#CANON jiang cheng

[yingying-baby]

Bravo 👏 Wuxian!! 😂😂

It looks like they just got caught having sex and Lan Wangji is apologetic/embarrassed about it while Wei Wuxian is like "ya we just fucked what about it? Learn to knock next time." 😂

[sonik-kun]

The artwork that sank an entire nation

[lavender-phoenix-flames]

Let me make this clear, Wei wuxian owes jc nothing but jc sure owes a LOT to him, wen ning and wen qing that he refuses to acknowledge and repay so if you think wwx needs to be the one to apologize for a reconciliation then you're absolutely wrong and it is absurd.

Wwx has moved on and left that asshole for good, finally he has some mental peace when there isn't a angry toxic manchild on his tail 24/7.

[jiangwanyinscatmom]

This fandom needs to get over that MDZS is not excessively praising filial piety at all, and the people that do show this in excess in book, are either manipulating the outward appearances of what good filial piety looks like,(Jin Guangyao) or, only bring up their family in way of how this has burdened them with supposed responsibilities to lash out at others because they actually hate taking initiative to act on supposed familial loyalty (Jiang Cheng).

Performative Filial Piety is shameful and nothing to defend, yet that's exactly what this fandom does with the two characters that do make an actual mockery of filial piety up to one bringing up his own issues into an ancestral hall meant for respect to ancestors, while the other erases his mother's life into something he finds more comfortable and praiseworthy to worship.

[stardvstbby]

Wen Ning and Wen Qing went against their sect’s oppressive authoritative regime, putting themselves in danger, to protect Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian. As repayment Jiang Cheng contributed to the siege on their clan under the guise of sect leader duty.

The whole point is he’s a moral foil to Wei Wuxian; where Wei Wuxian saw the inhumane treatment of the Dafan Wen clan and sacrificed his societal status to protect them (not even to repay them for sticking their necks out for him, but because it’s Wrong and he had the ability to help), Jiang Cheng so prioritized how the cultivation world viewed him that he chose to genocide the very people who kept him safe during war because that’s what society wanted of him. He can’t even claim it as a trauma response against Wens because these people did nothing but help him when he needed it most.

Wei Wuxian’s position as the son of a servant that the Jiangs took in was a point of contention with the family throughout his childhood. I don’t believe he owes them a single thing - not only because it is not the child’s duty to repay his guardians for taking care of him once they’ve decided to take on that responsibility, but because his mistreatment by them would cancel out any debt regardless. It is wrong of Jiang Cheng to hold that over Wei Wuxian’s head.

This too comes back to Jiang Cheng’s prioritization on status; he didn’t view Wei Wuxian as his equal, contextualizing his actions with that Wei Wuxian owes him and his family. Because Jiang Cheng held status to a higher importance than upholding morals, he takes it as a betrayal when Wei Wuxian chooses the Dafan Wens, because how could the servant boy dare to choose the sect that harmed the very people who lowered themselves to take him from the streets and raise him?

I am not a “Jiang Cheng anti” in the sense where I despise him and seek ways to paint him in a negative light. He’s an incredibly complex character who let his flaws consume him and sabotage the good things he had despite the horrible things he went through. I love him for his flaws. He’s meant to be a lesson to the reader that prioritizing the way society views you will never lead to lasting satisfaction, because the people’s opinion is fickle. He’s meant to teach that your sense of identity and the reasoning for your actions should come from within because it’s unstable to base those things on another person.

tldr; Wei Wuxian chose morals over status, Jiang Cheng chose status over morals. Framing Wei Wuxian as needing to repay the Jiangs for raising him is an abusive mentality. Jiang Cheng is a great character because of his complex flaws.

So let me get this straight, JC antis fully expect him to risk and sacrifice everything—from his personal moral duty, to the entire Jiang Clan’s survival—to repay his debt to the Wen siblings. But when JC expects the same from Wwx, suddenly it's “wrong,” “selfish,” and “entitled” for JC to do so? Y'all antis love to ignore the fact that Wwx owes a huge debt to the Jiang Clan, who save him, take him in, and raise him to be a cultivator.

If JC is expected to sacrifice everything bc of a debt, then the same should be applied to Wwx, he should also be expected to give up everything, including his own high and mighty morals to repay the Jiang Clan for everything they did for him. But no, apparently when it’s Wwx, it’s okay for him to follow his personal principles and abandon his obligations.

And before y'all start whining about the golden core transfer, let’s take a moment to remember why Jiang Cheng lost his core in the first place. Oh, right—it's bc of Wwx. JC sacrificed himself when he didn’t owe Wwx a damn thing, he did it out of pure love and loyalty. So if you’re going to cry abt JC being ungrateful for not bending over backward to repay his debts, then guess what? Wei Wuxian is just as every bit as ungrateful, if not worse than JC for spitting on the debt he owed to the Jiangs.

