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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Mdzs russian nesting doll of 🧵of 🧵

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

I just noticed that wwx only called jc “shidi” once when he first came to lotus pier. When jc threw him out rejected being his shidi, wwx never called him that again. This is the sort of thing that makes me think wwx was *very* emotionally sensitive instead of oblivious.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

This is why I hate it when jc says: “And what happened in the end? You went and protected outsiders, ha ha! And they were Wens, no less! How much of their rice did you eat? You defected at the drop of a hat, with not a moment’s hesitation!”

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@lemxnsol

5 months

i can write so much angst of wwx cause wdym he was in the streets and had to venge for food??? HIM????? THIS KID??????

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babylouche

@babylouche1

2 months

I just think it’s weird not to acknowledge wwx’s awkward, lower status in the Jiang clan, and to simply call wwx and jc best friends. Wwx was neither fish nor fowl there in that household.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

This post made me think about how a lot of the violence done by the Lan clan is elided. My mind goes directly to lxc’s account of going with lqr and 33 seniors to retrieve lwj from wwx in yiling after Nightless City.

aster✨

@arrowswifts

6 months

not wholly sure why the fanon persists that gusu lan wasn't heavily involved in the siege of the burial mounds considering this bit in like, the beginning of the book

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babylouche

@babylouche1

4 months

Me, stone-cold sober: mxtx makes this perfectly obvious, which is why the only person who could have protected the wens without resorting to war was jc, bc it *could* have become a consolidation of resources under jc's aegis instead of a revolutionary act by the son of a servant.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

8 days

Lxc was shocked to see lwj laugh bc in many ways, he didn’t understand him at all.

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@hanguangjoobs

8 days

Thinking about how even lxc was surprised to see lwj smile in Guanyin temple… he’s known him all his life and had never seen lwj smile until then I feel ill

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

The jc and wwx relationship was messed up from the start. In my qt, I talk about the foreshadowing when they were teens at cr, but their harmful dynamic began when wwx first arrived at lotus pier and wwx hurts his leg after jc kicks him out and threatens to sic dogs on him.

babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

It does establish a pattern of jc (and the other jianghu, represented by the other drunk young masters) allowing wwx to take sole responsibility/punishment even if he’s (they’re) also complicit. Lwj takes his punishment if he took part no matter who’s to blame or who’s looking.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Imo lwj and wwx were both assholes as teens, but the crucial difference is that wwx was an asshole to assholes in power, so I don’t have a problem with his behavior, while lwj was an asshole to wwx bc he was projecting the shame he felt about his desire for wwx, which sucks.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Wwx’s just also very emotionally guarded, so you have to pay attention bc wwx only opens himself up briefly before reverting to his cheerful mask when he doesn’t receive openness in return. It’s easy for readers and mdzs characters alike to miss.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

Jgy could have killed his dad in a way that didn’t drag innocent people into it, and I would have cheered, bc jgs was a piece of shit.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

I’ve said before that elite feelings become societal truths in mdzs, and jyl inviting wwx to jl’s 1-month celebration was such a brilliant gambit to use that principle to launder wwx’s reputation so he would stop being public enemy no1.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

After jc rejected wwx’s honest expression of fear by throwing wwx out and terrorizing wwx with it, wwx showed a cheerful face to jc and took the blame for him. Wwx’s emotional deference to jc started SO early, almost immediately after wwx arrived at lotus pier.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

I do think wwx was a genuinely gregarious person with a mischievous and joyful personality, but he also used that persona to hide behind when he was feeling sad or vulnerable, so it could be hard to tell his true feelings, bc he could seem happily oblivious at all times.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Jc’s belief that wwx owed not only him specifically, but also the Jiangs in general, life-long servitude, reveals that jc never saw them as equals—he saw wwx as a vassal to his entire family line. Jc believed the “debts” wwx owed jfm were transferred to his son jc.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

The 2nd incident of wwx on the wall with emperor’s smile very much shows the contrast between lwj and jc.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Call me a softhearted leftist, but that’s such a monstrous belief to me bc it’s based on the ideas that: 1) children don’t have the right to food 😭 2) so if you feed them, they owe not only you, but your children their subordination for life 😱

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Baby street urchin is who I see when jc berates wwx for being disloyal after his dad was magnanimous enough to *checks notes* feed a starving orphan?

