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she/her, early 30s. Once upon a time, this was a Supernatural blog, but now MXTX fandoms own my brain

girl why the hell WEREN'T you at the devil's sacrament 👀 that's three sacraments in a row you've missed 👀 👀 👀

girl i'm so embarrassed i thought we were doing group costumes? babe do u have any idea what an ass i looked showing up as just the BOTTOM HALF of Our Lord Baphomet? not even a full ass just a half ass with cloven hooves, that was me. last nite. at the devil's sacrament. where u didn't show. hell u don't even give a shit

people keep telling me “oh jin guangyao is evil” “he arranged the deaths of hundreds” well i have had just about enough of listening to “facts” or “reason”

[image is a digital drawing of jin guangyao bowing; lan xichen, just barely visible in the frame, catches his arms as he does so. jin guangyao’s eyes are downcast, his expression a little sombre and tired.]

the first time i read the blackwater arc i was like "ohh this is so interesting" and the second time, i was like "wait this is so sad i'm going to cry" and now on the third reread i'm laughing so hard because this arc is actually so funny. for example:

  • pei ming dribbling ghosts like a basketball
  • shi wudu looking at a skeleton and going "no that's not pei ming. his bone structure is flatter"
  • xie lian apologizing to black water manor for trespassing (ming yi is right there)
  • this:

Thinking about why “redemption” plots for JGY don’t work for me, I feel like it boils down to this: redemption implies that one needs to 1) understand what they did wrong 2) atone for it through suffering and/or selfless actions

But JGY has already done both of those things in canon. He both understands very well and dislikes most of the things he had to do, and as soon as he gained a measure of power he used it pointedly to help others (actually, even before he had power he was saving sect leaders and winning wars)!

You want him to redeem himself through suffering? He’s already suffered more than just about anyone else in the book! You want him to redeem himself through public service? He’s been doing that for well over a decade!

In short, redemption arcs don’t work for me because I read JGY as someone who, as long as his life is not threatened (and sometimes even then) already chooses to do good. So I don’t think he needs to learn or discover in himself the will to do good (through a redemption arc) - he only needs the chance and relative safety that allows him to act on it.

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