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#like in what fucking world do you live in where meng shi is viewed as ‘Wealthy Respected Courtesan’ instead of ‘washed up whore’
labyrynth · 1 year
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very salty salt re: someone’s hotter-than-the-sun take on jgy/meng shi, mu qing, and class
just saw someone insist that bc meng shi was a famed courtesan at some point, she therefore was actually quite well off financially, and was not at all lower or working class, as if she not only had a say in her profession, but as if this did not all come crashing down after 1) aging, and 2) having a literal child
they also described both meng yao and mu qing as “functionally middle class” because obviously not being jobless or homeless means you’re middle class.
and also claimed that mu qing was personally responsible for xie lian’s downward spiral, and that mu qing’s decision to leave abandon xie lian was selfish, cruel, and—get this—fueled by CLASSISM.
OP i am beating you over the head with a stick. how do you fuck up class awareness/analysis THIS bad.
the whore and her bastard son are middle class because she’s fuckable and he knows how to read. uh huh sure.
the working class servant is selfish and classist for prioritizing his own family over his employer, the royal fucking family. why not.
here look OP i can string together offensive sentences too: you are fucking stupid.
#salt is salt#mdzs talk#and the rarely used#tgcf talk#jgy tag#like in what fucking world do you live in where meng shi is viewed as ‘Wealthy Respected Courtesan’ instead of ‘washed up whore’#i’m 90% sure i already had this person blocked for their shit jc takes#which really just solidifies my working concept#it was never about any perceived classism#bc they just proclaimed that the two most notable non-love interest/non-gentry characters…are classist.#source: they made decisions that prioritized their own interests rather than sacrificing themselves and their families for their wealthy—#cough i mean generous benefactors#the ungrateful whelps#like what’s next? are you gonna claim that he xuan was selfish and entitled and classist for pursuing the position he was owed?#or was shen jiu—literal child slave—classist for resenting binghe?#i got it—airplane was classist for wanting to be able to pay his bills. doesn’t he know people are homeless?! is he looking down on them?!!#how dare he charge for his product?! he’s discriminating against people who can’t afford to pay for shitty porn!!#like jfc op the bar here was so fucking low you would have to TRY just to trip over it#and you steamrolled yourself into a pancake just to fit underneath#because obviously every character flaw HAS to be some kind of -ism so i can condemn you for liking this blank-ist character#then again this shouldn’t surprise me#bc these folks accuse queer ppl all the fucking time of being homophobic#for not hating jc who is supposedly homophobic#projection much?#it really is the foundation of the anti mindset:#‘i don’t like this thing. i must dislike this thing bc it’s Problematic. it’s problematic therefore YOU shouldn’t like this thing.’#‘and you’re just as Problematic if you DO.’#some ppl really just Say Things#ok i’m done
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