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girlknight slumped over the bar at the local tavern, three pints in, gripping her own scalp, "i have GOT to stop swearing oaths of fealty"

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Two madams are not enough

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its so sad when u have a headache from looking at a screen and wearing headphones all day. bc its like ewwww i feel bad i wanna crawl into a bed and put on headphones and look at a screen. but actually what will cure you is going outside and staring at the mountains or something. terrible. awful

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everything is the same except instead of rabbits it’s silkie chickens

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Color theory: there are several colors

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I've gotta say, Jiang Cheng showing up at the Guanyin Temple with a paper umbrella and only closing it after he'd attacked the Jin cultivators with Zidian is such a power move. Like I'm so elegant I'mma beat you all down one-handed with my little parasol up. Eat shit.

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its so little brother coded of Jiang Cheng that the one time he tried to put wei wuxian first it created such a bigger problem that Wei Wuxian had to step in and fix it instead . does he know

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With the knowledge that I may be starting something I don’t have the guts to finish, I’ve been seeing a lot of Jiang Cheng stans hating on Wei Wuxian because he didn’t keep his promise to the Jiangs recently and it made me think of something else I heard to do with politics that I think might be quite interesting.

Essentially one of the differences between left and right wing political leanings I believe is the prioritisation of self versus others. Essentially right wing people are more likely to support things that protect themselves and immediate family even at the expense of others and left wing people are more likely to vote to disadvantage themselves or their neighbours for the sakes of people further afield but in more need—-as they see it.

And I feel like the above argument about wei wuxian’s actions being ‘bad’ captures this quite well as from a left leaning stand point, he is correct in his actions as he’s always striving to protect the vulnerable even at the cost of his reputation and family. The fact that wwx and lwj are supposed to represent what mxtx regards as a perfect mortality (sorry i do not know the exact wording or quote), as well as how mdzs is a novel that heavily criticises the hyporcritical treatment of different classes and is also quite literally written in an almost rebellion against the illegality of gay romance kind of accentuates the more promotion of more left wing/socialist ideals within the story and the rebellion against the centralisation of power within ab ‘elite group’.

Those who condone wwx with the above argument are looking at it potentially from a more right leaning standpoint as where family comes first and a person’s integrity is based on how well they keep their word in any situation wei wuxian does act incorrectly. Whether wei wuxian’s actions are condonable I think comes down to what each reader prioritises as instrinsic to morality and that varies with many things including philosophies and religions and political leanings and by no means is there Only one reason to defend of condemn any characters actions. I’m well aware that more jc stans are probably just trying to moralise their fictional crushes, but I think it’s still interesting how in novels we’re more willing to defend behaviour that in the present we’d call selfish.

If I told someone today I was never going to forgive my adopted brother for flying out to I don’t know, California to help put out forest fires instead of help me with my business pitch on shark tank like he Promised, I would probably get laughed at for being a prick. Whilst stans view Jiang Cheng behaviour as completely acceptable.

Notably I do think mdzs doesn’t paint left wing ideals as utopian as many character that Could be left wing, xie xingcheng, song lang, lan xichen etc are also heavily criticised for their actions and inaction.

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that’s. a lot of dudes.

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Moka commission 🌼🐱

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Cat commission ✨🌼 i love drawing everyones cats ✨

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Can I accept these feelings? I am satisfied! But now my back hurts...Uh...

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sometimes a song is good because you saw it on a fan edit for your favorite ship like ten years ago

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sloppy study w my man wwx

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she yearns for the tub water. disgusting.