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Adding the democratic process to the games this season was not exactly a subtle metaphor, but it was an effective one. So many of us have felt the brutality of trying to make democracy work under a capitalist system that encourages those who have to oppress the have nots, to view politics as a zero sum game, and to wield their votes as a weapon to hoard wealth and resources for themselves. I can’t say this was a pleasant watch, but it definitely felt honest.

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i think i'm in love with her

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- you’re beautiful too, unnie.

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cw blood , injury , nudity

Lan Wangji donation doodles for people who donated to AAPI organizations!

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Have we ever talked abou all the adults that miserably failed Naruto even though they all knew who his parents were and that they sacrificed their life and their son to protect the village? Like, Konoha kept failing and failing those kids, it's honestly a miracle they had the ending they did because the system was awful and as things are set in Boruto, they haven't changed that much.

Sitting here so peacefully until remembering Naruto's upbringing and he literally did not have a parental figure until Iruka became a teacher at 16 at most and Naruto was 6.

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I think there is something interesting in Jin Ling not taking Zidian, the legacy not of Yunmeng Jiang, but of Madam Yu and the ideals she raised Jiang Cheng on, and him literally shoving it back to Jiang Cheng. To stand up with other boys and Wei Wuxian despite the extreme circumstances and impossibility of surviving but choosing to fight and potentially die facing that threat.

Yunmeng Jiang's legacy lives in two orphans for all intents and purposes that aren't even heirs to its seat in Wei Wuxian and Jin Ling, whose tie as family metaphorical and biological was with Jiang Yanli of Yunmeng Jiang. While Jiang Cheng still lives in the shadow of what his mother expected him to be with the ideals she instilled in him.

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Morally, I would take Wei Wuxian using dead soldiers corpses to win a war, protected his "past enemies" because further torture of them was kicking a down dog and hypocritical when he "won", and using abandoned grave ghosts.

Over, a man that orchestrated a rape of prostitutes and burnt them and their brothel, lied to his wife about committing incest, then choosing to threaten her with said committed incest and having killed their son under the guise of another clan who hates him having assassinated him.

Over, a man that tells another man to have let their fellow allies die, and to put a grandmother and a two-year old back into labor camps, while refusing to uphold his own debts yet screaming at everyone else about what they owe him.

Over, a man that claims righteousness, yet refuses to see cruelty and excessive violence for what it is because of my own hate for a family name despite winning a war against the family that hurt him, uses the fact that another's mother is a whore and that taints another from being able to be righteous.

Over, a man that chooses to buy into his own version of a friend despite the clear signs of manipulation and excessive cruelty and murders he has committed makes him uncomfortable to confront.

A good man admits to their actions and doesn't make excuses. Tell me, when at any point in text, did Wei Wuxian deny the consequences of what he chose to do and act on and make excuses for himself even as others chose words for him?

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People when Wei Wuxian rightfully defends himself and then follows the Golden Rule and give them the reciprocity they earned

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I don’t know if it’s just me or the hate Jiang Cheng receives feels slightly misogynistic? I’m trying to make sense of it and listen, hear me out, Jiang Cheng is deeply emotional—he feels pain, loss, anger, and grief intensely. These are traits that patriarchal societies often label as “weak” or “unmanly,” which I think leads to criticism.

His outbursts or struggles with processing emotions are judged harshly, while male characters like Lan Zhan or Wei Wuxian, who express emotions differently, are romanticized or excused.

Am I making sense?

Does anyone else feel the same?

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No because the very much valid criticism he receives from people that actually knows his canon traits has never said none of the things you pointed out.

These are very likely things you think and are just projecting into people that have valid points to dislike someone that lashes at people and expect to still have them around.

No one is criticizing JC for having feelings (or not being manly like you said, which I strongly disagree with), people criticize him because he's a homophobe and an abuser. A man that refuses to grow up and refuses to assume that being where he is now, where even his own people are afraid of him is his own doing.

I don’t know if it’s just me or the hate Jiang Cheng receives feels slightly misogynistic? I’m trying to make sense of it and listen, hear me out, Jiang Cheng is deeply emotional—he feels pain, loss, anger, and grief intensely. These are traits that patriarchal societies often label as “weak” or “unmanly,” which I think leads to criticism.

His outbursts or struggles with processing emotions are judged harshly, while male characters like Lan Zhan or Wei Wuxian, who express emotions differently, are romanticized or excused.

Am I making sense?

Does anyone else feel the same?

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At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

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Do you have the mdzs audio drama translations? If you do, can you send them to me? I only now found out about suibian's translations and now it's not available 😭 since they've said people can share it privately I've been looking around. If you can please let me know😭

I personally never saw the audio drama so I don't know anything about it, I wasn't even aware @suibiansubs had closed down. Hopefully one of our followers can help?

- Mod C

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serendipitous-birb said: I can share, feel free to send me a msg 😊

eclipsegold said: There is a link on reddit if you ask a certain user for it, but she has been taking a long time going through with requests so don't forget to thank her, if you look you can find it on r/modaozushi

broken-synchronicity said: I'm a mod for the server that resulted from the "refugees" of Suibian closing down! The lot of us have a lot of the old suibian tl links/files, so I can drop you a link there if you want more than the AD!

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Wen Ning is right to say Jiang Cheng would never be as wonderful a person as Wei Wuxian because he lacks kindness. Kindness is what makes a person persevering not whatever sad life Jiang Cheng put together with hate and entitlement.

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Every time someone has the need to say books are not political a little part of me dies. If there's something that's political, it's books. There's a reason they get banned when a far right-wing government takes place. Please, use your brain.

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Jiang Cheng: Does anyone know how to relax? Asking for a friend.

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I believe in wei wuxian supremacy