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CR MEME

The one, the only, the... definitely-not-late edition! If you're looking to grow out your character's network, filling out the below might help*...! *Results not guaranteed. Do not take while bleeding rocks. Please speak to a doctor if symptoms persist past 48h.


<b><small>PLAYER</small>:</b> <b><small>OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP</small>?</b> <b><small>IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH</small>?</b> <b><small>CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S)</small>:</b> <b><small>WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES</small>:</b> <b><small>GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS</small>?</b> <b><small>HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY</small>?</b> <b><small>DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)</small></b>? <b><small>ICE BREAKER ROUNDS</small>:</b> i. <i>Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian</i>? ii. <i>Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else?</i> <b><small>THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO</small>:</b> <b><small>WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST</small>?</b>

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Eleven | Dragon Quest XI S

[bearshermark]

PLAYER: Solar
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? Yes!
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? NO (and refuses to hear otherwise)

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Eleven - Dragon Quest XI S
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: A fallen Chosen One/Child of Light with a lot of quiet angst morphed into self-doubt and bleeding compassion.
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Vannozza
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? here u go

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? Praying, meditating
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? Nnnno? He's pretty plain-looking. Has a cool birthmark on the back of his left hand.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian? You're in luck! El was raised by a single mom. He's not completely useless in the kitchen. That said, the most you can hope for is not poisoned/burned/undercooked food. Probably lacks flavor or a balance of flavors though. In essence, it's edible, but not good.

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else? I don't.. really reddit much, I'm sorry.

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO: FRAND. MENTOR-TYPES. FRENEMY?
WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST? Enduring court, being politically useful??

[descendency]

PLAYER: Livvy
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? Hell yea undecipher / loaf#3886
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? Is a ravioli a dumpling?

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Jiang Cheng from the Untamed and Bai Mingyu, an OC.
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH:
Jiang Cheng: A man who lost everything but his virginity in his canon and never met a problem he couldn't make worse
Bai Mingyu: A beautiful vapid-looking socialite turned kitten-thinks-of-nothing-but-murder-all-day because some very bad people kidnapped and potentially tortured his boyfriend to death back home and it turns out old habits are hard to break.
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Jiang Cheng is on #TeamMacaluso and Mingyu is on #TeamVannozza.
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS?
Jiang Cheng
Mingyu

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? Jiang Cheng can be found playing with his enormous dog named Zongzi, loudly shouting about something or another at his canonmates, innocent bystanders, and YOU, and generally Causing Problems, mostly for himself. Mingyu meanwhile likes to slut about, look after his polycule, take care of his adopted daughter Eydis, and get up to sketchy shit when he's not busy being a family man.
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? Jiang Cheng has cheekbones that could rend god. Mingyu has a Jekyll/Hyde aesthetic going on.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian?
Jiang Cheng is from Yunmeng so no there is not 'excess' spice, there is exactly as much spice as the ancestors intended. Mingyu was an Instagram minor celebrity chef before depression hit, he's actually a really good cook when he's not too busy plotting the downfall of modern society.

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else?
Jiang Cheng gets universal YTA stamp when he posts to AITA, Mingyu is the star of MaliciousCompliance.

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO:
Jiang Cheng: Friend...ship? Romance. People he can antagonize but desperately want to get along with.
Bai Mingyu: People who'd tag their relationship as 'it's complicated' on Facebook, people who stan him and think he's a perfect baby who's never done anything wrong in his entire life, and people who see him and go holy shit this man needs therapy.

WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST?
Jiang Cheng: God, everything. If anyone can help him pretend to be a religious figure, he will weep tears of gratitude. He could also use a friend. He has never had one before and does not know how to make or keep one, and he also doesn't know what to do with one once he has one. Thanks and good luck.
Bai Mingyu: Not murdering absolutely everyone even tangentially involved in Fox's poisoning.

[somebadnews]

PLAYER: Lone Sheep (aka Sheep)
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? Yep! lonesheep
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? A hotdog is a hotdog, a sandwich is a sandwich.

