#*mun post

I’ve seen Miaocai die...so many times and his ending in general hurts me considering they end stories before a character dies...also in DW9 Sun Ce doesn’t die from partying too hard in the club and getting his drink spiked by that loser Gan Ji, just know he’s like on a break somewhere and traveling through the open world

wait no

 the inevitable disappointment @ Sun Ce’s reign in his era

-the not surpising way they’ll pretend my notp got together before they did (honestly let it be what it is: a footnote in history, and only worth mentioning when you’re talking about marriage patterns in Wu + Sun Ce choosing Sun Quan as his heir more or less)

 the Empires expansion where I can see the light in my eyes return

the Empires expansion where I can see mine and my followers OCs come to life again

the Empires expansion

Empires expansion

 Empires

Because I do miss my Sun Ce muse being fully active (he’s a grumpy butt bc I’m not here and I’m busy working and sleeping)--I do miss my hack and slash shenanigans, but I also miss the joy of a new Empires expansion because I’m (more) in love with everyone’s OCs in the hack and slash fun. No Seriously, I see all you guys on my dashboard; Ruolan (trash king is also a lazy cat in a box somewhere who wants to come out but eh), Youxi, Kong Tut, Yueliang, Feng Xiu, Ling Sheg, Lü Feng, Lü Shèng, and Jia Nanfeng (who I haven’t seen in a minute but remember)--and you’re all amazing along all of the canon characters that everybody has picked up like Pine coming in with the ridiculously fabulous Yu Jin, Alpha and the wonderful layered Liu Shan, Misa and the thoughtful and divine Diaochan...I see and love all of you, even those it looked like I didn’t mention because if I did I’d already be taking up a huge amount of space oh jeez oh man!

I’m missing so many more people like the Xiahou Dun to my Xiahou Yuan, Mishii (who is stuntin fabulously on @nathdar); Jess who is also basically the Cao Cao to my Xiahou Yuan and also like 3 of Taohua’s dads ok, and Efrik, the Sun Quan to my Sun Ce and just...AAHHHHH I LOVE YOU ALL OKAY

FA ZHENG AND YUE JIN FINALLY SHOWED UP

also Lianshi, Guan Xing, and Zhong Hui showed up too

LET ME REMIND Y’ALL WHY XIN XIANYING IS A GOOD FEMALE ADD FOR DW.

I rag on 90% of the female roster because they're trope-y and grossly overrated/overhyped/and have almost no historical relevance (outside of ‘wife of ____’ or ‘daughter of _____’ but the ladies in general (no matter if they're popular in folklore/opera/fiction or historical reality) literally will always have no more merits than most of the male cast. Lianshi wasn't noted for fighting, she was remembered bc she was Sun Quan's favorite and was a posthumous empress. The Qiaos were only noteable for who they married (operas and folklore hype them up stupidly which is why people think they have a modicum of clout). Bao Sanniang? Entirely fictional. Cai Wenji? So valuable and smart Cao Cao paid a ransom for her (I’m glossing over Cai Wenji but really she’s a good, a gem, pls love her more). Zhenji? She married Cao Pi and was surrounded by controversy when she died. People ignore that all she literally did was get hitched to Cao Pi and lose favor to a smarter woman in Guo Nuwang (I LOVE HER WHY DON’T WE TALK MORE ABOUT HER). People also still think Zhenji’s first husband is the real father of Cao Rui even tho that’s been disproven for a while soooo.... Annnyways, If you put any of these ladies in comparison to ANY male on the roster, the ladies are always going to lose out because their merits are next to nothing, so in a way it's not even fair for them if you're looking at things from a battlefield/fighting perspective. When ladies ARE added, I of course feel they should have a bit more historical relevance and Xin Xianying is one of those with some merit. If her father (Xin Pi) and nephew (Yang Hu), both famous generals with many more merits than her, are seeking her for advice/coucil then...ya girl has merit. One of the ways ladies exercised their power anyway was control through the home and offering advice/influence.  Also, Xin Xianying’s the reason Sima Yi didn’t fuck up at Wuzhang Plains and give in to Zhuge Liang’s taunting. She’s also the reason Yang Hu was smart enough to distance himself from Zhong Hui. Both of these are noteable af and are constantly mentioned. I’m sure Zhuge Liang didn’t actually send Sima Yi ladies clothes but we’re working from ROTK from more than anything else.

Conflict: Xin Xianying would have it if Cao Pi ever found out that she remarked to Xin Pi that Cao Pi being elated at shouldering a heavy responsibility after Cao Cao died means a rocky future for Cao Pi. Especially knowing that she was right.