#jc speaks

[jcspacey]

hey. I just finished reading the raven cycle for the first time. my favorite character is noah. please tell me someone has written a fic where they get to properly say goodbye to noah because my heart can't take how it ends in the book :(

[mbakuetshurisprincess]

I don’t think a lot of readers actually grasp the word count on a lot of your favorite fics.

One single spaced page holds around 500 words.

Your favorite writers are putting out 5-10k word fics.

That’s like 10-20 pages, they’ve got to write AND edit.

Idk all of that to say have patience with us, it takes a while to write what is literally the equivalent of a whole chapter in a book.

[fantrollology]

jc, biggest regret in life?

“I saw this really cool rock last week and I didn’t pick it up. I thought about it, but I think Spyke yelled for me or something and I didn’t. I don’t think I could find it again, either. I don’t remember where we were in the park…”

[deliriousfawn]

Me: Existence is meaningless suffering.

*Sees a stray cat and it's friendly and lets me pet it*

Me: Life is worth living.

[justcookiesblog]

I haven’t forgotten about the blog, just making more art for it

[qiu-yan]

reread a lot of mdzs while going through the book for quotes recently, and wow jiang cheng really does not show his love through his words at all. somehow everything he says is acerbic, cruel, or both.

but then you look at jiang cheng's actions instead, and it turns out this guy's actually busting his ass really hard for his loved ones? wei wuxian gets beaten by gusu lan, and jiang cheng carries him back. wei wuxian and lan wangji get trapped in the murder turtle cave, and jiang cheng runs for seven days without rest to rescue them. jiang cheng and jiang yanli secretly visit wei wuxian in yiling. helicopter-parent jiang cheng goes charging up dafan mountain the moment jin ling sends a distress signal flare. jiang cheng goes running after jin ling whenever he gets into trouble. when jin ling cries, he cries to jiang cheng. and - of course - jiang cheng only got his core melted in the first place because he led the wen patrol away to save wei wuxian.

what's interesting is that, whenever jiang cheng is saying or doing something cruel, the narration always adds a few extra sentences describing how cruel jiang cheng is being. an aside about sect leader jiang's infamous ruthlessness, wei wuxian's snarky commentary about how jiang cheng can never let a grievance go, or just a description of the vicious sneer twisting jiang cheng's face - the narration never just lets jiang cheng's actions or words stand on their own.

however, whenever jiang cheng does something kind, the narration does not comment on it at all. it merely describes what jiang cheng did before moving on immediately. almost as if we aren't meant to take note at all.

[sweetsouldhavernas]

Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay on a date attending the luau ↳ Star Trek Voyager: 3x14 - 'Alter Ego'

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

+3 friendship with Jin Ling: He actively tries to dissuade you from further embroiling yourself in the homosexual allegations.

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[mxtxfanatic]

I already explained the history of friction between different readers on Jiang Cheng’s character, but now I’d like to address the “neutral,” “idk what’s happening but why can’t we just get alone?” readers: mdzs may be a book with raunchy sex, comedic moments, an over-the-top drama queen, a group of cute ducklings, a cast of goofy-at-times adults, etc etc, but at the end of the day, this is a book about how a bunch of grown ass adults, victimized by a system of normalized injustice that orphaned most of them as children, got together to defend that very same system of injustice. If you are in this fandom and consider any discussion on how every adult save for like 3 actively aided and abetted the repeated massacres of innocent people that happens throughout the story to be “anti” or “negative” behavior, then why are you here? If you are upset that people enjoyed reading about a canonical villain and decided to discuss him and his canonical villain role in a public forum meant for that discussion, then why are you in the public forum???

Not everyone enjoyed the book because they wanted to get in on what roles this new set of characters would fill in a coffee shop au. Not everyone read the book just to figure out what new ship they wanted to obsess over. Some of us read the book because we liked the heavy themes, and we want to discuss said themes with others. The tags should be for everyone, regardless of whether or not you like a character in a “positive way,” but if you don’t want to see certain content that is relevant to the book, it is up to you to filter it out or form your own space. You don’t get to police fandom as a “positive vibes only!” space, especially not ones founded around a source material dealing with themes of war and genocide. Ain’t shit positive about that! This isn’t The Care Bears!

[waitineedaname]

I love that the best emotional acting when it comes to facial expressions comes from Lan Wangji (microexpressions) and Jiang Cheng (macroexpressions). Lan Wangji doesn't emote much but when you're keyed in, the tiny little changes in his facial expression are Devastating. Meanwhile Jiang Cheng is feeling Every Emotion, All The Time, and you are going to see it on every inch of his face. He'll go through twenty different expressions in the same amount of seconds and that face journey will be but a brief glimpse into the awful emotional rollercoaster that is Jiang Cheng's life

[jcspacey]

“The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine”

[mbakuetshurisprincess]

Y’all ever seen that interview of Kehlani and Logan Paul where she basically says that she and her BD agreed to have a kid together because they both thought the other would make a good parent?

Now stick with me, Shuri x Reader with that as the plot line. Both agreeing not to catch feelings, after being together in the past, just raising a kid together because it was something they both wanted to do.

Obviously hijinks ensue, sleepless nights are spent up together, feelings are caught, diapers are changed. The usual.

I’m crazy or-

Here’s the tik tok clip im referring to: x

[fantrollology]

JC do you have a favorite movie?

"Well the Sonic movie was really good, and the sequel was, too. I like action movies! I also really liked this mystery kind of movie I watched last week with Celnes; I don't remember the name."

"I don't think I could pick a favorite."

Every movie JC watches is his favorite.

[deliriousfawn]

So we're none of yall gonna say anything about the new spiderverse being a part 1? Out of all the spoilers that slipped through the cracks, that was not one of them for me, and the whole time I was pissed at the pacing and the important plot points being seemingly dropped. I was so upset a solid 1/2 to 3/4 of the movie and then it drops a "to be continued" and it clicked in my brain that there was not going to be any complete resolution. Now I have to see it again in order to view the whole plot structure from a totally different angle to actually enjoy it.

[add1ctedt0you]

What a plot twist you were. [x]

[undercover-stories]

"Wei Ying should have told Jiang Cheng about the golden core exchange before he did it"

When?

Was he supposed to tell Jiang Cheng after his volatile reaction to Wen Ning? While he was catatonic and immovable while they were in enemy territory? When he wasn't eating or drinking and was passively suicidal?

More importantly, why would he? Why risk Jiang Cheng saying no? The GC exchange wasn't just about Jiang Cheng. It's about the Jiang Clan. To both of their knowledge, there was no way for Jiang Cheng to revive his clan without one. Jiang Cheng isn't being overdramatic when he basically says it's the end of his clan. Wei Ying (in his head at least) had a duty. A duty that JF and YZ left him with when they died. An obligation to the Jiang Clan as a servant, which he ultimately is. If you really want to talk about Asian and Chinese culture specifically, duty and honor trumps EVERYTHING. Wei Yings Sacrifice wasn't just about a brotherly love. It was about responsibility. It was expected. Especially since, as the last heir to the Jiang Clan, JC had a target on his back. With no core, he was helpless, and he would have hated the idea of being protected by Wei Ying. Culturally speaking, Wei Ying made the right choice.

Wei Ying didn't hold back the info about the GCE because he was uncoomunicative. Its because he knew it would have done nothing but cause conflict. It would have done nothing but make Jiang Cheng angry with him or worse, hate himself. If you had sacrificed something to help someone you love, to keep them alive and healthy, would you have told them about it knowing it would tear them apart to know?