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Just casually thought of Shi Mei and am reminded about how much of a disgusting waste of a living being he is. Wow.

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The worst part of the Qiongqi Path ambush isn’t even the fact that Jin Zixuan died. It’s the fact that Wei Wuxian and Wen Nong are literally discussing in the middle of Qiongqi Path how they unfairly judged Jin Zixuan’s character, how they thought the invite was a trap but the man was being unexpectedly genuine, and how much he must have grown as a person to invite someone he’s always been in contention with to his firstborn’s one month celebration simply because that person is his wife’s favorite person. Only for fuckass Jin Zixun to show up, say that actually, the invite was a trap, that they would never genuinely invite Wei Wuxian to see his shizhi, and then Jin Zixuan shows up and refuses to verify IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTIVE AMBUSH that he is 1) not part of the ambush and 2) did not know about the ambush beforehand. Then he died.

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Everytime I see a jc stan excuse his abuse as "That's how Asian parenting works" I get so angry, even worse when they say "I am an Asian so I know"

I am a South Asian who grew up with a mother that was a calmer version of madame yu and in a very toxic household, and it's infuriating enough for me to already be surrounded by people that excuse abusive parenting, I don't need y'all to do the same. Both jiang cheng and madame yu are abusive narcissists and I know that cuz I grew up with one.

Stop abuse apologia! "abused becomes the abuser" yeah but what about those who choose to become a better person, do everything in their power to improve themselves and not be like their parents, the cycle breakers.

Personally, I think you take away credit from people who go through some terrible traumatic situations and don't let it break their will to remain kind and righteous and who don't turn bitter when you excuse a character's bad behavior. Cuz' jc gets all this undeserving praise for not even doing the bare minimum and y'all find reasons to take away wwx's very deserved applause and respect for doing everything in his power to do the righteous thing.

Jiang cheng is pathetic, he is weak willed, spineless and an abuser and no amount of apologies and excuses will change that.

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reblog if you need a hug

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reblog to diminish the horrors from the person you reblogged from

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*gripping your shoulders and shaking you* you gotta promise me one thing, if nothing else. you have to promise me to live, do you hear me. and if it's for nothing else but spite, LIVE. donald trump wants you to feel defeated and alone. let's show him and all the americans who voted for him that we will not stay quiet, we will not be devided and we will LIVE. we will survive that 78-year old felon, we will OUTLIVE him. so please reach out to friends and family, reach out to each other and STAND TOGETHER.

PLEASE, LIVE!

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We are a very very dumb, stupid people

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It's perfect that Wei Wuxian's birthday is on Halloween but what's also perfect is the fact he is kinda like an urban legend himself.

Imagine in a mordern kinda setting, there would so many people dressing up as yiling laozu for Halloween and wei wuxian is not a judgmental person at all but he would be rating people's outfits like "hm that one is good but just not it" "yeah that one gets the vibe accurately" "oh that one is 10/10"

he would literally be throwing a party for local ghosts and celebrate his birthday lol

Wei wuxian would love Halloween so much, finally a day where he can celebrate his craft.

Anyways happy birthday to Wei Wuxian, our kindest, most badass and genius necromancer!! Love him to the moon and to saturn🎂🎊🥳💜💜

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A-Yuan and His A-Die

Though not the biological child of Wei Wuxian, Wen Yuan very quickly adapts to the presence of this new caregiver in his life. And this makes total sense since the small child spent every day of his time in the Burial Mounds playing with Wei Wuxian:

On Burial Mound, heading fifty-or-so of the Wen Sect’s cultivators, Wei WuXian planted vegetables, repaired houses, refined corpses, and made new tools. Every day when he was free, he played with the toddler Wen Yuan, son of Wen Qing’s cousin. He either let him hang on trees or buried him in the ground, fooling him that he’d grow faster if he was watered and bathed in sunlight. ... With how long Wen Yuan had been on the mountain for, Wei WuXian felt that they couldn’t lock a child in such a place to play with mud all the time, and so one day, when he was shopping down the mountain, he took him along as well.

—Chapt. 74: Distance, exr

However, the affections go further than that. Wen Yuan internalizes Wei Wuxian as a father figure, so much so that when he gets lost in Yiling, his first instinct is to cry out for his "A-Die:"

Wen Yuan didn’t know what the people were talking about. When children were scared, they always called out to those they were close to. And so, sobbing, he called, “Dad! Dad...”

And we know that the "A-Die" in question is Wei Wuxian, because the moment Wen Yuan hears Wei Wuxian's voice in the crowd, he immediately goes to him.

Wei WuXian himself didn’t know why either, but he averted his gaze quickly. Hearing his voice, though, Wen Yuan got up at once. Dragging two long, flowing trails of tears behind him, he hung onto Wei Wuxian’s leg again.

Wei Wuxian even lightly teases the boy about this "new" address, as Wen Yuan only calls Wei Wuxian "Xian-gege" to his face:

Wei WuXian really had to be ridiculous. He could have fun just by teasing a child, putting the butterfly on his own head, “I’m not gonna. You even called him dad. What do you call me? You’ve only called me brother, an entire generation shorter than him!” Wen Yuan jumped, “I didn’t call him dad!”

