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Omg so I just finished reading Volume 1 of QJJ (XC and SZC leaving Qudu).

And first off - I’m loving this book. Like *chefs kiss.

Mostly writing as a vent post (not frustrated with the author or the book but with a character) which maybe I can get back to later as the story progresses. ALSO SPOILER ALERT INCASE ANYONE ENDS UP READING THIS.

Like I was so pissed when emperor Li JH (I’d don’t think it’s out of choice in his case) / Hai Langyi kept thinking it’s the XIAO clan that’s going to rebel. I think even the Wei clan head said the same thing. And like I can understand their thinking but honestly XC had time and again proven his loyalty.

Like when XC said something on the lines of Libei not being traitors. Like the whole point of keeping XC is to keep Libei in check but the fact is the whole ducking country collapsed because they focused on keeping the wrong person on leash. Like they literally made XIAO and LU clans hate them.

As much as HLY thinks he’s on some moral high ground or more precisely thinks he’s better than others in the sense he can’t be bribed, is just, no cheating and the whole shabang. The fact remains is that he’s too involved in the situation that he can’t see the bigger picture. He also thought XUE X was less as compared to YUE W due their birth (or something on those lines that he didn’t take him as pupil).

I think LI JH believed it was wrong, too. And course corrected ? Or probably granted his friend freedom (I wonder if it’s out of respect for their friendship or he realized that XC is not the one to safeguard against or both).

Like if they rebel in the next book, Yall literally made them hate you. They in ruins precisely because use strong actions against the wrong crowd. The petty person in my can’t wait to be vindicated next book when these people plot and plan and make their lives difficult.

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As painful as the first banishment flashback was, really reading through that broke my fucking heart but also made me truly fall in love with Xie Lian. Like seeing all that horrific shit he went through, the constant hurt and abuse and abandonment and how he rose against that, fought to preserve himself and his believes. The way he was forced into a complete breakdown (fuck you, jun wu!!!!!) and yet looked White No-Face right in his stupid fucking mask and told him to fuck off. Multiple times.

I know everyone goes on about the bamboo hat man being the reason Xie Lian didn't go through with it at the end, but like. He was already not going through with it. He stabbed himself and laid on the ground for days because he wasn't going to go through with it but he wanted to give himself a reason. To find proof that what he believed in - the kindness of people - wasn't completely false. And once he had that proof, he was ready to shake off White No-Face's claws completely. The bamboo hat man was just the excuse but the core of it was Xie Lian himself who waited long enough for that man to show up because even in the depth of his anguish, he was still kind and good.

He was ready to go through a second 100 swords scene for the sake of those same people like !!!!!!! my precious boy 😭😭😭😭

And also just seeing the Xie Lian of the past slowly becoming the Xie Lian of the present - someone who cooks terribly on purpose to honor his mother, someone who doesnt consider his pain important or worth anything, someone who doesnt care if he gets insulted or mocked, someone willing to work any job as long as it pays enough for him to get by- I understand why Hua Cheng wants to burn down the world on regular basis.

All that to say, I fucking love love Xie Lian and I'm so so happy Hua Cheng has and will do anything to keep him safe and happy and well.

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At least in Wuthering Waves both protagonists are part of their promotions. Like it’s so frustrating with Genshin…

[bakibakideemon]

Well if it was simple that XL saw MQ and FX less then him or even didn’t see them as friends then 1) why would he even change his mind about it later? The fact is XL is not that kind of a person. 2) it doest make sense that he would MQ they have always been friends or even the whole emotional turmoil being resolved in the last arc wouldn’t make sense. 3) XL was a prince, and he saw the life from the point of a prince. But he tried his best to be understanding, so see from MQs perspective. You can’t take that away from him. 4) why would he be ok with MQ going ?! Or accept it when MQ first brought it up. He was more taken aback by MQ siding with the gods. Something MQ himself regretted but said he had no choice. (Like things are more than just one particular situation) I still maintain MQ did what he had to he was right in doing so. And XL was right in feeling betrayed. But again it was a horrible situation they were in. And in the long run it didn’t matter. They both let go. No one held it over the other. You know like friends.

