#Also you're totally allowed to hate JGY still. I just wanted to point out the delicious parallels and uncritical moral hypocrisy

[hattedhedgehog]

In MDZS there’s a main character of humble beginnings who was accepted into a major sect, and was scorned by the cultivation world for his unconventional and underhanded methods. Despite playing a big part in ending the Sunshot Campaign, he ended up scapegoated all the same by his so-called allies. It is undeniable that he committed atrocities with collateral damage, out of both survival and revenge, and made terrible mistakes and lashed out when trapped. All the same, his devoted Lan boyfriend unwaveringly stood by him no matter the cost, and went into seclusion after his beloved’s brutal death.

Anyway enough about Jin Guangyao, let’s talk about Wei Wuxian-

#mdzs #the untamed #wei wuxian #Jin Guangyao #I get upset on a daily basis that people refuse to see the deliberate narrative parallels between them because it's so GOOD AND CLEVER #they're like...linked and shit...it's on purpose... #if you think one is entirely right and good and deserves redemption but the other is 100% evil how does it feel to be Sect Leader Yao #this is mainly focused on CQL-only interpretations but hhrhhghh #like JGY is undeniably doing terrible shit but he's by no means among pure company #this whole story is a big moral onion. Layers and layers. #xiyao #tagging just in case #also by LXC 'standing unwaveringly by' I meant 'seeing the best in him and trying to protect him and trust him' while he was looked down on #ALSO to address some of your tags: yes Xichen flipped out on him at the end but who wouldn't honestly. But he still cared about him #and wanted answers from JGY himself not the rumour mill. And he did not intentionally stab him!!! That was NHS's machination jfc #I'm not excusing JGY's crimes. They were bad. He did bad stuff. But in a less cruel world he had the potential to be a better person. #Also you're totally allowed to hate JGY still. I just wanted to point out the delicious parallels and uncritical moral hypocrisy