—Chapt. 75: Distance, exr

But despite the tragically short time the two had together, these memories are so dear and formative to Wen Yuan that the mere sight of Chenqing is able to restore Lan Sizhui's memories years later:

Lan SiZhui puffed up his chest and drew in a deep breath. He began, “Claimed he had top-notch cooking skills, yet made dishes that were pungent both to the eye and to the stomach.” Wei WuXian, “Huh???” Lan SiZhui added, “Buried me in a field of carrots, saying I would grow taller quickly with water and sunlight, and maybe a few more children would sprout and play with me.” Wei WuXian, “...” Lan SiZhui continued, “Promised to treat HanGuang-Jun to a meal but ran off before paying, leaving HanGuang-Jun to pay again.” Wei WuXian widened his eyes. He almost couldn’t steady himself on the donkey’s back. He stammered, “You... You...” Lan SiZhui’s eyes were glued to Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi, “Maybe because I was too young, I cannot remember most of the things from back then. But, I am sure that... my surname used to be Wen.”

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With another thought, [Wei Wuxian] asked, “Speaking of it, How did you remember, SiZhui?” Lan SiZhui, “I do not understand either. Something just felt really familiar when I saw Chenqing.” As expected, it was Chenqing. Wei WuXian, “Oh, of course it’d feel familiar. You loved eating Chenqing back then. You always drooled on it and made it so that I couldn’t play it.”

—Chapt. 111: Wangxian, exr

Truly the father-son pair we deserve.

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One day this fandom will have a reckoning on how it likes to blame Jin Xixuan's death on Wei Wuxian—whether by maliciousness or a "loss of control"—while ignoring the fact that Jin Zixuan died because he lunged at Wei Wuxian with a drawn sword because he was angry that Wei Wuxian told that he doesn't trust him after he refused to tell Wei Wuxian whether or not he was a part of the ambush his cousin set up after Wei Wuxian told him to keep his distance from him after he told Wei Wuxian to stop defending himself against an ambush that he showed up to and was plainly told was put together to kill Wei Wuxian after he had already been bodily pushing Wei Wuxian around to protect his cousin. But all of that is supposed to be forgiven and forgotten because the reason he wanted Wei Wuxian to ignore all logic and put his life in danger was for Jiang Yanli's temporary happiness? Lol. Lmao even.

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I don't feel like being nice:

Jiang Cheng is actually horrendously stupid upon another reread because he was there when Wen Qing and Wen Ning's supposed ashes are scattered in front of him for the clan and sect Leaders to feel high and mighty. Yet thirteen years later when Wen Ning surfaces he doesn't think to question the Jins "hey why is the corpse you said was destroyed and burned actually not" he goes on a rampage of wanting to burn and kill Wen Ning himself with no actual thought of the political upheaval that entails and the lies Jin Guangyao was covering and omissions. Goes along with the clan and sect banquet not bothering to again question any of this discrepancy in front of his face now. As if it wasn't actually anything to do with the honor, care and protection of his family and clan that he was raging about to Wei Wuxian constantly.

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🎃Happy First Day of Halloween 🎃

In honor of this being Wei Wuxian’s birth month, I am doing a re-read of MDZS. I shall be sharing thoughts and insights as I go through the book.

I am reading, (I believe) the ExR translation. I was first introduced through the 7seas translation and while the ExR translation, is rather rough, it is apparently more accurate it it's portrayal.of carting characters (*cough Jiang Cheng* cough)

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Y'all wanna know also why JC can't tell WWX about distracting the Wens back then?

Because it means jackshit when later he leads a siege on him in an attempt to kill him and WWX ultimately dies as result (yknow we cant say 'kill' because see he just helped JGS....just brought the most resources...just helped them plan but since he failed in landing the final strike it cant be called 'killed')

Like if at that point in guanyin temple, if he were to even begin saying 'I saved you back then' whats that gonna do? because nice? Good job? He also participated in killing him afterwards?

Whatever weight that sacrifice had, was nullified by his every action afterwards.

There's a reason that him keeping quiet about is considered an indication of his character growth, because he had the clarity.

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Idk how to explain the nuances of Xie Lian and Mu Qing’s friendship without sounding unforgiving towards Mu Qing, but a lot of Mu Qing’s idea of his relationship to Xie Lian was transactional while from Xie Lian’s POV, it was a true friendship. Therefore, Mu Qing would volunteer to do things that he thought was his “job” to do, whereas the others considered it as him being kind and using his expertise to help them. Feng Xin accurately predicts Mu Qing’s fickleness, but Xie Lian refuses to believe it until Mu Qing actually leaves.

This proved a wake-up call for Xie Lian but in a bad way. Mu Qing’s breaking point was the fact that the trio couldn’t earn money in a “respectable” way because Xie Lian couldn’t risk being recognized, but they also weren’t making (enough) money to live well doing menial labor. You can hear the bitterness in a lot of Mu Qing’s words about the situation, and Feng Xin is the one to confront him over it. But this doesn’t mean Xie Lian wasn’t taking the tension seriously. When Mu Qing left, Xie Lian suddenly had to confront the idea that maybe all of his non-familial relationships were transactional as well. He starts to give Feng Xin random things, to the confusion of the latter. And when Feng Xin goes from resisting being given things to asking for money and tokens, it really drives home for Xie Lian that, yes, maybe his friendships were transactional and he was the only fool to believe that he could make friends based on how well he treated others.