CaoJia

CaoJia is the slash ship between Cao Cao and Guo Jia from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom.

Guo Jia's death
Upon returning from a mission, Guo Jia feel ill. This was somewhat expected, as he was not used to the climate he was put into. Cao Cao sent him to Yi Zhou to take care of himself, not thinking that anything would happen. Guo Jia asks one of Cao Cao's subordinates to lead the way to Yi Zhou, and this subordinate later tells Cao Cao that the path was hard to go through, but managble. Cao Cao returns to his work, satisfied that he is succeeding over other military leaders.

However, when Cao Cao returns to Yi Zhou, he finds that Guo Jia had already died. His body was already put away for burial. Cao cao sobbed, saying, "Guo Jia is dead, heaven is curing me!". Cao Cao later explains that because Guo Jia was the youngest, he planned to give all his power to him. However, now that Guo Jia is dead, no one of better talent can surpass him. Cao Cao later receives a letter written by Guo Jia in his last moments, sighing as he opened the letter.

Battle of Red Cliffs
After Cao Cao's loss in the battle of red cliffs, he returns to his base exhausted and disappointed. To avoid feelings of inferiority, Cao Cao hosts a party to celebrate survival. Although Cao Cao was laughing all the way through the battle of red cliffs, he suddnely starts crying. Upon being asked what is wrong, he says, "If Guo Jia was still alive, I would not have lost so much! He would have prevented me from falling for their tricks." Cao Cao continues to cry all through the night.

Fanon
Cao Jia is a decently popular ship in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom. Fans interpret their relationship as close, but most interpret it as familial, as Guo Jia was significantly younger than Cao Cao. However, there are still some who interpret them as lovers, particularly because Cao Cao was planning to leave his country to Guo Jia. This ship is mostly rivaled by XuanLiang and CaoLiu.

There are currently 48 fanfictions on AO3.

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