#ergo: the benefit of legitimizing any other children (jgy stays in line) is far outweighed by the cost (reuptation hit & pissed off wife)

[labyrynth]

just remembered that god awful take about jgy supposedly hunting down and killing all of jin guangshan’s other bastards because he “couldn’t allow any potential threats to his power” or whatever bullshit

like okay even if there were other children eyeballing his position, they would have to be legitimized first to even remotely be a threat, and who exactly is going to legitimize them?? jin GUANGSHAN???

#mdzs talk #jin guangyao #jgy tag #i’m not sure people actually think these things through #you SAW how many hoops jgy had to jump through to be legitimized #and in the end he literally had to END AN ENTIRE WAR #and jin guangshan only legitimized him so that he could take credit for jgy’s accomplishments #again this is the man who is terrified of his wife’s ire #and had jgy kicked down the stairs for daring to exist at the top of them #you think THIS GUY would legitimize ANY other children??? #mxy was ultimately a bluff #jgs wanted jgy to to believe he was replaceable #but anyone with a brain would be able to tell that mxy and jgy just. were not on the same level. #jgs would have had to legitimize mxy for him to actually be a threat #but the threat can’t be ‘well i can legitimize him whenever i want’ bc he’s not even being considered for inheritance until he’s legitimized #the threat has to be ‘look at that! i have ANOTHER son now. that means you’ll have to fight to keep your place or he’ll replace you’ #except that legitimizing mxy would only present more problems for jgs re: publicly acknowledging his indefinite & inviting his wife’s wrath #ergo: the benefit of legitimizing any other children (jgy stays in line) is far outweighed by the cost (reuptation hit & pissed off wife) #so if jgs isn’t legitimizing any other children #HOW COULD ANY OF HIS OTHER CHILDREN BE A THREAT???? #*walks in* I AM THE LONG LOST CHILD OF JIN GUANGSHAN HERE TO CLAIM MY INHERITANCE #option a: jgs is still alive #jgs: ahaha babe don’t listen to them. i don’t have any more children i swear. security? the stairs please. you know how it’s done. #option b: jgs is dead and jgy is sect leader #jgy: i take it you’re on the family register then? no? well unfortunately he can’t legitimize you posthumously. have a nice day. #it’s like they think that all of the classism that kicked jgy down the stairs over and over somehow wouldn’t apply to anyone else?? #the stigma around bastard children??? #like what are you gonna say that jgy deserved the way he was treated bc he did bad things later??? #smh #mdzs