Fanon wanted: Evil Rebel Leader

[mecurtin]

So, in drama!canon this guy doesn't seem to ever get a name:



This is dumb and we need to come up with something to call him, especially when we're thinking about Ye Zun's backstory and characterization.

1. Is he present in the novel, and does he have a name there?

2. Does Chinese-language fandom have a fanon name for him, either on AO3 or on the other side of the Great Firewall?

3. What names have people come up with in fic so far? In Two circumference uses the name "Sima Tao". Anyone got a better idea?

Comments

[qikiqtarjuaq]

In the Chinese fics I've read, he's just called the Rebel Chief or Boss (老大). It's the approach I took in writing too!

I don't think he exists in the novel, Gui Mian should have a pretty different origin story. But I'm not really deep into the backstory part of the novel yet.

Haha. So I guess I'm not much help!

[mecurtin]

I'm prepared to assume that the rebel group, among themselves, just calls him Boss. And that would be the name Ye Zun would use for him. Is Gui Mian a personal name, or a title? I also see MianMian, but I don't know if that's fanon or novel!canon.

[qikiqtarjuaq]

Gui Mian is literally Ghost Face, and is the origin for the fans' nickname of him as Mianmian.

[naye]

Gui Mian is his name in novel canon - 鬼面. Literally "ghost" and "face", just as Shen Wei was "嵬" (you can see it's the same as the "Gui" character, only with a little spiky crown that's the symbol for mountain). "MianMian" is a cutesy nickname doubling the second character of Gui Mian. Fandom also likes to call Shen Wei "WeiWei" - as far as I know this is a common way of giving someone a cute/affectionate name.