5)as for putting in his shoes (as I have said before) the whole separation arc and subsequent 800 is what made him see beyond his privilege. If I had to explain it in a different way I’d say when I was a child/ teenager, my opinions towards my mothers actions were (particularly in referenceing her misogynistic rules that were taught to her as a way of life that she tried to teach me + her actions of venting her frustration about my father onto me as a child in the form of what i think was lowkey verbal abuse etc).

As a child/teenager I could see it being unfair but not verbalize it. As I grew up I could actually explain myself and understand it was unfair and it was abusive. Hell I hated her at one point. It was more confusing because I also loved her.

But at the same time going out to the real world I also began seeing the way in which women (in my country especially during my mothers time) were oppressed, had no one to turn to (not family not husband, having zero financial independence), stuck in multiple lose-lose situation (it was arranged marriage) etc. I actually began understanding the reasons behind her actions.

Obv. I still had so much frustration because now I had reasons behind the actions that made her a victim as well. It greyed out my whole black and white world view. It would have been better if my mom really hated me instead of having some bad days. And then i remembered there were times as a daughter + as a child I had no else to turn to other than my mom. Basically, I had come to the conclusion that I as a woman I can see where my mom was coming from (it explained her actions) but it didn’t justify what I went through as a child (not just a daughter). Both were true (her being a victim and abusive). And through out the whole time. My mother remained my mother/l still loved my mother and continue to love my mother. But I also acknowledge her flaws as one.

The point being, just because they were his attendants, doesn’t mean XL didn’t see him as his friends. He did.

I know the book goes to great lengths to show how grey everyone is. How circumstances drive people to make so so many questionable choices. Including XL. Hell I still say XL and FX took MQ for granted. Or FX needed to tone down this commentary towards MQ. Same way I think MQ didn’t have to be an ass after XL ascended the 3rd time.

I don’t see human relationships in such black and white perspectives or to be put more accurately through a modern moral lens. Especially a tale set in a fantasy world with kings and queens (XL was also a prince) + gods who are no better than demons.

I will also say that I don’t think you’re wrong/ discount your opinion in anyway because honestly you’re also right. In the sense that XL, MQ, FX all made choices they thought were best after considering everything.

But like to each their own. We aren’t changing each other’s mind. And honestly it’s a subjective interpretation… hope you have a good day 😁😁

Ok so someone sent me this post. And like what?!

Like how do I explain that this is not what friendships are or how they work. While yes they had every right to leave (actually FX didn’t leave, XL literally told him to leave).

I’d agree to this if they said MQ and FX had every right to leave but XL has every right to feel betrayed.

Like the story is more than one situation… that’s what the book is about. The actions which are a culmination of thousands of others and its consequences. And how characters respond to these consequences.

The three were “friends” especially in XLs eyes. That’s the very reason he doesn’t blame either of them. This is so… Had every“right.” 🙄 If that’s what you think about friendships then I’ve got some news for you…

MQ was worried about his mother and saw the reality for what it was (their homelessness, their hunger etc). Ascending helped him help both his families (his mother and XL/FX). Also, at the end of the day what happened at the hill was betrayal (you can justify it all you like) MQ knew it too (I wonder if he actually discussed his thoughts with FQ or XL about ascending himself) and hence his immediate reaction. But XL was too far gone at that point (that’s one thing you wouldn’t expect your friend to do at that point).

But it was such a horrible time for all of them so afterwards (years later) even XL understood it was just awful circumstances so he never held it against MQ. AND THAT IS THE POINT.

Also, if I leave my friend during their worst time l (no matter what I’m going through) yes I’m not being a good friend. Like wise if I can’t understand my friends actions in that circumstance then I’m not being a good friend either. THAT IS THE POINT.

