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Stevie Knicks @
You know those "this celebrity looks like this old-timey photo" things?
check THIS out
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(Image description: Black-and-white still image of Lan Ying, the legendary actor who appeared in a number of classic films between 1921 and 1925.)
(Image description: a picture of Jiang Ying, the popular YouTube star.)
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Before you @ me that they must be related Ying are their given names they have different surnames. It's just coincidence
OR IS IT
Lan Ying disappeared mysteriously. He finished his last film and was just never seen again.
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There are a lot of theories about what happened to him, but no real evidence of anything, including foul play. His house still had furniture, some clothes, but anything really personal had clearly been packed neatly and taken away.
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There were rumours that he was seen occasionally at social events after that, but he didn't appear in any more films.
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I'm not saying Lan Ying and Jiang Ying are the same person (and presumably a Highlander) but I'm not NOT saying that
Stevie Knicks @
YES OKAY HE'S NOT A HIGHLANDER HE'S ONE OF THE SEVEN IMMORTALS OF THE FIVE NATIONS I GET IT
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Jiang Ying and Lan Ying, the 20s movie star (self.jiangyingfans)
submitted by flyinpenguins
Has everyone seen the thread that went viral on twitter about this?
What do you think?
[-] sisterknowsbest [M] [score hidden] - stickied comment
Locking this thread and all of the others like it, things were getting too heated.
Anyone wishing to discuss the subject further is encouraged to go to the new sub over at r/JYisWWX and talk about it there.
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Hey everyone, I'm back! AMA! (self.jiangyingfans)
submitted by jiangying
mountainbison
What do you think of the theory going around that you're secretly the immortal Wei Wuxian because you and Lan Ying look alike?
> jiangying
> isn't it a bit racist to say that all Ynmeng mans look aliek
>> galaxyrise
>> I'm not saying it is you or anything but my family is from Yunmeng and we don't look anything like you (sadly for us) but you do actually look just like Lan Ying you know
>>> jiangying
>>> okay u got me I am Wei Wuxian
>>> I am two tousand years old and I can do magic and this is how I spend mi time
>>> yur gonna love my next vid= this restarant says you eat free if you can eat ten of their Death (To Your Ass) Wind (From Your Ass) Fire (In Your Ass) Chemical Weapon Wings and ima do
>>>> anyoneanyonebuick
>>>> ilu dude but ffs anything but another eating challenge
>>>>> jiangying
>>>>> wat im hearing is that you think my eatiin challenges aren't adventurous enouf
>>>>> I gotchu
>>>>> I see if I can find sommin wild
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ying as in baby @jiangyingofficial
as an immortial human magic person I ragrat to enform you all that all the wizard movie is vv inaccruate
no-one buys wands in a STORE . I made MY wand from tree
sunny @
Cultivation does not now and has never used wands though? That's a European thing.
ying as in baby @jiangyingofficial
o
ying as in baby @jiangyingofficial
hay erbody my next vid ima do a giveaway for CHARITY
is a wand
I made it from tree
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you guys are the best! (self.JYisWWX)
submitted by jiangying
I just want to tel you that I rly admire yor detectoring skills! I joke a lot but I rly am Wei Wuxian and it's great that you figured it out!!! usually that doesn't happen outside yunmeng!
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bitchesofmadisoncounty
lol
rockthecatspa
oh my god this is real
wangarattaregatta
isn't this kind of mean?
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Mod Announcement: Jiang Ying ban (self.JYisWWX)
submitted by plamtrees [M]
u/jiangying has been banned from this sub.
We don't like it any more than you do, but every time he posts here it sets off a flame war that gets far too out of hand and invites brigading from other subs who think this one is full of wacky conspiracy theorists.
We already have to turn on enhanced automod any time someone wants to talk about the Haunted Prison Tour.
We know Wei Wuxian is a human cultivator not a god, but there's a reason why some people misinterpreted that to think he's a trickster. He thinks he's funny. He might not even be wrong but he's exhausting and we've banned him from the sub.
