#mdzs2018

ps. he wants that loquat. he want wwx

Just wondering, did anyone noticed the heart pins on Lanzhan's clothes when Weiying was around?? x'DDD

Looook who is newbie here!

It strange that i still haven`t seen this AU. But it's never too late!

Bonus:

Plenty of other wonderful people have covered the heartwarming and touching WangXian pairing, so I'm going to take a different approach for maximum angst.

I can already hear people looking at the title of this post with disbelief and suspicion: "what the hell, Xue Yang ruined Xiao Xingchen's life, how can anyone see them as anything close to a pairing?!"

Don't get me wrong--literally every bad thing that happened in Yi City was Xue Yang's fault. He is 100% a fiendishly evil character driven by selfishness and malice. When faced with any sort of pain, his first instinct is to inflict even more agony on the innocents around him. And I highly doubt Xiao Xingchen had any romantic thoughts towards him, even when they were living that peaceful lie together. (Heck, even if XXC did have any, they would have been harshly broken beyond repair after The Reveal).

But Xue Yang isn't motivated by hatred and revenge alone. It would be so so so much easier if he was. 

If after the dissolution of that peaceful lie, he could happily return to wreaking his usual necromantic havoc without a care in the world. 

If after Xiao Xingchen's death, he could rip apart the corpse and feed it to the dogs. 

If he could use his masquerading skills to dirty Xiao Xingchen's name beyond repair. 

If he could ensure Xiao Xingchen is forgotten by history as a complete failure. 

If he could let Xiao Xingchen's shattered soul disperse to the four winds. 

If he could let go of that last piece of candy as the rotten trash it was.

Yet Xue Yang couldn't. 

That's what saves him from being an otherwise dime-a-dozen forgettable "vicious childlike villain" archetype. 

But that sentiment, that regret, that love, is also what ends up serving as his most fitting punishment.

Xue Yang reminds me of Satan in Devilman Crybaby. A ruthless, callous, and unfeeling monster, who derides the very existence of compassion and empathy and selflessness and love. Only when it is far too late, does he discover he too had those true feelings all along.

I probably have some sadistic tendencies towards Xue Yang's character, because I have tons of fun imagining the best way to torture him in hell. 

Make Xue Yang relive the events of Yi City over and over, making the same cruel decisions every time and losing Xiao Xingchen for them every time. 

Make Xue Yang see what he could have been, if only he had met Xiao Xingchen at age 7 instead of Chang Ci'An. 

Make Xue Yang wander the earth forever, in a futile quest to resurrect a man who rightfully hates him to the very core.

(See, a quick death was too merciful for him. Ahhh what beautifully perfect tortures, just thinking about it puts a smile on my face <3)

Because love, like any other powerful force, can also be used for pain and torment, for justice and punishment, for hope and redemption. 

In the end, if there's one sentence I could use to perfectly sum up Xue Yang's character, it would be this: "A heartless demon whose only weakness was his heart."

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On a more lighthearted note... I also do like reciprocated romance between Xue Yang and Xiao Xingchen. I think it works best when XXC gets to see the whole situation and then accepts Xue Yang for all of who he is, while Xue Yang similarly accepts what he’s feeling is affection and, you know, gains at least a teensy bit of empathy to stop hurting people. This ends up being a somewhat similar dynamic to my beloved Luo Binghe/Shen Qingqiu from Scum Villain.