nie mingjue for the character ask meme 💖💖
Thank you!
How I feel about this character: Da-ge! I really like him. I've talked about this with @necroprankster before, but I think CQL Nie Mingjue feels like a more well rounded character than his novel counterpart. I think it's more to do with the structural changes - by running the classical tragedy before the murder mystery instead of using flashbacks to fill in the backstory there's more room to explore characters at an earlier point rather than introducing them exactly when they're plot relevant.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: NIEYAO, but really any and all 3zun combinations. It's the complicated homoerotic antagonism! I can get behind a lot of NMJ ships to be honest. Jiang Cheng and his praise kink paired with Nie Mingjue's big da-ge energy is always fun, and I also love the idea of Jiang Yanli/Nie Mingjue
My non-romantic OTP for this character: Nie Huaisang and Nie Mingjue's relationship is such a core part of the story. Without NHS's love for his brother so much of the plot wouldn't have happened, but at the same time NHS is becoming more and more like everything NMJ hated to get his revenge.
My unpopular opinion about this character: I think it's probably that neither him nor JGY were entirely in the right or entirely in the wrong. They both came from different backgrounds, they both had valid points, and they both antagonised each other to the point of violence. No-one here is the terrible villain who takes all the blame for their relationship going off the rails.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish CQL NMJ and JGY had their hundred years fighting in a coffin full of resentful energy ending. The capital-R Romance of it all
Send me a character and I'll break their ass down