[the-wind-sings-quietly]

[bunbunbunbunnybnuuy-bunbun]

[domjiangcheng]

The definitive, color-coded flowchart guide to Jin Ling's many uncles.

[randomness-is-my-order]

while i’m on the topic, it is very hilarious and also very insightful that mxtx actually plainly tells us how anyone else except wei wuxian would have fared without their golden cores/spiritual powers by putting thousand-plus cultivators in exactly that situation during the second siege. the way they all absolutely lose their shit, fumble around, lose coherence of thought, see-saw between decisions and become, essentially, helpless and useless is eye-opening. hell, jiang cheng ends up so affected that jin ling is able to manhandle him into the cave. the cultivators from the biggest clans aren’t able to come up with anything to save their asses and it takes shizui to point out the array for them to even consider it as an option. if wei wuxian, lan wangji and the juniors weren’t there, sooooo many disciples would have lost their lives–simply because of how incompetent they collectively became once they lost their spiritual powers. if they made a coordinated effort, they could have still held the corpses off, but it’s just that... they weren’t able to, mentally, get past their sudden lack of powers. they were disoriented.

now, i’m not saying that this isn’t a normal reaction to have. it’s totally understandable how these people were huge messes, especially in such a high stakes situation. it is just that it puts into perspective how AWESOME wei wuxian is to have had his golden core cut out of him, voluntarily, then beaten within a micrometre of his life, then thrown straight into the hell on earth aka the burial mounds and then instead of succumbing instantly, he instead overcame these impossible circumstances and somehow, survived and found alternative powers to keep him going. that is nothing short of mind-boggling, awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping. not one person in that siege-laying populace would be able to accomplish that and it held some of the finest cultivators their world has to offer. because no one, other than wei wuxian, had the internal capabilities to build their strengths up from a source that wasn’t their spiritual powers. without their golden cores, they would be toast faster than a human within one kilometre of the sun’s radius. and i love love love how mxtx hits us with this fact in our faces in exactly the scenes that are all about undoing the falsehoods and allegations that wei wuxian, until then, had been levied with in the larger cultivation world’s perspective.

[purpleblch]

[yingying-baby]

Jin Guangyao: Huh me? SARCASTIC!? Oh no. I would NEVER! *muttering* stupid bitch.

[sonik-kun]

Jiang Cheng being described as a "sentimental fool" is perhaps one of the only rumours confirmed to be true about him. The condition Chenqing had been kept in, well cleaned, in working condition and carried on his person is a testament of that.

We see that in the scenes prior that Jiang Cheng cherises his belongings that he values and cares deeply for (he is noted to clean his sword regularly, a valued possession of his, clearly). Chenqing, giving its sentimental value and who it belonged to, was thus also a cherished item of his.

Jiang Cheng really is all bark and no bite. And Wei Wuxian was wrong to assume that he vehemently hated him all these years. His feelings towards Wei Wuxian were complicated but despite all the talk and all the rumours, we can infer from this piece of evidence that he truly didn't hate Wei Wuxian. The condition Chenqing was kept in is proof of that and I believe that was what MXTX was trying to convey when she included this fine detail.

[lavender-phoenix-flames]

I first started mdzs with the manhua and then watched the donghua and then finally read the novel,

I always had a strong dislike jc's character especially after he refused to help the wens, yeah that was the moment I decided he is just an asshole and just overall there was nothing special about him but after I read the novel I absolutely hated him cuz this guy is an abuser as well amd his attitude is so much worse.

Falling into fanon misinterpretations is common, I would admit I did fall for some of them too but after I read the novel I realized how wrong the they were and that it couldn't be further from the truth and that is when I started searching for good meta blogs and thankfully found blogs that actually have great and accurate analysis cuz there are a lot of people that just spread misinterpretations more than analyzing the actual media.

I think most people don't pay much attention to the text and they are too attached to the fanon to register canon, in their mind jc is the best jiujiu and lxc an angel and wwx the oblivious guy and they don't wanna and refuse to look further than that, also people might not know what a good media analysis looks like and that's why they end up following those popular blogs that fuel these fanons and bad readings even more.

And this is why paying attention, understanding media and finding trustworthy sources is important cuz if you lack common understanding of text and ongoing themes of the story it is easy to fall for fanon this is why pay attention to fandom discussions usually the only that actually give good reasoning and provide text evidence and not just some made up headcanon, cuz it helps you learn more as well.

Alright rant over

[pleasegivejinlingabreak]

apparently a lot of ppl havent seen this official art so!!!

[wenningfanclub]

Like girl. literally no one but wwx and mianmian did anything to help the wens, why do you only care about jiang cheng. are you like, in love with him or something?

[the-wind-sings-quietly]