I wonder id MQ ever discussed with FX about his plan (may be he did because Id like to think so especially considering FX was accepting the food from MQ. On that note don’t forget after a while XL ended up eating the food MQ gave despite initially not wanting it. THIS IS THE BIGGEST HINT THAT THINGS ARE NOT SIMPLE BLACK AND WHITE). Hence yes, XL did feel betrayed after the hill. Whether MQs actions right/ wrong is irrelevant. Whether XLs reaction (right or wrong) to the betrayal (I think Jun Wu also made an appearance then and this was the beginning of XLs mental health crisis as well) is again Irrelevant. Especially 800 years later. SO GETTING HUNG UP ON THIS IS SOOO D*MB.

Which is why I get annoyed at MQs behavior in the first book (The weird smiles/ wanting to feel vindicated/ superior). Keyword “get annoyed” doesn’t mean I can’t understand why he’s reacting as such or rather it’s coming off as such (the latter part is what I like to believe). He’s still stuck in their early dynamics that he’s of a lower status than XL and FX. Honestly, he needed to realize that XL always considered him a friend. (Something he didn’t realize until the very end 800 years later). This comes from him still grappling with his own status while a human. He can’t even understand how XL would consider him a friend… Like he was shocked. All his actions in the first book point towards MQ believing XL thinks he (XL) is better than MQ bro is too stuck in his head (yes that come off as mean/ rude af. There is no denying at at all).

THESE THINGS DONT HAPPEN IN A VACCUM.

FX was more about blind loyalty. That he couldn’t see (for that part neither could XL) the reality of the situation that MQ did. Honestly FX needed to tone down his judgements towards MQ (guess who was cleaning and cooking and managing their finances even after their kingdom fell? MQ). No matter how right he was, he chose the worst way to say it. It was getting on my nerves as well. (MQ way better than me I’d have smacked FX. Having said that MQ was rude as well). This is something both XL and FX realize after MQ is gone.

I don’t think FX would have left unless XL forced him to. But he needed that to see a different perspective outside XL. Likewise (the in case of XL he too realized he’d been very selfish as well)

XL, for that matter, let MQ go. He understood where the other was coming from. Period. He was betrayed at the hill (+ he was scared being abandoned). Not to mention the whole trying to steal arc… they were all desperate. And poor guy. Someone was playing a chess game-cum-roulette against him life without his knowledge. These people (you cannot seriously believe Jun Wu did not set up FX/ MQ ascending) were specifically put in the worst circumstances possible, repeatedly. One after the other…

But guess what? Despite everything MQ and FX still helped XL once they found him 800 years ago (no matter in disguise). XL recognized them after all this time no matter that they were clones. The trio made up in the end because they were friends. THATS THE POINT. THINGS WERE UNFORTUNATE AND THEY HAD TO SEPARATE BUT THEY DIDNT STOP BEING FRIENDS DESPITE EVERYTHING…

So if someone says XL was right or FX was right or MQ was right… neither of them was. There is no wrong or right. There is no saying one was more justified than other…

[bakibakideemon]

This!!!

Apart from how much I want to see Mo taking the initiative to kiss HT again. Can you imagine how gut-wrenching this must be?

This guy shows up in your life, gives you love, emotional support, friends, pays for anything you could ever want, makes you trust someone for the first time in years, pursues you and encourages you to fall in love with him and get over your issues of touching someone elses spit. Becomes such an integral part of your life, that you're able to reclaim ownership of the scars your abuser left in your body, and trust them to put a new scar of their own (the piercing). And then that fucker disappears with no explanation and no proper warning for YEARS.

AND THEN HE COMES BACK WITH NO WARNING AGAIN, acts like nothing happened, doesn't explain himself, moves you into HIS HOUSE, forcing/expecting you to open up and trust again in this person who abandoned and hurt you so badly once before. AND THEN HE HAS THE FACE TO JOKE ABOUT ASKING FOR A KISS (as much as we know ht was serious).

