Tonight in GIF Making - JFM’s Sword
How have we never talked about how STUNNING it is?! Look at it! The fish swimming in the water, the lotus and lily pads wrapped around the hilt. The LOTUS as the pommel! It is STUNNING! And it’s so organic.
Sandu took the sword’s elegance and beauty and combined it with the Yunmeng and YuZiYuan aesthetics and ruthlessness. Instead of fish, Sandu has snakes. Instead of a lotus, Sandu has a toad. Instead of the smooth texture of wood (probably the same stuff Lotus Pier and the lotus throne is made from), Sandu has the texture of a centipede. I love how JC’s sword pays homage to this!!
Suibian took this sword’s organic grace. Suibian has metal wrapping around its grainy wood. Suibian is wilder and more raw but made of the same stuff. And I think that’s a design comment about how much wwx understands the Jiang Sect Motto.
This is how you know both boys loved him and how he loved both boys. I know fandom drags him as a dad and he deserved a lot of it. But look at their swords! Look at the design and the structure and see him in the boys he raised!
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