As great as VoS is for what it is, it still not everyone cup of tea
Yeah I think your interpretation of the event for episode 29 is Solid.
It definitely open ended in that sense, you cant truly say for sure.
Just remember LWY was created AFTER the flood dragon massacre.
It was when WSG master ( the star stone) blew WWY and the foxes up that JY took pieces from them to create LWY.
The timeline that WSG ended in after Ji Ling alter the past have to be a different timeline from what we say from episode 1-29 before Ji Ling go back in time.
But as I wrote before, a timeline where LWY was not created and go through all the event that we saw happen from 1-25 When it was show that LWY was A'Wu (the fox stuffed animal) that Ji Ling carried.
There many interpretation of what "fated one" mean
For the LWY and JL case, it is a causal loop set of events.
Because the loop seems to work like this:
LWY exists → enters the time loop → realizes she cannot save him through ordinary means → goes back to the point when JL is at his loneliest → prevents his death → JL survives and becomes LS → JY creates LWY to get close to JL → LWY exists ( All the events that lead to LWY to go back to the moment when she severed her tail to give hope to JL) > JL doesn't commit suicide
This order of event which creates a closed causal loop.
So LWY’s existence depends on JL surviving, while JL surviving depends on LWY existing. That is the paradox.
🥹 yes it doesnt always happen but when something that does touch your heart it does leave a lasting impression
I don't know if I should give you either the actual reason or a philosophical one. So here both
The real reason is without the Fox Queen/JY influence what WWY experiences is all but a illusion. It was never real we know this but we see it in episode 29 when JY is kill early before she could infused LWY with the fragments and fix all the foxes memories.
The philosophical reason, This is how Ji Ling and LWY would have wanted to live their life if they could turn back time. Unburden from the weight of being Long Shen for JL and As for LWY to live her life the way she wanted and not as JY creations to further his plan.
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From Xiaowei > Illusion Arc > Hanba > Final Arc
We learn from each of these arc people are dealing with love
Love for the past reincarnation of love one
Love for little brother and his people
Love that was forgotten
And each of these loves came with its own obsession.
Yes, the final arc is about LWY and JL's love and obsession. It drives the entire narrative.
And that seems to be the story GJM wanted to tell
So tell me what you would like to see from the other main?
they can always make new memories, one where they arent burden of being Long Shen, one where they weren't used as a tool for world domination
It definitely open ended in that sense, you cant truly say for sure.
Just remember LWY was created AFTER the flood dragon massacre.
It was when WSG master ( the star stone) blew WWY and the foxes up that JY took pieces from them to create LWY.
The timeline that WSG ended in after Ji Ling alter the past have to be a different timeline from what we say from episode 1-29 before Ji Ling go back in time.
But as I wrote before, a timeline where LWY was not created and go through all the event that we saw happen from 1-25 When it was show that LWY was A'Wu (the fox stuffed animal) that Ji Ling carried.
There many interpretation of what "fated one" mean
For the LWY and JL case, it is a causal loop set of events.
Because the loop seems to work like this:
LWY exists → enters the time loop → realizes she cannot save him through ordinary means → goes back to the point when JL is at his loneliest → prevents his death → JL survives and becomes LS → JY creates LWY to get close to JL → LWY exists ( All the events that lead to LWY to go back to the moment when she severed her tail to give hope to JL) > JL doesn't commit suicide
This order of event which creates a closed causal loop.
So LWY’s existence depends on JL surviving, while JL surviving depends on LWY existing. That is the paradox.
The fact you can't even call him by his name 😭🤧
But to appreciate something and have it resonate with us, the feeling of loss is often very strong.
That why you are still here feeling a sadness in your heart knowing how the story ended.
The story resonated with you and that purely because how it end
It was a bittersweet ending for me it carry ALOT of meaning the more you look into it and understand each of the character
The real reason is without the Fox Queen/JY influence what WWY experiences is all but a illusion. It was never real we know this but we see it in episode 29 when JY is kill early before she could infused LWY with the fragments and fix all the foxes memories.
The philosophical reason, This is how Ji Ling and LWY would have wanted to live their life if they could turn back time. Unburden from the weight of being Long Shen for JL and As for LWY to live her life the way she wanted and not as JY creations to further his plan.
So that's why, even though it's a happy ending, it was still bittersweet, only WSG and probably JL having memories of what happened from episode 1-29.
Even if those memories are filled with heartbreak, loss, and sacrifice, we can’t appreciate the ending if the journey never happened.