Like dude fuck yooou, you're such an asshole. I absolutely love HT and absolutely know he has his reasons, but damn it must hurt to see HT ask for a kiss. The shaky hands trying to choke Ht are so telling. Mo must be such a mess of love, hurt, and resentment.

Like, he trusted you, he loved and kissed you, then you left him alone and hurt, and now ask for all of that back as if nothing happened??? Loving you hurt him so bad and now you're just asking him to do it again without even explaining yourself?? Or making up for the hurt you caused??? How can you ask him to still love you without even assuring him you won't ever have to leave again??

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Well I can certainly see why you think like that. But that’s not how I interpreted the writing. I don’t think it is an either/or situation, especially when it comes to human relationships. I remember XL saying a couple of times that he saw MQ and FX as friends before they separated/ before they were on the run as well. (whenever I reread the books again I’ll definitely get back to you).

Basically what I’m trying to say is, Yes, XL did see them friends but his perspective was skewed from a privileged viewpoint. Something he learns over the course of time (as I mentioned in the post). But knowing his character I don’t think he ever looked down on either pair / thought of them as lesser to himself.

However, I do think MQ didn’t think they were friends + FX is a difficult to put into a box (for me) because I think he never denied XL/ even put XL over himself.

I think you misunderstood me/ it’s highly possible I isn’t explain rightly. I don’t think either should have stayed. I think there was no wrong or right. I just had a problem with the idea that the original post used the word had “every right.” I think that makes it sound very transactional. I don’t think XL held it against them either (doesn’t mean he wasn’t affected). What I think XL held agaisnt MQ (in those few days only not beyond that) was when MQ sided with the other gods.

Maybe I’m wrong. I did bing read this in a short time while juggling work. I’ll definitely re read and correct myself if need be!

Sorry for the long reply!

Ok so someone sent me this post. And like what?!

Like how do I explain that this is not what friendships are or how they work. While yes they had every right to leave (actually FX didn’t leave, XL literally told him to leave).

I’d agree to this if they said MQ and FX had every right to leave but XL has every right to feel betrayed.

Like the story is more than one situation… that’s what the book is about. The actions which are a culmination of thousands of others and its consequences. And how characters respond to these consequences.

The three were “friends” especially in XLs eyes. That’s the very reason he doesn’t blame either of them. This is so… Had every“right.” 🙄 If that’s what you think about friendships then I’ve got some news for you…

MQ was worried about his mother and saw the reality for what it was (their homelessness, their hunger etc). Ascending helped him help both his families (his mother and XL/FX). Also, at the end of the day what happened at the hill was betrayal (you can justify it all you like) MQ knew it too (I wonder if he actually discussed his thoughts with FQ or XL about ascending himself) and hence his immediate reaction. But XL was too far gone at that point (that’s one thing you wouldn’t expect your friend to do at that point).

But it was such a horrible time for all of them so afterwards (years later) even XL understood it was just awful circumstances so he never held it against MQ. AND THAT IS THE POINT.

Also, if I leave my friend during their worst time l (no matter what I’m going through) yes I’m not being a good friend. Like wise if I can’t understand my friends actions in that circumstance then I’m not being a good friend either. THAT IS THE POINT.

I wonder id MQ ever discussed with FX about his plan (may be he did because Id like to think so especially considering FX was accepting the food from MQ. On that note don’t forget after a while XL ended up eating the food MQ gave despite initially not wanting it. THIS IS THE BIGGEST HINT THAT THINGS ARE NOT SIMPLE BLACK AND WHITE). Hence yes, XL did feel betrayed after the hill. Whether MQs actions right/ wrong is irrelevant. Whether XLs reaction (right or wrong) to the betrayal (I think Jun Wu also made an appearance then and this was the beginning of XLs mental health crisis as well) is again Irrelevant. Especially 800 years later. SO GETTING HUNG UP ON THIS IS SOOO D*MB.

