china_shop: Close-up of Shen Wei looking at his jade pendant (Guardian - SW and pendant)
The Gauche in the Machine ([personal profile] china_shop) wrote in [community profile] sid_guardian 2025-05-23 04:15 am (UTC)

this moment really hits if you’ve read the Shen San extra.😭

Yes, true! SW has been through aspects of this before. (No doubt that's a big contributor to his loathing of his gui-ness.)

And it somehow still has the same themes of Shen Wei sacrificing something of himself for Zhao Yunlan (an ongoing process in the novel, a specific past moment in the drama).

That's true -- that theme and ZYL's DNW about it come through so strongly in both versions. *hearts*

If she wanted to stay purely out of loyalty to the SID, for her colleagues, or because it’s the right thing to do - anything but romantic love - I think he would want her to stay.

Yes, this. And I think the family-ness of the SID is important to him, too, and her absence would be felt by everyone. But absolutely agreed that he wouldn't lie to her or pressure her.


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