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he is his own individual person! his life did not revolve around wwx! everything he has done is not because of wwx! you can love a person and still have separate lives and personalities from them and a lot of people completely erase lwj’s whole character bc of this https://twitter.com/lovuann/status/1274952444842295297
lwj has always been righteous and just. he got the name hanguang-jun BEFORE he even met wwx. yes, you can argue that wwx was something like a catalyst in the way he helped lwj see things are not only black and white, but a lot of things lwj did were bc of his own maturity and—
responses to the circumstances he was put in. he’s been through a shit ton and people always seem to ignore that. worse, they act like lwj’s life has always been perfect and all he did was pine after wwx and cry about it when he died when that is definitely NOT the case—
yes, he grieved wwx because he did love him, but he did not spend 13/16 whole ass YEARS crying about his first love. guys Please. he had a sect and a son to think about. he was injured and alienated by his clan because of his actions. he had relationships to mend. he had—
disciples to teach. he had his home to rebuild. yes, he did mourn wwx, and maybe he always felt a small part of his absence—you feel these things when you lose someone you dearly loved, i know the feeling. but he moved on with his life
and a lot of ppl would b like “well why did lwj play inquiry every night if he wasn’t completely and utterly shattered over wwx’s death?” first, there’s a difference between wanting some closure over a loved one’s death vs. tripping all over yourself to grieve them
lwj wasn’t made as a character for wwx’s story. please. he is so much better than that. (not denying the fact that wangxian had HUGE influences on each other’s character arcs) but lwj has his own motivations and morals and i am SO sick of people completely erasing that
just to have lwj’s whole entire existence revolve around wwx and his problems/thoughts/ideas etc.
AND ANOTHER THING: lwj is NOT a fucking caveman PLEASE. he does not exist purely to speak in one word sentences and b horny (although the horny grip meme is fucking hilarious.)
he is extremely eloquent and we often forget that when he is comfortable w a person, he is very much actively engaged in a conversation!! it isn’t that lwj doesn’t speak, it’s just that he chooses his words carefully and they are often extremely poetic
he would not purposefully engage in frivolous chatter if he deems it not necessary. and ppl portray lwj as someone who doesn’t know the existence of pronouns but YALL he is literally one of the most highly educated and powerful cultivators in the world—ofc he speaks extremely—
eloquently using expressions that are concise and not exactly common in order to get his points across. but he uses diff types of communication w diff ppl as seen by that one scene w a-yuan. lwj said something in formal terms and then repeated himself in more common ones.
OKAY THIS IS GETTING WAY TOO LONG but one last thing: lwj is not perfect by any means—yes, he’s petty sometimes, and doesn’t always say the things he wants to—but you have to understand, he has been raised to neglect his own feelings for the greater good at ALL costs, and that—
takes a toll on someone’s ability to express their feelings on things that happen to themselves! he is so selfless, and has seen so much shit while he was a teenager and until now, he is justified in some of his actions. obviously, we don’t know his own feelings bc mdzs—
is mainly wwx’s story, but lwj has deeply rooted ideas and insecurities that prevent him from doing some of the things that a lot of ppl in the fandom hate on him for which is NOT OK
ANYWAYS this thread is already too long and im gonna end it here!! lmk what you think huhuhu
