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Wen Ning confides to his best friend, Wei Ying, that he has found the courage to confess his love to the boy he likes.
Wei Ying doesn't know why his heart suddenly hurts.
When Wen Ning says that he will finally confess, Wei Ying stops breathing.
"You like someone..." He doesn't know if it's a question or a statement, he only knows that every word stings his tongue and his heart.
Wen Ning likes someone, a boy, apparently. Wen Ning is attracted to someone..... Wen Ning, his best friend who has been with him through all the good and bad times of his life.
/His/ Wen Ning.
Wei Ying swallows hard. He tries to smile.
"I see."
Wen Ning stirs pitifully in his seat, wanting to say more, but Wei Ying is quicker to blurt out what's on his mind, unfiltered.
"He must be a great guy! You must introduce him to me so that I can explain to him that you deserve nothing less than a decent man who knows how to love you and who knows your likes. You can't give your heart to just anyone, I'll go with Wen Qing to plan his death if he tries to hurt you or makes you cry. Does he know that you like colorful sweets? Does he know that you don't like crowded places? You are the most wonderful person in the world, your smile makes my days worthwhile! I won't accept that you likes an idiot!"
Wen Ning took Wei Ying's hand, physical contact was the best way to calm him down. His eyes softened and he smiled.
"The guy I like knows all that."
Wei Ying's brief moment of calm ended when his best friend said, "How can you be so sure?!"
"B-because it's... You"
"All the more reason to kill him—!what did you say?"
"I-I like... You."
"..."
Wei Ying pursed his lips in many ways, his brain had been damaged, that was for sure. It took him a few more seconds before he reacted and rushed to hug his best friend, the person he also liked.
"I won't make you cry, I will never hurt you, I know the things you like and the things you don't like."
Wen Ning smiled, "You approve of the boy I like?"
"No. Even I'm not that good for you... But I will try all my life."
They both stayed in their world, away from the people who had witnessed the whole spectacle.
In the distance, Wen Qing squeezed his coffee, "It's finally happened.... Now I can really have a proper conversation with Wei WuXian..."
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The Untamed/陈情令 Rewatch, Episode 4 (spoilers for everything)
(covers mainly MDZS chaps 13 and 14)
WangXian meter: 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰
(a 🐰 is earned every time there is a WangXian scene or even when they’re just thinking of each other…more than one 🐰 can be given based on the level of WangXian-ness in a scene)
I loved and enjoyed all of Wei Ying’s “Notice me Wangji-senpai" moments in this episode, but my favorite has to be the one above: the way he tried to play off Lan Zhan totally ignoring him by blaming the other man’s hearing makes me laugh out loud every time I watch this episode. It’s just too adorable. Even though Lan Zhan is clearly still annoyed with him, I like how it’s also obvious that Wei Ying is slowly but surely burrowing his way into his psyche and taking hold there by either not leaving him alone or just being himself which is ample to constantly draw Lan Zhan’s attention to him. It‘s as if Lan Zhan’s life was a calm pond and Wei Ying was a beautiful, lively carp that suddenly decided to just jump into his waters without permission, taking liberties by swimming and splashing around, basically causing ruckus in every corner of his pool. Naturally, Wei Ying’s actions perturbs Lan Zhan to no end at first, but at the same time, he is also leaving an undeniable impression, so that eventually, when this carp leaves Lan Zhan’s pond, he can’t help but constantly think of Wei Ying and even miss his disruptive presence, thus naturally paving the way for the escalation of his affections that follow later on.
Whereas with Wei Ying, I think he simply enjoyed irritating this fuddy-duddy at first, but eventually, his light-hearted teasing probably became just a little more meaningful and he started looking forward to getting a reaction out of Lan Zhan because it provided him with genuine joy and satisfaction, until those feelings grew into just joy from being around the other man and interacting with him.
Ultimately that’s a big reason why I love their relationship: the development and progression of their feelings for each other makes a lot of sense to me. The phrase “opposites attract” has never been more applicable in terms of Wei Ying and Lan Zhan, but at the same time, they still share enough things in common—such as their moral code and belief system—that makes them absolutely just perfect for each other. I can imagine a future for them right from the start, whereas with other couples in stories, regardless of their sex, I’ve had difficulty believing they should be together other than because the plot requires them to be. I think the drama really succeeded in showing us why it’s completely logical that these two people would be drawn to each other, that they almost can’t help but be drawn together, by actually showing us all these little precious moments between them as they occurred, which the novel for the most part only described in an after-the-fact manner. While subtlety has its merits too, I do appreciate the more clearly illustrated path The Untamed decided to take for WangXian.
