Would NMJ and JGY be considered morally grey?
Wasn't NMJ influenced by the cultivation of his clan, affecting his mental state? He is a righteous individual, no? He was respected by many, including LWJ and WWX, for his strength.
JGY. for all that he did, still had reasons to do what he did at the expense of a few people. Didn't he still do good as the most powerful man in the cultivation world?
Nie Mingjue: Yes, because while we see moments of his righteousness (having a dedicated task for helping civilians in the war zones during the Sunshot Campaign; standing up for Meng Yao as he was being derided for his lowly background; calling for Xue Yang’s execution), we know that he also has a cruel streak where if he feels wronged by someone, he will persecute that individual’s entire clan, using evidence and slander alike to justify this hatred (his persecution of the Wen remnants; the way he adopts the insults thrown at Meng Yao to deride the newly legitimized Jin Guangyao after their falling out). None of this has anything to do with his cultivation style. The Nie Clan’s cultivation doesn’t turn people into genocidal bigots lol (Also, Wei Wuxian respected him as a cultivator, but idk where it ever says what Lan Wangji’s stance on the guy was. Respecting someone’s skill ≠ respecting them as a person.)
Jin Guangyao: No, because he is just a bad person. “Morally gray” does not mean “has a reason for doing evil things,” it means that a person’s moral compass is not purely aligned with either goodness or evil, that they will wholeheartedly engage in acts that fall on either end of the spectrum. Jin Guangyao’s moral compass, however, is aligned with evil. Like, idk why this has to be said. All of this guy’s “reasons” for doing shit was “but if I didn’t, my dad wouldn’t have acknowledged me 🥺” and then after he MURDERED said dad, his excuse became “but if I didn’t, it would ruin my reputation 🥺” There’s not a single thing that man has done that was for verifiably altruistic reasons, and the one thing people always bring up (the watch towers), 1) did not have any positive effect on the world and 2) were done to bolster his reputation! Let’s be serious LOL
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