hey, sorry to butt in, but re: your su she post - in ep.11 around 20:40 Lan Qiren actually orders inner disciples to bring outer disciples into Cold Pond Cave (so I guess they can enter with someone from the clan like wei wuxian did). So Su She and others getting stuck outside is just an unfortunate situation bc they weren't fast enough (I think). So (at least this time) i would give lan sect a pass...;)
Hey, thanks for the correction!
Youâre absolutely right, Lan Qiren does give that order. And then when Su She brings the disciples that he can gather and says âMaster, letâs get in quickly,â Lan Qiren wants to stay and fight - which lasts just a minute or two, they lose very badly very quickly. Lan Wangji says to Lan Qiren âuncle, letâs go,â and Lan Qiren says âeveryone, keep up,â and at that point itâs not exactly anyoneâs fault (except the Wensâ) that in the boodshed and chaos of the battlefield, not everyone can keep up, and quite a few of the outer disciples get left outside.
So, yeah, itâs an unfortunate situation! And Lan Qiren did make an attempt to bring all the disciples into the gave. (Which Su She personally definitely knows, because he gave that âbring the othersâ order to Su She.) ... but, at the same time, no matter the intent, Su She and others still do end up locked outside the refuge, without a key. So his resentment isnât quite as justified, the situation isnât as clear-cut, as Iâd thought! But itâs still definitely a very uh concrete and urgent example of the privileges of rank - and the dangers of being only a lower-class common cultivator.















