[absterge]

thank you jiang cheng for making destiel canon on your birthday that was so brave of you

[absterge]

the most jiang cheng thing ever is for him to be overshadowed and ignored on his fucking birthday bc of homosexuals. the stars really did align on this one huh

[sandushengshou]

[viterbofangirllovestheuntamed]

OKAY so like, THIS is one of the most counter-intuitive aspects of Jiang Cheng’s entire character. This is a man who was raised with his mother verbally abusing him with relentless haranguing about how he’s less impressive than Wei Wuxian whenever she’s not shaming him for loving- or even being friendly with- his adopted sect brother. This is a man who was emotionally abused by his father’s cold and distant attitude and clear favoritism towards Wei Wuxian. Jiang Cheng is AMBITIOUS and SELF-CONSCIOUS and desperate for his parent’s approval. When Wei Wuxian outshoots him in that first pair of gifs (in front of all the other disciples, no less!) anyone watching the show for the first time would TOTALLY expect Jiang Cheng to pitch a fit or at least stalk away in high dudgeon. 

But he doesn’t.

He smiles. Not only smiles, but smirks, like, “…Saw THAT coming.”

He is proud of his brother. 

He is so, so proud. And proud to be Wei Wuxian’s brother.

Before the time-skip, Jiang Cheng actually doesn’t really dwell on how Wei Wuxian is better than him. How much he’s going to get them in trouble, sure! How his arrogance is writing checks his abilities can’t cash, of course! How he just won’t get it through his thick skull that there are political consequences to his fucking actions, all the time! But not a constant green-eyed envy.

(Now, yes, there’s a bit of dwelling on the subject after the whole Dad-says-I’ve-missed-the-whole-point-of-our-clan-motto-and-then-mom-dragged-me-between-the-two-of-them-and-yelled-about-how-pathetic-I-am-and-how-other-people-think-Wei Wuxian-is-much-cooler-than-me-and-then-confirmed-the-fact-that-dad-doesn’t-like-me-very-much debacle, but in light of the whole situation, Jiang Cheng’s very understandable sulk-fest was focused much more on his own shortcomings or the general injustice of the situation as opposed to envy or resentment against Wei Wuxian himself.)

This is going to dovetail with a post I’m planning on writing about the Jiang sibling trio and love languages, but I personally think that it’s because more than anyone else- more than even Yanli- Jiang Cheng has grown up knowing with absolute certainty that Wei Wuxian loves him. I headcanon (and will die on the hill) that Jiang Cheng’s love language is physical touch. Yanli is affectionate but more physically reserved, whereas Wei Wuxian is constantly draping himself over Jiang Cheng, shoving him with his shoulder, slinging an arm around him, even punching him and getting into physical scuffles. Jiang Cheng is constantly hearing his brother say “hey I love you hey I love you hey I love you!”, and with all of that unspoken evidence poured over him almost every waking moment of his life, the poison from his mother and the ice from his father just… doesn’t stick. Even when he’s frantic and beside himself with grief over his parents’ deaths, accusing Wei Wuxian of being the source of their misfortune, Jiang Cheng is still is grabbing him, shoving and shaking him, even choking him- still actively seeking physical touch to process his grief. We only see the poison really start to sink in after Wei Wuxian returns from the Burial Mounds and becomes so distant. The more he pulls away, the more he avoids physically engaging with Jiang Cheng (”What? You want to fight?!”), the more the latter begins to doubt Wei Wuxian’s love for him, the more the latter thinks that Wei Wuxian doesn’t give a fuck about him or their sect family anymore. 

And what is the turning point after the time skip and sixteen years of seething grief, bitterness, and resentment? Not just after he’s vented his feelings in the temple, but after Wei Wuxian reaches out to him and strokes his face. After his brother gently wipes the tear from his cheek. After Wei Wuxian finally says- in the unspoken language that Jiang Cheng understands best- “I still love you.” 

It’s only after that that we see Jiang Cheng once more look at Wei Wuxian, able to be proud of his brother’s accomplishments because he once more is assured of his love.

[stariwei]

ch 124

[corpsentry]

you are the reason stars die and the seasons change

[huahua]

[huahua]

some old official sketches without the text 🥰

[henshengs]

People on here are all “be gay, do crimes” right up until comrade Su She “steals” the Lan cultivation techniques and brings them to the people and then it’s all ohhh but xianxia copyright violations

[ferdbird]

xie lian and his two tsundere generals

[satosugusoulmates]

the censorship is SOOOO

[gehenna1986]

四季花常在 

Through sun and rain, flowers will bloom all the same.

[villainsimpathizer]

I just realized I never posted the full video, only the gifs I made.

He truly is a princess 😌👑

[wisesnail]

The only thing I want is to wrap Sqx in a blanket and protect them forever 💙 (It was really hard to use a random low-quality photo from Instagram as reference - I hope you like how the painting turned out anyway! ) Prints and other stuff on my RedBubble and Society6 (I’m Wisesnail on both <: )

[shenzhiheng]

All bright places have a dark side. The cruelest, fiercest demons are often disguised in human skin, hidden in the vast sea of people. I’m here to expose their true natures and turn them to ash.

[corpsentry]

what we lost that day

[sugarbabywenkexing]

moments where wenzhou should've kissed (13/?)

[mistypluie]

op's tags r so galaxy brain

[meru90]

short hair mq! ! !

[sarawatsaraleo]