Along those lines, I also appreciated how CQL chose to show us the first time Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao met and their instant connection. Honestly, when I first saw this moment…
I immediately thought they were going to be a couple too, like Wei Ying and Lan Zhan, and I was totally on board, until I found out from reading comments here and there that I shouldn’t be because this ship was bad news. I was disappointed of course and even tried to withstand its alluring call for a while, especially after reading the book and finding out exactly why this wasn’t a ship I wanted to board since it was on a one-way ticket to hell and heartbreak basically. But the drama just made it so damn hard to resist, and before I knew it, I was lowkey hooked. Much like with WangXian, I was surprised at how much the show was getting away with in terms of XiYao:
I mean, big bro Xichen totally stroked Meng Yao’s finger there, right? First time I saw that, I remember rewinding a few times just to check and and make sure and if it’s just an optical illusion, that’s a damn convincing trick. Amusingly enough I thought at first Wei Ying was seeing the same thing and was reacting in disbelief to that moment, until I realized from his angle, there’s no way he could have seen that small gesture and he was just responding to that (ugly) incense pot.
After finishing the series, I have to admit I’m pretty much a full-on XiYao-shipper now, which is really out of character for me because I usually prefer ships with happy endings. I have to blame, or rather, give credit to the two actors portraying LXC and JGY (Liu Haikuan and Zhu Zanjin, respectively) for conjuring up these feelings in me because they had so much chemistry together, which honestly at times rivaled that of Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo’s chemistry. I just love how LXC’s expression softens every time he interacts with JGY and even from their first meeting, it’s obvious there were genuine feelings of respect and gratitude behind Meng Yao’s reaction to LXC.
Take the moment above as an example: the extreme admiration emanating from JGY after seeing LXC exhibit his fluting powers had to be for real since there was no reason to react just for Nie Huaisang’s sake. I can totally imagine hearts fluttering all around him as he looked upon XiChen with those wide, innocent-seeming puppy eyes of his. And when he bade his farewell to big bro later on in the episode, I loved how the camera lingered on LXC’s hands as Meng Yao moved away after saluting him, just to reiterate the intimacy of their brief physical contact.
I also appreciated the small, seemingly trivial moments before and after he meets up with LXC in that scene, where Meng Yao is first ignored by the two male sect disciples walking by him and then later on by two female disciples. Contrast that with how LXC immediately praises Meng Yao and recognizes him as his peer from the get go, going so far as to refer to himself by his own name (“Xichen”) just to reinforce their equality, it’s no wonder JGY was instantly drawn to him. I would go so far as to say he probably fell for LXC right from the start; doesn’t even matter if it might be only in the platonic sense, man was smitten no matter how anyone chooses to categorize his feelings.
XianQing? No thank you
When I first watched this episode, I still had the stormy cloud of fear that Wen Qing would eventually be the love interest that comes in between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji hanging over me due to some rumors I came across prior to even watching the show. As a result, every time Wen Qing and WWX would have a scene together, I would view it with trepidation as I was certain it was yet another building block to something undesirable, with the ultimate goal of mutating the relationship at the core of MDZS. If I’m going to be honest, I don’t think I was even able to rest easy until after Wen Qing’s passing and knowing for certain that the “danger period” was finally over, even though I had already grown to like her character. I still have complaints about how they altered her personality for the live action, but at least now, when I watch the scenes she shares with Wei Ying, instead of being filled with anxiety, I am actually more fascinated. I can still see the ghost of what Team CQL had initially intended with Wen Qing and WWX in a lot of their scenes together, before the fans’ uproar thankfully forced the producers to change their minds and stick with the source material. This scene wasn’t one of those moments, but with revisiting each episode, I actually look forward to picking out which scenes were feeding into their ship because of the way they were shot and how the two actors were directed to perform during the scene, especially Meng Ziyi. I’m glad I can actually sit back and have fun with all of this now.
XianNing? I can’t
I can see why some folks support this ship, and upon first viewing I thought this was a cute moment as well, but of course, I simply can’t go there since my heart already belongs to WangXian. And now, after having read the novel, all I could think about is how much I wish we got the archery contest at the Cultivation Conference. I’m glad we got to see it depicted in the donghua; it was as amazing as I hope it would be, but it’s a shame we didn’t get to see it in the drama. Since the producers had mentioned releasing specials of extra scenes that they couldn’t fit into the flow of the show, I hope the archery contest will be one of them. I don’t know where it would fit in in the timeline though…I guess it could happen while they were all held hostage at Nightless City, so the reason for the archery contest will have to be changed, but then maybe that’s the impetus for Wen Chao’s decision to force everyone on that dangerous quest to the Xuanwu cave: he’s so pissed off at losing at archery on his own turf that he decides to try to get all the sect kids killed. Either way, I hope we get to see the contest in live action form one day.
Wei Wuxian is so smart
I loved this scene. I love how WWX schooled everyone with his inventive fourth reason. He’s so awesome. That’s really all I wanted to say about it.
