#it is the only time in the entire series that wwx uses the word 'shidi' for jiang cheng and it's a great moment for that one 'shidi'

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i bet jiang cheng, like, studied for the cloud recesses salute ceremony. this earnest little teen sect heir who just wants his daddy to love him was probably like, "i am going to get a good grade in saying hello to lan-xiansheng, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve," and i bet he practiced what he was going to say in front of a mirror, complete with choreography, for fucking weeks before they came to gusu. and then after all that hard work, what happens during the actual salute ceremony? he goes last, and who should stroll in just when he's getting started but wen fucking chao, who immediately steals the spotlight, insults his shige, and provokes everyone to draw their swords, in a hall of learning, on the first day of school. like some kind of hooligan! then after lan xichen calms everybody down with his sword-charming, does jiang cheng get to resume his salute? no he does not! wen qing jumps in with her own salute and gift, after which lan xichen declares the ceremony over. but jiang cheng never got a turn! nobody accepted his gift!! how is he supposed to know if authority figures approve of him if the other children don't let him show off the authority-figure-pleasing skills he has worked so hard to acquire???

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#i bet he was so furious about this #like wei ying was laying on the bed in their quarters that night and goes 'dude chillax' #and jiang cheng just clenches his fist around his sword tighter (via dynamicdiplomacy)

#we never even got to see the jiang clan gift :( i would like to see it :((( #i fucking LOVE that wwx is like 'hey. you interrupted my shidi. what's your fucking problem?' like HELLOOOOOOOOOO #you messed with jiang cheng when he was in the middle of something important to him and made him and our sect lose face hdy #it is the only time in the entire series that wwx uses the word 'shidi' for jiang cheng and it's a great moment for that one 'shidi' #but anyway i noticed that jiang cheng never even gets to give his gift over and i was very mad on his behalf about it #idk maybe they continued after the wens left? maybe lan xichen just meant 'wen qing completed the ceremony'? #but the scene ends there so the fact remains we never see jiang cheng get to do the ceremony #and therefore i have decided he doesn't get to do it because that fits very well into my view of his character and you can't stop me #the untamed #the funny thing is that getting a good grade in saying hello to lan-xiansheng IS a normal thing to want and a possible thing to achieve #but because we're talking jiang 'i'm gonna stop in the middle of the street in caiyi to sternly remind my disciples to be on their best #behavior because everything they do reflects on yunmeng jiang' cheng here just ratchet it all up to 11 #EDIT: wait i forgot wwx does use 'shidi' for jc another time...when they're kids and he's first come to live at lotus pier #and he's knocking on the door like shidi let me innnnnn and jc is like who are you calling shidi #but i think maybe this is the only time he says 'my shidi' when talking about jc to someone else? #yes i checked my notes and this is correct #in guanyin temple jgy refers to jc as wwx's shidi but then wwx immediately refers to jc as something way more formal #jiang-zongzhu i think #like ouchhh #but that's for another day #that's a DIFFERENT way for jc to get his lil heart stomped on (via op)

i bet jiang cheng, like, studied for the cloud recesses salute ceremony. this earnest little teen sect heir who just wants his daddy to love him was probably like, "i am going to get a good grade in saying hello to lan-xiansheng, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve," and i bet he practiced what he was going to say in front of a mirror, complete with choreography, for fucking weeks before they came to gusu. and then after all that hard work, what happens during the actual salute ceremony? he goes last, and who should stroll in just when he's getting started but wen fucking chao, who immediately steals the spotlight, insults his shige, and provokes everyone to draw their swords, in a hall of learning, on the first day of school. like some kind of hooligan! then after lan xichen calms everybody down with his sword-charming, does jiang cheng get to resume his salute? no he does not! wen qing jumps in with her own salute and gift, after which lan xichen declares the ceremony over. but jiang cheng never got a turn! nobody accepted his gift!! how is he supposed to know if authority figures approve of him if the other children don't let him show off the authority-figure-pleasing skills he has worked so hard to acquire???