At Some Point You Gotta Stop Chasing Ghosts Between The Lines And Simply Read The Lines.

”At some point you gotta stop chasing ghosts between the lines and simply read the lines.”

Always on point, @mxtxfanatic And much love for helping me slowly shed my fanon shell having entered this fandom via first, post-CQL fanfiction, second, CQL shitposts, and finally, reading the novel but late at night in large bursts so everything is a bit jumbled.

"Why else would Wei Wuxian do what he did for Jiang Cheng if not because of love?"

Jiang Cheng dodged to the side before attacking, “When does not now mean? I’ve had enough of you—get lost right now!” Wei WuXian shouted, “Uncle Jiang and Madam Yu said for me to look after you, for you to be well!”

—Chapt. 59: Poisons, exr

Does Wei Wuxian still care for Jiang Cheng as a friend at this point in time? Yes. Is that friendship the driving force behind his decision-making between the fall of Lotus Pier and his later defection from the Jiang? No. That's why Wei Wuxian can defect with no psychological burden later on in life: he got Jiang Cheng to live and live well. He fulfilled every debt that mattered. Jiang Cheng, unburdened by such a debt to look after Wei Wuxian, in turn places blame on Wei Wuxian:

Under the grief and the fury, Jiang Cheng had lost his mind. He couldn’t control the strength that he used at all. Wei WuXian pulled at his wrist, “Jiang Cheng...” Holding him on the ground, Jiang Cheng continued to roar, “Why did you save Lan WangJi?! Why did you have to speak up?! How many times have I told you not to stir up trouble! Not to strike! Do you really want to play the hero so much?! Have you seen what happened when you played the hero?! Huh?! Are you happy now?! “Lan WangJi and Jin ZiXuan and those people can just die! Just let them die! What’s their deaths got to do with us?! To do with our sect?! Why did this have to happen?! Why?! “Go die, go die, go die! Everyone!!!” ... In his heart, Jiang Cheng knew clearly that back in the cave of the Xuanwu of Slaughter at Dusk-Creek Mountain, even if Wei WuXian hadn’t saved Lan WangJi, the Wen Sect would have found some reason to come over sooner or later. But he had always felt that, if the whole thing with Wei WuXian didn’t happen, maybe it wouldn’t have been so soon, maybe there would’ve been some way to turn things around. It was this torturing thought that filled his heart with hatred and wrath.

Not every conflict or sacrifice in a work of fiction need be motivated by love. At some point you gotta stop chasing ghosts between the lines and simply read the lines.

Source: neko.cat.cafe

'the ultimate computer' aka uncannily precise vision of the future in which starfleet wants to replace jim with ai but spock and bones are not having it

I am going feral at all the times ai is being a menace in this show and how accurate it is to the bs present we're living in

gritty realism in my shows? no no, you misunderstand

I want nitty gritty realism in my shows

I do not wish for fantasy that is Dirty and Sad. I wish for fantasy where beleaguered accountants and politicians do battle between territories via manipulating prices on various treasure types, all in the attempt to boost their rich foes past the Dragon Threshold and get burnt alive when the dragon arrives to claim their stuff. Show me the ramifications of a Summon Food spell on farming. Show me the Counterspell arms race.

Gimme that sweet sweet serotonin of micromanagement

@wuxiaphoenix

Who in Colors can do this? Or does Mary pick up a hobby?

suxiu苏绣/suzhou embroidery of traditional chinese embroidery by xue shuping薛淑萍

work of suxiu masters in museums

getting horror movie vibes from the trip your friends were planning, you decided to simply stay home.