History TearJerker / MoDaoZuShi

'''Wei Wuxian''': I doubt you’ll even return all of them. [[NoSympathy Why do you care what kind of end they meet? A dead end it is, then-- what does it have to do with you?!]]

** What makes it worse is that Jin Guangyao's speech might have been the final ''final'' push for Jiang Cheng to let go of Wei Wuxian for good. After hearing such a cutting statement, he might have felt that he's a terrible brother who's unworthy of Wei Wuxian's loyalty.

[[folder: Yunping City]]

[[folder: Season 3]]

** Followed soon after is Wen Qing's reaction when she realizes that Wen Ning is already dead. The audio drama sinks the knife in even further by gracing our ears with her anguished cries. In the ''donghua'', she doesn't even get to do that; as soon as Wen Ning's death fully sinks in, she sheds some tears... and faints then and there because she's too exhausted to do anything else. That, or the grief shocked her too much to do anything else.

'''Wei Wuxian''': End what?
'''Jiang Cheng''': You burn [Wen Ning] right now and return to them all these leftovers of the Wen Sect. That's the only way to make the subject die!
'''Wei Wuxian''': Are you joking?! If we return Wen Qing and the others to them, they’d meet nothing but a dead end!\'

* It's subtle, but the first Wen Jiang Cheng meets is ''Wen Yuan'', who is a toddler. The fact ''that'' does nothing to change Jiang Cheng's mindset, that he still refuses to help blatant innocents in front of them ''despite the proof that only civilians were there'', is absolutely heartbreaking.

* Wei Wuxian threatening to kill Wen Ning and even calling him a Wen dog like everyone else. Wen Ning doesn't hold it against Wei Wuxian, but it's sad to think that Wei Wuxian's grief and anger are slowly clouding his mind like everyone else as they direct that anger to the Wen's.

** On the other side of the argument, however, while there's no justifying how Jiang Fengmian is a lousy father to Jiang Cheng, he ''was'' forcefully roped into a marriage with someone he was incompatible with, something he knew from the start. Considering that he went to the Cloud Recesses and likely heard the story of why Wei Wuxian got into a fight with Jin Zixuan (who at the time had nothing but disdain for Jiang Yanli), it's at least easy to understand his reasons for cancelling his daughter's engagement. Even when you take into account the issue of DeliberateValuesDissonance and cultural differences, no parent in their right mind would force their child to marry someone who doesn't even like them, political connections be damned.

[[caption-width-right:350:In a world of prejudice, NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished.]]

** [[https://twitter.com/soukatsu_/status/1090437042104926208 A quote from one of the first promotional posters]] of the ''donghua'' even confirms that they're no longer enemies, but they're far from friends or even brothers. They no longer have ''a'' relationship, or anything resembling one.

** [[https://twitter.com/soukatsu_/status/1090437042104926208 A quote from one of the first promotional posters]] of the ''donghua'' even confirms that they're no longer enemies, but they're far from friends or even brothers. They no longer have ''a'' relationship, or anything that vaguely resembles one.

--> '''Jiang Cheng:''' I want my dad and mom... ''I want my dad and mom''!!!!

* Jin Zixuan's death. He was innocent of his family's plot to kill Wei Wuxian, and knew nothing about it; indeed, he was trying to ''deescalate'' the altercation before Wei Wuxian loses control. His last breath is spent telling Wei Wuxian that Yanli was waiting for him to arrive.
--> '''Jin Zixuan:''' A-Li... is still... waiting for you...

--> ''Wei Wuxian spun around to dodge the attack and laughed,'' "Fine, fine. I knew since the start that we’d have to fight a real fight like this one sooner or later. You’ve always found me disagreeable no matter what. Come on!"

