Even Jiang Yanli calls him a-Xian, which is sweet and familiar, but not reciprocal and not the way she calls Jiang Cheng (a-Cheng).
I've noticed that, too. Jiang Fengmian calls him Wei Ying in a flashback, but I believe that's the only time even he does it, and otherwise he's "a-Xian." I wonder how much of that is Yu-furen's influence. I mean, clearly she'd prefer they all address him by his full family and courtesy names, if they must call him by name at all, and that's mostly what Jiang Cheng does. But maybe JFM resorts to a diminutive of WWX's courtesy name in the hopes of somewhat appeasing his wife, and that's what Jiang Yanli adopts.
I find it interesting that, once they've declared him Public Enemy No. 1, his enemies start making free with his birth name, especially Jin Guangshan. It's clearly meant as some kind of insult, or show of contempt, but I'd love to know all the connotations.
Interestingly, Wei Wuxian seems to try to abide by this, at first, a little, and calls Lan Wangji Ji-xiong.
I hear Ji-xiong is a homophone for the word for "chicken breast," so WWX is doing it not in an effort to abide by Lan formality, but as part of his campaign to annoy a reaction out of Lan Wangji.
/Every/ time Wei Wuxian goes larking off with someone else (Nie Huaisang, Lan Wangji, even Wen Ning), he looks like a left-behind puppy.
Poor Jiang Cheng. Jiang Yanli confirms he doesn't have any friends, then his dad takes away his dogs (they couldn't be kept at a farm nearby so he could visit?), and he is essentially given Wei Wuxian instead. That he comes out of that with proprietary jealousy should surprise exactly no one.
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Date: 2020-03-03 08:38 pm (UTC)I've noticed that, too. Jiang Fengmian calls him Wei Ying in a flashback, but I believe that's the only time even he does it, and otherwise he's "a-Xian." I wonder how much of that is Yu-furen's influence. I mean, clearly she'd prefer they all address him by his full family and courtesy names, if they must call him by name at all, and that's mostly what Jiang Cheng does. But maybe JFM resorts to a diminutive of WWX's courtesy name in the hopes of somewhat appeasing his wife, and that's what Jiang Yanli adopts.
I find it interesting that, once they've declared him Public Enemy No. 1, his enemies start making free with his birth name, especially Jin Guangshan. It's clearly meant as some kind of insult, or show of contempt, but I'd love to know all the connotations.
Interestingly, Wei Wuxian seems to try to abide by this, at first, a little, and calls Lan Wangji Ji-xiong.
I hear Ji-xiong is a homophone for the word for "chicken breast," so WWX is doing it not in an effort to abide by Lan formality, but as part of his campaign to annoy a reaction out of Lan Wangji.
/Every/ time Wei Wuxian goes larking off with someone else (Nie Huaisang, Lan Wangji, even Wen Ning), he looks like a left-behind puppy.
Poor Jiang Cheng. Jiang Yanli confirms he doesn't have any friends, then his dad takes away his dogs (they couldn't be kept at a farm nearby so he could visit?), and he is essentially given Wei Wuxian instead. That he comes out of that with proprietary jealousy should surprise exactly no one.