#wwx does not consider himself a separate entity from this events

[mxtxfanatic]

What do you think of the idea that the wens wwx was protecting dying doesn’t have effekt on anything? I think it’s because we don’t really see reaction from wwx or wn of what happened and it’s not something that effects the relationship between characters therefore it wasn’t a big deal according to some people idk

Here’s a response from @randomness-is-my-order about that because it was much easier to find than the one I made years ago and 100% matches what I said. If not for Wei Wuxian protecting the Wen remnants, we’d be missing a whole ass character cause—contrary to fanfics—Lan Wangji is not the initial person who rescued and adopts Wen Yuan. If not for Wei Wuxian protecting the Wen remnants, the rest of the cultivation world would be dead because of the second siege. When Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning have their first convo post-resurrection, they literally talk about the Burial Mounds settlement, and at some point Wei Wuxian mentions how they built a memorial for Wen Qing and Wen Ning after their “executions.” When wangxian and Wen Ning go to the Burial Mounds to rescue the juniors, they get emotional at the remains of their former homed burned to the ground and its inhabitants long dead. How is this not a reaction?

I don’t understand what relationships are meant to be changed by the deaths of the Wen remnants that were not already irreparably broken, but their deaths absolutely have ramifications for future relationships and interactions. Wei Wuxian severed all ties and affections with his childhood friend, he neither respects nor cares about getting close to his cultivation peers, and his involvement in the plot is a complete fluke because his original goal after resurrecting was to permanently leave the cultivation world. How is none of this considered relationship-affecting?