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QUEEN
One of the Social Media Teams has included this in a report.
[img: screenshot of the announcement that Jiang Ying has been banned]
best orange
"He thinks he's funny"
"he's exhausting"
it's like they know baby personally
me
harsh
you're jealous aren't you
best orange
I'm jealous they can ban you from their lives
they're living my dream
excellent carp
I'm looking over their forum now.
Some of them seem rather distressed. They believe baby is playing with them.
best orange
he is
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Who did this? (self.JYisWWX) [platinum]x2
submitted by plamtrees
I know everyone's noticed the wave of gildings in the sub. A lot of people think it's JY/WWX fucking with us as usual, but I'm not sure it is.
I went over all the things that got gilded, and they don't quite fit his usual pattern of assholery. Before we banned him JY/WWX was usually really enthusiastic about things.
Whoever's been guilding all over the sub? They really like it when people call him an asshole, bitch about what a fucking troll he is, and point out that it's fucking bullshit that we get treated as wack conspiracy theorists when he's so fucking obvious about this shit.
I think it's not actually him, and I'm guessing it's someone who's aware that despite his manifest talents and charm and good looks and all that shit he's also a fucking troll.
Edit: FUCKING TWO PLATINUMS ON THIS WHAT THE FUCK
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Can someone explain this to me? (self.JYisWWX)
submitted by glasswallsglassfloors
I'm not trying to be a dick here, I swear, but... is this a joke, or are you all serious?
I honestly can't tell. If you're not serious I really respect the commitment you've all put into it, but if you are, like... how? Isn't it obvious Jiang Ying can't be an immortal?
Buzzfeed actually got sources and proved that Jiang Ying spent nearly six years teaching Computer Science at an actual, real, highly-rated university. How's a guy from, like, 1000AD supposed to know how to do that?!
And I know he jokes about it, but literally everything he says about cultivation is completely wrong.
Do you really, truly think the Five Nations Immortal Wei Wuxian is fucking around on YouTube?
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Can someone explain this to me? (self.JYisWWX)
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Thank you for your contribution! Unfortunately, if you look at the sidebar, you'll see we have a rule against posting the exact same questions that have been asked a hundred times already this week! Please see the FAQ for your answers.
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The JYisWWX FAQ, Because STFU (self.JYisWWX)
submitted by bigasstable
Wei Wuxian would be a thousand years old, and Jiang Ying lectured in Computer Science. How would someone from a thousand years ago be able to use computers?
Same reason we think he's able to use telephones and do things other than wander around waving a sword at all the big metal monsters on the road - not having fucking teleported here from 1000AD, Wei Wuxian is undoubtedly capable of interfacing with modern life and may have just learned to use computers like he's undoubtedly learned to use all sorts of other things in his life.
Literally everything Jiang Ying says about cultivation is wrong. He can't be a cultivator at all, never mind have cultivated to immortality.
Yes. Literally everything he says about cultivation is wrong. How do you not get that that can't be accidental? He's never right even by, like, COINCIDENCE. He's from Yunmeng! He can't actually be this ignorant, he's doing it on purpose.
Entire mystery novels have been written about how if someone is exactly wrong on every single detail it's because they know the truth and they're lying about it. Fuck.
Do you seriously think someone who's like a thousand years old would spend their time fucking around on YouTube?
Why not, though?
Part of what makes watching Jiang Ying so enjoyable is that that dude is one hundred percent living his best life at all times. It's not like he's suffering through those spicy food challenges for clout, he fucking loves that shit. Have you seen him? He orders seconds. We're not watching his pain, we're watching restaurant owners look demoralised. They tried so hard! They got so far! And in the end, it doesn't even matter because Jiang Ying will eat the hottest food they've worn fucking gloves and safety glasses to cook and then he'll say, "This wasn't bad, actually! The flavours weren't complex but it had a little heat to it!"
Why shouldn't that be how a guy who's had a thousand years to know what he wants in life spends his time?
What about ergege?
Ohhh shit this is - okay.