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

I figured out why I dislike the reading of wwx as having a savior complex: it pathologizes a societal problem into an individual problem. It’s an incredibly westernized, individualistic viewpoint.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

4 months

Wwx didn’t need redemption, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t change. He decided to leave the corrupt jianghu to themselves instead of challenging them on their own hypocrisies.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

It’s not that jc and wwx didn’t hold love for each other, but their relationship was not mutual. It couldn’t be when jc held power over wwx and didn’t grant wwx the ability to be emotionally open—all while expecting wwx to take care of all of jc’s emotions.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

During that scene Jc says “How much do you owe the Jiang Clan?”and he specifically talks about wwx owing the jiangs in general, not just jc specifically, at least 5 times.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Wwx’s and jc’s relationship wasn’t necessarily doomed forever, bc wwx did try again, but wwx shut down emotionally again when he tried to open up to jc and was rebuffed:

babylouche

@babylouche1

4 months

Wwx told jc it was unfair that he was targeted by yzy for taking his top off in the heat when all the other disciples and jc were spared, and jc told wwx that wwx “hurt the eye the most.” Wwx offered up a moment of vulnerability to jc, and jc told him he was to blame.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

It does establish a pattern of jc (and the other jianghu, represented by the other drunk young masters) allowing wwx to take sole responsibility/punishment even if he’s (they’re) also complicit. Lwj takes his punishment if he took part no matter who’s to blame or who’s looking.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

4 months

Do you ever think about how wwx revealed to jc and nhs at cloud recesses that he would never “walk the crooked path” if he had the option of a regular cultivation? So if they put the dots together…🤔

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babylouche

@babylouche1

2 months

I watched/read a bunch of British period pieces in my teens, and the butler’s kid who gets the same schooling as the master, but is still considered lesser was such a trope, and the characters always had to navigate class tensions bc of it.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

I talked about jc constantly expecting wwx to be responsible for taking blame for jc as well as taking care of jc’s emotions in my quoted thread, and I want to focus on the obvious benefits jc derives from denying wwx’s emotions, while making wwx take care of his.

babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

The jc and wwx relationship was messed up from the start. In my qt, I talk about the foreshadowing when they were teens at cr, but their harmful dynamic began when wwx first arrived at lotus pier and wwx hurts his leg after jc kicks him out and threatens to sic dogs on him.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

In the end, wwx didn’t ask for anything from jc. He literally asked for nothing—for no more debts to the jiangs, for it never to be mentioned again, and for jc to let it go. Wwx didn’t ask to build a relationship with jc, but to dissolve it.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

I love the little glimpses of wwx’s academic/inventive genius that mxtx sprinkles in.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

It’s a pattern with jc. Later on, jc knows that wwx isn’t responsible for his parents’ death but makes wwx responsible anyway.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

For example, it allowed him to avoid facing his guilt for not standing up for wwx when his mom abused wwx. Jc also got to take focus off of wwx’s accomplishments in favor focusing on his feelings of inadequacy and having wwx make him feel better about himself.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

Man, lqr is such a shitty teacher. “As a disciple of the Jiang Clan of Yunmeng, you should be so familiar with all this information that you can recite it without issue. There should be no pride taken in answering correctly.”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Jc got to call wwx the strong one to make wwx feel like wwx had to take care of jc fragile feelings, even while jc didn’t allow wwx to express his vulnerabilities, and while he resented wwx for being stronger than him.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

4 months

@lz1316 You are correct! Lwj was the one who didn’t communicate properly until wwx’s second life. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

This is when jc finally takes responsibility, and crucially, he notes that wwx was apologizing for jc’s feelings. He finally acknowledges their dynamic of wwx taking responsibility for everything, and instead of pointing his derision at wwx, he finally points it at himself.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

First of all, wwx being blamed for the actions of one of their own is classic for Lans and elites like them. I understand that lxc was protective of his little brother, but imo, his account goes beyond that.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Wwx’s “strength” and “obliviousness” allowed jc to feel better about scapegoating wwx for jc’s own deeds as well as everything wrong in jc’s life. Jc’s justification was that someone as “strong” as wwx should have been able to fix everything for jc.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

That’s why I don’t believe in yunmeng bros reconciliation. First of all, jc would have to overcome more than one lifetime of disregarding wwx’s feelings. I can’t see wwx ever feeling safe enough with jc to be open with him again.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Lwj’s behavior was forgivable kid’s stuff since he was able to grow beyond his upbringing, while wwx was trying to survive and thrive in a system that was constantly trying to put him in his place. The scale of their problems was vastly different!

