To any fic writers who worry they are wasting their time... I read a fic for a relatively small and inactive fandom about three years ago. And there was one specific scene where a character watched another dancing like an idiot to a beyonce song and it was so sweet and loving that even now years later I have that song on one of my spotify playlist so every once in a while it will play and remind me of that fic, and every time it does I smile and feel a little happier.
The stats on a fic will never really tell you if your writing touched someone. There's no numerical way to show you what impact you made. Maybe you are wasting time, or maybe you are writing something that someone will remember for a long time, something that will never fail to make them smile.
can i just say how much it hurts to read this?? this is a kid, barely 18 years, and caught up in an unfinished vendetta of the adults around him. you can literally feel how confused he gets as the chapters go on and when it gets to the climax and you read this... goodness, it gets real. like you understand how fucked up this all actually is.
i cannot stress this enough that he is a kid. a kid and he watched as the uncle he loved and respected and admired and held upto a standard, the only adult who seemed to truly understood jin ling, who saw how lonely he was and got him a puppy because he couldn't make friends, confess that he was the one behind so much of the disasters and deaths that occurred around him. not only that, but jin ling realizing that the smile his uncle puts on his face is fake. that he can lie so boldly and without a second thought. that maybe he lied about everything; maybe this person isn't who he says he is. all of this in just a matter of seconds.
and then we get to the foundation of his character. in the beginning, jin lings character was all about revenge. for himself, for the death of his parents. all he carried inside of him was hate. it also probably didn't help that jiang cheng was grieving for his sister and his parents at the same time while punishing any could-be wei wuxian. seeing these things, how could jin ling not hate the people who caused him to lose so much?
and now, there is all these conflicting feelings about who the true murderer is. he knows wei wuxian is the yiling patriarch and involved in the death of his parents but he's spent far too much time with him to hate him now and knows that it wasn't really his intentions in the first place. the guy is actually very likeable and has helped jin ling in all the times that they have met. wen ning who was the cause was merely a corpse out of control at the time. he also feels a lot of guilt towards it. as much as those things didn't excuse the murder of his parents, it wasnt reason enough for revenge either.
and jin guang yao, who he thought was kind and genuine. turning out to be a fake. all the likeness he has for his uncle in the past, should he turn it into hatred now? but he really can't. or rather, the past 16 years of positive memories are winning over the hatred of a minute.
so who should he hate now?
because he didn't deserve anything that happened to him. his parents didnt deserve it too. so who should he hate now? who should he exact his revenge upon? who should he blame?
he cries. because these are all heavy emotions and complex feelings for a kid. all the anger inside of him, the pain of being deceived, pouring out of him the only way it can. it is weak and jin ling probably shouldn't cry in front of so many people but he can't help it anymore. he doesn't want to let go of the hate he's nurtured for so long yet he doesn't have the energy anymore, nor does he have anyone to put the blame on.
and then there are those three words that just really tugs at my heart - "he felt wronged".
p.s: the scene where he is unable to look and listen as his uncle takes his last breath. chills.
jin ling is my fav character from mdzs and i just wanted to make a post to appreciate him. he is honestly so underappreciated. the way his character develops from just a really angry child to a child wounded by the actions of others is just *chefs kiss* he is so traumatized i wanna wrap him up in a blanket and hug him for eternity π₯Ίπ₯Ίππππ
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why did takemitchi decide to leave toman in this timeline??? cuz i dont think there was any reason for him to, at least that i can think of rn. also draken saying dont mix him up in our mess is kinda ... strange because takemitchi is already in the gang life. he is a captain now. unless he meant some other business.
idk what mitsuya meant by he is our leader. what did takemitchi do to earn himself a title like leader???
please why is ran cosplaying as a wet lettuce now
like babe, honey, sugar, not the love of my love cuz it will always be mitsuya, my sunshine, the yee to my haw, the yin to my yang, what the fuck
like i can forgive him for the braids
but thiss???
nah
rindou looks somewhat ... okay idk i feel like i could get behind his hair if he just styled it better
maybe if they both paid a visit to akkuns hair salon they might looknl decent
church boys are so twink material
pls the comments under the tokyo revengers manga is ... iehgsusheveh
seeing ppl make fanfics and headcanons about the pillars and its like okay but yall are forgetting someone
i would also like to announce i got junpei on a jjk kinnie quiz
i feel like the universe is trynna tell me to go to therapy
i got a perfect match with azula on the mbti chemistry thing and bitch!!??? if that doesn't say anything about my mental health idk what will
yall had me thinking aot was a serious anime when in reality, mouse lemur boy went and broke BOTH of his legs cuz he cant be athletic for shit, screm boy who can kill titans twice his size AND can turn into one cant lift up a box, 2017 katy perry has mommy issues, and the flippin commander spack-poofed his way into space when he ate meat and let me remind yall all of this happened because of a cook-off ...Β
me *finishes an anime* : yess, i can finally watch those edits now!!!!!1
IT WAS A DREAMMMMMMMMM
its 2: 23 am, everyones asleep, and here i am, on my bed, crying my eyes out cuz yuugo and lucas sacrificed themselves for emma and the others fuck
idk what this acc is for anymore. student/part-time ponderer/part-time singer. 19.
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