Which is why I get annoyed at MQs behavior in the first book (The weird smiles/ wanting to feel vindicated/ superior). Keyword “get annoyed” doesn’t mean I can’t understand why he’s reacting as such or rather it’s coming off as such (the latter part is what I like to believe). He’s still stuck in their early dynamics that he’s of a lower status than XL and FX. Honestly, he needed to realize that XL always considered him a friend. (Something he didn’t realize until the very end 800 years later). This comes from him still grappling with his own status while a human. He can’t even understand how XL would consider him a friend… Like he was shocked. All his actions in the first book point towards MQ believing XL thinks he (XL) is better than MQ bro is too stuck in his head (yes that come off as mean/ rude af. There is no denying at at all).

THESE THINGS DONT HAPPEN IN A VACCUM.

FX was more about blind loyalty. That he couldn’t see (for that part neither could XL) the reality of the situation that MQ did. Honestly FX needed to tone down his judgements towards MQ (guess who was cleaning and cooking and managing their finances even after their kingdom fell? MQ). No matter how right he was, he chose the worst way to say it. It was getting on my nerves as well. (MQ way better than me I’d have smacked FX. Having said that MQ was rude as well). This is something both XL and FX realize after MQ is gone.

I don’t think FX would have left unless XL forced him to. But he needed that to see a different perspective outside XL. Likewise (the in case of XL he too realized he’d been very selfish as well)

XL, for that matter, let MQ go. He understood where the other was coming from. Period. He was betrayed at the hill (+ he was scared being abandoned). Not to mention the whole trying to steal arc… they were all desperate. And poor guy. Someone was playing a chess game-cum-roulette against him life without his knowledge. These people (you cannot seriously believe Jun Wu did not set up FX/ MQ ascending) were specifically put in the worst circumstances possible, repeatedly. One after the other…

But guess what? Despite everything MQ and FX still helped XL once they found him 800 years ago (no matter in disguise). XL recognized them after all this time no matter that they were clones. The trio made up in the end because they were friends. THATS THE POINT. THINGS WERE UNFORTUNATE AND THEY HAD TO SEPARATE BUT THEY DIDNT STOP BEING FRIENDS DESPITE EVERYTHING…

So if someone says XL was right or FX was right or MQ was right… neither of them was. There is no wrong or right. There is no saying one was more justified than other…

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honestly wei yings misunderstandings about lan wangji were 100% understandable like imagine a nun yelling at you and insisting you cover up your ankles. and youre like holy shit this lady is old fashioned and a total puritan. then she reveals no actually i have a huge ankle fetish and being around you makes me so horny i want to become an enemy of the church for you. you'd never fucking see that coming.

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Ok so someone sent me this post. And like what?!

Like how do I explain that this is not what friendships are or how they work. While yes they had every right to leave (actually FX didn’t leave, XL literally told him to leave).

I’d agree to this if they said MQ and FX had every right to leave but XL has every right to feel betrayed.

Like the story is more than one situation… that’s what the book is about. The actions which are a culmination of thousands of others and its consequences. And how characters respond to these consequences.

The three were “friends” especially in XLs eyes. That’s the very reason he doesn’t blame either of them. This is so… Had every“right.” 🙄 If that’s what you think about friendships then I’ve got some news for you…

MQ was worried about his mother and saw the reality for what it was (their homelessness, their hunger etc). Ascending helped him help both his families (his mother and XL/FX). Also, at the end of the day what happened at the hill was betrayal (you can justify it all you like) MQ knew it too (I wonder if he actually discussed his thoughts with FQ or XL about ascending himself) and hence his immediate reaction. But XL was too far gone at that point (that’s one thing you wouldn’t expect your friend to do at that point).

But it was such a horrible time for all of them so afterwards (years later) even XL understood it was just awful circumstances so he never held it against MQ. AND THAT IS THE POINT.

Also, if I leave my friend during their worst time l (no matter what I’m going through) yes I’m not being a good friend. Like wise if I can’t understand my friends actions in that circumstance then I’m not being a good friend either. THAT IS THE POINT.