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

What’s sinister to me is that even though all the cultivation clans were just gathered together in Nightless City to organize a siege upon wwx, lxc still casts himself, lqr, and those 33 lan seniors as the victims—even while actively pursuing lwj and wwx.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Of course, jc never truly escaped his guilt and low self-esteem, which is why he further invalidated wwx’s feelings by saying that wwx saved people for selfish reasons—to look like a hero. Wwx couldn’t be strong without jc getting mad at him for that either.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

But jc gave the game away, bc he constantly accused wwx of being a better successor to the Jiang clan than jc by “attempting the impossible.” Jc cast wwx’s accomplishments and heroism as attacks on jc’s status and emotional stability, which wwx was again obligated to fix for jc.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 years

@tressiemcphd She really got in front of that $15 min wage messaging, too: 1) we tried but failed 2) we got these wins instead 3) please hear about these other wins I loved her use of "easter egg," and how she makes government sound soapy.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Jc knew that wwx was a better person than he was, which is why he used his power to monopolize wwx’s emotional labor. Jc pretended that their “close” relationship was separated by wwx’s betrayal instead of the separation that jc enforced so that wwx could cater to jc’s feelings.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

8 days

Lxc wanted to wwx to feel indebted to lwj, but lwj would never have been able to laugh like that if wwx didn’t love lwj freely with his whole heart. 🥹

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

My assumption is that they tried to kill wwx to get lwj away from his “bad influence” and lwj defended wwx. But you don’t know that bc lxc only talked about the lan clan’s grievances against wwx, and not their aggressions.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

Can we say foreshadowing? One of my favorite literary devices, and such great character development!

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Seeing a relatively well-behaved wwx at their fancy parties rubbing elbows and cradling babies would have been some of the best pr for wwx, especially if it was coupled with jyl clearly showing him favor, and jc being cordial.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

Lxc: “He’d never once talked back to Uncle or me, ever since he was young. But for you—not only did he talk back, he raised his blade against his fellow members of the Lan Clan. In the resulting fight, he seriously injured the thirty-three seniors we’d asked to come along…”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Jc didn’t just expect wwx to perform the duties of a subordinate, though. He also expected wwx to take responsibility for every negative emotion jc felt. It’s an incredibly toxic dynamic.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Also, maybe wwx wouldn’t require this bc he’s a more forgiving person than I am, but a reconciliation wouldn’t feel right to me without jc admitting that he wrongly blamed wwx for lotus pier’s attack, and jfm’s, yzy’s, jzx’s and jyl’s deaths, and I can’t see him doing that.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

Call me a wwx apologist, but imo Jin zixuan was just as much at fault for his book version death as wwx if not more. I use “fault” advisedly for wwx and jzx, bc imo Jin zixun, Su she, Jgs, and jgy are the most at fault and the real instigators.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Jc *knew* it was a lie that wwx was at fault for the attack at LP and his parents’ deaths, but he still blamed wwx’s rescue of lwj and jzx, bc jc *had the power* to blame wwx. Notice jc never blamed anyone with power let alone wc or wrh who were directly responsible.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Jc’s and wwx’s relationship can’t be understood outside of their power dynamic. It’s what gave jc the ability to indulge his emotions at the expense of wwx’s. Fay has a great thread about how the jianghu gentry use one-sided empathy to negate the selves of their inferiors.

fay

@3lutz3toeloop

5 months

there are a multitude of dimensions to the yunmeng shuangjie promise and the preceding scene, a lot of which have already been analyzed by others. i want to touch on how it exemplifies a particular facet in the obliteration of wei ying's self, which is a throughline in the novel

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

But do you truly think Lwj would have left dazed wwx, whose hand he was holding, to attack the Lan seniors if they had left him and wwx alone? Do you think any of the Lans were unarmed?

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

It’s so evil that jgy chose prostitutes for the death of his father jgs, bc it shows that he views people as mere pawns for his “poetic” revenge.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

My favorite wwx is wwx who is immensely pleased with what a condescending troll he is to lwj. The way he giggles to himself is so delightful to me.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

8 days

Lxc chose a relationship with jgy that was based on jgy’s gratitude towards his benevolence, which is why their relationship was so full of lies. That was his model for how wwx should feel towards lwj.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

8 days

Lxc saying “If you do not remember what Wangji has done for you, I worry he will never tell you himself” and then deciding to tell wwx anyway was so fundamentally against lwj’s desires: “Between you and I, there is no need to say ‘thank you’ or ‘sorry.’”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Besides never calling jc shidi again, wwx never called him a-cheng (or the accursed fanon chengcheng) in the first place, bc again, their mutual closeness was the jianghu’s (and jc’s) propaganda. “A-cheng” was reserved for his real family, jfm, yzy, and jyl, not his subordinate.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

