if fate is unkind, make a little of your own

[image is a greyscale drawing of nie mingjue, jin guangyao, and lan xichen. minjue and xichen stand with their backs showing, not paying attention, while jin guangyao stands in the middle, facing the camera but with his eyes invisible. he is smiling faintly and holding loops of bold, stylized red string in his hands, one tied to a finger on either hand, pressed to his heart. one leads to mingjue, and is tied around his neck. the other leads to xichen, and is tied around his wrists as if binding.]