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Jc and wwx being "adoptive brothers" is actually more of a fanon (I don& #39;t count CQL as canon really) n being martial bros/sworn bros is very different.
At best they are best friends n comrades. Author herself hasn& #39;t called them "brothers" in her interviews +
Jc and wwx being "adoptive brothers" is actually more of a fanon (I don& #39;t count CQL as canon really) n being martial bros/sworn bros is very different.
At best they are best friends n comrades. Author herself hasn& #39;t called them "brothers" in her interviews +
The decision to see them as more "familial" bros is mainly fan perspective n hence a fanon. Martial family is more like....say in Indian context, a guruji taking in disciples n while said disciples refer to e/o as "bhai, behen" two disciples under the same guruji can get married+
(at least I don& #39;t remember there being taboos). What IS weird actually is when a guruji has a romantic relationship with a shishya. Cz guru-shishya relation is seen as sacred. Anyway, deviating from the point here.
I understood Martial sect ties thru my understanding of gurukula
I understood Martial sect ties thru my understanding of gurukula
In the Vedic education system, students left their homes to live under the guru n while they are family they are also not. They are STUDENTS n the only brotherhood they share is studying under the same guru (ofc in Mahabharata, the Pandavas n Kauravas were actual blood+
Brothers but that& #39;s different)
I think martial Sects are similar except more militant along with the usual education of the 6 arts.
So when jfm took in wwx, he was taking him into the martial family not actual family. Even wwx himself knows the fact when he refers to himself+
I think martial Sects are similar except more militant along with the usual education of the 6 arts.
So when jfm took in wwx, he was taking him into the martial family not actual family. Even wwx himself knows the fact when he refers to himself+
As a "guest" or the "son of another" n why he has trouble believing jfm would like him over jc coz he doesn& #39;t see himself as an adopted son. No one does actually.
And it& #39;s BECAUSE wwx isn& #39;t adopted into the family that the fact that jfm favours him over jc is more "scandalous"+
And it& #39;s BECAUSE wwx isn& #39;t adopted into the family that the fact that jfm favours him over jc is more "scandalous"+
To other ppl coz "jfm favouring one of his STUDENTS over his own son? What??" If wwx had been adopted as a "son" ppl wouldnt talk as much. Nor would they find the fact that wwx was the favoured son so shocking.
Plus, this point has been mentioned b4 but ymj is a big clan+
Plus, this point has been mentioned b4 but ymj is a big clan+
N if wwx really was an adopted son ppl wouldn& #39;t continuously refer to him as "son of a servant". The only adaptation that refered directly to wwx n jc as "bros" is CQL which, in any case, is the faultiest adaptation n apparently from what I know, it was also a translation error+
In the Netflix subs (Netflix subs are crap anyway). In the donghua episode the "they grew up more like brothers than a master n servant" is more to highlight on the fact that jc n wwx grew up as "EQUALS" despite the class difference (at least that& #39;s how I understand it)+
I& #39;m not really sure why I& #39;m writing this thread but I& #39;m writing this thread. To satisfy myself ig.
In any case, going thru the novel, once again I& #39;ve noticed neither wwx nor jc refer to each other as brothers even ONCE, not even as shidi/shixiong so even they don& #39;t see e/o+
In any case, going thru the novel, once again I& #39;ve noticed neither wwx nor jc refer to each other as brothers even ONCE, not even as shidi/shixiong so even they don& #39;t see e/o+
As bros but as friends or equals. Jyl is the only one who sees wwx as a brother but that& #39;s more of her personal feeling (kinda like you have a close friend you KNOW u will never have anything romantic w coz that friend feels more like a sis/bro)+
When jyl answers to Madame jin& #39;s concern about her n wwx being seen as something more, she means it more like "u don& #39;t have to worry cz a-xian is more like a little bro to me. I am not in love w him"
Jc & wwx& #39;s bond is never even CLEARLY mentioned of what kind it is+
Jc & wwx& #39;s bond is never even CLEARLY mentioned of what kind it is+
