my favorite thing about people having it for scheming villains is that in retrospect everything the villain does is part of their grand scheme. NO sometimes when they are having toast*, they are just having toast, it’s not part of their mastermind plan to annihilate humanity or whatever.
*See Nie Mingjue crying about Meng Yao pretending to be delicate and poor
when he found him eating plain toast with no butter.
(poor twink on his meager lunch break- plain unbuttered toast- getting interrupted by his very powerful, very hot boss and getting an existential crisis. Is he getting laid off, is he getting an indecent proposal, he is on mountain, is he getting tossed off the mountain if he says no to the indecent proposal, and more importantly will he finish his lunch?)
No my man he was delicate and he was poor. He was also tired of being those two things, that’s part why he went on his merry campaign of murder and deceit.
(enter Meng Yao not orchestrating having to carry water for a living)
(Meng Yao not orchestrating his very own marginalization cont’d)
Also it’s pretty rich how Mingjue complains about Meng Yao’s ulterior motives, when he dressed up like this to cozy up to him.
(enter Mingjue’s prettiest outfit- this is a dating outfit, fun and casual with a lot of style, it says even if I am your king, you can talk to me. I only approached you now, because you are sitting down and I must be looking really tall from down there.)
(enter Mingjue’s gay once-over)
(enter Mingjue’s “Dude, why are you eating plain unbuttered toast at the Sunday Office Barbecue? Is someone bothering you?”)
(Exit Mingjue with “Can you come see me kick ass for you, so that you know there are perks to being with me”)
(Later that time in the batcave: Mingjue: Stand really close to me when I publicly defend you. I look really good when I am angry at people who are not you.)
(Literally one minute later: Mingjue: You know what, here’s a promotion that is also a marriage proposal, to bring you up to my level so that we can date comfortably. What was your name again?)
My man, my Mingjue, my Bruce Wayne of the cultivation world, he was carrying water not ten minutes ago.
You are moving too fast. You are confusing him.
CONCLUSION: Catastrophe could have been avoided if you Nie Mingjue were not so horny that you gave Meng Yao a promotion on the very same day you learned his name.
BONUS ROUND: Let’s also not forget his BATMAN-like appearance. Who are you trying to not impress, Nie Mingjue?
You are drinking water alone in a completely empty forest.
You are looking up, and there he is-
-BATMAN, ready to protect you from bullying.
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