#at 15 he's commenting on how the Lan's current state is in complete contrast to their founding principles

[tea-cat-arts]

Wasn't he also canonically a straight A student though? And even back when he was 15, he was doing both his and Nie Huaisang's homework and receiving high scores + in his very first interaction with Lan Qiren, it's established he both knows all the cultivation stuff he's supposed to and processes it to a degree he's already trying to build off it and invent new methods.

Also, 5 paragraph essays every week? Idk if that's a cultural thing or if it's a general Ed vs advanced classes thing, but that just wasn't a thing where I went to highschool, so idk what you're talking about there. We more did 3 page research papers every month

Also, wwx was an artist even back when he was 15 (drawing/painting was confirmed, idk if flute playing was), so I'm still convinced he'd be vehemently against generative AI

To like a character means to accurately understand their flaws. Modern au Nie Huaisang would use chat gpt to write his essays for him, and I don't have to like that fact to know that it's true.