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poorlittleyaoyao · 3 months ago

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the canonical sibling novel age differences are 2-3 years for the Jiang siblings and the Twin Jades, and 5-6 for the Nie bros, so the fatal journey casting was spot on. (remembering that post about how the novel describes nmj as being in his early teens when his dad died...my stomach hurts.)

They put a BABY in charge of an ENTIRE HIGHLY-MARTIAL SECT and made him commit to an ancestral blood curse!!! 😭😭😭

(And then I wonder WHY they would do that, because aside from being very tragic… if these are martial arts sects, shouldn’t there be some meritocracy? Why is it assumed that sect leadership will pass down a direct family line like a rulership of a fiefdom, even when the heir is a literal child like NMJ and JL or fully unqualified as NHS is? There was truly nobody with the Nie name more capable at saber cultivation than the guy who steadfastly avoided engaging with it and who eschews responsibility in general? No cousin or uncle or auntie more qualified to teach saber cultivation to disciples than the old sect leader’s grieving 14-year-old child who watched his father die of qi deviation? Okay.)

#due to the great sects not seeming to operate very much like sects and to there being zero evidence of an imperial government apparatus #I choose to believe that in this universe Something Happened and the regular government broke down #and bc the cultivation sects somehow have the most stability they now operate as more like shogunates than martial arts schools #I am a CQL-only girlie and there is simply zero evidence of anything outside the jianghu!!#unless the geography of the novel doesn’t apply at all and all of these people live in the same region which is not under imperial control #and hundreds of miles away at the imperial court they determine that you know what?#they are not going to try to incorporate this area right now as long as they keep to themselves #they’re stealing people’s souls and making their eyes all creepy and maybe making zombies and the vibes are just too weird #sorry anon this reminded me of a continual vexation!

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