we, of course, came from hell

contrasted I guess to Wei Wuxian’s approach to rules and punishment, which is that punishment is arbitrary and can come at any time, and there’s really no way to avoid it, so you might as well just do whatever the heck you want anyway

contrasted again to Meng Yao/Jin Guangyao’s approach, which is that punishment is what the powerful inflict on the powerless for doing the same things the powerful do, so “right” and “wrong” are just words for “when I do it” and “when you do it”

All I'm saying is that "Song Lan's body will never deteriorate and Xiao Xingchen's soul will never reincarnate so they're separated forever yet Song Lan still bears their swords and dreams while yearning for a past that won't come back" literally sounds like the beginning of a whole epic danmei novel and not the end of a random subplot

actually jiang cheng is the most emotionally normal character in the untamed. everyone else is either like "oh these unthinkable tragedies have happened to me... time to bear it like a hero and immediately continue doing good and noble deeds" or "hmm. unthinkable tragedies have happened to me, so i must construct an intricate plan to take down society" while jiang cheng is like "unthinkable tragedies have happened to me. i need to have a breakdown before continuing with my life"

#Jiang Cheng: I’ll do my job I just need to cry about it first

pondering jin guangyao’s insane customer service worker energy when i realized he has literally killed every single boss he’s had. wen ruohan? dead. jin guangshan? dead. nie mingjue? Extra Dead. employing this man has a 100% fatality rate.

controversial opinion maybe, but I personally think lan sizhui is much more likely to be traumatised by the realisation that the lan sect took an active part in killing what was left of his family than he is by wei wuxian being short with him a couple of times when he was four.

I am always a bit baffled that there are such strong reactions against Jiang Cheng allegedly torturing and killing a bunch of demonic cultivators in a story where the actual protagonist does in fact very explicitly and unambiguously torture a bunch of people to death in truly creative and horrifying ways, which includes not only forcing a guy to eat his own legs but also feeding his fingers to an undead baby. I mean, to each their own obviously, but like, this is where we’re going to draw the proverbial line in the sand?

idk if this is known to the non-chinese speaking fandom of cql, but the reason Luo Qingyang’s nickname is “mianmian” is because the “yang” in her name means “lamb”. And wool-sheep in chinese is “mian-yang”.  its hella cute.