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thatswhatsushewrote) wrote2024-12-16 02:17 pm
thatswhatsushewrote) wrote2024-12-16 02:17 pm
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jgy's behaviour: is it an act?
[originally posted here on december 16, 2024.]
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ftr my thoughts on jin guangyao portraying himself as being small and weak and harmless and vulnerable are essentially that it isn't an act, because an act in this context implies a duplicity and/or disingenuousness that i don't think is present. but i do think it is a performance--it's just a performance that he has to play given the power disparity between himself and the rest of the cultivation world, at least until he becomes chief cultivator. in short, jin guangyao is performing the role of the non-threatening, subservient retainer that is expected of him to ensure his own survival in a world where he knows that the only person he can rely on to put his needs first is himself.
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my OG tag commentary:
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ftr my thoughts on jin guangyao portraying himself as being small and weak and harmless and vulnerable are essentially that it isn't an act, because an act in this context implies a duplicity and/or disingenuousness that i don't think is present. but i do think it is a performance--it's just a performance that he has to play given the power disparity between himself and the rest of the cultivation world, at least until he becomes chief cultivator. in short, jin guangyao is performing the role of the non-threatening, subservient retainer that is expected of him to ensure his own survival in a world where he knows that the only person he can rely on to put his needs first is himself.
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my OG tag commentary:
#mdzs meta#jin guangyao#he did crimes??? good for him 😌#do i think he can act? of course i do! and i do think there is acting at work in his position as wrh's torturer for example#he has to act there as part of his essential role as a spy and he has to commit 500% to that bit#editing to add:#it's also not an act because he is small. he is weak (relative to the others). he is vulnerable.#none of this precludes him from demonstrating tremendous strength and bravery!#it takes profound courage to do what he did for the sunshot forces--and the rest of the cultivation world recognizes this!#lianfang-zun is considered a hero for what he did during the war!