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whenever i think too long about jin guangyao trying to keep control of his various power plays within the cultivation world, i am forcibly reminded of these panels from Girl Genius:

"you know—the kind of plan where we kill everybody who notices we're killing people?"

and

any plan

where you

lose your hat

is a

bad plan!

#i cant believe ive never connected these #holy shit #i quote this panel regularly and yet

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shitpost dispatches from jinlintai - incorrect but plausibly canon quotes edition

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The devotion of a Lan and why Lan Xichen will never marry

(unless that person is Jin Guangyao)

From the likes of Lan An down to Lan Wangji, the Lan, at times tragic, were deeply romantic and always faithful. It’s hard to consider love at first sight to be a genetic trait, but the evidence doesn’t lie. Not a single Lan married a person they did not love. Not a single Lan moved on after the loss of their soulmate.

Keep reading

#screaming

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not veins but cracks

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finally got a break from uni so i can draw for myself again <3

#in LOVE with all of this #so lovely and sweet

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happy true take tuesday 🎊 here is some stuff that is objectively true:

jin guangyao did the most good for the most people over the longest period of time in the jianghu. evidence:

his time embedded as a spy in wen ruohan's court allowed him to share crucial intelligence with lxc and nmj, and enabled him to maneuver himself into the perfect position to assassinate wrh--the war would not have been won without him;

see the sections of the text where the impact of the watchtower project is revealed to save the lives of common people who would not have been able to afford the protection of cultivators otherwise;

see wwx's own observations about the safety of the jianghu under jgy's tenure as chief cultivator, thus allowing the juniors the privilege of growing up in a peaceful and stable world;

see jin ling's observation that no one in the gentry would dare try to bribe a jin sect disciple while jgy was jin-zongzhu;

whether you think the relationship is romantic in canon is immaterial: lan xichen loved jin guangyao and is mourning his death, not the metaphorical death of his ~worldview~, while he is in seclusion. his feelings for jgy are not just about his sense of obligation, and there is absolutely no evidence in the text suggesting that he ever would have abandoned jgy--because he clearly does not do that even during the final guanyin temple confrontation. evidence:

lxc's worldview is actually pretty intact during and post-guanyin temple confrontation. @xiyao-feels provided one of the most thorough analyses I've read on this point over here, so I won't repeat or try to paraphrase what someone else has already illustrated so eloquently, you can go check it out for yourself;

see the literal years of their friendship that lxc spends calling jgy "a-yao," rather than "meng-gongzi" or "jin-gongzi," or "jin-zongzhu," or "lianfang-zun," or literally any other name/title combination that he could have reached for instead of the affectionate diminutive that indicates the level of emotional intimacy between them. if his feelings for jgy were rooted exclusively in a sense of debts owed, there are so many other forms of address for him to utilize instead;

lxc devotes literal years of his life to supporting jgy in both his efforts to reconcile with nmj (please miss me with the bad faith takes on this, I have already written about how four years is a long-ass time for nmj to spend un-murdered if jgy was always planning to off him for daddy) and in his efforts to distinguish himself as a competent member of the jin sect; the watchtower proposal was something they were working on together while jin guangshan was still jin sect leader, and jgy was risking a lot of his hard won political capital trying to push through an expensive plan that would not make money for jgs. give lxc some credit for god's sake, he's not an idiot, and he would not have supported this proposal if he thought it would do more harm than good;

in nearly every scene jgy and lxc share with each other, they actively gravitate towards each other or seek each other out, to the exclusion of other people around them because--and this may be a little complicated to unpack, so bear with me a moment--they just fucking like each other.

we know what lxc looks like when he has decided to turn his back on someone and isn't interested in what they have to say anymore: he does this to nhs post-guanyin temple when it becomes clear that nhs is going to provide him with neither clear answers nor closure. contrast this against his dogged determination to understand why jgy did the things he did, even when he is furious, even when he is devastated by what he hears. this is not the conduct of someone who has decided they are done with a relationship; this is someone determined to find a way through to the other side.

#hell YEAH

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Happy trans day of visibility / mdzs volume 5 day

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No, bc nothing in this world will ever be as funny to me as Wei Wuxian being treated as the scoundrel taking advantage of the innocent sheltered maiden Lan Wangji. Like, imagine being barely able to sit down, much less walk straight, after your bf was done rocking your absolute shit in carnal way, all night long too, then having to sit down to have lunch with the in-laws where your mother in-law adjacent (Lan Qiren in this case) will accuse you of trying to corrupt her precious boy, i'd laugh until my stomach hurts as much as my guts ngl

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How cruel is the golden rule when the lives we lived are only golden-plated? 👑

HBD JGY 🎉! Combo of my fave JGY looks from across adaptations (+my own additions. Not many people like the donghua changes but JGY w/the Yin Tiger Tally was so great visually)

I've been itching to do something Art Nouveau/Alphonse Mucha inspired for awhile so, I decided, why not spend 13 hours on fan art of my favorite boy? lol

#he is so pretty and deserves the murder amulet

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A strike, it seems, directly to the heart.

A papercraft Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao at Guanyin Temple! This is such an intense moment in the story overall and so climactic in their relationship specifically; I really wanted to do it justice to it, which of course means plenty of dramatic windswept hair and billowing robes. But I also took extra care with their facial expressions - there’s so much betrayal and anger in the moment, and yet still so much leftover love too! All of that needs to show in their faces!

#wails and sobs

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The Untamed, but make it lesbian

#man if *i* wasnt lesbian before- #i love women so mucj #respectfully any of them could ruin my life #and id thank them

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CQL/MDZS ULTIMATE CHARACTER RE-DESIGN

Added sect leaders + some additional designs for the different time periods/stages for some of the characters!

ALSO! if anyone wants to use these designs for art or edits or fics, please feel free to, i'd be so honored! all i'm asking for is to tag me/send it to me so i SEE AND DIE OF HAPPINESS

#GOD THEYRE ALL SO GOOD HOLY SHITTTTT #yanli mingjue and xy are still my favorites theyre so PERFECR

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You know, people argue about how JGY's circumstances growing up were locked in by society but I think they're forgetting that there is one man who defies people's judgements on prostitutes and instead ready to support them, even when no longer with them. A man whose reputation and protection would outweigh JGS in terms of Meng Shi pragmatic thoughts. I'm speaking, of course, of Pei Ming. (This is a joke, tho wwx adopted by hulian out, jgy & the three tumors in)

how does it feel to have such a large, beautiful brain

Pei Ming:

appreciates talented women

is mindful of his responsibilities to his exes (as long as they do not become vengeful ghosts about it)

currently hiring new deputies (previous deputy was exiled due to mass murders)

doesn't have an ethical problem with mass murders

supportive of men who come up with elaborate plausible deniability rituals to flirt with/touch each other

With the support of Shi "if you don't have your own good fate, store-bought (murder someone for theirs) is fine" Wudu and Ling "make yourself indispensable and they have to forgive you for atrocities" Wen, this is the most beautiful family I can imagine

#PLEASE I NEED THIS #jgy my BELOVED

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shattered

#holds him gently

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puqi household

commissions open!

#family photo xx