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calyxcurl · 10 months ago

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very quickly: the expectation that jgy needs to be some kind of working class hero is :/ to begin with, and condemning him for “buying into the system of oppression” is really telling when that’s not a criticism made of anyone else

but the idea that jgy personally is refusing to use his power to uplift the common people is mind bogglingly dumb

i cannot emphasize enough that his primary project for the last decade has been trying to figure out how to get all of the other sects to do their fucking jobs—the jobs they were supposed to have been doing the whole time—so that poor people are less likely to be fucking murdered by monsters.

a concept, if you recall, that was so controversial, nobody questioned that a guy would kill his political opponent’s child over it.

this society balked at “do the jobs you signed up to do,” but it’s somehow jgy’s fault that change is going so slowly? fellas he’s the only one doing anything.

#im crying #i saw a take once that condemned jgy for being anti-sexworker and highly misogynist -- i was liiike GORL YOU ARE TALKIN ABOUT JGS!!!!!#the amount of wangxian fics that had completely burned me with this take is countless #i hate to see leftist language and social justice buzzwords be used to criticize and condemn jgy honestly #big pet peeve #“jgy is a class traitor” “jgy betrayed sex workers when he shouldve given them his solidarity” “jgy is the worst kind of bourgeoisie”#jgy did the most practical strategizing within the jianghu to help non-cultivators and the working class #jgy took very intentional steps to keep the upper class more accountable for their actions than anyone else in the novel #all while continually getting pushback from self-important sect leaders that didn't want to change to the system #even during his reign as xiandu #the juniors don't know war and grew up in an unprecedented time of peace! which is reflective of jgy's leadership in the jianghu!#bruh. bruh.#that specific group of sex workers that his mom worked alongside were viciously compliant in making his and meng shi's life hell #jgy & meng shi were mocked and condemned by sex workers & clients alike bc meng shi wanted more for her son #as noted in previous tags from other reblogs --jgy was a Child when meng shi was cast out naked onto the streets for entertainment #jgy was a Child when he was kicked down the stairs #so yeah go ahead and talk about the material conditions by which the workers had to face that made them compliant with a violent status quo #and then bypass understanding the material conditions in which jgy had to face while moving within the governing body for the end goal of-#-changing those very material conditions that he had to grow up in for the bettering of society #go ahead and tell me u only have the political consciousness whenever and wherever it is convenient for you #lol I'm crouchy today #i forgot who said this but if jgy lived longer he def woulda tried to establish accessible schooling and universal education #so it isnt gatekept from the common folk #jin guangyao defense squad #im not usually goin off like this #oops?

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