I wonder id MQ ever discussed with FX about his plan (may be he did because Id like to think so especially considering FX was accepting the food from MQ. On that note don’t forget after a while XL ended up eating the food MQ gave despite initially not wanting it. THIS IS THE BIGGEST HINT THAT THINGS ARE NOT SIMPLE BLACK AND WHITE). Hence yes, XL did feel betrayed after the hill. Whether MQs actions right/ wrong is irrelevant. Whether XLs reaction (right or wrong) to the betrayal (I think Jun Wu also made an appearance then and this was the beginning of XLs mental health crisis as well) is again Irrelevant. Especially 800 years later. SO GETTING HUNG UP ON THIS IS SOOO D*MB.

Which is why I get annoyed at MQs behavior in the first book (The weird smiles/ wanting to feel vindicated/ superior). Keyword “get annoyed” doesn’t mean I can’t understand why he’s reacting as such or rather it’s coming off as such (the latter part is what I like to believe). He’s still stuck in their early dynamics that he’s of a lower status than XL and FX. Honestly, he needed to realize that XL always considered him a friend. (Something he didn’t realize until the very end 800 years later). This comes from him still grappling with his own status while a human. He can’t even understand how XL would consider him a friend… Like he was shocked. All his actions in the first book point towards MQ believing XL thinks he (XL) is better than MQ bro is too stuck in his head (yes that come off as mean/ rude af. There is no denying at at all).

THESE THINGS DONT HAPPEN IN A VACCUM.

FX was more about blind loyalty. That he couldn’t see (for that part neither could XL) the reality of the situation that MQ did. Honestly FX needed to tone down his judgements towards MQ (guess who was cleaning and cooking and managing their finances even after their kingdom fell? MQ). No matter how right he was, he chose the worst way to say it. It was getting on my nerves as well. (MQ way better than me I’d have smacked FX. Having said that MQ was rude as well). This is something both XL and FX realize after MQ is gone.

I don’t think FX would have left unless XL forced him to. But he needed that to see a different perspective outside XL. Likewise (the in case of XL he too realized he’d been very selfish as well)

XL, for that matter, let MQ go. He understood where the other was coming from. Period. He was betrayed at the hill (+ he was scared being abandoned). Not to mention the whole trying to steal arc… they were all desperate. And poor guy. Someone was playing a chess game-cum-roulette against him life without his knowledge. These people (you cannot seriously believe Jun Wu did not set up FX/ MQ ascending) were specifically put in the worst circumstances possible, repeatedly. One after the other…

But guess what? Despite everything MQ and FX still helped XL once they found him 800 years ago (no matter in disguise). XL recognized them after all this time no matter that they were clones. The trio made up in the end because they were friends. THATS THE POINT. THINGS WERE UNFORTUNATE AND THEY HAD TO SEPARATE BUT THEY DIDNT STOP BEING FRIENDS DESPITE EVERYTHING…

So if someone says XL was right or FX was right or MQ was right… neither of them was. There is no wrong or right. There is no saying one was more justified than other…

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I regret buying Harry Potter books/ merch/ watching the films… I should have just pirated it. Dammit… Now that I think about it, I saw it on TV as well

Has anyone figured out what’s so viscerally wrong with this woman yet

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Why do so many fans think Jun Wu has no control over who ascends? Like, yes.. people ascend without his permission because there really is a cosmic order in this universe but he literally only needs to fill the slot to prevent randos from ascending.

And YES he CAN artificially ascend people and he DOES. I’m fr about to write up a whole essay on ascension this weekend istg.

The man literally says:

“Even fates can be swapped. Why not spiritual power?” Jun Wu said. “There are many things that are hardly as difficult as you assume. It is only a matter of a few words and a few brush strokes from a few great heavenly officials.”

Right after he sucks out one homies spiritual power and injects it into another.

