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[sanbuzhi]

If you were to read the following as a poem, how would you interpret it?

🖤

❤️💭🕊️➡️🥰🛶🌊

👁️💧⤵️🌧️⤵️🌾🌳

💔🛌💭⬛🌃❌⭐

🥰➡️🏠❓❤️👻❓

Comments

[raveyardpatriarch]

Oh I see, I see! The element of motion, I didn't consider it. 👍👍👍 poem though sad. Or possibly sad. The title IS pessimistic, and that sort of tips it.

And I agree, it'd be too busy. You'd have to simplify them, but I believe you could.

[sanbuzhi]

It was meant to be from the eyes of someone whose beloved is possibly gone to sea, so it was meant to have a melancholy air.

Perhaps I shall try it if I can get a proper calligraphy set.

[raveyardpatriarch]

Right, so possibly sad! Maybe they didn't go to sea. Maybe they just went on an errand.

You might even find patrons, who knows. Not me, I'd just lose a fan immediately. But other people.

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[sanbuzhi]

Ah, yes! They are so in love that being parted simply because one of them has to go to market causes them such deep pain. That is certainly quite a way of viewing it, Wei-xiong. Full of longing!

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[sanbuzhi]

Patrons? How would I go about finding those?

[raveyardpatriarch]

...Well, it's less sad that way. Maybe the market was very far away, like an overnight trip!! That's the beauty of poetry, we just don't know anything about anything.

That's a good question! For someone else. Probably just refining a few examples of your work, and then getting people to notice? You'll need money some time and you don't want to go on quests for it.

[sanbuzhi]

An overnight trip to the market? That's even more painful than being parted for a few hours! You are just compounding their suffering now. Do you feel a kinship with them or something?

No, I do not want to go on quests! Those don't sound fun at all.

[raveyardpatriarch]

It's not even my poem! I was trying to make it better! And I still am. The market has the best things so it's fine. That's what's poetic now, is it being far away so you have to work for it but it's worth it, you bring back the best gifts.

They wouldn't be, for you! They're hard work sometimes. Better to just find people who would want fans. Or paintings. A nice message, but in little phone pictures instead of flowers.

[sanbuzhi]

So your interpretation of the poem is to change it so much as to change the timbre? Or are you choosing to interpret it in a lighter timbre?[he's definitely poking fun rn and just giving Wei Wuxian the run around] Does the gift make up for the anguish suffered at being parted?

I could do that. That would be far more fun than anything on that board. How would I go about getting people to notice my work here?

[raveyardpatriarch]

It was sad! I guess I'm choosing to interpret it less sadly. To strike a blow against sadness. And yes the gift has to be very good to do that, but surely it would be if it can only be got with so much hardship. Maybe more gifts just to be sure.

Well doing the work is the first step, but you probably already know that. After that I guess you would just have it be visible? Easy for you, already writing elegant poetry on the network and making yourself known, not like a ghost.

[sanbuzhi]

What's so wrong with sadness? And speaking of sadness, can it be banished simply with gifts?

So the network would work for such a thing as well? Interesting. Though one does wonder why a ghost is not interested in making himself known here.

[raveyardpatriarch]

Yes, if the gifts are good enough. I'm surprised you're questioning this. And nothing's wrong with sadness if you can get rid of it eventually.

Known for what? This humble servant Wei has no need for a reputation in this life.

[sanbuzhi]

And if it cannot be gotten rid of?

In such a case, I suppose it does make sense that humble servant Wei would have no need to put anything on this network and only make comments on other things, if he so chooses. It sounds like a very nice life!

[raveyardpatriarch]

Then you get rid of it anyway. Wine on a roof under the stars, or poetry in little pictures, or however. You just keep trying because the alternative is being sad. It's a good motivation.

You see? It's not bad. But I will put things on the network if there's a good reason! Like looking for curses. All business here at Wei manor.

[sanbuzhi]

Ah, I see. You balance the sadness with things that bring you joy. Humble servant Wei is very wise, it seems.

Looking for curses? Has something necessitated that in the past?