Picspam: Da Qing talking to kittens!

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trobadora already did a gorgeous Da Qing picspam; I want to focus on just one particular aspect of his character: talking to kittens!

Episode 14, 38:33 in an alley, being spied on by Cong Bo.

I told you many times, don't touch that rubbish. The cat is the most superior creature in the food chain. We should always maintain our elegance and pride. This way, people will come to ingratiate you.
我跟你们说了多少次了那么脏的垃圾少去碰猫 是食物链上最顶层的 我们要时候保持着优雅和骄傲这样才会有人类来献殷勤



By the way, have you ever heard of Kunlun?
顺便问一句你们有没有听说过昆仑这个名字



As the king of the cats, I can't even handle a few stray cats? How come I can't speak cat language?
我堂堂猫界霸王连几只野猫也搞定不了为何我不会说猫语啊

Episode 16, 19:50 in a park, gathering info for the Bao Laosan case.

As expected, it didn't work. Did I know how to speak cat language before? Why can't I remember at all? I'm forgetting things more and more.
果然不行我之前会说猫语吗怎么完全也记不起来了怎么忘记的东西越来越多了










Questions

1. When Da Qing schools the alley kittens and asks them about Kunlun, does he expect them to understand him? Does he think he'll be able to make sense of their replies?


2. Standing there in patched and worn overalls, he tells them cats should maintain their elegance and pride. What does he really mean by this principle?


3. Does he talk to adult cats, too? If not, is it because he's ashamed of his language loss and doesn't want to lose face, or for some other reason?


4. When Da Qing miaows at Shen Wei in the street in episode 34, is he speaking actual Cat? Maybe a single word or phrase he remembers without realising?


5. If Da Qing used to speak Cat, does that mean Ya Qing can speak Crow and Fourth Uncle can speak Snake? Do you think Yashou treat their non-Yashou counterparts as lesser or just different? How do Flower Yashou feel about salad?


6. Any other thoughts about Da Qing speaking Cat? Any fanworks showing him talking to kittens? Self-recs welcome!

Comments

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Poor Da Qing, he is so sad he can’t speak cat anymore!

I know! *pets him*

Ha, good point about telling animals not to touch things.

But he does ask about Kunlun – maybe he’s giving it a try, just in case? He doesn't seem surprised the cats don’t understand him, only dismayed.

Yeah. I feel like if he were really seriously looking for information, he should try older, more street-wise cats, instead of hapless kittens.

Pride is the heart of the matter here, I think.

That makes a lot of sense. Cats! :D

That would be logical, wouldn’t it? And yet we get exactly zero information in canon XD
I like to think they do anyway.

It does imply that regular crows, snakes, etc. have pretty advanced intelligence in Haixing. I wonder what they make of their weird, shapeshifting were-cousins. *g*

The salad question is going to haunt me from now on.

Hee! Sorry! :D