And let’s be real.. Do y’all really think Jun Wu actually ascended a second time using his own power?

The dude who has the suffering souls of his first attempt at human sacrifice plastered on his own face and.. screaming?

Hell nah. This dude became the grandmaster of demonic cultivation. He experimented on fetus spirits like some mad scientist interested in unethical stem cell research. He probs invented the damn fate swapping ritual himself.

He has an entire fucking Burial Mound volcano where he vents his resentful energy. You think all that energy is accumulating just cus he’s mad? Or from just the three faces?

No way fam. This man is actively cultivating the dark arts and probs needs so many followers just to help balance the yang to his yin.

I mean.. c’mon. You fr think Feng Xin and Mu Qing ascended back to back naturally? And just after they left Xie Lian? There’s a whole damn arc about how unusual it is for two people so close to ascend so fast and so young

Jun Wu gifts Feng Xin a bow called Fengshen which is a homophone for the name of an entire Chinese myth about appointing mortals to godhood for political reasons.

Blows my mind to see that so many collectively deny the possibility when the narration is screaming clues from every digital and physical page.

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Someone said TGCF felt like a story about hope. But like I don’t think it was… it was about kindness. But like hope?(Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it’s without hope but that’s it’s not the main theme)

Like look at their endings and stories - Wind Master, Shi Wudu, and Blackwater, Xuan Ji, Yin Yu, Qi Rong Guzi, An Le, Brocade Immortal, Jun Wu (before he became Jun Wu), Lang Qianqiu, etc…

How do I explain this - Wind Master - he lost his brother, his god hood, even his limbs, he’s a begger, like he’s not thinking of hope. But the kindness he showed XL and what XL showed him is what made the difference

Xuan Jis story was kind of explained like it was extremely pitiful. Like the theme here is not hope for a better future? She did disintegrate right? (Like she give up her resentment) but like the book goes on to specify it might be from embarrassment after coming to her senses. But Rain master went to talk to her (despite being cussed at and insulted by her XJ), those XJ was no more at that point, but that’s out of kindless and compassion

Yin Yu - like before dying he literally states I hate him but I don’t want to kill him? It’s bare human emotions, other than that one time when he ordered Quan Yizhen to kill himself while wearing the brocade immortal. He said this about the incident-

“If I was already destined to be no one remarkable, then at the very least, I... wanted to be a kind and perfect person. But... I couldn't even do that.”

This one stuck with me man. When he said this.

But like he otherwise remained kind of QY, until his death. He lost everything man.

QY, for his part, XL accepted him for who he was and was kind to him and he was forever indebted to XL

Qi Rong until the last moment didn’t really treat Guzi right but he died (debatable) saving Guzi out of unexpected kindness. That even left LQQ speechless.

I really don’t know how to express this. But it’s neither about Hope for hopelessness. It’s about kindness and compassion. Like yes HLs found salvation and hope but it was because of that man Putting a hat on him out of kindness and compassion. Like he did hope for a better future. No doubt.

Like none of the suffering and trauma was magically going to be erased. None of the tragedies were avoided, people still died. People were not going to stop the gossiping and killing and pillaging. Like the earths still going to turn. But probably kindness will make it softer…

[bakibakideemon]

!!! This

Thinking again about how Xie Lian didn’t fail Xianle because it wasn’t a test but a trap. Every decision in that arc was manipulated to make the war as cruel and soul-destroying as possible. BWX failed his kingdom, and he saw a similarity in XL. So he orchestrated every single moment of that downfall, pulling multiple puppet strings from 5 different angles and adding consequences to XL that only he had the power to hand out. Like he didn’t lose because he was arrogant or naive or wrong he lost because it there was genuinely no way he coulda won. It wasn’t a test it was a trap.

