#geekrambles

[geekdom2005]

Okay something drowning in fics has made me realise a lot of the times LWJs actions are boiled down to me motivated by his love for WWX, which I feel is dishonouring his character.

He is, at his core, someone who believes in justice in the world, which as a child, he thought came from the rules around him. While there was a sense of attraction towards WWX, it was also the understanding of WWX as a person, someone who is willing to stand for the righteous path, even at the cost of social ostracisation, that made LWJ fall for him.

The conflict between them was not of ends but the means of achieving them. And it wasn't until WWX's death could LWJ truly acknowledge the flaws in the system around him to the point where he could justify rebelling against it.

And yes, a lot of his actions are in WWXs favour, but that is not because he loves WWX, but more because WWX stood for the same principles LWJ did.

[geekdom2005]

Probably the reason JC and WWX view their parents blatant favouritism so differently is because JC sees him as a true sibling and gets hurt when his father gave more of his love and attention to him but WWX only saw himself as a servants son so he believed that no matter how much love and attention he'll receive he won't be more than JC

This hits especially hard when you realise that WWX is right. His fathers last words to him were, "look after my kids", but on the other hand JC actually loves him like a brother and in spite of his jealousy of WWX still gives up his golden core and life for him

The dichotomy between JC and JFM is so poetic as JFM constantly showered WWX with love and affection, but in his final moments saw him as lesser than his children, and JC spent those exact same years being jealous of his brother but never loved him any less

[geekdom2005]

JC, just days after he barely got any credit for running pillar to post to save his brother with barely any rest and succeeding in saving him, had his core melted, and he had all of a week (maybe?) to come to terms with the fact that he didn't have it anymore before WWX gave up his core for him, after which he became a sect leader overnight without the support of his family in the middle of a war which started because his entire sect was decimated, and right when he thinks everything is okay and the war has ended his brother defects and his sister is married into a different sect, his brother in law is killed by his brother, his sister dies for his brother and he's alone again, (except for a child he's now responsible for).

This obviously traumatized him and he acted very negatively towards both WWX and all demonic cultivators. Especially WWX.

But that doesn't erase who he was before all of this, or even during it. He loved his brother and gave up his life for him. He was a boy king who made his sect one of the great sects after it was razed in the war. He raised his nephew while grieving for his family and raised him well, (JL is a bit immature and arrogant, but he's intelligent, righteous, and strong willed).

In this essay I will-

[geekdom2005]

I'm listening to SoC again, as you do, and came across what is probably the most underrated lime in the entire book:

"A ghost with a syringe!?"

-Kaz Brekker

Mind you he thought this two seconds after thinking the ghost was Jordie

[geekdom2005]

"Would Kaz have gone off on that kind of a mad dog tear if it had been Jesper with a knife stuck in his side"

-Jesper 'Kaz once called him Jordie' Fahey

I would like to think so Jes

[geekdom2005]

Yknow what I would've loved to see the crows do in the shadow and bone series?

What they were actually doing in canon!

Instead of flashbacks we would have seen the really ICONIC scenes

Like Kaz rising out of the harbour and clawing up the ranks in the barrel

Inej learning all the skills she so masterfully applies during her time in the dregs

Nina learning to become a child soldier and seeing the war from their perspective

Jesper being all energetic and happy learning the craft of guns

Matthias getting taken in by Brum after his village is massacred and learning his prejudices

A certain Jan Van Eck bringing a young girl home named Alys

All we see is a snapshot of their lives during the war...

Cut to two years later in SoC

Kaz walking around with a cane and a gang under him

Inej being one of his seconds and Jesper the other

Nina working in a brothel and Matthias in prison

And we meet a new guy named Wylan Van Eck

[geekdom2005]

What if lsz said Wei Wuxian reminds him of lwj not just because they both make him feel safe, but because he reminds him of his father and at that point in the story the only father he remembers is lwj

[geekdom2005]

I just fell down a dr stone rabbit hole

And can I talk about ch. 194?

!!!Spoilers for the Dr. Stone Manga ahead!!!

It's my favorite part of the story, because the mangaka could've revived a dozen people at that moment. And he chose Suika. A child. Someone who innocently followed Senku because he didn't judge her. Someone Senku helped out and taught because she was genuinely interested in science. She truly represents how the love of science, when cultivated leads to very diligent, hard working and resolute people.

She's a child. I cannot say it enough. All she did was do what she was told. Of course she starts crying. She's showing us what Senku would've done if he was anyone else.

She is a child. She doesn't have all of science's knowledge stored in her head. All she had was what Senku taught her. It took seven years to bring Senku back. Seven years of barely knowing what she was doing. All that kept her going was that years ago Senku was in a similar if not worse position and he was able to succeed and she has to do the same. She has to bring Senku back.

It's just aaaahhhh