![]() ![]() The ensuing conversation has Lan Zhan asking who he is to Wei WuXian, to which he answers “I used to treat you as my lifelong confidant,” to which Lan Zhan responds “I still am.” Lan Zhan has learned new music to help Wei WuXian’s temperament, but Wei WuXian doesn’t want him to help. Lan Zhan, of course, comes to his side as soon as he sees him. The Jin Clan Night Hunt in episode 25Īfter a talk with Lan XiChen in a previous episode about not being selfish and a realization that his decisions affect those he cares about, Wei WuXian attempts to avoid Lan Zhan and send him away because Lan Zhan’s brother asked him to keep his distance. Lan Zhan tells Wei WuXian that he wants to take him to Cloud Recesses to help him, and the cinematography for this scene stands out as it shows half of their faces and the devastation of the situation by the back and forth of the camera. He demeans the Lan Clan when Lan Zhan tells him there is a price to pay when using the demonic powers. The scene is heartbreaking because before now, Wei WuXian was never distant. Wei WuXian calls Lan Zhan Hanguang-Jun, his title, instead of his name, putting a divide between them. When Wei WuXian appears after the burial mounds with new powers, he is confronted with both Lan Zhan and Liang Cheng. First conversation WangXian have after Wei WuXian returns from the Burial Mounds in episode 20 Lan Zhan named a song he wrote for Wei WuXian after the two of them, and it’s underscored in almost every single one of their scenes together. The name, though they don’t say it flat out in the show, is lip synced as WangXian. Wei WuXian asks what the name of it was, but he passes out before he heard what it was. It’s obvious that the production team wanted to make it known that Wei WuXian and Lan Zhan are more than friends they’re soulmates and lifelong confidants. Later on in the series, Wei WuXian touches Lan Zhan’s headband as he possesses a paper man for seemingly no reason except that he wants to before heading off for a mission. Throughout the show not only does Wei WuXian touch Lan Zhan’s headband multiple times, he also takes it off and puts it back on Lan Zhan, giving an unspoken depth to their relationship that toes the line of Chinese censorship. The Lan Clan headband is sacred and can only be touched by family and significant others/cultivation partners. In order to save Wei WuXian from its backlash, Lan Zhan wraps his headband around both of their wrists, essentially handfasting them. Lan Zhan and Wei WuXian are dragged into a hidden Cold Cave where they find an ancient guqin (zither) that attacks anyone who isn’t part of the Lan Clan. ![]() Not only that, but after a short cut scene, Wei WuXian draws a portrait of Lan Zhan instead of writing down the disciplines, along with switching Lan Zhan’s book out with a NSFW picture book, which Lan Zhan rips up. ![]()
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