#paeezi

hi there! my timestamps have stopped working so i have no idea when this ask is from, i’m sorry if this is a very late reply?  welcome to the fandom and congratulations on having read the novel, people don't seem to be doing that anymore :(

for your first question – per the novel, wei wuxian in mo xuanyu's body shouldn't be recognizable as wei wuxian. wei wuxian prior to his death looked like he did in the past episodes of the donghua, and mo xuanyu looks similar. i think the similarity is simply because:

1. it's animation, which limits the ability to make characters look different (especially if you're going to give them the same expressions, color-coding, AND hairstyle)

2. it's easier for a viewer to understand if his appearance doesn't change dramatically all of a sudden – especially when the timeline is changing back and forth

it's a style choice and an animation limitation, but they should definitely look like different people. lan wangji did recognize wei wuxian by the song he was playing, not by his appearance.

for your second question – define “friends” haha! wei wuxian doesn't want to go with him because he thinks lan wangji hates him and he doesn't want to be found out as wei wuxian. ee's very melodramatic because he thinks he can piss lan wangji off and make him leave him alone. i don't think there's anything after wei wuxian's resurrection that would indicate that lan wangji hates wei wuxian. (again, per the novel) lan wangji admitted all of his feelings to wei wuxian before wei wuxian died, and wei wuxian rejected him! and he doesn't know that wei wuxian doesn't remember that. he takes very good care of wei wuxian, considering that wei wuxian explicitly shut him down and also that he's lan wangji and he's very uhh reserved about how he expresses himself