Random Bits of Randomness
I don’t think there’s anything wrong the color function on my tv, so please explain to me how that can be considered “purple” in any universe??
All I could think about in this scene is how disgusting that fish must have tasted cuz it looked awful, and I think Xiao Zhan even mentioned in an interview that it was gross. What probably made it taste worse was the fact that he kept on eating it from the stomach side, which can be really bitter. I think Wang Zhuocheng (Jiang Cheng) was eating it from the same side as well and I just can’t help grimacing every time I see this moment.
Odds and Ends:
I don’t really have any questions from this episode, but I did wonder if Wen Qing ever actually attended classes while she was at Cloud Recesses or did she just spend all of the time wandering the back hills, throwing her needles at barriers, cuz that’s not suspicious AT ALL. Unless I just happened to have missed her every single time in class, even though you would think it’s easy to spot her red in a sea of white…if that’s the case then I probably need to get my eyes checked.
Also, I wish we got to see Shijie draw her sword. She carried it around in the beginning, but I’m kinda bummed that we never saw her actually use it. I’m sure she is completely capable and would’ve looked just as badass as the boys.
And bless Uncle Lan for his brilliant idea of making Lan Zhan enforce the disciplinary action on Wei Ying, thereby allowing the boys to have valuable alone time in the library pavilion to further nurture their bond. In retrospect he probably regrets that decision, but as far as I’m concerned, that’s one of his best one he’s ever made.
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Wei Ying tried to keep his eyes open until he reached his apartment door. Between the nausea and the headache, it was hard to find the right key.
The party had gone on so long that dawn rays were beginning to irritate his eyes. Damn keys, quick, open the door!
The trembling in the young man's hands caused the keys to fall from his hands. Perfect, now he would have to deal with having to put his head down and feel like he left his brain was nailed to the ceiling.
"Here."
Wei Ying was slow to realize that a handsome young man was holding out his keys to him.
Not knowing if it was because his blood was 80% alcohol or if he was actually having a supernatural moment, when Wei Ying's eyes met the stranger's, time stood still.
The young man smiled at Wei Ying with a sweetness that melted his heart.
Even as the young man said goodbye with a tender gesture, Wei Ying froze, immersed in some kind of internal debate in which his physiological needs to let the hangover ruin him were falling far below the new blush that took over his cheeks.
From that moment on, Wei Ying radically changed his habits. He gave up the eternal nights and began to get up early, eager to cross paths with the person who turned out to be his neighbor, Wen Ning.
He had to dig here and there to find out the name of his neighbor, inconceivable that he lived next door to such a beautiful person and they had never crossed paths before! (Probably because of the mismatched schedules they had).
It was torture to get up early, but Wen Ning's soft smile and silky voice at the beginning of the day made it all worthwhile.
Those mornings began to be special. Polite greetings quickly turned into small talk.
Wei Ying noticed the time from the high position of the sun: "Ah! Sorry... I kept you waiting and you must be late!"
Wen Ning denied before thinking, "N-no, I'm not late anywhere."
No? Then why did he get up at that time every day?
And as if Wen Ning had realized his own mistake, his face quickly turned very red.
Wei Ying remained motionless. It couldn't be, he didn't have that much luck in life... or did he?
"A-Ning..." Wei Ying tried not to swallow at this moment, "What do you do in the morning?"
Wen Ning held his breath. He was cornered.
"I-I..."
Wei Ying continued to push, "Why do you get up so early?"
What Wei Ying didn't know was that Wen Ning had also changed his routine. Every morning, Wen Ning got up early, before dawn, hoping to meet Wei Ying.
Wen Ning did not need to say anything more for Wei Ying to understand him. So many conversations together had been enough to know his gentle and innocent nature.
Wei Ying smiled broadly. Every morning, as the sun rose in the sky, their encounters became the best thing that had ever happened to him. Glances, smiles, warmly chosen words. A few morning talks and they had already discovered that they had much in common.
And now, they were discovering that they held something they hadn't told each other, a comforting feeling that was driving them to have those /unexpected/ shared mornings.
With a voice full of sorrow, Wen Ning admitted that he had been getting up early those weeks to see him. That first meeting had been because Wen Ning had gone to visit his sister who was finishing her shift at the hospital very early (or late).
This confession made Wei Ying's heart beat even faster, and it was then that Wei Ying invited Wen Ning to his apartment to share some coffee and talk some more, not thinking that it was time to say goodbye.
Wen Ning accepted Wei Ying's invitation with a look that spoke of a love he had silently guarded.
What began as a chance encounter in a hallway turned into a love story where kisses tasted like sunrises and caresses were promises of a future together. On their sunny mornings, Wei Ying and Wen Ning found the right person to share their dreams with.
Of course, after learning that they were both nocturnal creatures, returning to their usual schedules was a great relief (though Wei Ying preferred to spend his nights by Wen Ning's side rather than partying).
