Fang Runin/Yin Nezha
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| Pairing: | Fang Runin/Yin Nezha |
| Alternative name(s): | Rinezha |
| Gender category: | f/m |
| Fandom: | The Poppy War |
| Canonical?: | situationship |
| Prevalence: | popular, Juggernaut Ship |
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Rinezha is a het pairing between Fang Runin and Yin Nezha in The Poppy War fandom.
Canon
Rin and Nezha met in the first year of Sinegard Academy, during book 1, where Nezha's classist insults drove her to attack him, which in turn led to him leading a bullying campaign that culminated in her almost killing him during the end of year fighting test. Following this, they ignored one another for two years, before bonding as comrades during the Third Poppy War and then the Nikara Civil War, until Nezha betrayed her via stabbing for the sake of his duty. This led to them warring for the entirety of the third book, culminating in her dying and promising him to fix their nation.
Rin frequently notes how attractive Nezha is, and ponders that he had "once loved her". When having a vision of herself being wed, it's heavily implied Nezha is the spouse.
Within the short story collection The Drowning Faith, we learn from Nezha's PoV that he did indeed love her, also viewing her as "the only divine thing he believed in" for her ability to kill him as he yearned for.
Fanon
Rinezha is the most popular pairing within the fandom, with most fics on Ao3 having it. Many writers and readers are interested in possibilities where the romantic aspects of the enemies to lovers and/or lovers to enemies parts of their relationship gain more explicit focus, while others focus of variants of them not faced with the same tensions.