the salt and the sea

wei wuxian also:

was an arrogant ass by his own admission

had a martyr and a hero complex

held no respect for jiang cheng's agency

harassed wen qing into performing an untested, theoretical medical procedure that could have killed both him AND jiang cheng, and did not so much as consult or talk to jiang cheng about it at all

refused, at every opportunity, to tell even a modified version of the truth about why he was using demonic cultivation

committed war crimes on a massive scale

reanimated the 17/18 year old wen ning, trapping him as an undead being who CANNOT EVEN CRY

refused help at every single turn, so convinced of his own righteousness when he could have used his many connections to find asylum for the elderly people he was looking over

his refusal to tell the truth or ask for help (because of his own arrogance, again by his own admission), and his loss of control over his poisonous form of 'cultivation' lead to the death of jin zixuan

murdered thousands of people at nightless city

indirectly caused the death of jiang yanli

The 'second flutist' is a drama only addition. In all other forms of the story, Qiongqi Path and Nightless City are Wei Wuxian's own complete lack of control and it's consequences. Whether Jin Guangyao was directly manipulating sentiment about Wei Wuxian or not, he quite literally did not have the pull or the power to cause everything that happened. He was the barely recognized bastard son of Jin Guangshan.

Su She cast the curse on Jin Zixun of his own volition. Even if Jin Guangyao sent Zixuan to Qiongqi with the hopes of something bad happening, it was still Wei Wuxian that caused Zixuan's death.

It was still a renegade corpse under Wei Wuxian's summons that first injured Jiang Yanli.

Wei Wuxian is not innocent. That's a huge, major point in the entire story. He fucked up, and he knows it, and now he has to live with that for the rest of his life.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The ends do not justify the means.

you should celebrate today by reading (or rereading) an obikin fic & leaving a comment! there’s so many to chose from! 🥰🥰🥰

al hashimi: i think it might be good to have two attendings

It is the 1st year anniversary of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2!