In The Abyss

turtle / 30 / Aro-Ace Here for laughs but so bitter sometimes. I write things over at turtlewritesthings.

[jujuism-studies]

fan changyu sending a divorce letter to xie zheng: it's the right thing to do, he deserves to do what he wants without feeling chained down

also fan changyu at any opportunity: i miss my husband, i hope my husband is well, did you know i have a husband? he's very pretty and smart

[penandinkprincess]

3 pm: god, I'm EXHAUSTED. going to bed early for SURE.

midnight: I Have Literally Never Been More Awake And Alert

[simply-a-dream]

“don’t take it personally” how would you like me to take it then? professionally? romantically? academically?

[creative-anchorage]

[suriandtaal]

[deokmis]

Pursuit of Jade (dir. Zeng Qing Jie)

[hatchetfielddropout]

fan changyu: do you think i'm too violent 😔

xie zheng: who told you that 🤨 anyway do you want to beat up your ex in a dark alleyway 😊 do you want to kill your uncle instead of kidnapping him 😊

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Xie Zheng being like, "You can't die, I can die, and then you can remarry and have kids with some stupid scholar... actually no, I'm never dying and you are mine forever."

Dude got angry at his own brief fantasy for her

[homo-trashcanicus]

it's been said but i'll say it again: top tier bit of this show is whenever changyu is being given the slightest offense and it pans to yan zheng VERY LOUDLY lefty-looseying the screws on his hinges in the background

[cyrjovie]

"Help, I accidentally became a valued community member, but I'm actually hiding my real identity as a bloodthirsty and vicious and powerful Marquis from my beautiful butcher wife who I love and her little sister, who I have come to love as my own little sister, both more than I've ever loved anyone since my mother died, and how am I supposed to maintain my reputation when these people find out who I really am, I have been so soft and caring and positively, visibly, aggressively smitten with my wife, did I mention she was beautiful and also really strong?" - Xie Zheng, probably

[melonatures]

one thing i enjoy about chasing jade that i didn't fully realize from the webnovel is how objectively, it's silly that changyu always insists on protecting xie zheng (because he's a war hero and general, is as absurdly strong as she is, is incredibly skilled in martial arts, and is prone to violence/is always 10 seconds away from that delicious phrase c-webnovels use, "a murderous/killing aura" asdfghjkl--like it's silly in terms of dramatic irony because we know he's not really a weak scholar refugee, not because changyu's not up to the task; she very much *is* able to protect him)--and yet it's her determination to protect him and take care of him that's framed as the root of his attraction and devotion to her. and so he does need her protection, not physically, but like spiritually/psychically/emotionally. her protection offers him an essential nourishment he's lacked since his parents' unfair and fucked up deaths and which he's never expected of anyone since--and which she offers without his asking.

i also really like that for all xie zheng's violent inclinations, he's basically a decent person, like changyu pointed out to song yan. he's good with changning; he makes sure the comic relief thugs don't steal the deed of her house; he takes note of the ways people demean and cheat her and prepares in advance to argue against them; he's rich and basically clueless about the daily lives of the vast majority of people, but he doesn't treat her with contempt when he realizes she's not fully literate; he's patient, shows thankfulness, is helpful around the house, and willingly fits into changyu's life.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Pursuit of Jade text posts, 1/? (two)

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Pig Butcher defends her Pretty Princess husband

How dare they scare him!

[baeoh22]

Imagine being a blood clad cavalry member

Your leader, The Marquis of Wu’an has just demanded 100 of you march immediately to a nowhere village

He also demands you find a woman there

You cannot find her and he is distraught, clinging to a ribbon

He gives the ribbon to his falcon to look for her

You find her almost dead on the side of a cliff

Your leader, on the verge of tears, wraps her up and refuses to let anyone else touch her

He then orders you to give the people who attacked her the same treatment attackers gave to his father when they killed him

While trying to save her life you hear him crying, pleading, begging, clutching this woman to his chest

AND THEN

You hear him admit that he’s her husband?!?!

AND YOU CANT TELL ANYONE

[wanderingthunderstorm]

#man who coughs up blood at the thought of divorce btw via @baeoh22

[mashumaru]

Xie Zheng, a damsel in the tower, who occasionally climbs down his tower to murder his wife's enemies.

[da-man-si]

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

Wu, about to have a heart attack, seeing his whole life flash before his eyes, rethinking every life choice that led to him being stuck in the middle of his boss's marriage drama: YOU WHAT!!??

[plutoonwheels]

my prized work

Pt 1,2,3,4

[rosie-dear-rosie]

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