 

Nie Huaisang: Normally too sick to do much, but bit Jin Guangshan one time at a delegation when he didn’t listen to the also-small Nie Mingjue’s warnings that Sang-er didn’t want to be held at the moment. Once again, his father was very apologetic. Mingjue was extremely proud of his didi. 

Wen Xu: Made the mistake of shoving Yanli at a discussion conference. She tried to tell him to stop, but he didn’t listen. After the third time, she gave in and shoved him back, knocking him off the pier and into the water. 

Wen Chao: Went through a period of time when his favorite adult was Wen Zhuliu, and he would throw a raging temper tantrum if anyone else handled him. This included servants, other sect leaders, his father and his mother. Neither he nor Wen Zhuliu were ever able to figure out why. 

Wen Qing: While she did not cry very often, she scowled so fiercely at everyone that her parents had an exorcism performed on her at one point for fear that she was being possessed by a very unfriendly spirit. Nope, she just had enough of everyone’s nonsense before her hundredth day. 

Wen Ning: Very nice baby. One time accidentally ripped the head off a doll and cried for hours until Wen Qing fixed it. She explained that he was giving it surgery. 

Jin Zixuan: Very quiet baby. Was routinely taken to healers to ensure he wasn’t sick. Nope, he was just boring. 

Meng Yao: Could climb before he could walk. Meng Shi learned this the hard way when she turned her back and found him on top of a table, clapping his hands and babbling excitedly at her. It was the only time she well and truly freaked out. 

Mianmian: Was left alone in her parents’ garden one afternoon. When they returned, it was to find that she’d somehow dug up five worms and declared herself the worm empress. Once her husband heard the story, he teased her with it for weeks. 

#Untamed #Modao Zushi #General Character Nonsense #Not really a serious thing #But I made myself laugh so #Sunshot Generation #Wei Wuxian #Lan Wangji #Jiang Cheng #Jiang Yanli #Lan Xichen #Nie Mingjue #Nie Huaisang #Wen Xu #Wen Chao #Wen Qing #Wen Ning #Jin Zixuan #Meng Yao #Mianmian

[wutheringskies]

The Twin Jades

dude sometimes I just come across such bad meta. it's even worse if it starts off good and turns bad.

Good Meta Points:

• The Lans really love younger child Wangji (no pets allowed, but wangji can have them. Wangji wants lotus pod seeds and gets them etc.)

• Instead of giving agency to his actions and thoughts, they think he's being influenced or corrupted by others to act in such ways (especially Lan Qiren.)

Bad Meta Points

• Lan Wangji is spoilt, similar to Nie Huaisang or Jin Zixuan.

• Gets the lowest punishment at all times (pfft.)

• "I get it you waited 13 years but you fucked off into the sunset with your husband leaving your emotionally unstable brother and duties"

• "Good to see people talking about Lan Wangji's flaws" - mentions him being spoilt and demanding instead of his actual flaws.

Like... you cannot seriously point out how he gets to have rabbits as a point of him being spoilt. Lan Wangji has made like one error in his life in his studies. He's assigned himself punishment for stuff that wasn't even done by will (coughs, wwx). He's made his decisions and lived with the consequences.

Despite what you say, Lan Xichen isn't a terrible brother to Wangji. Neither is Lan Wangji a selfish brother.

Sibling relationships are complex, and between two individuals with their own set of values. Lan Wangji is totally righteous, even more than Nie Mingjue. He can't stand exaggerated, political loopholes and unrighteous acts. He does what he can do, working on the ground level.

Lan Xichen isn't Lan Wangji. He knows the world is filled with corrupted people, and challenging each and every one of them would lead to your own devastation (read: Wei Wuxian's biography). Thus, he tries extending his sympathy to all, and draws conclusions that allow the least possible damage. He does think Lan Wangji made a dire mistake with Wei Wuxian, because if not, he will have to face the fact that the world punished his brother for his righteousness and it would shatter his whole foundation (like it does).

But despite that, both of them share similarities. They both want the better of the world. Lan Wangji is brave enough to challenge the whole foundation of the cultivation world. Lan Xichen is brave enough to lay down peace even when it's so painfully obvious there's no option of it.

Lan Wangji trusts his brother enough to bring Wei Wuxian back to Cloud Recesses after getting stabbed at Jin Tower. Lan Xichen lives up to this trust and helps them investigate the matter. Lan Wangji even assures Wei Wuxian that his brother would not stand for Jin Guangyao if his crimes were true.

See, you don't have to completely have the same sort of sets of beliefs to be siblings. Sibling relationships are complex. Both these brothers know each other, their strengths and their weaknesses well. They may be exasperated at each other's insistence, yet they are well aware that they both have to walk their own paths.

Lan Xichen could never take away Lan Wangji's pain or fix him. Neither can Lan Wangji fix Lan Xichen.

But both of them will always have each other's backs. They are each other's families. Each other's brothers for life.

But at the same time, they have each their own paths to walk. People need to understand that it's not about a lack of sense of responsibility on Lan Wangji's side, but the realization that if he went back home, he may lose Wei Wuxian again. His uncle wants to take him back, lecture him and lock him into seclusion. His uncle wouldn't accept his proposal to be married to Wei Wuxian.

He doesn't give his uncle the chance to "accept" or not.

And he literally returns three months later.

I can't help but feel that those who say he was selfish do not have siblings. Or have bad sibling relationships. I'd say Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen have a perfectly good relationship if despite their differences, their terrible parentage, their opposing personalities, the roles they both played in each other's life (with Lan Xichen being sworn brothers to Jin Guangyao who played a major role in Wei Wuxian's fall, and Lan Wangji being Wei Wuxian's husband, who in turn, set the case back onto Jin Guangyao, thus hurting Lan Xichen), the things they couldn't help each other out of, but yet, they do trust each other and love each other.

And I trust that Lan Xichen will one day figure stuff out. There's a lyric in this MDZS song called unfettered. It is like:

The past is akin to dew in the morning. Even if it can be comprehended, it lays under layers and layers of fog.

In the end, hatred, love, resentment, debts and regrets all come to pass.

Just like how Lan Wangji is not his father, Lan Xichen will also not be his father. I don't think both of them had hurtful intentions towards the other at any point.

It's not like "Yunmeng bros" where JC intentionally wishes to cause pain to Wei Wuxian. It's not like the Nie bros, where NMJ has to be super over-protective of Huaisang.

It's just two siblings with their own lives choosing to be with each other, in happiness and in grief (mostly in grief uhm) in a terrible world where the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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