i love xie lian because he’s the kind of character with the kind of tragic backstory you’d expect for a villain. i mean he almost does become a villain in book four, but even after all that suffering and torture from bwx and the people stabbing him a hundred times and everyone abandoning him–
he chooses to be kind. he doesn’t take his anger out on the world, he doesn’t go crazy, he just carries on like he usually does.
and like, i would root for him even if he did turn evil! bc xie lian went through some goddamn awful shit. if he went batshit id be like you go king go massacre those assholes!!!
but he chooses to remain kind and good and keeps helping people even though it screws him over again and again. he could’ve taken his anger out and killed people but he chooses to stay kind throughout all of that.
and nobody ever reciprocates, until hua cheng. who gives xie lian all the dedication that he gives to the common people. and if xie lian were any less good and kind hua cheng could easily be taken advantage of, which he honestly wouldn’t even mind. but xie lian is the kind of person who wouldn’t even wish death on his worst enemy, let alone someone who loves him.
they are both someone who would never turn on or take advantage of each other’s never-ending pool of love and kindness and i think that’s really neat of hualian.
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