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content warning: canon-typical 3zun 🫠

bonus huaisang, as a treat:

#oh my god #the content warning was FUCKING NEEDED #these are so good they are genuinely a shorthand for their relationship #desire and suffering?? #learning attack patterns is gay?? #easy as fuck to parry?? #13 AND LONELY?? #EVISCERATING #BEAUTIFUL #mdzs art #proudly tagged #3zun #never one without the other #guys who do everything 💅🏻 #jgy #get jgy with it #lxc #mdzs memes

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-King Lear, Act III, Scene 5

#posts that cut to the absolute core #posts that destroy me personally #JGY x TRAGEDIES. GIVE IT ALL TO ME #if you think I’m not reading lear just for this you are Wrong #i want to sink my teeth into the sweet sweet parallel analysis #op tags of all time #mdzs meta #nieyao #jgy #get jgy with it #so may things could have been solved if only jgs tripped and broke his neck falling down those stairs #<- prev tags

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I made my very first Untamed text post gif, which I guess means I have to use Tumblr now.

#mesmerising #jgy #get jgy with it

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okay but for REAL we as a society need to do more with the fact that Wen Ning is to Wei Wuxian as Su Minshan is to Jin Guangyao. willing to kill and die and betray his entire sect for a guy who gave him one (1) compliment. icons, the both of them.

#📢 #you’re right and you should say so #this!!!!!! this is so unbelievably true??? #😩 #jgy #su she #no bc this level of devotion is studied in depth in this story and we should honour it #they defined Standing By their respective guys

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yes he is turning on the full power of his manipulation abilities here but hear me out: the feeling of betrayal is (obviously imo) real

if i were jgy i would be devastated. not just devastated. enraged. zewu-jun barged in here with everyone because he believed jgy had da-ge’s head on a shelf? I’m sorry, ZEWU JUN? BELIEVED?? the depth of the betrayal of that is nauseating to me. what the fuck has jgy ever done for lxc to believe that?? *checks notes* ah yes.. the lifesaving watchtowers.. making sure lwj’s reputation survived wwx.. helped everyone he could at every turn… definitely the marks of a guy that has their sworn brother’s head in his closet. dude. that is HEARTBREAKING.

(I mean, he did. he very much so did have his head in his closet. but for lxc to be willing to believe that????? devastating.)

this is the guy that lxc watched/helped REBUILD THE ENTIRE JIANGHU FROM DAMN NEAR SCRATCH. how many late nights?? how many months of quiet, gentle company at the Cloud Recesses (that he helped rebuild and paid for)??? like, this went on for TWO DECADES. TWO DECADES of night hunts and unwavering loyalty and reading each others’ minds and being each other’s closest person. it’s canon that they tell each other everything. jgy gives no one else earnest, unguarded access like he does lxc* (at the very least, earnest). I understand that lxc is reeling (and that this game only works if played fast, and was organised to give no one time to reflect or think anything through) but HOW is his first reaction not more defensive in a situation as extreme as this?

(I think the answer is that if this is his A-Yao that he knows so well, A-Yao will understand that lxc needs to give everything fair consideration and will honour that/not take it personally. which, in fairness (as proven by the Jade token cloud recesses scene where jgy is saying he’ll make sure lwj’s reputation is safe and gives lxc a chance to see da-ge before burial) he seems to do. soooo lxc gets second chances! good to know)

(cut to jgy asking why he doesn’t get another chance to get things right. why lxc won’t give it to him)

that feeling is… exhausting. even if jgy has been devoted to this man (and highkey the jianghu) body and soul for two decades, his first reaction is still mistrust in a situation like this.

(yeah yeah i know he defends him with wangxian and that he’s mild-mannered and introspective but SIR. this is JGY. WHERE is the outrage)

anyhow. this isn’t me trying to decide whether it’s “fair” for lxc to react the way he did. my thesis statement stands: i think in that moment, after the violent despair of Qin su dying, jgy’s feeling of betrayal at realising the extent of what’s going on finally bleeds through. it’s not just him and his clever words. it’s genuine (justified imo) betrayal

(cut to the fucking 3zun ceremony where they say we will not betray each other)

*not sure if i stand by this (su she??? what about our boy) but that merits a whole post in and of itself

#mdzs meta #jgy #get jgy with it #xiyao #music and letters and tea #this drives me up the metaphorical wall #can you tell #Jin guangyao #lxc #jgy defence league ⚔️

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hello and welcome to the how do i save this guy’s life rn eyelash flicker

#jgy #get jgy with it #nieyao #jgy helping as much as he can in absolutely ridiculously dangerous situations? #more likely than you think #(it’s every single time) #zzj my BELOVED #he took our special little guy and said i hear you let’s fucking go full send #Jin guangyao

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jin guangyao remains THE most compelling and dynamic non-protagonist character in mdzs, and no amount of rudely tagged character hate will change that

"but i hate him and NEED to share that i hate him with anyone who might check the character tags!!!"

