#preserve the things you love!! (but I'm not encouraging ppl to take this as a 'preserve gross things' sentiment because there are things-

[pestercide]

Yeah!! Archiving stuff and general lost media is just. Interesting and fun, to me, and in general that people come together to save things like this is just. Neat

Even from a personal antecedent standpoint, remember a few months back where for a few days, Twitter made it so you couldn't view anything without an account? When they pulled that back a tad, I went through some of my SM bookmarks and saved drawings (and a few videos) to make sure I wouldn't lose them if twitter decided to go full stonewalled again (they haven't yet thankfully but still, nice to have)

The thing about archiving stuff is how invaluable it is in preserving just about every corner of the internet, and that's what I love about it! Whether it's videos, songs, art, etc. It's great to see so many people are passionate about it to the point there are entire communities dedicated to it!!

And as for your anecdote, it makes me think about how I need to really double down on saving things in case the worst happens pff

I'm currently suuuuper obsessed with lost media and the searches behind em, and am even in the process of archiving some Youtube videos I was obsessed with as a kid! Cuz sure they were just some random videos but they meant a lot to me, and one day they might be deleted and forever considered lost media. And considering how attached to these videos I was (and as silly as it sounds) they meant a lot to me and might have meant something to others too!! Another great thing about preserving media is not only preserving it for yourself but others!!

For example, I'm currently searching for an old Super Mario Sunshine video that I watched countless times as a kid. It was grainy and low-quality and the biggest detail I remember was the outro of the video which had a clip of Mario riding the rollercoaster in Pinna Park with the song 'Scatman' playing over it (truly a testament to the time it was created ADNJEOFMRKE)

[pharahsgf]

i get that some of jc's attitude towards jl is supposed to be taken as him just being a cantankerous cunt but i think that even with that reading, fans miss the point that his attitude isn't cute or harmless. the framing of the scenes where jc berates jl; the music, the expressions wwx makes, the undercurrent of genuine fear/emotional pain on wwx's part, give the atmosphere a tense, heavy, almost awkward weight. jc threatening to whip jl w zidian (even IF both parties did know that would never happen) hits different when we've seen wwx be abused by that weapon. and knowing anything about jc's character at all, tells me it's not something he would joke about either nor something he would say lightly (the scene where he does it certainly doesn't feel jokey or light). whether he would actually do it or not, the intention of that threat is to intimidate jl. on a very base level, to instinctively threaten physical harm (even IFFF jc never "actually" did it) is pretty fucked up actually. and while jl is "comfortable enough" to talk back, mostly his response is actually to run away. and then there's that time where jl flinches back at the end, which he doesn't even do when he's about to be cut in half in the temple--it's either a trained or an instinctive reaction! also, the only other time we see that posture is when wwx is putting his hands up to protect himself from being hit. it's so uncomfortable and like the only semi-sympathetic reasoning is that jc wanted jl to be a little afraid of him and cultivated that fear through verbal threats and an outward lack of concern for jl's person. he probably does genuinely love jl and maybe he never actually followed through (the fact that this is extremely debatable doesn't look GREAT) but even so the results of his hand in jl's guardianship shows in how unhappy and dysfunctional jl is before wwx steps in and literally just goes "hey...i care about you and maybe if you were nicer you could have friends and be happier" and i haven't even gotten INTO jc encouraging jl to be violent towards others at the slightest provocation. how does no one talk about this

also just to add onto the last ask about jl and jc's relationship being a clusterfuck, isn't it weird how even before jl knows "mxy" is wwx, he doesn't bat an eye at jc whipping him in the street, surrounding him with swords, and taking him up to his room to be tortured/killed??? like this is just a thing jc DOES?? HELLO?

oh lmao i talk about this all the time but i'm literally not joking when i say jiang cheng is 100% responsible for jin ling lacking of any sense of self-preservation or humane thought processing in the face of genuine compassion from other people. like ofc jin ling was bound to suffer growing up in such a predatory environment without his parents but jiang cheng seemingly took zero steps to alleviate this and instead encouraged jin ling to center his identity around a tragedy he can't even remember, damaging jin ling's self-perception and ability to connect with peers just for the sake of validating his own grudges and individual trauma.

following wwx and jyl's deaths there is no one left to temper jiang cheng's reliance on physical violence so i'm sure he sees it as an accomplishment that he "only" defaults to threatening jin ling with harsh corporal punishment at the slightest provocation, but in reality he bullies and scares jin ling who nearly gets himself killed for the chance to gain a sliver of respect from one of his closest relatives. and that's not even touching upon jin ling's desensitised view of the violent assault repeatedly carried out by jiang cheng and how that may inform his opinion on how jiang cheng treats HIM

like there is so much shit about jin ling and jiang cheng's relationship that goes completely unaddressed so ppl can feel good about calling jiang cheng a dilf or whatever. jin ling's first scene literally has him trying to murder a visibly scared stranger just because jiang cheng told him to but it's clear we'll never be able to have a conversation about what the fuck was going on there because half the people on here will only acknowledge jin ling's existence to celebrate jiang cheng for selflessly raising his sister's baby despite the (checks notes) 5 seperate scenes where he beats the kid