Look at who lxc casts in the role of aggressor: certainly not lqr, lxc, or the 33 seniors. Wwx is cast as the instigator, and Lwj is cast as the aggressor—the only one who raised a blade or even has one in the retelling.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

And bc jc had power, first as clan heir then clan head, his emotional reality became societal truth. It’s one of the biggest themes of mdzs: elite feelings inform reality by overwriting societal narratives, bc elites hold so much power.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

Jgy could have murdered his dad in any number of different ways, but he murdered women like his mom just for the symmetry of it. His dad was a rapist, and he was a rapist by proxy. In the end, he was just as big a misogynist piece of shit as his dad.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

35 vs 2! Lwj was wounded and wwx was “a spent arrow” at Nightless City and basically catatonic when the 35 lans arrived per lxc’s own account. Lxc glossed over any aggression perpetrated by his entourage, and he’s the one who gets to tell the story!

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

But that’s how power works in the world of the elites, including the pristine Lan clan. Wwx would always be described as the aggressor while the powerful clans with their alliances would be cast as the victims merely protecting their own, bc the elites control the narrative.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Imo, bc wwx was with lwj, and was finally loved enough and safe enough, he was finally able to be honest with jc, and divest himself of the responsibilities jc had put on him and he had put on himself. I really like this moment bc it’s like wwx broke a spell with his words.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

Mxtx is an evil genius for letting lxc’s be the “official” story in mdzs for that incident. Lxc is a classic unreliable narrator whose agenda can be gleaned if you look at his actions vs what he says vs what he leaves unsaid.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

The fantasy and the propaganda was that jc’s and wwx’s relationship wasn’t unequal, which is one way the jianghu maintained their power: by calling any acts by their inferiors that didn’t support them betrayals, bc after all, they treated their inferiors just like family.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Wwx was constantly being targeted for bullying by the jianghu elite. First yzy and lqr singled him out for unfair scolding/punishments. Then jgs targeted wwx for his power and bc he wouldn’t bow to his “betters.” Then jgs got all of the jianghu including jc and lxc on his side.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

You can also see it in the way Jin Ling repeated the propaganda that wwx was like family and that yzy treated wwx well—right before blaming wwx for the fall of lotus pier and jfm’s, yzy’s, jzx’s and jyl’s deaths.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

As wwx says to lwj, ‘Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone else. Only you, me, the heavens and the earth know about this.’ But lwj does the “right thing” (debatable imo lol) and punishes himself, too, even though he’s not responsible.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Wwx volunteered to take the fall for jc, and it’s clear why: “He kept feeling like he’d done something wrong again. The most fearful thing about living under someone else’s roof was imposing on and inconveniencing one’s hosts.”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

The thing is jc’s “promise” with wwx was always based on wwx owing the jiangs and by extension jc for not putting him on the streets, and wwx part in the promise was to be this: “you’d be my subordinate and support me for life when I became the head of the family.”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

“Jiang Cheng was of course too sheepish to say it was because of something Wei Wuxian had done…it was the whole group that had egged on Wei Wuxian to go buy liquor, so the punishment should’ve justly fallen upon them all. He could only reply, ‘It’s nothing’”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

You can see it all the way at the beginning of mdzs. It’s not just the propaganda of wwx’s evil that got exposed over the course of the novel, but also the propaganda of the jianghu’s benevolence and closeness towards wwx.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

It’s the propaganda that the jianghu *had* to defeat wwx bc he chose the wrong path despite being taken in as family by the kind and generous jiangs, and given the best upbringing by the jianghu.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 years

@courtneymilan I'm furious. These are women my parents' age, and we've already been worried about them going outdoors due to the hate crimes in our area.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Of course homeless baby orphan wwx would volunteer to take the fall for the young master whose dad, the one who rescued him, put them in the same room together and wanted them to get along. Wwx was trying to survive. 😭

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

Jc aligned with his class and chose the jianghu and his fear of losing his status above wwx over wwx’s authentic self—like he’d always done. He chose to use that status to scapegoat wwx—like he’d always done.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

5 months

Wwx’s assholeishness was rational; lwj was a snotty prig as a confused teen. Those are not the same!

