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November 15 is Lucien’s birthday. This is birthday cartoon that I drew on his birthday last year. (I wrote Fan-novel first, and based on that, I drew this cartoon :^>)

If you know the story of chapter 9 and the topic of the Little Prince, you can understand this more easily.

And I updated their R-18. Check the link below~ (To view R-18 pictures in pixiv, logins and settings are required. Check the pixiv for details)

(Can you imagine if these got included in the script? 🤭)

Wei Wuxian, educating straight men on their egotistical assumptions about gay people.

(Lol, actually, Wei Wuxian was not resurrected with his old body in the novel, but instead he inhabited the body of Mo Xuanyu, who was known to be homosexual. He was trying to hit two birds with one stone and piss off both the proud Jiang Cheng and the prudish Lan Wangji.)

Wei Wuxian: Who taught you this? Who told you this sort of conversation ought to happen? It might sound fine coming from me, but can you imagine your Hanguang-jun saying something like this?

(For the longest time, the juniors thought that Mo Xuanyu and Lan Wangji were in a relationship, and insisted that the least Wei Wuxian—as Mo Xuanyu—could do was be faithful to Lan Wangji. Lan Jingyi reprimanded Wei Wuxian when he did not exchange a tearful goodbye with Lan Wangji when they were in danger and needed to split up.)

Precious Wei Ying remembered that as a child, his father would hold the reins while his mother rode with little Wei Wuxian in her arms. So he made Lan Wangji act as the father while Wei Wuxian sits like the mother, so now they are just missing the child.

(Lan Wangji has no idea what is happening, lol.)

Lan Xichen: Young Master Wei, I do not think this is the right time and place.

(It really wasn't, but on the upside, the line was so unexpected that Jin Guangyao's hold slackened and Wei Wuxian was able to escape in the novel, lmao)

What if: I remember you

Or: how Chen Qing Ling (The Untamed) series single-handedly shows us how to handle a gay relationship on screen even with the legitimate limitations of censorship.

The lantern scene (EP7) has always been one of my favorite scenes because, not only did it showed us one of the cores of Wangxian relationship (their vow), it’s also one of the most gorgeously shot scene in the series! In my opinion anyway.

This one scene sets up 3 main couples of the series: Lan Zhan x Wei Ying, directly juxtaposed against two other canonically confirmed* couples, Jin Zixuan x Jiang Yanli and Jiang Cheng x Wen Qing. Two straight couples whom the general audience could glance at and recognize their romantic undertones (read: unresolved sexual tension).

To start off - making the paper lantern:

Then lighting the lanterns:

And finally, making their wishes to the heavens:

And this is just the visual parallels - there was still other narative parallels such as:

Directly after this scene, one of the girls comments that “Making and lighting lanterns together should be done by couples.” Even though this was aimed teasingly at Jin Zixuan and his fiance, we all know who else are having their own romantic moments here.

Wen Qing wishes a long and happy life for her brother, to which Jiang Cheng overhears and looks at her with, I presume, admiration for her resolution. Lan Zhan’s expression exactly mirrors him, and we would later find out many, many episodes later just how close he held this moment to his heart.

And of course, compliments to the music score - the instrumental version of Wuji here overwhelmed me to tears!

Seriously, this scene makes me wonder how some people could so easily miss WangXian’s romantic relationship. The visual parallels alone, from the actor cues to the camera angles, tell the audience what the writers cannot explicitly say - that what the two main leads feel for each other is no lesser than the love and longing between these other, more obvious couples. The respect and care the directors showed towards the original work, an explicitly gay romance novel, makes me fall in love with the series more and more!

Bonus: both the Yunmeng Jiang siblings were courted with the lotus flower. Romantic, isn’t it?

Me: what?

I heard we’re into lovepro now 

yum

mlqc boys pretending to be your boyfriend

victor: 

- the two of you were walking into souvenir– victor for some experimental cooking, with you as the designated taste-testing guinea pig. as he opened the door for you, he noticed your eyes narrow in fury. your hands balled up into tight little fists; jaw clenched and ears red. victor turned around to see a man making his way towards souvenir from the opposite direction. 

