#jiang cheng built a sect to rival its previous reputation and the current powerful clans

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it’s just. Wei Wuxian being so arrogant and self-delusional is part of his charm but that leading to ruin in his first life but a happy ending in his second is neither character development (he doesn’t change) nor does it make sense (the world is also evidently unchanged as seen with how they treat Jin Guangyao and the clan). if, however, the entire point is that Jiang Cheng was unable to protect him whilst Lan Wangji can and will... then that’s even more foolish lol.