31 Days of the Untamed: rewatch - day 7
7. Second most appealing point for a canon divergence AU.
In the first run I offered several, all vaguely connected to the same point in time: post-Sunshot and largely to do with Wei Wuxian's rescue of the Wens, episodes 26 and 27. If only someone had stood with him.
There are, of course, others.
For example, wouldn't it have been nice if Wei Wuxian had actually let Nie Mingjue kill Xue Yang?
- Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan would still be alive
- A-Ying would also still be alive
- Jin Guangshan would have had nobody to plot with regarding the Yin Metal, meaning lots of people might still be alive.
And Xue Yang really would be no great loss.
Another way canon could have gone much better if Nie Mingjue just had been that bit more stabbity: taking out Meng Yao after he killed that guard captain (for which I don't blame, him, btw, the guy was a bully). Imagine all the things that would have happened differently.
(Of course Meng Yao would not have been around to spy on the Wens... so maybe that would be too much of a drawback.)
Alternatively and with less bloodshed, something someone in my circle mentioned recently, if Meng Yao had stayed at Cloud Recesses for the study arc. Made friends. Been valued... maybe it wouldn't have been too late them to turn him into a trustworthy human being.
Going back to a point of divergence less focused on taking out the opposition: what if after he came back from the Burial Mounds, WWX had told Jiang Cheng and Lan Zhan about having been there and about having lost his core? He could always blame Wen Chao. I guess he just didn't want everyone to think less of him. Jiang Cheng's notion of coreless people being 'useless persons' was probably shared widely, thanks for nothing, ableist cultivator pricks.
1. Your most rewatched episode.
2. Moment(s) when you have really identified with a character.
3. A headcanon you discovered only on a rewatch.
4. Your favourite hairstyles.
5. Favourite costume.
6. Favourite canon animal.
7. Second most appealing point for a canon divergence AU.
8. A character on whom your opinion changed over time.
9. A view you hold that you think is rare or unpopular in the fandom.
10. A fanwork that changed your view on something in the canon.
11. Something you'd like to import from one version of canon to another.
12. Name a flaw that your favourite character has.
13. Say something nice about a character you don't like.
14. A piece of fanon you love, a piece of fanon you love sometimes, and a piece of fanon that doesn't work for you.
15. Something this fandom made you like or appreciate that you normally don't or previously didn't.
16. Something you have learned because of being in this fandom.
17. An interpretation of something in canon that changed because of rewatching.
18. An interpretation of something in canon that changed because of fannish discussion.
19. Pick a trope you love and spin it for your favourite character/favourite pairing.
20. Pick a trope that's normally not your cup of tea and spin it for your favourite character/favourite pairing.
21. If they lived now wherever you are, and assuming language wasn't an issue, what would your favourite character watch on TV?
22. Canon crossover/fusion you would enjoy.
23. An AU scenario you would like to see your favourite character/pairing in.
24. Your favourite look on your favourite character.
25. Your favourite look on a character you dislike/who isn't your favourite.
26. Which two characters who haven't interacted in canon would you like to have meet, and how would it go?
27. You can bring back one dead character, but you have to trade one surviving character for them. Who would they be?
28. Most underrated character.
29. Which hero would make a good villain and vice versa?
30. Rec a fanwork (you didn't rec the first time around).
31. Prompt for a fanwork (that you didn't prompt the first time around).
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In the first run I offered several, all vaguely connected to the same point in time: post-Sunshot and largely to do with Wei Wuxian's rescue of the Wens, episodes 26 and 27. If only someone had stood with him.
There are, of course, others.
For example, wouldn't it have been nice if Wei Wuxian had actually let Nie Mingjue kill Xue Yang?
- Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan would still be alive
- A-Ying would also still be alive
- Jin Guangshan would have had nobody to plot with regarding the Yin Metal, meaning lots of people might still be alive.
And Xue Yang really would be no great loss.
Another way canon could have gone much better if Nie Mingjue just had been that bit more stabbity: taking out Meng Yao after he killed that guard captain (for which I don't blame, him, btw, the guy was a bully). Imagine all the things that would have happened differently.
(Of course Meng Yao would not have been around to spy on the Wens... so maybe that would be too much of a drawback.)
Alternatively and with less bloodshed, something someone in my circle mentioned recently, if Meng Yao had stayed at Cloud Recesses for the study arc. Made friends. Been valued... maybe it wouldn't have been too late them to turn him into a trustworthy human being.
Going back to a point of divergence less focused on taking out the opposition: what if after he came back from the Burial Mounds, WWX had told Jiang Cheng and Lan Zhan about having been there and about having lost his core? He could always blame Wen Chao. I guess he just didn't want everyone to think less of him. Jiang Cheng's notion of coreless people being 'useless persons' was probably shared widely, thanks for nothing, ableist cultivator pricks.
1. Your most rewatched episode.
2. Moment(s) when you have really identified with a character.
3. A headcanon you discovered only on a rewatch.
4. Your favourite hairstyles.
5. Favourite costume.
6. Favourite canon animal.
7. Second most appealing point for a canon divergence AU.
8. A character on whom your opinion changed over time.
9. A view you hold that you think is rare or unpopular in the fandom.
10. A fanwork that changed your view on something in the canon.
11. Something you'd like to import from one version of canon to another.
12. Name a flaw that your favourite character has.
13. Say something nice about a character you don't like.
14. A piece of fanon you love, a piece of fanon you love sometimes, and a piece of fanon that doesn't work for you.
15. Something this fandom made you like or appreciate that you normally don't or previously didn't.
16. Something you have learned because of being in this fandom.
17. An interpretation of something in canon that changed because of rewatching.
18. An interpretation of something in canon that changed because of fannish discussion.
19. Pick a trope you love and spin it for your favourite character/favourite pairing.
20. Pick a trope that's normally not your cup of tea and spin it for your favourite character/favourite pairing.
21. If they lived now wherever you are, and assuming language wasn't an issue, what would your favourite character watch on TV?
22. Canon crossover/fusion you would enjoy.
23. An AU scenario you would like to see your favourite character/pairing in.
24. Your favourite look on your favourite character.
25. Your favourite look on a character you dislike/who isn't your favourite.
26. Which two characters who haven't interacted in canon would you like to have meet, and how would it go?
27. You can bring back one dead character, but you have to trade one surviving character for them. Who would they be?
28. Most underrated character.
29. Which hero would make a good villain and vice versa?
30. Rec a fanwork (you didn't rec the first time around).
31. Prompt for a fanwork (that you didn't prompt the first time around).
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