🖕😌🖕

no you don't

#there would be no need for a jgy defence league if people behaved in the tags #and YET #here we are #jgy defence league ⚔️ #op i am picturing a crowd roaring with approval #with obligatory ‘very sensible’ and enthusiastic head nods #just audible over the racket #someone says ‘they’re right and they should say it’ #everyone turns #it’s su she #more cheering #i too can tag my fanciful bs in a way that will frustrate everybody #OR we can all stick to our tags and have a merry time #<3

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Jiggy stans stay strong

#oh my GOD #look at him #jgy #get jgy with it #he looks so pretty all the time #pretty enough to get away with murder #(unless an external interfering force interferes past all logic and exhaustion) #mdzs memes

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pov you’re zewu-jun sitting at the newly rebuilt Cloud Recesses library and you glance up. it’s late. it’s almost time to retire to your rooms and fetch some tea.

part 1 of the Cloud Recesses detailed study

#if you can convince him to stop working for 2 minutes #….. zewu-jun has his methods #i believe in him #jgy #get jgy with it #xiyao #music and letters and tea #myart #mdzs #the untamed #mdzs art #the untamed art #cql art #Jin guangyao #lan xichen #lxc #i just wanted a soft one ok #xiyao art #mdzs fanart #xiyao fanart

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#the QUICKNESS with which he goes from shock to #’ohhhh no if you're doing this to me you're doing it ALL THE WAY MOTHERFUCK'

via @kaen-ace-of-diamonds because that’s him that’s jgy

I've been thinking about this cql!JGY moment... a lot

#jgy #get jgy with it #prev tags re st sebastian— #xiyao #music and letters and tea

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OP tags deserve a highlight: #people who have rights in this scene beside Qin Su: #WWX (for making an effort); SMS (for being a dick but at least in a useful way?); JC (for reacting to QS's death when he enters) #that is IT that's the ENTIRE LIST #neutral rights for JL as he is a child #slight negative for JGY and NHS who earns points for appropriate reactions but lose them for uhhhhh creating the situation #negative rights for the Twin Jades who are just soooo fucking useless. especially LXC! #either his bf is innocent and just traumatically lost his wife OR his bf is a murderer and should be suspected in his wife's sudden death #and he just sits there being deeply awkward #I mean. relatable! but if you feel awkward you could at least try to be productive about it. get some funeral potatoes Zewu-jun damn

I'm also sad right now because, unlike in the novel where everyone totally sucks, someone DOES speak directly to Qin Su in CQL's treasure room scene. When Wei Wuxian comes up to check on her and confirm that she's not under a spell, he whispers "Jin-furen?" to her in concern. She doesn't acknowledge him, which feels weird, right? Why wouldn't she latch onto a potential source of help, especially one whom she knows is now affiliated with the influential Hanguang-jun since she saw them together during the banquet earlier?

EXCEPT

One of CQL's changes is to make Qin Su the target of Mo Xuanyu's unwanted advances instead of Jin Guangyao. So Qin Su, already having an awful time due to the incest marriage revelations, is now (as far as she knows) being addressed by her harasser whom she now knows is also a half-brother. No wonder she's not engaging! It's ANOTHER INCEST SITUATION! And everyone else is just standing there, except for Su Minshan, who snidely remarks "So Mo-gongzi brought us into the chamber just to see Jin-furen!" which! underscores! her probable concerns!

And I'm sad about it because maybe, if the Suibian reveal had somehow happened SOONER--if Jin Guangyao had replaced the head with something that attacked Wei Wuxian when he pulled back the curtain, forcing him to grab Suibian in defense, maybe--and Qin Su knew Wei Wuxian for who he was, then things would have gone differently!

