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hold on-

So based off of what I've read online, Erlang Shen's mother (who was the emperor's sister, Princess Yaoji) was the goddess of desire in heaven, and was tasked with preventing gods from falling into their mortal urges such as love, greed, ambition, etc. When she went to stop a dragon in the mortal realm, she fell in love with a mortal man and had a family with him. This played as hypocrisy upon Yaoji's role in heaven, and was slaughtered for her actions along with her husband and one of their children (only Erlang and Yang Chan - another goddess - survived the attack). Of course there are different versions where Yaoji was trapped under a mountain and Erlang tried to save her, and there are different outcomes as to whether or not he actually saves her from death.

When it comes to his daughter however, he was a little bit kinder, but not that much.

So the emperor had three daughters, with one of them, named Zhinϋ or weaver girl, falling love with a mortal man - known as the cowherd. To summarize, Zhinϋ always bathed in a river in the mortal realm and used a magical robe to enter and leave the heavens. The cowherd noticed her bathing one day, fell in love, and stole her robe so she could not return. When she came out of the river, he took her and brought her to his home. The emperor noticed this, but did nothing as by then they had already been married. At some point she does get her robe back and she goes to visit her family in the heavens, but once she does the emperor seals the mortal realm for her. Zhinϋ ends up in distraught, and the emperor decides to let them see each other "once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar" after taking pity on them.

All I got from those two stories? When his sister fell in love he seemed to show more interest in sticking to rules and getting rid of those who could not. When his daughter fell in love - moreorless due to never being able to return back - he realizes how much this love meant to her and decided to give them a small chance of being together. But he still holds the idea of sticking to rules and having everything in balance as they should be.

So yes, he's complicated. Very complicated. Does that make him less of an asshole? No.

Saying it rn its his fault Erlang turned out this way-

Like can you imagine what we could have gotten if Erlang was raised properly by Yaoji? WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A SWEET BABY BOY BUT NOOO "she broke the rules"-

world myth pairings: 1/?

@femmefatalenet | mini event day two: favorite romantic pairing | zhinü and niulang, 牛郎織女

“Are you giving up on her or on yourself?”

The weaver in heaven. The silk that she made has power to heal wearer. And she is beautiful as much as silk. So many guys want to get her mind. Unfortunately she is the daughter of Jade Emperor, it's not easy.