#you could remove Banyue and Pei Su entirely

[thisisallthehattersfault]

AU where Hualian met and got together some time before Xie Lian's General Hua era, and they ended up properly being able to raise and take care of Banyue and Pei Su.

Also they somehow end up figuring out what's up with Jun Wu, and when Pei Su still ascends, he does so with the knowledge of what Jun Wu is. Instead of killing all those people at Banyue pass for Ban Yue, he's working within heaven against Jun Wu.

I just want a fic that really delves into Pei Ming's relationship with Pei Su, and the realization that he didn't actually know the kid nearly as well as he thought he did. Also, we see in canon that Pei Su seems to respect and look up to Xie Lian more than he does Pei Ming, which is another thing that's never really addressed but could be interesting to explore. And I like the idea of heaven being like "The Ghost City is dangerous and volatile and Hua Cheng is the ultimate evil" and then we cut to Pei Su vising home for a weekend and having to dodge dozens of well-meaning ghost aunties trying to feed him questionable things before he gets to Paradise Manor and is immediately accosted by Hua Cheng because oh, I see, you have the time to run all those errands for Ming Guang but you don't have the time to cALL YOUR FUCKING PARENTS--

#TGCF #heaven official's blessing #Pei Su #Hualian #Hua Cheng #Xie Lian #Pei Ming #Ban Yue #Really I just want more of the side characters in general honestly #TGCF has such a huge cast but most of the characters are #not actually plot relevant? #like you could replace the Banyue arc with literally any other situation #where Xie Lian was nice to someone and it went poorly for him #and zero things about the story would change #you could remove Banyue and Pei Su entirely #and the story would not change #I hate that! Make them relevant! #Actually the same is true for a bunch of other characters also #but I digress