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so i introduced my partner [ @spaceaches ] to the untamed - pt 4 the juniors  [pt one 3zun].. [pt. 2 yi city] [pt. 3 lotus pier]

How to make a 紫砂壶 zishahu (Chinese boccaro teapot/ Yixing clay teapot)

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the necromancer himself!

you may have already answered this before, but i was just wondering what your thoughts were on that shot in ep 48/9 (canny remember which it is sorry) of jc staring at wwx when he's playing chenqing with the stygian tiger amulet for the first time since his resurrection?? because i have Many Feelings and all of them Hurt

oh, I haven’t talked about this moment before! I also just watched this moment last night, and oof--

other folks have definitely Expressed Feelings about how Jiang Cheng, at this moment, has this beautiful and agonizing mix of pride and sorrow on his face at seeing Wei Wuxian wielding Chenqing again. What struck me this time, though, was that this feels like the first time Jiang Cheng can be openly, unreservedly proud of Wei Wuxian, and yes, his dangerous talent

Before the reveal in episode 46 (and following) about the golden core and the real reason why Wei Wuxian turned to demonic cultivation, there were always caveats to any pride Jiang Cheng could feel about Wei Wuxian’s alternative cultivation -- there’s the frustration that came with Wei Wuxian’s refusal to conform to sword-carrying societal norms, the old familiar jealousy when gossiping voices whispered that Wei Wuxian is the true strength of Yunmeng Jiang, didn’t you hear, during the Sunshot Campaign -- that made it so that Jiang Cheng couldn’t be unreservedly, unproblematically proud of his shixiong and all that Wei Wuxian’s accomplished

(thinking about Jiang Cheng and that smile, back before Lotus Pier burned, back when they were two boys shooting kites in the wind--)

and now that the truth has come spilling out in a haunted temple, now that Jiang Cheng knows why Wei Wuxian did what he did -- not because Wei Wuxian was being arrogant, not because he was being difficult, not because he didn’t care about Jiang Cheng and their brotherhood and their hopes and dreams for the future,

but precisely because Wei Wuxian loved him, cared about Jiang Cheng so goddamn much that Wei Wuxian was willing to sacrifice their mutual dream of the Yunmeng Shuangjie in order to give Jiang Cheng what he wanted, what Jiang Cheng needed at the lowest point in his life, sixteen years ago in a supervisory office--

finally, finally Jiang Cheng can look at Wei Wuxian with Chenqing, and be proud of his shixiong with no qualms, no conditions. They’ve already tried everything else -- no one in the temple is a match for a vengeful Baxia, and the Twin Jades have already tried soothing the saber spirit to no avail -- so for Wei Wuxian to step up, to perform his alternative cultivation with the unparalleled skill, grace, and poise that he was so admired and hated for -- in a sense, this moment is the first time Jiang Cheng’s feelings have been able to throw off all the obstacles that came between the two of them -- jealousy, bitterness, hatred, frustration, resentment, misunderstanding

because here is a truth about the Yunmeng Shuangjie -- both of them were instrumental, fundamental, foundational in shaping the other; Jiang Cheng, without Wei Wuxian’s golden core, could not have revitalized the Yunmeng Jiang sect as confidently and successfully as he did

and Wei Wuxian, without being driven by the force of his love and devotion to his adopted family, the home that gave him his shidi and shijie that he would tear open heaven and earth for, reinvent the flow of natural energies for, crawl out of the dark of the Burial Mounds for, would have never been able to become the fearsome Yiling Laozu that he was

at any point, in the unending twilight of the Burial Mounds, Wei Wuxian could have given up and died. He’d lost his golden core -- cut it out of himself, given it away -- anyone else would have called it a day, gone gentle into that good night. Heck, Jiang Cheng nearly gave up the fight after the same happened to him

but Wei Wuxian had so much to fight for. Wei Wuxian had people he wanted to, needed to return to, and without the fierce motivator of love, he wouldn’t have made it out of the Burial Mounds

and Jiang Cheng is undoubtedly an instrumental, integral part of that