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If I had to categorize MXTX books (I don’t even know why I’m doing it but I want to) It’s like TGCF is LOTR meanwhile MDZS was like Game of Thrones. And SVSSS is like Hitchhikers Guide. 🤷‍♀️

What I’m trying to say is. This lady wrote three different kids of book in the same genre? Like there is no way I can say they are the same. She deserves more recognition than this!!! Also, I have no idea who it was (but I’m sure we all saw that post) but to say MXTXs writing is poor. Excuse me ?

Some authors can’t even finish their books… (I got Architecture school flashbacks. I never finished any project on time. But my friend she was like done with her projects on the same day… shudders…)

Anyway, excuse my excitement. I just went through a roller coaster reading the three series. Back to back.

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Bruh reading TGCF book 6… damn…. I’m at the part where Mu Qing was with the 30 officials…. And damn that’s sooo horrible… And like how?! All through the six books I was like stop being mean to MQ… he’s practical. But like that was some betrayal. I can 100% understand where he’s coming from. But like I can’t not see it as betrayal as well. Like… someone who has already read it. Please help!! I am devastated. Why is this book making me so emotional… like I just want to protect all three of them. Omg.

Omg why is white no face here…. Give me a second to breathe… bruh… I think…

Omg nooo he came back!!! No please hug it out. Please!!!!

Hoooooly crap…. And I thought it couldn’t get worse. 😭 the whole temple arc. That ghost was HC right?! Has to be him. He felt helpless…. That whole thing was traumatic

Umm. It obviously got worse. Again.

I hope jun wu is not white no face (that battle was a Jun wu clone fighting Jun wu) I’d be really upset... Even worse if it’s Pei Ming (I’ve just started to like him)… ohh turns out I misread stuff. They were talking about XL. 😭 i probably need to sleep.

It was him… 🙄 I have no comments. The moment he hugged him in book 6. I had my suspicions… goddamnit.

I obviously didn’t sleep. And finished the remaining books. And the necklace 😭😭😭 also I’m glad the three friends finally are back together…

Ok the ending was so sweet. My heart is happy…..

I think if this wasn’t non-linear then this was 100% a fantasy soap opera!!!

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Read a post that called Wen Ning cruel for the gcr and it pissed me off because again it's a show of a deliberate malicious misreading of an event specifically to unfairly bash one character to make another character look significantly better forgetting how

1)Jiang Cheng has been shitty towards Wei Ying the whole time since he got back. Blaming him for things that weren't his fault. Deliberately telling Jin Ling half truths about how his parents died which directly lead to Wei Ying getting severely hurt. We don't even see Jiang Cheng take accountability for any of this. The only time he's forced into realizing he was culpable for what happened to Wei Ying to some extent is when Jin Guangyao had to spell it out for him

2) the only reason Wen Ning stepped in and revealed the truth was because

a) Jiang Cheng was accusing Wei Ying as being the main cause of the attack on Lotus Pier. Something Wen Ning of all people would know is wrong because the Wens were going to attack regardless. If you believe in the idea that Wei Ying was in anyway culpable for the massacre, then congratulations, you've fallen for the propaganda. Because no, an act of genocide falls solely on the ones doing it. No one else. Not an unruly kid and not even on Madame Yu even though it's arguable that she could have bought the Jiang Clan some time if she hadn't gone on the offense and whipped Wang Lingjiao which triggered Wen Zhuliu. But I digress.

b) Jiang Cheng was actively attacking Wei Ying and no it didn't matter of Wei Ying supposedly started it (I say this because I disagree that he did but that's among the accusations that are made). Wei Ying was currently incapable of defending himself and Lan Zhan had his hands full with him , and that's the only reason Wen Ning intervened. He'd been passive since he got back. Only defending himself when others were on the offensive and this was one of them

Wen Ning wasn't cruel. He was honest. He was forcing Jiang Cheng to accept the truth he'd been denying for 13 years. During which he used that denial to actively cause pain to others like his lies to Jin Ling about his parents death, his verbal abuse, his obsession with hunting down users of demonic cultivation. If Wen Ning revealing the truth was cruelty, then what the hell has Jiang Cheng been doing?