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Xianle Quartet is a top tier polyship not only because of the metric ton of emotional baggage (and the sheer volume of sexual tension and awakening possible between 3 virgins and an effectively celibate fertility god), but also simply because they're all from a country renowned for beauty and pretentiousness, therefore treating impossible beauty standards as the norm.
Xie Lian's canon internal thoughts consist of not infrequently calling people ugly. Can we blame him? He was raised constantly surrounded by and continues to surround himself with devastatingly attractive people. Feng Xin, canonically olive-skinned and handsome, archer's figure. Mu Qing, canonically delicate-appearing and pretty. Hua Cheng, growing up to be tall and savagely beautiful.
Meanwhile, Hua Cheng is a literal fashionista, decked out in every possible silver accessory at any given moment, jingling like a Christmas elf and fabulous while doing it. He throws money around on luxury items just because he can, and his taste is impeccable. Mu Qing straight up destroys his own statues if they're ugly, literally described as wearing luxurious robes that he probably made himself because no one could do it better. They're the divas of this operation. They're judging you, hard, and they want you to know it, so you will.
Xie Lian is the equivalent of the naturally beautiful friend who doesn't wash their face with anything but a bar of soap and comes out looking flawless. He needs absolutely zero fashion sense because he could wear a trash bag and people would think it looks high fashion. Feng Xin is the himbo friend who washes with 10-in-1, yet his skin glistens in the sun like an oiled up ancient greek olympian. He does a normal amount of working out and comes out shaped like Captain America. They're simply God's Favorite, so they don't need to try.
Basically, I picture them as the blindingly hot polycule walking around like the Cullens entering their high-school cafeteria. Hair blowing in an invisible wind. Throwing incredible amounts of shade in the communication array.
They're hot. They're judgmental. They're literally the Mean Girls.
True Love <3
(original audio by average_jake_)!
some soulmates have the red string tied around their wrists or fingers, a long thread that no matter where they are keeps them connected...
fengqing have it super short and tied around their ankles which makes their relationship a fucking three legged race
junmei is so funny from xie lian's perspective. imagine your former mentor that dipped 800 years ago finally showing up to court for a proper custody battle, proceeding to expose your #1 lifelong idol to be the insane lunatic that fucked up your life back when you were a teenager and then finding out said insane lunatic that fucked up your life also fucked said mentor 2000 years ago creating the three realms's most toxic doomed yaoi
okay listen I do in fact hate jun wu with my whole heart but respect to him for making his divorce with mei nianqing literally everyone's problem
anyway mei nianqing going "my dear highness" while getting chocked by jun wu who is actively trying to kill him is kinda insane. mnq is the biggest freak in this series and doesnt get nearly enough credit for it
Just realized that the pick up line “did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?” Would both work SO WELL but also fail miserably for hualian. Like it could go multiple ways:
Hua Cheng being all flirty and trying to be smooth (successful): hey, gege, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?
Xie Lian, oblivious: which time?
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Hua Cheng being all flirty and trying to be smooth (successful): hey, gege, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?
Xie Lian: yeah, it’s a pretty long fall. But, I’m fine, really. All healed 😊
Hua Cheng, freaking out and checking Xie Lian over: gege!! 😱
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Xie Lian trying to flirt and be smooth (failing, but it’s hua cheng so he’s into it either way): San Lang, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?
Hua Cheng: No. I didn’t fall, I jumped. How could I stay in heaven if my god was walking the earth?
Xie Lian, blushing profusely: San Lang!!!
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Xie Lian trying to flirt and be smooth (failing, but it’s hua cheng so he’s into it either way): San Lang, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?
Hua Cheng, staring lovingly at Xie Lian: gege’s my heaven, and he’s the one that caught me.
Xie Lian, equally besotted: San Lang…🥹
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Hua Cheng, before Banyue Pass and still disguised as San Lang: gege, did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
Xie Lian, shocked: San Lang knows even this!?!? He really is amazing! 😃 (see the second option for how this progresses)
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Surprise beefleaf!!
Shi Qingxuan, flipping his hair and fluttering his eyelashes flirtatiously: Ming-Xiong, did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
He Xuan disguised as Ming Yi, feeling pretty murderous over the question: …
Shi Qingxuan, oblivious to it: because you must be an angel 😘
He Xuan, reached his “Shi Qingxuan threshold for the day” and walking away: …
Shi Qingxuan: eh?! Ming-Xiong? Where are you going??
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Lmao just looked up the actual pick up line and realized I remembered it wrong, so have some more 🤗🤗
Hua Cheng being all flirty and trying to be smooth (successful): hey, gege, did it hurt?
Xie Lian, not sure what incident he’s talking about: I have a high pain tolerance 😊
Hua Cheng: …
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Surprise FengQing!!
Feng Xin: hey! Did it hurt!?
Mu Qing, annoyed, wondering what he wants: did what hurt?
Feng Xin: when you fell from heaven?
Mu Qing, drawing his saber: …is that a threat? 😡😡😡
Feng Xin, realizing he fucked it up: 😳😳😳
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Jun Wu, trapped in Mount Tonglu: did it hurt?
Mei Nianqing, sitting to the side, reading a book, not even looking up: did what hurt?
Jun Wu: when you fell from heaven?
Mei Nianqing, flipping a page and still not bothering to spare him a glance: you’re the one that fell, my lord, not me.
i love seeing discourse surroundning mei nianqing cause i have literally no idea how to feel about him. he's so girlfailiure coded. he runs away from his crazy ex but doen't even try to win custody of their shared pseudo son and just fucks off drawing pictures in some ruins about said ex. he looks down on mu qing for the crime of being poor.he tells little baby hong-er that he's a cursed monster and is going to die. he's all love is love being gay is okay with xie lian but severely judges his taste in men. he literally had the heavenly emperor torment him for centuries and yet his biggest headache in life was his 17 year old lousy disciple. he helps his disciples defeat his evil ex and then returns to him and spends the rest of his life chilling with him under a mountain. he's cool with all sorts of war crimes but draws the line at being poor and dating ghost kings. what even is this man on.
skk skipping work together be like 👨❤️👨 :
meanwhile kunikida and kouyou 💢🤺
all credits to the original artist @/vehivann on ig