For the headcanon meme, I’ve always been SO curious about what happens after WWX’s resurrection in By Proxy. How does WWX handle the fact that his husband and brother fucked?? Probably before WWX and LWJ even kissed??? Is JC invited to the wedding (solely for the delightful terribleness of LWJ kneeling before him to pour tea for his husband’s only remaining family and they’re pointedly Not thinking about the last time he was on his knees for JC)??
oh my god. I mean, I’ve written a bit about this in various places (see this post) but the answer is mostly “hoo boy! it is bad!” and if I let myself think about it actually very upsetting, because while, as mentioned in the first linked post, I don’t think Wei Wuxian would actually be very upset about the two of them hooking up in and of itself (it’s weird but mostly on the level of ‘my baby brother having sex at all’ more than anything, he was dead, can’t throw stones), but mostly because it was so...spectacularly mean of them both to themselves and to each other. he doesn’t want that! that’s the opposite of what he wants!
but to dig into this scenario a bit more than that...
so, okay, we’ve already established that Jiang Cheng is the one who spills the beans. and he has been trying to not do that! really! he has! it is just that it is in his head, all the time, in a way he really does not like, and he keeps thinking about it and being on the one hand like “fine! whatever! that happened and it was terrible and now it doesn’t matter anymore and we can all MOVE ON” only the thing is that Jiang Cheng is certified Terrible at moving on, from anything, ever.
and it’s not like he’s hung up on Lan Wangji, no, good riddance honestly, but also like. it’s this big weird elephant in the room? and he doesn’t know how to process it?? and like. the first time Wei Wuxian comes around to Lotus Pier and is like “oh hey my old room is still around???” and Jiang Cheng just fucking. flips out. is like “YOU CAN’T SLEEP THERE” which just creates a lot of confusion and distress in a Wei Wuxian, and meanwhile Jiang Cheng is like “how quickly can we dismantle a bed and rebuild a new one without him noticing, also does that actually address the problem or”
anyway, Wei Wuxian brings this home to Lan Wangji and is like. so visited Lotus Pier and Jiang Cheng got real weird about my old room?? and Lan Wangji, who has an excellent poker face, is just like. “hmm that’s strange, but, well, what can you say, Jiang Wanyin is a little bitch so” (he does not actually say this, but that is the vibe. he has a very good poker face, also, even if internally he is already writing the letter that says JIANG WANYIN, CONTROL YOURSELF AND DO NOT MAKE IT WEIRD, OR ELSE.)
but yeah word comes out because Jiang Cheng can keep certain secrets to save his life but not this one, apparently. and Wei Wuxian is like. initially just is like “you’re fucking with me” and then goes through to “what the fuck” and then goes through to “I DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS” and eventually all the way to “I need to know everything please explain”
(neither Jiang Cheng nor Lan Wangji wants to explain. can this stay left in the past, it was, in Wei Wuxian’s words, another life, a regrettable life, one we’d all like to forget, thanks)
but yeah, when he finds out just how bad it was and how much they were - deliberately trying to hurt each other, I think he is actually...legitimately upset. not at them, exactly! but also a little bit at them. like. why would you hurt yourselves like this. why would you hurt each other like this. why would you hurt each other and yourselves like this because of me I’m upset
I really don’t think he’d be, like, jealous or anything. weirded out, sure! maybe a little bit protective (on both fronts), but mostly just like. was there no other way to deal with this, could you not have, idk, done literally anything else???
probably he just goes and finds a quiet corner and like. screams for a little while, just to get it out. and then goes back and is like. we will never speak of this again, we will all move on from this terrible thing and let it go, right? right??
the next day he’s like. sitting on Lan Wangji going “okay but seriously can you tell me--”
