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ANYWAY YOU SHOULD READ QIYE
if you like to read on your phone, I highly recommend getting the Google Docs app! in the app settings, you can open the Table of Contents as well as View Print Version to see the translator’s footnotes 😊
Heartbreaking : Qi Ye stan with no new content since years re-watched the same Word of Honor episode again
Oh, but Wu Xi is everything Helian Yi could not be to Jing Qi.
He is the one who sees him. Who waits for him patiently for half a year to return, while Helian Yi first and foremost waits for results, not the person.
It's not even subtext. That one is pretty much text. But it's more than that.
Throughout the entire story, Helian Yi and Jing Qi are connected through their scheming of getting HY on the throne. From what we learn of Jing Qi's first lifetime, it seems to have been the same back then.
Wu Xi is the only one not connected to that plot at all. He does not care about it much. He is around solely for Jing Qi, only interested in him as a person, does not actually need him to succeed on his own throne, he has that baby in the bag.
During every lifetime, Helian Yi finds something more important than Jing Qi. Something to take his attention. To keep him from being with Jing Qi.
Wu Xi, on the other hand? He chooses to place Jing Qi first. When Helian Yi marries an official consort, Wu Xi decides that he will only marry Jing Qi. Who cares about offspring, or the opinions of others? Who cares that he is state leader and has to protect his image? He marries for love, while Helian Yi eschews love to marry.
Wu Xi chooses Jing Qi and does so aggressively. No subtext. Boy goes all out. After six (five) lifetimes of having to run after his fated love, Jing Qi now gets to be the one who is courted. He does not have to work for this love, does not have to sacrifice, never. He is allowed to take and indulge and let himself be loved, just like that.
For five lifetimes, Helian Yi was the source of Jing Qi's death. Either he killed him outright, or he caused his death. But then, when Jing Qi is once again this close to dying for him, practically already given up on life, Wu Xi appears and saves him. Wu Xi does not demand that Jing Qi dies for him, he demands that Jing Qi lives for him.
Helian Yi is Jing Qi's death.
Wu Xi is his life.
I know Wuxi is supposed to be this tall, strong guy with bronze skin, all stereotypically "exotic" and such, but I watched Word of Honor first so in my head he'll always be a "short" cutie with the most smug smile about stealing this Very Fancy Prince from right under his soulmate's nose.
To hold your loved one in your arms, when the war is going on and everything is falling apart, is what worth living for, isn’t that right?
Concept for Wu Xi. I like the "classic" Nanjiang design a la the Miao costumes in black, purple and silver jewelry. But apparently my Turkic blood requires more options and colors (and more coins, of course!)
Fashion concepts for Beiyuan and I decided to name each costume with a quote from the text, cos Priest is always hella funny
Two pieces for the underworld cos I can and I love white-haired Beiyuan
down in danmei/xianxia/wuxia/chinese drama hell again and I do blame my old qiye drawings that somehow still get notes for tricking me into rereading the whole novel again
man I forgot how precious wuxi is god damn
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Thank you @jingbaeyuans for the feedback and Qi Ye input <33
qi ye is such a book tho. it’s game of thrones in china but even more fucked up. but it’s gay. but it’s also about reincarnation. the main couple are implied to actually be immortal deities and soulmates who have forgotten their pasts together. the main character is a prince who fakes his death to become a trophy wife. also he remembers his past lives but never mentions it to anyone. one of the best books i’ve ever read
okay but does helian yi even know of wenzhou? I know practicaly and canonically they would never see eachother as long as they live nor would have any contact. bUt- imagine if he recieves a wedding invitation on a random tuesday with no prior context and wonders why his friends are Like That. what if he goes in disguise and sees xiyuan there, freaks out and immediately starts cursing out wu xi
zzs freaking out and shaking wkx: I TOLD YOU YOU NEEDED TO GIVE LORD SEVENTH A DISGUISE-
wkx who wanted chaos: i just wanted to see what would happen-
lu ta coming from behind wu xi and running to jby: Dad!
jby: ...
wx: ...
zzs: ...
wkx: ...
helian yi: *starts hyperventilating*