(CQL) Xue Yang Appreciation Post
Every single time I watch The Untamed, I am always blown away by Xue Yang and his actor. He dominates every single scene he's in. I just finished (re)watching the Coffin Town storyline, I can completely say that he is probably my favorite side character / side actor in this whole show. He perfectly encapsulates the maniac that Xue Yang is, while also making him a sympathetic character that you can't help but feel at least a LITTLE bit bad for. I felt my heart squeeze when his effort to bring back XXC as a puppet failed and he lost it, even though he's the reason all the bad shit happened to XXC and SL. I'm a lover of "dark(ish) romance", and while I wouldn't wish for XY and XXC to actually be a romantic subplot (XXC does NOT deserve ANY of that, he deserves SL and happiness and joy), I can't help but love the insanity and almost yandere-esque tendencies that XY has.
His actor was, of course, one of the main reasons for all this. He is amazing and portrays a wonderful Xue Yang, I can't imagine anyone else as him. I'm pretty sure Xiao Zhan (WWX actor) auditioned for XY and I'm SO glad he didn't get it. Not just because I absolutely love him as WWX, but because it means that Wang Haoxuan (XY actor) got the role. I genuinely cannot imagine ANYONE else as that sympathetic maniac.
All this to say, while XY definitely deserved the end that was coming to him and I am glad that he got it, I can't help but love any scene that he's in, especially because of Wang Haoxuan and his phenomenal acting.