ZhugeFan

ZhugeFan is the cargo ship between Zhuge Liang and his feather fan from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms fandom.

Canon
When Zhuge Liang is first introduced, he is shown holding a feather fan. The feather fan is described as being made with crane feathers. He later brings the same fan along with him to work for Liu Bei.

When taunting someone, he often sways the fan, making himself seem chill and relaxed while making the enemies anxious that they are doing something wrong. He also sways his fan when he wants to tease his allies, like when he uses it to point at Lu Su when the latter asks a stupid question. When Zhuge Liang had very little troops and was faced with the possibility of invasion from Sima Yi of Cao Wei, he asked his subordinates to bring our his guqin, his coat, and his feather fan. This was made as an effort to stop Sima Yi from attacking, who would fear that Zhuge Liang had many more troops because of his relaxed and easy-going attitude. To no ones surprise, the plan worked. However, Sima Yi later regretted his decision and came back, but it was too late. Zhuge Liang had already gotten most of his troops back and was ready to put up a fight.

Zhuge Liang also uses his feather fan to point at things, like when he explains his Long Zhong plan to Liu Bei. It is uncommon to see Zhuge Liang without his fan. The only times where he is not depicted with it is when he rides a horse or is drinking tea. However, later in the series, Zhuge Liang abandons his fan because of his growing workload. Even when he dies, he does not hold the fan.

Fanon
This ship is not popular in the fandom. Not many people are in the Fandom anyways, and those who ship prefer to ship other ships, like XuanLiang or YunLiang. However, some still see this ship as a funny ship. Fans speculate that Zhuge Liang really likes his one fan, as his fan does not change throughout the progression of the novel. Zhuge Liang is almost always drawn with his feather fan.

There are no ships on A03, but the feather fan has almost become something symbolic of Zhuge Liang in Chinese culture because of its frequent interactions with Zhuge Liang.

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