Look, we don't actually want to be considered wacky conspiracy theorists around here, which is why we don't talk about ergege, because when we talk about ergege things happen that might just be coincidence but also might NOT.
What is definitely true is that ergege is frequently the cameraman for Jiang Ying(/Wei Wuxian)'s exploits. As far as we know we've never seen ergege on camera nor has ergege been heard to speak.
JY(/WWX) flirts with ergege a lot. We know he thinks ergege is handsome, beautiful, pretty, sexy, smart, funny, and basically every complimentary adjective there is.
Wei Wuxian was married to Lan Wangji.
Some people have suggested it is implausible that Wei Wuxian could still be so damn flirty with his husband after a thousand years of marriage so ergege can't possibly be Lan Wangji. That Wei Wuxian must have picked up someone new, presumably a regular person of some kind.
Such a suggestion is clearly outrageous and r/JYisWWX would never suggest that it could be true.
I'm not saying that every time someone says that might be true the site goes down and that post is mysteriously gone when it comes back up, but I'm not NOT saying that.
Maybe they've kept the magic alive this whole time. It's possible. Maybe one of them wrote the Comprehensive Guide to Relationships.
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me
who told bunny about the conspiracy theorists
he went to look and there was a post there suggesting that we broke up
and I found a new man
excellent carp
Oh dear. Brother, are you all right?
me
he's not going to answer because his phone is dead
(he's okay I'll tell him you asked)
he tried to make an account on that site so he could correct people
somehow he ended up on a website that sells healing crystals made of dried soap
and also with six different viruses that melted his phone's battery
QUEEN
My apologies.
It seems the communication protocols for the Social Media Teams are not sufficiently specific and do not establish clearly enough that bunny should not receive internet-related information directly.
me
I will go to their offices and show them pictures
of the VICTIMS
the CARNAGE
when he tries to use computers I haven't set up for him
they have no idea
how much work
I have put into setting up a computer he can use by himself
best orange
he's bad at them
but you've still ruined more cars
so you can't talk
me
he's made computers catch fire in ways that shouldn't even be possible
best orange
you drove my Rolls Royce Silver Ghost into a lake
me
that was an accident
best orange
it was halfway up a mountain
you found an underground water pocket on the side of a mountain
and you drove my car into it
me
it was nearly a century ago
best orange
it was a really nice car
you drove my car into a lake that wasn't there
you MADE A LAKE and DROVE MY CAR INTO IT
me
that's water under the bridge, orange
best orange
no it's water under my car
also over it
and in it
me
it wasn't on fire tho
best orange
of course not it was too wet to burn
you set my daimler on fire
me
I thought I set your Opel on fire?
best orange
you did
twice
also remember your Falcon Knight
me
how could I not remember that
they never actually got it down again it's visible on postcards
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The stages of acceptance (self.JYisWWX)
submitted by shadesofsunset
[image: the galaxy brain meme, four stages]
[stage one: "Jiang Ying is just a YouTuber who looks a bit like Lan Ying."]
[stage two: "Exactly like Lan Ying, actually."]
[stage three: "Jiang Ying is Wei Wuxian and he's an infuriating troll. How do people not see this? I hate him."]
[stage four: "Jiang Ying is Wei Wuxian and he's a hilarious troll. Can you believe people don't see this? I love him."]
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Hey guys I checked and the butts do match (self.JYisWWX)
submitted by coloursoftheforest
So you know that tumblr post about "Bruce Wayne maintains a presence on all conspiracy theory boards" with the whole thing of "Bruce Wayne is the Batman proof" with the weird thing about how the butts match?
It's hilarious and it made me wonder
and so I checked
and you guys
THE BUTTS DO MATCH
So, like, Lan Ying wasn't as dedicated to making sure his ass was Fully Featured On Screen as Gene Kelly or anything, but check this out.
link: still from Prince of the Sunrise
link: screenshot from Surfin Numbr 7
Those butts are a) spectacular, holy shit and b) IDENTICAL.
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plamtrees
You know that thing where people think we're crazy conspiracy theorists?
You're not helping.