- “Victor, t- that’s my ex! Shittiest guy I’ve ever met. Of course he’s coming our way. Uh, quick!”

- you latched onto victor’s arm immediately, turning his cheeks pink. he cleared his throat, but played along effortlessly. you could feel his grip on your arm tightening the faster your ex approached.

- “Oh, MC. Didn’t expect for you to be here. Mind getting out of the way?” 

- victor stepped in smoothly, covering the doorway with his uh, rather impressive physique. his build was much larger than your ex’s, causing him to back down, eyes lowered.

- “Actually, I know the owner. You aren’t allowed in. Maybe McDonald’s is open?” 

- victor planted a soft, yet territorial kiss on your cheek, keeping eye contact with your ex. the bitch scurried away. victor opened the door for you once again, but this time with a coy smile on his face:

“How about we continue this ‘date’ in the kitchen? A real one.”

kiro: 

- it was another chill shopping date with you and kiro– this time, located in a korean grocery store. you moved to the nearest check-out station with a cart full of sweets, fruits, fish-shaped buns, and, you guessed it, chips! until.. oh shit

- “Kiro! The cashier is my ex, and let’s just say things did not end well. Come on, you’re my boyfriend now!” 

- kiro didn’t miss a beat. he slung an arm around your waist, and casually wrapped your hand around his back. the intimate position turned your cheeks bright red, but it felt so oddly... good? you could feel your ex glaring daggers into kiro’s eyes, but he kept his cool and tightened his hold on you. 

- “MC. Total will be $49.60. Got enough cash, or do I have to loan you money again?” 

- completely ignoring the snide remark, kiro threw a wadded up $100 bill at the cashier and shot you a gleaming smile. 

- “So, am I eating the whipped cream off of you or are we doing the cherry thing again?” 

- that was enough to send your ex’s mouth hurtling down. he stammered, completely dumbfounded by kiro’s cheeky implications, and didn’t say another word. 

gavin: 

- you were following gavin to one of his favorite club/bars in the city. it was noisy, dim, and crowded: but you loved it. what you didn’t love was your ex, who just so happened to be the bouncer.

- “G-Gavin, that’s my ex. He threw stuff around, roughed up my apartment when I broke up with him…”

“That’s it, you’re my girlfriend. Mhm, let’s go, eyes forward, back straight, we’re not letting this guy ruin our night!”

- he grabbed your hand and interlaced your fingers with his, walking up to the bar. with his holster glinting in the light of a nearby streetlight, a nonchalant yet piercing gaze, and that strong, muscular hand wrapped in yours– nobody dared to mess with you. 

- “Er… ID please.”

- gavin barely gave your ex a second glance as he tossed both IDs into his shaking hands. smirking, gavin lifted your chin up and reached to plant a small peck on your lips. 

- he stopped mere millimeters away from a full-blown kiss, pulling away to take back the the IDs from your stuttering ex. grinning, gavin arched an eyebrow and walked you into the bar, still holding onto your very sweaty hand.

lucien: 

- lucien had taken you to the aquarium yet again (this hoe really loves his fish), strictly for rEseArcH. but the second you saw your ex walking towards the same exhibit, you grabbed onto lucien’s arm and whispered,

“Lucien! That’s my ex-boyfriend. Please, please do me a favor and just pretend to be my boyfriend. God, this is so embarrassing…”

- he nodded, with the ghost of a smile lingering on his lips. without warning, he whipped you around to face him. lucien’s nose touched the tip of yours, and you could feel your heartbeat accelerating rapidly. 

- “I love you so so so much, MC. I love you more than an herbivorous fish loves microalgae. I want to give you the entire world. Kiss me.”

- lucien was speaking loudly enough for your ex to hear. embarrassed, he stopped walking towards you and spun around on one heel. the rest of the people in the exhibit were oohing and ahhing, but all that mattered was that your monster of an ex was gone.