#the one kicking the bodies into the hole was nhs but shh

[songofclarity]

When Nie MingJue catches Meng Yao murdering that officer, Nie MingJue immediately jumps in to save Meng Yao's life.

But in CQL, it is Meng Yao who immediately jumps in to save Nie MingJue's life.

When Meng Yao leaves the Qinghe Nie Sect, it is with feelings of respect on Nie MingJue’s part and a glowing recommendation letter in Meng Yao’s hand.

But in CQL, Nie MingJue kicks Meng Yao across the floor and casts him out in bitter disgrace.

When Wen RuoHan has Nie MingJue lying bloodied and beaten at his feet, he asks, “He’s the one who killed Wen Xu?”

Meng Yao readily confirms, “That’s right. It was him.”

But in CQL, Meng Yao doesn't answer.

When Jin GuangYao reaches the end, his last words to Lan XiChen are, “You, on the other hand, ZeWu-Jun, Sect Leader Lan, are as intolerant of me as Nie MingJue—you refuse to spare me even a single breath of life!”

His formal last words, which immediately follow, are, “Fuck you, Nie MingJue! You think I’m really scared of you?! I…”

But in CQL, his last words are all to Lan XiChen, "Stay and die with me.”

It’s really fascinating how CQL painted such a different picture of Jin GuangYao. It's like how Jin GuangYao would have wanted to be seen and remembered. On the one hand, CQL presented this idealized and romanticized man who cared about other people but struggled against the powers that be. On the other hand, the novel is how he actually was, which was a man who could not stop digging himself into a hole in order to reach the sky, and so he just kept digging expecting to come out the other side, and then got angry when people kept kicking the dead bodies of his crimes into the grave he had incidentally made instead.

[CQL quotes by Netflix, novel quotes by Exiled Rebels Scanlations]

#the one kicking the bodies into the hole was nhs but shh #mdzs thoughts #jin guangyao #mdzs quotes #cql #novel vs cql #just saw a post that made me think of this #personally i don't like how cql had jgy save nmj's life in the unclean realm #it's very out of character for a man #who proudly stated mind you #that his life is more important than other people's #but ah well lol #this post is also brought to you by the foundation of #we love and respect da-ge in this house #because cql LIED to everyone about nmj in order to make jgy look good