I like MXTX novels because I'm a big fan of having the "cursed by fate with Tragic Edgelord syndrome" character and the "motivated almost entirely by love and a desire to save that one guy" character hook up and kiss
i keep thinking about how much i'd love to read tgcf from hua cheng's perspective but then i realize so much of it would just be
"gege!!! gege looks so radiant today... holy shit it's gege!!! FUCK YOU mu qing, FUCK YOU feng xin, ill fucking - holy shit is that gege???"
how can one man be so badass and also such a clusterfuck. no wonder xie lian loves him so much
cumplane using modern slang and everybody thinks they have some secret undecipherable code language. somebody says “what is love” and they both simultaneously go “baby don’t hurt me.” they tell each other to “kay why ess” on a regular basis (sqq says it moreso than sqh). during peak lord meetings sqh will scribble a nonsensical meme on a napkin and slide it over to sqq and he’ll crack tf up. sometimes they’ll just purposely mess with people by stringing together the most contrived possible sentence while acting as if it’s completely normal and watch whoever they’re with speedrun all five stages of grief
My favorite thing to think about while reading mxtx is “can you imagine being someone normal.” Because seriously imagine you’re some normal guy farmer and you hear about the yiling patriarch, the guy that killed thousands of people like 15 years ago via necromancy is a. come back to life b. totally chill now? c. gay d. dating the most illustrious, well renowned, talented cultivator from the most conservative cultivation clan.