#i have clicked on a few fics so tagged because i am unfortunately not immune to boredom or an interesting summary.

[melongumi]

me, seeing yet another fic tagged “Canon Jiang Cheng Characteristics”: just tag it character bashing you sanctimonious cowards. you don’t decide what canon is

#let the record state that jiang cheng was a GOOD BOY who grew into worse versions of himself after-- #repEATEDLY losing everything he cared about #let the record state that jiang cheng loves his brother (BROTHER; not subordinate) #let the record state that WEI WUXIAN HAS HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR for the degeneration of his political relationship with jiang sect- #-prior to his death #and can i just say how frustrating it is that there's no apparent agreed-upon meaning for this fucking tag? #i have clicked on a few fics so tagged because i am unfortunately not immune to boredom or an interesting summary. #i have seen it mean anything from OUTRIGHT BULLSHIT even less charitable than the donghua characterization (derogatory) #i have seen it mean ACTUAL canon-compliant characterization featuring teenage angst and good intentions #i have seen it mean things in between and things out of left field. I HATE IT #GOD just. i see it and all i can hear is ''it's not bashing it's canon!! [says bullshit that was never in the book or show]'' #''it's canon therefore you can't criticize me'' #IT'S FUCKING NOT #also have y'all SEEN jiang cheng's wiki page these days? That writing does NOT meet standards for unbiased writing. #i feel like this has been getting worse and worse over the past year. what the FUCK is going on. #IMPORTANT ADDITION: jiang cheng's 'worse versions of himself' were STILL BETTER THAN MOST OF THE ASSHOLES HE HAS TO WORK WITH