i’m trying to put my finger on why it bothers me when people imply that wei wuxian is the only one with a cnc kink and lan wangji is just fulfilling wwx’s desires. as if lan wangji wasn’t the one tying wwx up and using the freeze spell on him first. as if lwj didn’t fully non-con wei wuxian years ago because he couldn’t hold back and lost control seeing wwx blindfolded and somewhat “helpless”. it’s very clear that lwj had a non-con kink first. in actuality the phoenix mountain kiss is probably what awakened the kink for wwx. idk maybe it feels sometimes that the fandom does the same thing that the novel critiques, assuming that wei wuxian just had to corrupt lan wangji, that’s the only reason he would be with him or do anything “not lan-like”. as if lan wangji didn’t make his own choices and fully stand by his decisions and accept culpability, for things that wwx never asked him to do
also, the novel intentionally showed wei wuxian feeling somewhat offended that no one would believe he was a virgin in his first life, while they would never believe lan wangji was anything but “pure” and ascetic. wwx also pointed out that mianmian’s daughter was more put off by him even though she saw lwj was the one who pinned wwx against the tree with his wrists tied. like it feels like the text is telling us something so when people claim the incense burner was just lwj wanting to fulfill wwx’s fantasy because he’s a “service top” going along with whatever wwx wants, it’s like ??? he was the one still dreaming about it years later, not wwx, so id say it’s just as much his fantasy and he’s equally into cnc. lwj is more ashamed but that’s one of the great things about their relationship is accepting it and exploring it to together