#anyways i haven't actually cried watching the untamed before but i'm at their confrontation in the guanyin temple

[touchlikethesun]

i get the feeling that jiang cheng is holding the deaths of jfm yzy and jyl (and jzx) over wei wuxian's head because he feels as tho he needs a more honorable (valid) excuse to hate him, because admitting that he hates him for leaving would be in his eyes to admit to still caring about wwx and to admit to weakness.

"i hate you for the deaths you caused" is noble and righteous.

"i hate you for leaving me" is weak and pathetic.

but i do think it's the latter point that's the real hold-out, if wei wuxian had found a way to stay, to keep his oath to be jiang cheng's subordinate, to keep being half of the twin heroes of yunmeng... i think jiang cheng would have forgiven him.