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Number Five Hargreeves
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: 58-year-old time-traveling ex-assassin in a 13-year-old body who survived alone for 45 years in the apocalypse; loves to teleport and remind everyone that he's better than you.
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Macaluso
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? Right here!

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? Obsessively writing notes and complex equations, yes he's still doing that... probably drinking......
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? He does not impersonate a teenager very well, and when he tries he tends to overdo it. Most of the time he doesn't bother and talks like an old man, kind of walks like one if you pay attention. He also teleports whenever it's convenient, or mid-conversation whatever.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian? Five is a survivalist, he knows what foods are safe to eat. Five also survived on cockroaches and whatever else you can imagine in a wasteland for decades. You'll live, but at what cost... (the cost is flavor.)

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else? He doesn't Internet.... but he'd probably get stuck on r/UnresolvedMysteries or something like this and seeing how many unresolved murders were him... like you do.

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO: actual enemies who see him as a real problem, anyone willing to treat him like an adult and take his crazy theories seriously, people who can put up with him long enough to see through his shit ??? (let's not call them friends). The whole spectrum I'm all for it.
WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST? This mess first and foremost. Help this guy who doesn't like to be touched but definitely needs magic surgery, it'll be fine. Make sure he doesn't murder anyone on the way out if they make him deaf or something, this is a real problem.

[thesuspense]

PLAYER: Rei
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? yeah! reineke#8640 on discord, reineke
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? depends on the definition, but I'd define a hot dog as its own thing... or as a kind of sausage roll, is that controversial?

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Xue Yang from Mo Dao Zu Shi
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: murderous necromancer loves the sweeter thing in life
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Vannozza
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? here

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? he does work out, currently he hangs around Xiao Xingchen as much as he can, he likes playing with knives and that can include carving wood or making adorable apple bunnies, he also loves eating candy and always tries to have at least some, even if means holding on to one piece for a long, long time
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? if you catch him at the right/wrong time, he may be practising with his sword, which has a dark aura, pretty literally, that's kinda weird

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian? I actuqlly headcanon that he can cook decently well, it's more whether he would do it and if he did, would he share with anyone or what would he have to get in order to make him share...

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else? ProRevenge. He takes revenge VERY seriously. Some might aay he overdoes it, but his pain is worth a lot of pain from everyone else. He strongly feels that.

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO: 1) someone with a similarly skewed view of reality, so he can bond, maybe a 5-year old?
2) someone who can maybe help him navigate the path of... not so much redemtion and more 'just enough goodness for him to have his cake and eat it too', aka help him convince certain people (Xingchen) that he is good and deserves good things
3) he definitely needs a ridiculous rivalry, or a ridiculous animosity, or basically just anything ridiculous, he feels so weirdly
4) also he needs to be punched and stuff
WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST? making it through the aftermath of his own mistakes without making things worse... or help him make things worse when he is vulnerable and angry and SUPER SAD AND HEARTBROKEN, without knowing (he's brought it on himself)

[thesuspense]

hey Mingyu, 'it's complicated' is underselling it...

why not murder absolutely everyone related to the poisoning in general?

elle.

[valeas]

PLAYER: elle
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? yes, 100% i'm moonstones over there.
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? niet

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Emilia di Carlo / Kingdom of the Wicked
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: Star witch seeks to avenge beloved sister by way of conquering the underworld.
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Vannozza! Emilia is the catch of the season~. She may not be ecstatic but I am.
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? I sure do! I'm so sorry it got so long.

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? Emilia is a bookworm that can be spotted trying to devour as much knowledge as witchily possible. She probably frequents places with gardens. She's a calculative little thing, so she's always Up To Something. When not on opposing Taravast teams, she has a very tall demon shadow.
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? Emilia and Wrath have matching tattoos on their arms all the way up to their elbows. They're a pale lavender that's difficult to notice in the day, but at night they shimmer and almost seem lively at times. What's up with that?

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian?
You are 100% saved. Emilia's been cooking since she was old enough to hold a knife, and by now she knows how to break down a chicken carcass in under three minutes. Her family works a trattoria and their food is known for being sinfully delicious.

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else?
What is Internet?ProRevenge, without doubt. Falling for the enemy. True crime. Penne lisce isn't real pasta, fight her.

