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What do you think Jin Yans pet names are for his significant others?

Thanks for asking this question! 😺 It’s very interesting to think about, especially for Jin Yan. Words are incredibly important to him; the Yan part of his name, 言，literally means word. He uses his name as a pun numerous times while speaking, and the tagline at the top of his official poster means something along the lines of: “Be careful in your words and walk on thin ice.”

For the most part, when speaking directly to a person, Jin Yan will exclusively use their title or one of the versions of “you” (你/您). When talking about people who aren’t present, he’ll use their name (and, sometimes, their title in addition to their name). There are only two occasions that I could find as exceptions to these general rules: once in episode thirteen to Jin Xian and once in episode thirty-five with Jin Xuan, where Jin Yan directly calls them by their names—both for specific purposes.

So, regarding pet names for significant others, I believe he would most often simply use their title in a flirtatious manner. For Jin Xuan, that would be Director. For Ye Xiaoying, General.

Interestingly, despite Jin Xian referring to Jin Yan numerous times as his shidi, Jin Yan never calls him shixiong. Perhaps that’s because for Jin Yan to do so would be to claim a relationship he may not feel entitled to claim, given how he grew up separately from the other eunuchs and under a different shifu. In theory, then, Jin Yan would call Jin Xian and Jin Wei, Director of Incense and Director of Sword, respectively. However, given that they’re of an equal ranking and Jin Yan’s characteristic submissiveness doesn’t play as much of a role in their interactions, Jin Yan would probably mostly stick with an informal you. In addition, there is the fact that Jin Yan only ever used Jin Xian’s Director of Incense title out of anger.

Jin Yan does have a penchant for flattery, however, and in the occasions which he lacks a sufficient title to call someone, he surely could find and invent some clever pet names to lift up whoever he’s trying to flirt with.