china_shop: Two Chinese men (the Envoy and Kunlun) in historical dress sit facing each other. Blue background with a pink heart sketched in it. (Guardian - bb!Envoy/Kunlun heart)
The Gauche in the Machine ([personal profile] china_shop) wrote in [community profile] sid_guardian 2025-04-27 10:25 pm (UTC)

And obviously Kunlun was right because he has already seen it, which only makes it even better to me.

Yes, great point! Kunlun!ZYL is super convincing in that moment because he's speaking from a place of knowledge and truth -- it's not just empty platitudes. And that's a lot of what gives SW the hope and fortitude to go on. *hearts and hearts*

♡♡♡ ITA! I never even really considered the literal aspect of it, I just skipped right to this.

Heh, I always get tripped in YOHE because young!SW feels indebted so quickly, just from ZYL helping in that battle. He immediately starts calling ZYL "benefactor" and promising to repay him (which ZYL deflects with "take off your mask and smile" -- and omg, should we draw a line from that to SW's ghastly smile in this scene?? /o\ /o\ /o\). But I think over the years since, SW has had time to reflect and his perspective would have deepened, you know?

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