--> ''Although he shouted the words, any sane person would be able to tell that Lan Wangji’s voice was clearly shaking. However, right now, Wei Wuxian had already lost his judgement. He was already half-mad, half-unconscious. All evil was being augmented by him. He felt that everyone loathed him and he loathed everyone as well. He wouldn’t be scared no matter who came at him. It wouldn’t matter no matter who came at him. It was all the same anyway.''
* In the ''donghua'' Lan Wangji tries to reach out to Wei Wuxian, but due to Wei Wuxian's belief that Lan Wangji only sees him as a threat leads to these words:
--> '''Wei Wuxian:''' I always knew we would fight to the death one day.\\
'''Lan Wangji:''' Stop this at once! You've lost control!\\
'''Wei Wuxian:''' So this is it... ''you've always seen me as an annoyance''!

* Qin Su finding out that the man she loved lied to her for their entire marriage and (possibly) murdered their son. Worse, the man she loved is her ''brother''. What makes it even worse is that she was otherwise a NiceGirl; her only mistake was that she fell in love with the wrong person.

* Lan Xichen now fully aware that Wei Wuxian has returned fills him on the things Lan Wangji refuses to tell him directly. After the Nightless City Attack, Lan Wangji took Wei Wuxian away and hid him in a cave while giving him spiritual energy. Lan Xichen says his brother spoke gently to Wei Wuxian the entire time, but since this was right after Wei Wuxian had witnessed his sister get killed because of him, he only [[MadnessMantra kept repeating one thing]] to Lan Wangji:
--> '''Wei Wuxian:''' [[LeaveMeAlone Get lost]]!

** [[https://twitter.com/soukatsu_/status/1090437042104926208 A quote from one of the first promotional posters]] of the ''donghua'' even confirms that they're no longer enemies but they're also far from friends or even brothers. They no longer have anything ''resembling'' a relationship.

* The extra where Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji go on a date in Yunmeng is mostly sweet. But there are bittersweet implications in the chapter nevertheless; the couple has fun in many places, but never once do they state any plans to visit Lotus Pier, and the place is only mentioned a few times when Wei Wuxian reminisces about the past. Wei Wuxian is in a much better place now, both physically and emotionally, but it's a little sad that he's keeping his distance from his old home. After all, what was the last thing Jiang Cheng told him the last time he was in Lotus Pier?

* Despite his small role in the story, it's not hard to believe why Mo Xuanyu sacrificed his spirit in order to bring back Wei Wuxian. He was one of the many bastards of Jin Guangshan, was kicked out of his sect due to his low cultivation and because of his sexuality, and wasn't treated any better by his aunt, uncle and cousin back at the Mo manor. Soon afterwards, everyone else starts labelling him a lunatic once his mental states starts to deteriorate after all of the abuse he suffered through. It was only a matter of time before he snapped and believed getting his revenge via Wei Wuxian was a better alternative than living.
** The audio drama even makes this clearer where he calls for Wei Wuxian in broken tears, saying death would be preferable over living anymore.

** [[https://twitter.com/soukatsu_/status/1090437042104926208 A quote from one of the first promotional posters]] of the ''donghua'' even confirms that they're no longer enemies but they're also far from friends. They no longer have anything ''resembling'' a relationship.

** And Jiang Cheng's response to all this? He just silently wipes his tears and takes deep breaths to calm himself down. After hearing Wei Wuxian's answer, he finally realizes that his friendship with Wei Wuxian is ancient history now. He finally gets his closure, but it's still not the closure he wanted, yet he knows he has to accept it.

* As Lan Wangji arrives to attempt to deescelate the situation, Wei Wuxian doesn't heed any of his words literally and metaphorically breaking the bridge between him and the cultivation world. The face that Lan Wangji wears when he tries to peacefully confront Wei Wuxian is nothing short of worried.

--> '''Jin Guangyao''': [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Sect Leader Jiang, if only your attitude towards your]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech shixiong]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech was just a bit better, showing everyone that your bond was too strong to be broken for them to have a chance, or if you exhibited just a bit more tolerance after what happened,]] [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot things wouldn't have become what they were.]] [[VillainHasAPoint Oh, speaking of it, you were also a main force of the siege at the Burial Mounds...]]