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Wei Wuxian and Narrative Agency by songofthesky
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
05 Oct 2024
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Summary
An exploration on how MDZS’ narrative treats Wei Wuxian’s agency, and how despite all the tragic events in his life, this tragedy does not define him. Covering:
1. How the omission of periods where Wei Wuxian has little agency creates the impression that agency is important to his character (and how that impression is supported by text), and how the tragedy in his life enhances rather than diminishes that agency;
2. Wei Wuxian’s own attitude towards tragedy in his life, and how it’s a choice to not let tragedy define him (featuring an exploration of Jin Guangyao and Jiang Cheng as his foils); and,
3. How what’s shown and omitted is influenced by this attitude Wei Wuxian holds.
Here, narrative agency will be considered the ability of a character to meaningfully influence the story they’re in.
(For Xiantober Day One: Genius, Day Three: Conviction, and Day Five: Past and Present!)
Series
- Part 3 of MDZS Metas
- Part 1 of Xiantober 2024