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO: 1. Magically-inclined folks; back home it was too dangerous to associate with other witches lest they be noticed and persecuted. She's never really had that kind of community before. 2. Allies. People who are willing to do what it takes. It's especially interesting when 'what it takes' means something different to different characters. Where's the line? 3. People who are similarly passionate about their pursuits/beliefs, whether these beliefs align or challenge hers.
WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST? All those ridiculous suitors, send help.

[downswing]

PLAYER: ruxi
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? I'm at exar, but I use it very sparingly and largely to ramble about RL — it's probably worth your RoI more to PM me plot things or hit me up on Disco than to add me on plurk outright. But up to you!
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? Is this the start of World War III?

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Lan Wangji @ the Untamed
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: one-man 16-year pining slaughter machine, but make it silent, "eyerolling" and pretty.
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Maaaaaaaacaluso!
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? Yosh! I still need to respond to comments and troll that, apologies. The Slow [TM] has been upon me this weekend.

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? Meditating, training with a sword and talismans, haunting the town for gossip on sorcery and the dead, performing cleansing rites, failing at daily domestic tasks, minding the two arctic rabbits he picked up in Sa-Hareth, stalking looking after Wei Wuxian, fretting over his many children and adopted children, please put more children in his path, he only has two modes, slaughter and children.
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? He dresses in white, barely speaks, walks with one hand behind his back. Is an exorcist by trade and has Seen Things, though he practises enough cleansing that any whiff of death would belong to others.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian?
Uhm. As long as you don't mind....... blandness. No spice. No sauces. No flavour. No end to the millet suffering.

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else?
Let's be real, he's got some EntitledParent in him.

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO:
— ALL THOSE FRAGILE AND IN NEED, his instinct to silently, aloofly but efficiently protecc the innocent runs deep and borderline disturbing
— ...anyone who can teach him a trade and domestic tasks, he is trying so hard to not be a Rich Young Master, after getting called out on it. He has a good attitude about it, just could use more experience.
— Folks who need exorcism/sorcery guidance or are investigating in that direction, it's literally his job

WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST?
I mean, he'll be poisoned, so "not dying" would be great.

Wen Kexing | Word of Honor

[wenderer]

PLAYER: Beren
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? Yes! tinuvielberen or PM for disco
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? Yes

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S):
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: A man living for revenge decides to live for love instead
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Vannozza
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? here!

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? bothering everyone with his chatter, playing a jade flute (called a "xiao"), reciting poetry, sitting on rooftops just chillin
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? He acts like a big fool most of the time, gesticulating theatrically with a fan, but his demeanor/appearance can change radically, especially when his bae (Zhou Zishu) isn't around, and he becomes quite serious and taciturn.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian? You're saved, this man has everyone covered on the domestic front

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else?

r/ProRevenge
r/ThanosDidNothingWrong
r/AITA
r/Relationship_Advice
r/NeverTellMeTheOdds
r/Instant_Regret
r/publicfreakout

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO:

1. Improbably, he has strong dad energy, so an outlet for that would be great!
2. His parents were healers, and he has rudimentary skills, but never really was able to learn from them. So I'd like to pursue CR with fellow healers, it could be interesting and angsty.
3. Also CR with characters who were Wronged in life, but have learned to move past it without burning up the whole world in revenge, that would be great for him!

WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST?

- He needs to get money! For reasons! Please help!
- He'll also be interested in exploring all the delights of the city, artistic as well as hedonistic
- Slimy politicians will push all his buttons, so help reining in the more violent aspects of his personality would be great!

wen qing | the untamed

[silverneedles]

PLAYER: Thea
OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP? sure: theasaurus#0842 or theasaurus
IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH? Is a taco a sandwich?

