sheepandpencils:“Jin Rulan, you listen carefully. Even when you are old and grey, you will always be
sheepandpencils:“Jin Rulan, you listen carefully. Even when you are old and grey, you will always be A-Ling to me.” ===I’ve been thinking today about how rough a go Jin Ling must have had after the Guanyin Miao arc. Jin Guangyao was probably a major figure in his life, his Shushu who gave him Fairy, who probably wiped away tears when he was young, or helped clean up scraped knees. Maybe helped him hide when Jiang Cheng was on a rampage. And then to have to witness all of that? It must have been traumatic. And I was just imagining him going to Lotus Pier, sitting on the docks as he did when he was a child, trying to keep it together. Jiang Cheng finds him, and Jin Ling wants nothing more than to curl up in his arms as though he is five again, but he feels like he shouldn’t want that because he’s supposed to be a Grown Sect Leader now. And Jiang Cheng just. Tugs him in. Because sect leader or no, sometimes you just need your Jiujiu. -- source link