Look At My Boys

look at my boys

Warning: TGCF major spoilers, Mu Qing meta, if anyone else has already said this, I haven't seen it so feel free to let me know if I'm inadvertently stepping on anyone's toes

Oookay, so, I'm obviously on an MXTX kick lately, and in my pursuit of all things hers, I was rewatching the Heaven Official's Blessing donghua, and it got to the part where Mu Qing lost his shit at being forgotten by Xie Lian, and in every version, that part is kinda played for laughs with the underlying knowledge of returning readers of how much that hurt Mu Qing's feelings AND pride, right? And until this rewatch, I thought that's all it was, just one isolated moment that served to introduce the complicated emotional dynamic between Xie Lian and Mu Qing, but do you remember how Fu Yao (aka Mu Qing in disguise) disappeared right after the Wind Master swept them all up out of the Sinner's Pit and everyone was just like, "Oh, he was embarrassed about getting the answers wrong"? When they were in the pit and Fu Yao was arguing with Xie Lian, he asked, "How could you not remember all this stuff?" And DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT XIE LIAN SAID??? He basically said, "Rather than remembering getting beaten and trampled a few hundred years ago, I would prefer to remember the tasty meat buns I had yesterday." AND WHEN THEY FIRST MET, HE HAD FORGOTTEN MU QING. Mu Qing hurt Xie Lian so badly that his entire person got relegated in XL's mind to the "Pain, Trauma, Do Not Open" category, and at that moment, in the Sinner's Pit, Mu Qing had to realize it, to come face to face with the fact that he had hurt Xie Lian so badly that he had been deemed as Too Painful, Better Left Forgotten. NO WONDER he disappeared immediately after, Mu Qing was having to come to grips with the fact that his actions with the 33 officials had so fuckin wrecked Xie Lian that he had become a locked up traumatic memory to the one person he wanted to be close to the most, like holy fuckin shit, I can't even...

And, I mean, maybe MXTX didn't intend that, but if not, I don't understand why Mu Qing would just disappear when he had actively witnessed the case and participated in the capture of the culprits. Not to be that bitch, but claiming credit and accolade is MQ's entire jam and he was technically the one who apprehended Ke Mo, so I can't imagine him just running off because he was embarrassed, but if he just came face to face with the fact that he had literally become one of Xie Lian's worst memories and that XL had literally forced himself to forget Mu Qing to spare himself the agony??? Like, holy shit. Anyway, I love Mu Qing, he's one of my favorite characters, but hoo, buddy, he needed to know that.

i rly tried my best for this man

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hi whoever's readin this, i'm a certified lover for background characters, multishipping and poly relationships!! my main ships in DearVo are the entirety of Lumiere tgether and NSFW tgether, i'm open to pretty much anything tho!!

i do have some hcs which i'm gonna pile here!

LUMIERE

they all dote on Reo bc he tends to overwork himself

if Reo is feeling down, Thomas is most likely the first person to go to him bc they've known each other for a longer time

lipstick shenanigans!! + oblivious Reo

Simba has a whole collection of many many colors to choose from and he regularly picks a different one each day

Simba likes to surprise Reo with kisses (especially if they leave a mark), loves to mess with him and when Reo doesn't pay attention, leave a mark on his cheek and Reo just. does not notice it for the longest time.

Simba's fav spot to mark is Reo's neck though

Noe joins in on the lipstick shenanigans quite often, simply bc he is a lil gremlin

unlike Simba, he won't leave marks on Reo's skin much (but it is never a possibility left out), he likes to kiss him on the lips

Noe definitely has flavored lipsticks

Thomas doesn't join as much, he prefers chapstick, but when he does, he chooses such natural colors that if he kisses Reo on the cheek he won't be able to notice until he washes his face (Thomas is what we like to call a smooth criminal)

Noe likes to play with anyone's hair, will mostly play with Simba's bc it's the longest and he can easily braid it

they all remember to take Simba's glasses in case he forgets

they're soft w each other (in many ways wink wink)

i think that's everything i have for now abt them,, well then now onto the nsfw band!!

NSFW

they paint each other's nails!!

Nightmare and Roku are always there to help A-tan if he's feeling down or if he's stressed etc.

they spoil him when they can (he spoils them right back)

NSFW HCS NOW

Night and Roku have been hooking up for a longer time now

they both agreed they'd like A-tan to join so they took the first chance they got

Night loves to mark them both with bites

Night also has a thing for legs, esp thighs

it's kinda canon that Night buys,, ahem adult things, so make of that what you will

let's just say A-tan is getting spoiled rotten ;)

Roku switches

Roku also likes to mark his partners though it's mostly with hickeys (but he does, also, bite)

their practices can go wild pretty quickly lmao

lovin soft aftercare :)

and that's a wrap for now!! like i said, i focus on these two bands a lot more than others

i mean i also have some Veronica 'Momochi gets wrecked' but it's not enough for a whole thing lmao :D

if anyone wants to talk abt them,, please hit me up

ohhhhhmygodd this guyyy

(rbs very appreciated ^-^)