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* Tai Lung and Tigress's wedding vows, particularly where he tells her, "Every day, I think to myself, 'What would Tigress do? What would she want me to do?' Because when I look at you, I see the kind of person I want to be."
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* Tai Lung and Tigress's wedding vows, particularly where he tells her, "Every day, I think to myself, 'What would Tigress do? What would she want me to do?' Because when I look at you, I see the kind of person I want to be.""
* While the implication was already there at the end of the original novel, with his spirit still being around 15 years after his murder so as to pass on to Tai Lung the information about his long-lost family, the end of vignette 12 makes it even more explicit: even though he was a heroic warrior and could easily have been reborn long ago, Wu Xuan not only lingered so as to provide Tai Lung closure, he also wished to ensure Jia and Chun could be redeemed, and that they, Mei Ling, and Xu Mei could be brought together again as a family. Only after all this has occurred is he willing, in his own words, to go before the Lords of Death so he can be reincarnated. So yes, in an inversion from how the trope is usually employed (since in Buddhist belief the process of continual reincarnation is required before one can achieve enlightenment and Nirvana), Wu Xuan [[RefusingParadise turned down freedom from the pain of existence, suffering, and desire]] for the sake of his family (and the son of [[HeterosexualLifePartners his dearest friend]]).
* While the implication was already there at the end of the original novel, with his spirit still being around 15 years after his murder so as to pass on to Tai Lung the information about his long-lost family, the end of vignette 12 makes it even more explicit: even though he was a heroic warrior and could easily have been reborn long ago, Wu Xuan not only lingered so as to provide Tai Lung closure, he also wished to ensure Jia and Chun could be redeemed, and that they, Mei Ling, and Xu Mei could be brought together again as a family. Only after all this has occurred is he willing, in his own words, to go before the Lords of Death so he can be reincarnated. So yes, in an inversion from how the trope is usually employed (since in Buddhist belief the process of continual reincarnation is required before one can achieve enlightenment and Nirvana), Wu Xuan [[RefusingParadise turned down freedom from the pain of existence, suffering, and desire]] for the sake of his family (and the son of [[HeterosexualLifePartners his dearest friend]]).
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* Tai Lung and Tigress's wedding vows, particularly where he tells her, "Every day, I think to myself, 'What would Tigress do? What would she want me to do?' Because when I look at you, I see the kind of person I want to be."
