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leatherbookmark · 2 years ago

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the thing with wwx though is like. yzy hates him already for the mere fact of him being taken in by jfm and getting special treatment, so maybe if he was the most docile, polite, average disciple ever invented, she'd still hate him and single him out for punishment. who knows. and i'm not a wwx person, or rather, it's been A Time since i've last read wwx meta or thought about him in depth, so. but: man, dude, have you Heard of acting like a human person?

it's like consequences aren't real for him, and we know that they are because of the lotus pods extra. so what's up with this man? this is jarring especially when the gusu lectures start, because everyone thinks the lan are no fun and have too many nonsensical rules, but they're ?!?! when he recounts his first night adventures. amazed, sure, but mostly surprised. it's a constant exchange of "and i did this..." "oh shit! and then...?!" and okay little dude but where did this impulse come from. have you stopped to examine it. like, of course you haven't, you're fifteen and a little asshole, but. did it cross your pretty mind that perhaps when you're a guest in someone's house, you should... behave? at least for a bit?

#i think wwx apologists (hehehehehehehehe) miss a very tasty chunk of his character by ignoring the fact that he was just... annoying #he'd cause problems on purpose. it's not noble or for some great morally motivated reason that he fools around when others are training #or breaks a fuckton of gusu lan rules even though he can't be ignorant of them because JC KNOWS. EVERYONE knows at least #the most common bit. curfew! no booze! that's it. but not him #i wouldn't say it's like hamartia because it's not this cultural neighbourhood but it sure would help wwx in his wen-protecting adventures #if he was a noble sincere young man who primarily cares about justice and helping people from that start #instead of drinking hunting pheasants being a general nuisance who talks when it's not his turn to #it wouldn't have solved everything! but it would have helped. instead: this #liveshrimping

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