#mengxi

the funny thing about mengxi / ximeng is that while it’s technically dadson it’s like the tamest, least dadson-esque dadson to ever dadson, because they are not really father and son in any way other than genetics (+ the fact that jx was indeed the one who got xm’s mother pregnant with xm). they lived like… 20+ years of life in two different places far away from each other without meeting, let alone knowing each other was related to them in any way. they just straight up do not have a father-son bond in any shape or form. after finding out the secret truth at last, they now have an awkward relationship that still doesn’t resemble anything even remotely like a normal parent-child relationship.

absolutely hilarious that this rareish pair in the fandom is literally known to be a most popular RPF ship in-universe in canon. many nameless background characters ship it. the novel’s protagonist enthusiastically supports it. RPF novels about their relationship are popularly sold in the market in-universe. everyone thinks that there’s something between them. many suspect that they’re together. and when you look at the two characters in question, it makes sense. one slammed the other into a wall once. one once princess carried the other to safety. when they first met one praised the other person’s beauty to the skies in his ownn mind before rudely addressing him without honorifics and calling him ugly. the former is the only one who dares to act like that around the latter. he often gets away with it too. they look like they are around the same age. they act really weird around each other. they canonically went on a romantic date with each other via a blind date dating app-ish service. one is obsessively in hate with the other in a way that feels tsundere. the other actually awkwardly spoils the other in a covert and, well, awkward way. they are both subtly possessive over the other person. so really the ship is pretty much semi-canon. biologically they’re father and son

I love that "Jiang Xi is the most beautiful man in the entire cultivation world" and "Xue Meng is primarily attracted to himself" are both fully canon information that exist. like at that point you might as well say Xue Meng is officially the most likely character to be susceptible to genetic sexual attraction

man there is so very little ximeng / mengxi on tumblr. anyway you'll never guess who finally made a lofter account the other day for ximengxi content. I do not regret it at all holy shit I found an amazing author who Really Gets the characters & relationship. holy shit. (I have reread one of their 3-chapter fics 4 times by now. it's a comedy fic. peak characterization/understanding. feels crazy how it aligns perfectly with my interpretations)