...why is he there, though?
How did Xiao Xingchen come so quickly?
There are a few things to consider in this fight. One is that Song Lan can’t have ambushed Xue Yang anywhere near the yizhuang (nor other people, for that matter), otherwise their shouting and clashing of swords would have attracted XXC’s attention way earlier. Another is that, since we have dialogue to “measure up” time, not a long time passes from the corpse poisoning to him arriving at the scene. The only moment when this could have been dragged out is when Song Lan lashes out after having his tongue cut, but I think this last bit of the fight can’t last very long, with the state he was in.
Therefore, how did Xiao Xingchen get to that relatively remote location in such a short amount of time? We-ell, consider this possibility: he didn’t come because he detected a walking corpse...
...he came because he detected Jiangzai.
Not that he’d know it, he doesn’t have laser-focus detection powers like that. He just sensed something was amiss at the very beginning of the fight, but could only follow in the general direction until he was close enough (in time and location) for the poisoning to begin and the “fierce corpse” to be easily detectable. But do you remember what he said afterwards?
(How did Xue Yang manage to refrain from making a blind joke here is beyond me, btw)
But there it is! Shuanghua behaved strangely. It may have detected Jiangzai’s resentful energy, but by the time he got there, there was a target much more relevant that masked the presence of Xue Yang’s sword. And if you’re wondering how did he never detect his sword before in the years they were together, I’d argue that Xue Yang was wise enough not to swing his sword around daozhang too obviously, or getting hold of another blade for when they night hunted, or even just get by using talismans. He managed to hide so much more from him, his sword is just one more piece in this puzzle.
BY THE WAY, going by novel/manhua standards here. I don’t know what they were thinking in the cql drama, beyond making the most of each set, but to have them fighting right in front of their house is beyond stupid. Daozhang literally jumped out the door to meet them. He was probably listening to heavy metal throughout the fight -_-
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Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way opened to it?
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sometimes im like "wow holy shit im being really fucking annoying. i should stop talking" and then i pull out my magic 8 ball and it says "youve always been annoying and your friends chose to talk you anyways. youll be fine" and im like wow thanks magic 8 ball. and then the ogre attacks me
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more good news from tiktok: they’ve started blocking celebrities.
they’re calling it block party 2024. just blocking and ignoring countless celebrities who havent said shit about palestine. influencers, actors, anyone who went to the met gala, whatever, they’re getting blocked. and people keep talking about how cathartic it is, how good it feels, how they never realized they could DO that. there was some kind of subconscious law against blocking famous people, but it’s broken, and people are LOVING it. and it’s WORKING. a social media/digital advertising coordinator was talking about how ad companies are PANICKING, because they can’t accurately target anymore. so many big influencers, including fucking LIZZO started talking about palestine the MOMENT their follower counts started going down. and the best part? no one is forgiving them. lizzo posted a tiktok asking people to donate to palestinian families, and all the comments just said you’re a multimillionaire. put your money where your mouth is. blocked.
i feel like i’m witnessing the downfall of celebrity culture, right here right now. people are waking up.
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I must sleep. Sleep is the mind-healer. Sleep is the big-life that brings total ability to fucking do anything. I will face my bed. I will permit the blankie to pass over me and snores to pass through me. And when sleep has gone past I will turn the outer eye to greet the new morning. When the sleep has gone there will be everything. Energy and will to live will remain.
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Troy Quane, co-director of Nimona the only man I've ever trusted
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reblog to bonk prev with yr forehead like a cat
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