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Jc blamed everything on wwx even when he knew wwx wasn’t at fault. Jc’s emotional immaturity made it so that factual reality was subordinated to his emotional truths, and wwx was expected to subordinate his own feelings, his own morals, and even his own reality to jc’s.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

I understand why jc would have been jealous bc of jfm and angry bc of his dogs, but he’s deeply cruel to wwx, and that cruelty is appeased and swept under the rug—over and over again.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

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It was a more genteel version than jc’s but lxc’s model of what kind of relationship wwx should have with lwj was actually very similar to jc’s ideas in the sense that they were based on debts and obligations.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

1 year

Jc acknowledges that he’s partially responsible, but says nothing, because he’s embarrassed (cares what others think) and doesn’t want to get punished.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

4 months

To lily’s point, mxtx is not subtle about how the sun shot campaign ended with jgs as wrh 2.0, and how he was a greedy pos who wanted wwx’s yin tiger tally for himself, ie to use the war to gather power and resources.

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@babylouche1

7 months

When does jc step up and take responsibility for his cruelty and bad temper? The only person I remember who admonishes him for it is jfm, and jc only feels defensive and self-pitying, and never sincerely takes responsibility.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 months

The jianghu used wwx’s and jc’s shixiong-shidi relationship to blacken wwx’s reputation by emphasizing wwx’s and jc’s supposed *mutual* closeness and wwx’s supposed betrayal of it, and jc bought into it and propagated it for his own benefit and that of the jianghu.

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@babylouche1

6 months

Jgy murdering his own child gets me the maddest. I can’t believe he had the audacity to cry to lxc about how he had to do it, and tried to make lxc feel sorry for him for it. He had choices there, too.

Tedraoi Malin

@MagicalMysMalin

6 months

@babylouche1 It’s wild to me that I constantly see people talking about him like he wasn’t that bad. The man killed his own child to save his shiny reputation, tortured NMJ into insanity, and murdered the innocent women he forced to r*pe his father to death. He’s indisputably evil.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

3 years

@tressiemcphd She's so brilliant. To me, one of the most important messages she provides is the sense that democrats aren't a monolithic moribund body, and that there's an ability to effect change.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Wwx expected to be with the Jiangs for the rest of his life and understandably felt grateful to them for rescuing him. How else was wwx supposed to approach jc? Their unequal power dynamics coupled with jc’s emotional immaturity made it impossible for wwx to be honest with jc.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Wwx had been living on the streets—homeless, hungry, and terrified of dogs. Jc made him homeless and terrified him with dogs while wwx already felt that he didn’t belong, and he had to earn his place at lotus pier.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

Haven’t most people had a boss they’ve had to soften with flattery when you talk to them bc otherwise they sulk or fly off the handle? And you can never shine too bright, bc then your job’s in danger. That’s the position wwx was in, except with more obligations and expectations.

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

In the first place, Wwx offered up the vision of the “Twin Heroes” to placate jc when jc was feeling one-upped by wwx and lwj for slaying the xuanwu of slaughter.

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@babylouche1

7 months

Wwx was expected to be responsible for jc’s feelings of inadequacy: “I’m the son; I’m the successor to the Jiang Clan of Yunmeng, but all these years, you’ve one-upped me in every way.”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

“As he looked at Wei Wuxian’s leg, Jiang Cheng seemed nervous. If the other sect disciples or servants were to find out about this matter, and if it made its way to Jiang Fengmian’s ears…

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babylouche

@babylouche1

6 months

Just thinking about what a pretentious asshole jgy was, and how he probably considered himself some kind of auteur of murder. 🙄

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babylouche

@babylouche1

8 days

@lesbians4wwx Right? Wanting wwx to be his subordinate and saying he owed the Jiang sect—not even jc directly—doesn’t indicate hurt. It indicates a master’s entitlement. Those were jc’s own words!

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

But jc knew: “Deep down, Jiang Cheng knew very well that even if Wei Wuxian had not saved Lan Wangji in the Xuanwu of Slaughter’s cave at Mount Muxi, the Wens would have found a reason to come knocking sooner or later.”

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@babylouche1

6 months

The only mention of the Lan seniors’ aggression is “in the resulting fight” coupled with their injuries to cast them as the victim.

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@babylouche1

7 months

“‘Making you apologize even at a time like this,’ he said, voice muffled and tone derisive. ‘I must be so important.’ Sect Leader Jiang always spoke with some degree of derision, but this time, he was not mocking anyone but himself. ‘I’m sorry,’ he blurted all of a sudden.”

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babylouche

@babylouche1

7 months

And jc doesn’t take responsibility until the end, when he cries to wwx that wwx didn’t keep his promise to be his subordinate. Jc has a moment of self-clarity after wwx finally sets a boundary (😭) and says, “I’m sorry. I broke my promise.”

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