#dude the way this INCENSES ME #lxc’s reaction makes NO! SENSE #WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOURE JUSY STANDING THERE #like even if he’s all ooo morally grey and confused abt jgy rn #he has MIXED feelings #where is the MIX #he’s been your soulmate for TWO DECADES AND HIS WIFE JUST KHS IN FRONT OF HIM #??????????? #i would be so fucking betrayed were i jgy #i have Thoughts on this scene in general #mdzs meta #jgy #get jgy with it

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#JGY bb ​I see u doing the hand-fidgety thing also seen at Guanyin Temple

via @poorlittleyaoyao

#‘oh my god the self-soothing thumb gesture from Guanyin temple…’ #zzj: when jgy is Suffering bc of other people he grips things tightly #when jgy is Suffering bc of himself he does the thumb fidget. #wow he is such an actor

via @greenandhazy

Nie Mingjue (becoming a fierce corpse) | Ep. 41 (flashback)

#PHYSICAL TIC GIVEAWAYS MY BELOVED #had to add prev tags the analysis is too crunchy #everything about jgy around nmj #jgy #get jgy with it #nieyao #mdzs meta

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#correct read of jgy #I would trust him in ANY grand plan situation #jgy #get jgy with it #with those eyes you can do whatever you want babygirl etc etc #hot take if you don’t trust jgy we did not read the same books/watch the same show #jgy defence league ⚔️

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You and i are peers, there's no need for such grand gestures.

+ Bonus

#PARALLELS HELLO YES #BOWING SERIES PAIN EDITION #stunning. no notes #music and letters and tea #xiyao #jgy #get jgy with it #cql

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Xiyao having a genuinely good and, yes, healthy (especially by the standards of the narrative they are in) relationship and still coming to grief are not mutually exclusive. They are doomed by external forces and the narrative as it stands provides them with no way out.

#mdzs meta #xiyao #music and letters and tea

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imagine you got drunk for the second time in your life, first time in a decade, and wake up with no memory of anything you did, half naked in bed next to the man you’re secretly in love with. he laughs and tells you that he just took off both your clothes to mess with you, but don’t worry nothing happened. the pieces of the dismembered corpse you’ve been collecting start screaming, and in reaction, the love of your life reaches inside your robe to fish out his flute. after you subdue the corpse with a musical duet, the psychopath you love more than anything starts slapping the dismembered bare torso and talking about how much the dude must have worked out to look this hot. you are Lan Wangji, the most upright, principled member of the strictest clan in the area, how do you deal with the fact that your reaction to this is jealousy?

#lwj #(wei ying voice) lan zhan!

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Guys, I just now noticed one more interesting little detail in the Untamed!

You know the names of the buildings in the Cloud Recesses: the lecture room/hall Lanshi (兰室, Lánshì, "Orchid Room"); Yashi (雅室, Yǎshì, "Elegant Room") – the reception room/hall; the spirit-summoning room/hall Mingshi (冥室, Míngshì, lit. "Underworld Room" or "Room of Darkness"); Hanshi (寒室, Hánshì, lit. "Frost Room") - Lan Xichen's residence; and Lan Wangji's Jingshi (静室, Jìngshì, lit. "Quiet Room"), right?

The character used to write the "shì", room, in the names is 室, here seen in the Lanshi and the Yashi (the names are read from right to left):

As a side note, the Lan seem to use the traditional rather than the simplified characters, so the "lán" in the Lanshi is written with 蘭 rather than 兰.

BUT. Not so in the Jingshi! Instead of the 室, a slightly different character is used for the "room":

My trusty dictionary did not know the character in question, so I started to look at what was different:

As such, the character 凶 (xiōng) means act of violence, murder, evil. An evildoer. A murderer. And as Lan Xichen told Wei Wuxian, we know who lived in the Jingshi before it became Lan Wangji's residence: "It is the place where our mother lived in the Cloud Recesses".

So, it seems that when the house became Madam Lan's prison, the character was changed to reflect her crime, denoting the place as the quiet room of a murderer. Accentuated by the reversed colours of the sign:

This has probably been quite self-evident to anyone who actually speaks and reads Chinese, but was quite an oooff! to me as I realised. One more killer detail in CQL 😟.

And while I was at it, I just had to check what it says above the gate (seen here when LWJ returns home with the Emperor's Smile):

As far as I can read it, the characters are 影竹堂 (yǐng zhú táng), which I freely translate as "Bamboo Shadow Court". An apt name for the place.

Hopefully it offered some solace to Madam Lan.

And oh, I just have to add! As Hanshi is the Sect Leader's residence, Lan Xichen is living in their father's house, while Lan Wangji is living in their mother's. And the two houses are more or less identical, down to the furnishings (just check the scene where Lan Xichen confronts Wen Chao and his muddy boots in ep8 vs. The Wangxian Scene in ep43). So did Qinghen-jun have the house built for his wife, identical to the house she was not allowed to live in? That is quite plausible, in universe. Out universe, they probably had only so many buildings to shoot in :).