#junlian girlies are u picking up what im putting down

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the thing about the jun wu/xie lian centuries-long gaslight gatekeep situationship extravaganza is that its still SUBTLE. its still subtext. its "xianle" being both xie lian's heavenly title and literally meaning "heaven's (jun wu's) delight." its jun wu pulling xie lian out of a bow, but still expecting him to make that gesture of servility in the first place. its the altar scene being a rape allegory. its bwx burying xie lian's parents when he couldnt do it himself. its "your highness, look at you look what they've done to you." its jun wu administering the cursed shackles himself and having direct control over xie lian's body but only exerting that control after 800 years of it lying dormant. its making the curse of eternal life seem like a gift because xie lian can atone forever and ever and ever without end. with jun wu everything is a kindness except that kindness is always hiding a greater evil and with bwx everything is an evil hiding a more fucked up kind of kindness. etc etc