thatswhatsushewrote | REBLOG: nmj's cultivation and his opinion of jgy

[originally reblogged here--today!]
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[my tag commentary:]

#i don't think i can answer this poll because i think there need to be additional options#yes his hatred for jgy was fuelled by his sabre cultivation and his morals but that isn't all of the picture#he isn't just furious at jgy for doing things that he personally believes to be immoral#or because of his cultivation practice#(tho i would place more of the blame on his cultivation practice than his morality)#his pride is injured#he feels humiliated because he invested so much of his trust in someone he now believes was evil all along#(nb: this is my read on nmj's feelings and isn't reflective of MY feelings about jgy obvs)#like... think about how after the langya front confrontation he cannot even hear meng yao's name without losing his shit#you don't do that just because you find someone's morality offensive#nmj is able to hear the names of lots of people whose morality he finds offensive without flying into a rage#and demanding that no one speak those names near him#(like it would be hard to win a war against the wen if you can never say the name 'wen'. how are you supposed to organize your troops??)#no he's big mad because this made him question his judgment#which isn't something he can afford to do in the middle of a war#and he remains reactive about jgy essentially for the rest of his life#because he cannot make peace with the fact that maybe his understanding of jgy is incomplete#(and the only way for him to bridge the gap between what he understands and what is true#is to actually swallow his pride and talk to jgy like a person if not a peer and equal)#(but he doesn't. and so we see what happens in canon.)#mdzs polls#nie mingjue#jin guangyao