CHARACTER(S) & CANON(S): Wen Qing, The Untamed
WHO THEY ARE, THE ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: oh god I'm terrible at this Tired healer/older sister who has too many ridiculous self-sacrificing friends, while ignoring her tendency to do the same.
THEIR TEAM FOR TARAVAST PURPOSES: Vannozza.
GOT A LINK TO ANY TARAVAST PLOTS & PLANS? someone help this woman figure out how to navigate a relationship she's not actually in

HANDWAVERY: WHAT CAN OTHER CHARACTERS SPOT YOURS DOING ON THE DAILY? While in Taravast, she'll be going into Lady Vannozza's chambers daily, for at least an hour or two. Otherwise, she's probably gathering herbs, taking notes on medical practices she's learned, meditating, trying to figure out how to fashion a few more needles for her kit.
DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT GROTESQUELY/HILARIOUSLY/WTFISHLY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER(S)? She looks to be in her mid-20s and then she opens her mouth and sounds like a snappish wife in her 50s.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character is our last hope in the kitchens. Are we saved, are we doomed, is there excess spice, are you Xie Lian? Well, she scorched potatoes (or radishes or whatever she attempted to cook) so probably doomed. Or else she's making medicine, in which case, curing whatever ails people, but not actually feeding anyone.

ii. Which awkward reddit forum is your character likeliest to end up on? Choosing Beggars/I-don't-work-here-lady/Bridezillas/MaliciousCompliance/ProRevenge/something else? Am I the asshole for agreeing to perform a risky, experimental surgery on my friend's brother (who has a crush on me), thus leaving my friend without his golden core and giving the brother a new golden core. We never ask him, trick him into thinking I'm an immortal, and never mention it, even when he wants to know why my friend has stopped helping him (he can't cultivate) and is going off the deep end.

Am I the asshole for putting my friend to sleep so my brother (now a fierce corpse) and I can turn ourselves in for being distant relatives of a former madman/despot and hated by all the other clans. My brother also accidentally killed the heir of the current ruling sect, who was also the husband of my friend's sister, so they're a little upset right now.

(I can keep going but I'll spare you all.)

THREE TYPES OF CR YOUR WANT FOR YOUR CHARACTER (BE SPECIFIC), GO: Actual friends who she doesn't need to nag to death to take care of themselves, people to remind her that romance is a Thing and she can have that now (and deserves it), and also more younger sibling types to be a bossy older sister to because she's a bossy older sister.
WHAT WILL YOUR CHARACTER NEED AN EXTRA HAND WITH IN TARAVAST? This woman rejected the guy who had a crush on her because it was futile, doesn't know how to flirt, and has never had a moment of peace to actually explore Feelings and now she's supposedly married (and possibly killed) four people! And is looking for a fifth! She definitely needs help with how to flirt and appeal and also how to make a relationship look like a relationship to the outside world when she's not actually in a relationship with anyone.

[downswing]

Eleven is the patron saint of /MadeMeSmile.


Wangji should check in on him once he notices Hendrik is unfortunately no longer around, hnnnnngh.

[downswing]

........do you realise that being in the same team means Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji might have to cooperate again. Gross.

Also, Wangji can. Sigh. Help him with pretending dignity for his role.

[downswing]

They need to interact, masked, and not know who the other is, and do something inevitably cooperative in a way they will deeply regret later.

[thesuspense]

dance lessons

or maybe something sliiightly les ridiculous

[downswing]

THE PROTESTERS?

[downswing]

.................yta.

[downswing]

.........how much money, asks man who can sugar it off other man with actual money.

[thesuspense]

yes, yes, he can care about that...

pro or con?

[valeas]

how knowledgeable is five re: this beacon, asking for a friend

[downswing]

I mean, Wangji would be in it to help the innocent, but I imagine Xue Yang would be in it just for the hell of a fight, so COINCIDENTALLY, their interests might align?

[thesuspense]

yes, he also thinks it is more fun to fight whoever is better armed, so that would align

see, they are peas in a pod

[wenderer]

50000 gold




...and maybe some extra, bc wkx desperately needs new outfits, it's not easy to look this good

[silverneedles]

you just think that because it was wei wuxian.

[downswing]

Of............. course not.

[downswing]

............I mean. Maybe if he makes a post begging the coin, Wangji can like. Beg Wei Wuxian but.

lmf 50k, bro











Ask Five, he led a bank heist once

[silverneedles]

Sure it's not.

She at least tried to keep Wei Wuxian alive in the second one, so that counts for something.