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thatswhatsushewrote) wrote2024-09-23 03:40 pm
thatswhatsushewrote) wrote2024-09-23 03:40 pm
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more song of clarity and staircase commentary
[originally posted here on september 23, 2024.]
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re: my reblog of the song of clarity and the staircase incident discourse--
this is one of the few things about jgy in the text where i just strongly believe that, given the context clues + what we actually see with our own eyes during wangxian's investigation, there's an objectively correct answer about when jgy began playing the altered song of clarity for nmj. like when it comes to whether or not he actually had a hand in killing jin rusong, or the extent to which he might have actually wanted harm to befall jzx during his confrontation with wwx, or whether he intended for xy to be killed or not when was kicked out of jinlintai, i think there is enough room in the text to make an argument in either direction.
but based on what we are shown about jgy and nmj's relationship during the empathy flashback, the evidence provided by wwx that clarity was working on nmj prior to the confrontation on the jinlintai steps, the estimated time it would take for the altered song to take effect and trigger a qi deviation (provided by lxc), and the amount of time jgy gives himself to bring xy's head to nmj, i think the context clues are very clear: jgy doesn't play the altered song of cleansing, or at least does not start applying spiritual power to the altered portions of the song, until after the staircase incident.
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re: my reblog of the song of clarity and the staircase incident discourse--
this is one of the few things about jgy in the text where i just strongly believe that, given the context clues + what we actually see with our own eyes during wangxian's investigation, there's an objectively correct answer about when jgy began playing the altered song of clarity for nmj. like when it comes to whether or not he actually had a hand in killing jin rusong, or the extent to which he might have actually wanted harm to befall jzx during his confrontation with wwx, or whether he intended for xy to be killed or not when was kicked out of jinlintai, i think there is enough room in the text to make an argument in either direction.
but based on what we are shown about jgy and nmj's relationship during the empathy flashback, the evidence provided by wwx that clarity was working on nmj prior to the confrontation on the jinlintai steps, the estimated time it would take for the altered song to take effect and trigger a qi deviation (provided by lxc), and the amount of time jgy gives himself to bring xy's head to nmj, i think the context clues are very clear: jgy doesn't play the altered song of cleansing, or at least does not start applying spiritual power to the altered portions of the song, until after the staircase incident.