And his expression is not all that different? (Before he gets mad at least. After is a different story.)
Oh, huh, I see those as very different. The set of his mouth in those frames is similar, but the tension in his brow in the kitchen scene is completely absent in YOHE, and his eyes are pained in the kitchen scene, but shining and warm in YOHE. And I think it has to be different, because they're such different points on ZYL's character arc: in the kitchen, he is full-body absolutely "I'm not worth this" and unable to bear the thought of anyone loving sacrificing for him. But by YOHE, he's learned to accept love, and come to terms with the fact that love and sacrifice are intertwined (and specifically, that this is how things are between him and SW). He's no longer doubting his worthiness at all, not because he's masquerading as a famous general or even because he thinks he's so great, but because of who they are to each other up and down the timeline. You know? I think that's most evident in the way, after YOHE!SW says, "The life that I owe you, I'll definitely return it to you," ZYL stares up at him and gives the very very faintest of nods, like ohhhhhh I get it now, I get all of it, and then he laughs (at their fate and at his former lack of understanding, and the fact that now he knows what Shen Wei meant when he said it).
*watches this sequence, like, six billion more times* alksdfjalkdsfja;sdklfjas;dkfjas;dlfkjasd;fk
And then I just continued to see Shen Wei's expression, and I guess it isn't all that different either?
Ha, I see those as very different too: YOHE!SW with eyes widened in confusion, and kitchen!SW super deeply intensely staring, driven to admit part of his secret and ~willing~ ZYL to accept it.
(And then I compared YOHE!SW with kitchen!ZYL, and they're also different -- SW doesn't look upset like ZYL does; SW is just pure confusion.)
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Oh, huh, I see those as very different. The set of his mouth in those frames is similar, but the tension in his brow in the kitchen scene is completely absent in YOHE, and his eyes are pained in the kitchen scene, but shining and warm in YOHE. And I think it has to be different, because they're such different points on ZYL's character arc: in the kitchen, he is full-body absolutely "I'm not worth this" and unable to bear the thought of anyone
lovingsacrificing for him. But by YOHE, he's learned to accept love, and come to terms with the fact that love and sacrifice are intertwined (and specifically, that this is how things are between him and SW). He's no longer doubting his worthiness at all, not because he's masquerading as a famous general or even because he thinks he's so great, but because of who they are to each other up and down the timeline. You know? I think that's most evident in the way, after YOHE!SW says, "The life that I owe you, I'll definitely return it to you," ZYL stares up at him and gives the very very faintest of nods, like ohhhhhh I get it now, I get all of it, and then he laughs (at their fate and at his former lack of understanding, and the fact that now he knows what Shen Wei meant when he said it).*watches this sequence, like, six billion more times* alksdfjalkdsfja;sdklfjas;dkfjas;dlfkjasd;fk
And then I just continued to see Shen Wei's expression, and I guess it isn't all that different either?
Ha, I see those as very different too: YOHE!SW with eyes widened in confusion, and kitchen!SW super deeply intensely staring, driven to admit part of his secret and ~willing~ ZYL to accept it.
(And then I compared YOHE!SW with kitchen!ZYL, and they're also different -- SW doesn't look upset like ZYL does; SW is just pure confusion.)