overthinkingthis

Post by @overthinkingyizhan · 6 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Boys in blue · Ok, so Weibo Night was days ago now, but I'm still thinking about it. It's been six years since we've seen them interact in public, so I sometimes wonder about the…

still thinking about wbn www.tumblr.com/overthinking...

those denim lapels made me think of tianjin.... i wonder if that's what he was thinking too 🥹

and their matching outfits!! photo cr. @wxyzybxz.bsky.social

and thank you! i'm so happy you enjoyed this!

me too -- there would have been so much drama if they'd been sitting on the floor! the so/los would have been making noise if they didn't look at each other AND if they did! there's no winning, so it's best they stayed backstage where no one could see them 🥹

post from "my asian drama," an account tracking c-ent celebrities, sharing that xiao zhan and wang yibo were going to attend weibo night, noting that they were co-stars in the untamed, and sharing side by side photos of them

post from "china daily," a chinese news platform, sharing that xiao zhan and wang yibo would be at weibo night and showing side by side photos of them in their outfits for the night

we weren't alone in wanting to see them together again 😭😭😭

I love these boys.

Photo of the floor at Weibo Night in 2026, with two conspicuous absences circled in yellow: Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo's seats are just three people apart and they are the only no-shows in their row.

It's 2026 and all anyone wanted was to see them in the same frame again. But they don't care about any of that 🥹 (photo cr to @bjyxrach.bsky.social)

"this is just for us" — archiveofourown.org/works/513961...

BTW, it's a bit confusing bc technically WBN 2019 was held in 2020, WBN 2020 was in 2021, there was no WBN in 2022, WBN 2022 was in 2023, WBN 2023 was in 2024, WBN 2024 was in 2025, and WBN 2025 is this week! I go by the year it's held, which isn't actually right... sorry!

there's a passing mention of WBN 2020 in chapter 18 of WAMTL: archiveofourown.org/works/24669283

I've been in the fandom for 4 WBNs & have written fics for 3 of them (links in A/Ns if you want to relive the clothes and the orchestrated non-interactions 😂)... enjoy!
2023: archiveofourown.org/works/46072879
2024: archiveofourown.org/works/513961...
2025: archiveofourown.org/works/513961...

Instead of the reality where we won't even see them in the same frame, let alone make eye contact 😭😭😭 I hope the enjoy their time backstage

I want this for them, not just me!!!

two men are shaking hands with chinese writing on the bottom ALT: two men are shaking hands with chinese writing on the bottom

i dreamt that wyb was serious about making changes so that he could live more like a regular person... and so yizhan greeted each other at wn like they do for other co-stars and friends. i know i was just dreaming, but wouldn't that be nice? 🥹

it's really uncanny... i feel like we're seeing him in yellow more often than green these days!

yibo in an ad, wearing a yellow lemon sweater draped over his shoulders, leaning down and looking up at the camera from under a curtain of wavy brown hair with a sweet, wide-eyed look, his lips tilted into a small smile

yibo in a still from a jimmy choo ad, pulling a metal shelving unit on wheels. the shelves are laden with flowers, mostly yellow, with a few green and pink/red blooms mixed in.

he looks like sunshine 💛💛💛

polaroid shot of xiao zhan in a black sleeveless hoodie, muscular arms bared, looking straight into the camera with a heated, slightly disapproving gaze, one hand raking through his hair

i don't know how someone takes a photo like this and doesn't spontaneously combust 🔥🔥🔥

Hahha yeah that is so true!!! I love his double standard ❤️💚

wyb knew what he was doing hahahaha

for those who don't get the reference, the first gif is from heated rivalry, when ilya takes a water bottle from shane during their first flirtation... the second gif is yizhan from the cql set doing... whatever they were doing that whole summer of filming 😅

I knew I'd seen this move before 🤭

it really is so beautiful! i'm so happy ren made this for me!

a white cat is surrounded by red hearts ALT: a white cat is surrounded by red hearts

you've made two lovely binds for me and i love them so muchm thank you!

it really is! i keep bringing it out to admire it! 😍😍😍

Another page of the volume, showing text on the left and a painted-over photo of a princely Wang Yibo with blond hair

I'm delighted to have this lovely book to enjoy 🥰🥰🥰 You can read the story here: archiveofourown.org/works/692212...

Beautiful cloth-bound book in green, embossed with a gold-tone flower with the words, "A Royal Mess" across the top and "overthinkingthis" at the bottom. The book is resting in the box that it came in, with stickers, including one with the name of the bindery: "Agaricus Bindery"

Photo of the book, open to the cover page showing beautiful watercolor art of the main characters of the story. Gold-tone endpaper is visible.

A photo of the first page of the book, with purple flowers spanning across the fold. The page starts with "Chapter One: The Sweet Prince"

Full color panel at the end of the book, showing the main characters at the end, watching a golden sunset

Look at this beautiful volume @renren85105.bsky.social made for "A Royal Mess"! 😍 She added perfect touches for a fairy tale vibe, like luxe endpapers, full-color panels of @shenhaichuang.bsky.social's gorgeous art, flower motifs throughout... I'm in love with this and will treasure it! 🥹 谢谢! ❤️💚

Xiao Zhan wearing a white hockey uniform with blue lettering and red and black accents

When can they film together again? Because I have ideas 😉

this show has eaten my brain

the inevitable heated rivalry au drabble... i could not help myself 🙈

"heated, no rivalry" — archiveofourown.org/works/513961...

Yibo and Xiao Zhan in silhouette, with Yibo's beautiful profile and Xiao Zhan's head inclined towards him, as if telling him a secret

watched heated rivalry and couldn't help thinking about yizhan: a towering love between two men at the top of their game, years of secret meetings, of being kept apart by work for long periods... and having to endure people thinking they're rivals who hate each other