#i am symathetic to him but he is a huge trash goblin and does not have his life together

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jc may not be a good sect leader or brother but, objectively, he is a very funny little disaster man

#i am symathetic to him but he is a huge trash goblin and does not have his life together #which always irritates me when fic casts him as a collected guy who is perpetually Done with wwx #jc did not adequately navigate or even recognize the power structures intrinsic to his relationship w/ wwx #he grew up calling wwx brother but being taught wwx is lesser than. a servant. indebted #and his expectations on wwx were always in conflict with at least one of these things #wwx experiencing disproportionate amounts of abuse in jiang household since childhood was normal to him #of course he couldn't always stand up for wwx but it reflects in his own treatment of wwx too #and when wwx chose to put his morals above lotus pier jc could not understand #and when wwx was in a politically terrible place jc did not act to support him as a brother or share responsibility as a superior #jc was so ready to ignore the wen remnants for political peace & renege on his debts to wq and wn #he did nothing because he was a child not equipped to deal with those politics #but even later he's not a good leader. torturing dark cultivators. scaring his people into avoiding his sect's help #jc is not. a good person #he's not a good politician either #which isn't to say i don't like him #i just don't like certain fics which give him the moral high ground on wwx too much #& honestly with a lifetime of 'serve & die for jc and jyl' indoctrination & few clues that jc reciprocated his loyalty in any way #i can't blame wwx for transferring his core #like i feel its so telling that when jc was upset he made it habit to say cruel things to wwx and wwx always acted to soothe him #thats not. healthy. or acceptable. its a symptom of them living in an abusive household. & at some point jc should have realized #& apologized. or something #as an adult at least #anyway long story short:::: #jc's and wwx's relationship breaking down was not wholly wwx's fault! & it's not just him who should have communicated better #anyway idk jc sure is a multi facetted character & very interesting to explore if one is interested in #the 'young heir of broken family thrust into leadership position unexpectedly' trope playing out realistically