aiyooo just got hit by the mental image of a recently brought to...
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Aug 23, 2024
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aiyooo just got hit by the mental image of a recently brought to lotus pier babyxian who has no memory of his parents and life before. so when he's treated differently, his tiny brain chalks it up to him not resembling either of his siblings
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his belief is quickly strengthened when Jiang shushu's friend, lqr visits LP. wwx has often heard about the twin jades, how they're extraordinary and how they're basically copies of each other. It turns out to be true. wwx is awed at how much the lans look alike.
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but what catches his attention even more is how lqr treats the brothers. It's not at all how he and A-Cheng are treated. when A-Zhan gets startled by a spider, lqr quickly puts him into his lap. somehow, wwx feels he cannot expect the same from Jiang shushu—
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he knows in his heart that it will upset yu-ayi. and also his brother. things that upset people have cruel consequences, he has learnt.
but then... it will be fine if shijie was to do the same. now that he thinks, a-cheng and shijie aren't that different from lan brothers
but then... it will be fine if shijie was to do the same. now that he thinks, a-cheng and shijie aren't that different from lan brothers
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so maybe wwx's theory is right. in order to be wanted by people, you have look a little like them. in order to be loved, you have to share their surname.
that's how little a-ying learns the concept of family: people who love you only when you are the same as them
that's how little a-ying learns the concept of family: people who love you only when you are the same as them
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he wonders if he too has people like that. people who have the same surname, similar eyes, nose and lips. he hopes he has a mama somewhere who laughs like him, or a baba he can climb on whenever he wants. if not, a brother or a sister would be nice too.
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then one day, during another one of lqr's visits, while playing on the docks, a-zhan slips and hurts himself. wwx quickly hugs him tight to soothe him and gives him one of the candies he has saved so he wouldn't cry.
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back at home, he gets scolded for it despite a-zhan telling them it's not his fault.
and when he's gently applying salve to his scrapped knee, a-zhan sobs a quiet sorry. wwx instantly smiles bright and tells him not to worry. "people like me have to be scolded," he says.
and when he's gently applying salve to his scrapped knee, a-zhan sobs a quiet sorry. wwx instantly smiles bright and tells him not to worry. "people like me have to be scolded," he says.
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when a-zhan asks why, he shakes his head as if a-zhan is an idiot child. "because I'm not like them, silly. I'm a servant son."
a-zhan quickly takes offence to that. "not true," he says. "you are just like your sister."
a-zhan quickly takes offence to that. "not true," he says. "you are just like your sister."
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when wwx disbelievingly asks how, a-zhan tells him that she too gives candies when children fall. "she is kind just like you, a-ying."
maybe, wwx realizes, there are other ways people can be family.
maybe, wwx realizes, there are other ways people can be family.
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and sure enough, when wwx falls out of a tree right into his sister's arms few days later, he tells her, "shijie, I think I'm just like you."
his sister laughs and says, "of course you are, you are my brother after all."
that night, a-ying finds his first family.
his sister laughs and says, "of course you are, you are my brother after all."
that night, a-ying finds his first family.
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years later, when wwx goes to cloud recesses as a teenager, he has long learnt true meanings of class, status, & blood relations.
still, when he equals his unmatchable childhood friend in their first spar, he squeals, "we're like each other, Lan Zhan, maybe we're family."
still, when he equals his unmatchable childhood friend in their first spar, he squeals, "we're like each other, Lan Zhan, maybe we're family."
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master Lan turns beetroot, top to bottom. wwx laughs hard at him.
he cries equally hard when years later he loses his ability to use the same sword.
it feels like losing a family, along with his core.
he cries equally hard when years later he loses his ability to use the same sword.
it feels like losing a family, along with his core.
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more years later, when he protects the wen's family just like they had once protected his, he finds other people like him.
amidst growing radishes in the dead soil of BM and surviving a cultivation path nobody else will, he manages to find another family.
amidst growing radishes in the dead soil of BM and surviving a cultivation path nobody else will, he manages to find another family.
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and a lifetime down the line, when he finds himself in a body that's not familiar and in a world that holds no one other than an estranged brother, he finds he's not as lonely as he would have been.
he knows now, that he'll find his place, no matter how hidden it is.
he knows now, that he'll find his place, no matter how hidden it is.
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and he does.
when he falls out of a tree the second time. into the arms of the man who had once taught him that he doesn't have to be anything other than Wei Ying to be loved.
his first family of second lifetime.
when he falls out of a tree the second time. into the arms of the man who had once taught him that he doesn't have to be anything other than Wei Ying to be loved.
his first family of second lifetime.
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~end~
wow I can't believe I intended it to be 4 tweets long lmao
wow I can't believe I intended it to be 4 tweets long lmao