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[lgbtlunaverse]

I'm a little bit insane about how in novel canon the whole xiyao ending where Jin Guangyao wants to die with Xichen, who accepts, which then makes jgy change his mind and pushes him away at the last second isn't actually explicit. A lot of adaptations chose to make it so but in the novel this is all VERY up for interpretation.

Here's what actually happens in the text: Lan xichen stabs jgy, jgy moves away from lan xichen, xichen follows him, wwx realizes jgy is about to open the coffin and calls "watch out!" to lan xichen. Jgy unseals nmj, pushes xichen away, nmj kills jgy and they are both dragged into the coffin which is sealed again.

Here's what wei wuxian, our narrator, thinks is happening: Jin Guangyao wanted to lead lan xichen to his death out of revenge for stabbing him. Lan Xichen, unaware, simply followed Jin Guangyao to try and stop him from getting away. Wei wuxian's warning came too late, but Jin Guangyao- for an unknown reason- changed his mind at the last second and pushed lan xichen out of danger before lan xichen had any idea of what was going on.

Here's what most fans as well as the teams behind several adpatations think is happening: Jin Guangyao leads Xichen to nmj's coffin to die with him, Xichen accepts, because of this acceptance, proof xichen still cares for him, Jin Guangyao pushes him out of harm's way. Wei Wuxian just doesn't get that gay people who aren't him or Lan Wangji exist.

Here's what ALSO MIGHT BE HAPPENING: Jin guangyao wants to die in a different way than he is currently dying. Maybe he's afraid of what'll happen to his body after his death like he was scared for his mother's, maybe he wants to confront nmj one last time now that there's nothing more for him to lose, maybe - if he can't take her body with him- he'd at least like his final resting place to be where he buried his mother. Lan Xichen thinks he's trying to get away and follows but Jin Guangyao, who despite everything doesn't want him to die, pushes him away. Xichen doesn't know what happened until it's already happened. What he would've wanted if he had known remains up in the air.

Or, alternatively: Jin Guangyao's reasons are as above, but unbeknowst to Wei Wuxian, Xichen DOES know what jgy is about to do and either misinterprets this as an invitation to all die together, or inidividually decides he, too, is done, and wants to join his sworn brothers in the grave. To Jin Guangyao this has nothing to do with Lan Xichen, and he still doesn't want him to die, so he pushes him away against Lan Xichen's wishes.

Every single one of these interpretations is unhinged and they are all supported by the original text. It's like a choose your own adventure of tragic gay endings.

[frankiebirds]

spencer walking beside haley's coffin because he can't carry it...i need to lay down

[bizarrobrain]

"Signals" by Pallbearer - From "Mind Burns Alive" (2024)

[fruitscoups]

oh no i got my first anon hate ! whatever shall i do ??

[rastronomicals]

7:03 AM EST November 9, 2024:

Pallbearer - "Silver Wings" From the album Forgotten Days (October 23, 2020)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Really Ugly Cover Art

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[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Feferi: When I die all sealeven of my followers will be obligated to carreef my casket up a big hill until they get bored

[satanasvincit]

Pallbearer - Given To The Grave

[hungerpunch]

"ART teammates Jules Bianchi and Valtteri Bottas attempted to chase Ricciardo down towards the end of the race..." ouch :'(

[key-to-everything]

Pallbearer - The Ghost I Used To Be Foundations Of Burden

[vvitchy-succubus]

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[yourfavouritebookseller]

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

Books read in 2024 that surprised me

[stoneoferech]

Pallbearer

[haveyouheardmetal]

Pictured: Sorrow and Extinction, released in 2012

[symmetricalscar]

Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive

[rastronomicals]

1:35 AM EST November 4, 2024:

Pallbearer - "Lie Of Survival" From the album Heartless (March 24, 2017)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Progressive Doom

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[en8y]

[IMAGE ID: three horizontal flags with nine stripes; each flag has a cotton slime in the center. the cotton slime is a light yellow blob with small eyes, an open smiling mouth, long rabbit ears, and whiskers; it resembles a rabbit. the middle stripe is twice as large as the rest of them, which are equally sized. the first flag has these top three colors: black, dark grey, and light grey. the second flag has these top three colors: black, dark grey, and medium grey. the third flag has these top three colors: nearly-black purple, dark grey, and light grey. each flag has these bottom six stripes: warm light yellow, off-white, warm light yellow, medium warm yellow, warm medium brown, and warm dark brown. END ID.]

cottonslimigriever: a gender connected to being a cotton slime griever; this gender is connected to cotton slimes, cotton slime aesthetics, grief aesthetics, grieving aesthetics, griever aesthetics, and being amourtus!

cottonslimourner: a gender connected to being a cotton slime mourner; this gender is connected to cotton slimes, cotton slime aesthetics, mourning aesthetics, mourner aesthetics, and atushood!

cottonslimibearer: a gender connected to being a cotton slime pallbearer; this gender is connected to cotton slimes, cotton slime aesthetics, pallbearer aesthetics, and mourtanhood!

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