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After watching Fatal Journey and having Nie brothers feels, I am CONVINCED that the Qinghe Nie Sect disciples absolutely knew that Nie Huaisang was not a good-for-nothing idiot.

He spent…what? 10+ years as sect leader? And he still had disciples following him to Jinlintai and the Burial Mounds. He still had disciples defending him despite his reputation as a poor swordsman.

No, they knew. Those disciples knew their sect leader was not the dumb moron he let everyone believe. They didn’t follow him because he was physically strong and a beast on the battlefield like his brother. They sure as hell didn’t stay out of sheer loyalty to his brother while watching the other sects get stronger and wealthier. They knew Huaisang was just and fair and caring like Nie Mingjue was even if he lacked the physical strength and cultivation power. Huaisang cared about his people, which is very evident when he - in the middle of trying to find a sword spirit bent on killing them - argues with Mingjue about leading disciples into danger like sacrificial lambs. He cares for his disciple brothers and sisters, and they know it.

Oh sure, they didn’t have a clue about his revenge plot because I’m pretty sure Huaisang kept that close to the vest so not a single whisper would leak out to Jin Guangyao. But they sure as hell knew their sect leader was more than competent. They played along and pretended he was weak and a pushover even if they didn’t really know why he wanted to project that image. They knew and they stayed and fought by his side.

And that, dear friends, is why Nie Huaisang is a badass.

I love him so much but sometimes he can be so fucking dumb

Huai Sang: Who is the both of us? Never heard of it.

I just rewatched that scene in ep. 22 during the sunshot campaign when Nie Huisang stands on the ramparts of the Nie fortress enthusiastically waving goodbye to Wei Wuxian and telling him to take care as he’s heading off w/ Lan Wangji for the final battle in Nightless City.

I’ve seen posts debating what inscrutable logic took place in Huaisang’s complex genius brain that he chose resurrecting The Yiling Patriarch as his method of resolving his brother’s murder.

But, dude. Wei Wuxian was like his only friend. The guy who thought his bird was cool, and showed him how to fish, and got him drunk on a school night, and admired his porn collection.

I know we love to think of masterminds as coldly objective and detatched but I like to think it came down to a gentle, lonely, artistic, grieving Huaisang thinking, “If only my brilliant friend were here, everything could be okay again.” 

Literally everytime I see this I start laughing this will never not be hilarious

Zonghui, what do you need? I’m practicing saber!

– Nie Huaisang being a clown in The Untamed: Fatal Journey (2020)