#Canon jiang cheng

[randomness-is-my-order]

i like that mdzs is actually not a tragedy. a tragedy would have ended at wei wuxian’s first life with no one but the antagonists getting some semblance of an happily ever after. but mdzs is unique because it gives a chance of healing and growth after the tragedy, after the heartbreak, after the soul-crushing grief. if wei wuxian had never come back to life, almost every character would have been worse off. jin ling would continue to be an angry teenager who’d become an angry adult while having authority and power he wouldn’t be able to handle. jiang cheng’s thirst for revenge would remain and worsen and become uglier and many more would fall victim to his animosity against perceived demonic cultivators. lan wangji’s mourning wouldn’t ever end. sizhui wouldn’t reunite with the man who’d he once thought of as a father and he wouldn’t reunite with his uncle and he maybe wouldn’t even learn of his true past until much much later. jgy wouldn’t be as easily exposed and lan xichen would remain blind to the wrongdoings of his sworn brother. maybe nie huaisang would still find his vengeance but it would have to be another way, a messier way. in general, the resentment of many people would continue to fester––there would be no reality checks for the cultivation clans as they did during the second siege (not that their collective shitty behaviour was corrected, but atleast there was some reckoning involved.) the history would still be the winner’s and the wronged parties would be continued to be vilified. but wei wuxian does come back and that kickstarts every single character’s journey once again. his resurrection throws a wrench into the complacency of tragedy and makes the characters hope again. i like mdzs because it is about second chances. because it doesn’t succumb to the absolute narrative of ‘why do good people always suffer?’ by giving the protagonists an ending that is not perfect but an ending that is rewarding, despite everything. i like mdzs because it is not trying to sell you a tragedy and deliberately play with your emotions but a story about hope, about betterment, about renewal. the second chance may seem like the one wei wuxian got, but in truth it is a second chance for every single character and some rightfully learn to be better and get better endings while some stick to their ways and for them, even a third or fourth chance wouldn’t be enough. i like mdzs because it tells you that yes, tragedies happen and yes they are allowed to deeply affect you but you can move on some day and you can find happiness again and you can live your life as if you were reborn, even if it’s just metaphorically.

[the-wind-sings-quietly]

[domjiangcheng]

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

[matoirsblog]

How I love them , who would know😭💜💛

[canon-blorbo-facts]

an unusually high number of people seem to refer to jiang cheng by his birth name and not his courtesy name.

[purpleblch]

[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.

[beedaydreams]

canon jiang cheng has an excellent fashion sense💜

[pleasegivejinlingabreak]

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

[factsilike]

You know, now that I look back on it, that scene where JC and WWX are running away after the massacre of the Jiang Clan, and then JC strangles WWX in his grief and rage, was one of the first scenes in which we were shown that this guy is...a pretty major red flag.

That's definitely a scene that, reading after knowing everything that happened, made me go yikes, this guy needs help.

Now before anyone comes at me, yes I know perfectly well that he was grief stricken and not in his right mind, and that he and the readers (which is one of the reasons I suppose why the fandom just skips over this) were still reeling from the shock and horror of what had just happened, but still. It's interesting, and a revealing scene (because people are more likely to show their true nature when experiencing intense emotions), and he chose to use WWX as an outlet and strangle him, irrationally blaming him for the tragedy, even though he knew it wasn't really his fault. And I had looked over this because it could be excused as a one time thing, before reading the rest of the novel and realising that he never really grows out of this behaviour. In fact, he grows into it, wields it as a weapon and makes his anger and resentment such an integral part of himself that others define him by it, and stay away from him for exactly this reason.

Just a small scene, but a very good way of showing that when JC experiences any negative emotions, his first instinct is to lash out at others about it, not caring how it hurts them. And this is just one of many other scenes showing the same.

[the-roaring-of-the-gale]

[randomness-is-my-order]

one of my favourite moments in the books is when wen ning is trying to bow to wei wuxian and wei wuxian is not having it and bows right back because he knows wen ning will feel uncomfortable and finally give up the humbling-himself routine and i think it’s a very important part about wei wuxian’s inherent nature that he, despite everything, uplifts people.

he’s not always helping them by doing their work for them but he’s equipping them with the tools and the motivation to do better. it’s empowerment–a kind of help that lasts longer and truly benefits the person in the long term. it is exactly what he does to wen ning when they first meet: he encourages wen ning in a way that once internalised can help him be a better archer and stand taller amidst his clan. it is what he does with the clan juniors in the second life. he doesn’t solve mysteries for them, he merely shows them the tools that might help them uncover the truth. he doesn’t promise jiang cheng that he will solve his confidence issues. he simply tells him something that might change his perspective on how clan leaders are supposed to act and how breaking convention wasn’t a sign of failure. he doesn’t straight up fight jin ling’s bullies for him. instead he shows him ways he can combat his aggressors and he doesn’t enable his bad behaviour either. he doesn’t wheedle wen yuan into liking lan wangji when they first meet, instead he concocts a scenario where lwj can simply display his good nature and it works wonders because he trusts lwj to rise to the occassion. he doesn’t treat the wen remnants as if they are a fragile people: he gives them security in a corpse-ridden land and trusts them to build something habitable out of it. he helps, yes, but he never tries to be above them, or accept their servitude in exchange for something else. he’s not interested in that. he wants to see the people he cares about be their best versions. he doesn’t want wen ning to ever bow to him because they’re equals, because wei wuxian has only ever wanted to uplift him, because wei wuxian is not trying to take on their personal burdens and solve them by himself but actually trying to make them self-reliant and truly capable in their own right. in essence, he is not the friend who will help you cheat during an exam, but he will help you prepare in advance and will answer your queries and push you to study more when you have the time. mark of a true friend, indeed.

[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?

[beefdogcoffee]

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[elaichichais-blog]

When people start to realise that Jiang Cheng’s character arc is not about redemption but about survival is when we’ll progress as a society.

[wittytrixter]

Sometimes I feel crazy coming in here. Do people not get that Jiang Cheng was literally unwilling to live with the consequences of protecting Wei Wuxian? Like... that's the whole point of his golden core loss. Wei Wuxian is willing to live with the consequences (and thus hands his over, in part because he felt indebted to Jiang Cheng's parents), but they were never supposed to be his to bear.

Anyway, Wen Qing is an absolute delight. Not only was she willing to share Wei Wuxian's burdens before she sacrificed her life to keep him safe, my girl was also very supportive of Wei Wuxian's homoerotic encounter with the love of his life--clocking the entire thing in literally 30 seconds flat. Why?

Because she cared for who Wei Wuxian was and *wanted to be*.