#ouyang

hey do u mind if im ur weapon . like if im the sword that u wield recklessly, giving no heed to ur safety nor mine. just like casually lol

The dynamic with Esen, Ouyang, and Baoxiang all having grown up together and been raised by Chaghan is actually insane. It's no wonder every conversation between two or more of them feels like taking constant psyche damage. Ouyang, who is physically incapable of being the kind of man Chaghan wants and also is the son of a famous traitor and is Nanren to boot (no matter how well he strives for Mongol ideals); Baoxiang, who is half Nanren but also half Mongol yet simply refuses to even try to be the kind of man Chaghan wants (and isn't even Chaghan's real kid); and sandwiched between them, Esen, who with a minimum of effort is exactly the kind of man Chaghan wants but is utterly incapable of understanding how anyone can fail to be that kind of man. Of course Ouyang and Baoxiang can't fucking stand each other, and adore and resent Esen in almost equal measure. Chaghan could not have created a better pressure cooker for intra-familial violence if he'd done it on purpose.