Poll: Opinions on clothes & other things

[china_shop]

Poll #34373 Clothes

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How emphatic are your opinions on Shen Wei’s Haixing clothes?

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Not (clothes are clothes)
1 (7.7%)

Not with a few exceptions (accessories)
0 (0.0%)

Not with a few exceptions (outfits)
1 (7.7%)

Somewhat
2 (15.4%)

Very
6 (46.2%)

Extremely
3 (23.1%)

I will fight you!
1 (7.7%)

I didn't use to, but fandom has made me care
1 (7.7%)

How emphatic are your opinions on Zhao Yunlan's clothes?

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Not (clothes are clothes)
1 (7.7%)

Not with a few exceptions
1 (7.7%)

Somewhat
5 (38.5%)

Very
5 (38.5%)

Extremely
1 (7.7%)

I've papered my bedroom with screencaps of him in that grey sweater and distressed jeans
2 (15.4%)

What does Zhao Yunlan find sexiest about the Envoy? (check all that apply)

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mystery
9 (69.2%)

super-strength
5 (38.5%)

other powers
3 (23.1%)

authority
7 (53.8%)

mercy
8 (61.5%)

mouth
8 (61.5%)

eyelashes
7 (53.8%)

those slight, faint-hint-of-amusement smiles
10 (76.9%)

weapon
2 (15.4%)

the fact that Zhao Yunlan's father would strongly disapprove
5 (38.5%)

other (please specify in comments)
1 (7.7%)

Which of these best describes you?

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I speak/read Mandarin well / It's my first language
0 (0.0%)

I'm learning Mandarin
4 (30.8%)

I'm learning Mandarin because of Guardian
2 (15.4%)

I've picked up a few words
6 (46.2%)

I don't know any Mandarin but I'd like to learn
1 (7.7%)

Don’t know anything, languages are haaard
2 (15.4%)

No Mandarin, but I know (an)other Asian language(s)
2 (15.4%)

Other
1 (7.7%)

Comments

[china_shop]

*nodnod* I can see that with protectiveness of other people and taking responsibility for society at large. But I think ZYL feels like the Envoy (and later Shen Wei) is just being stuffy and over-cautious when he fusses about ZYL touching the Hallows, for example. You know? Idk. This might be a matter of interpretation, though.

[trobadora]

This is definitely a later-in-canon thing - I don't think it really comes together for ZYL until after the blindness arc. At which point he definitely should know Shen Wei isn't just being over-cautious. *g*

[china_shop]

Oh, right! I wasn't thinking far enough ahead. So what's an example of Shen Wei being attractively protective, then, do you think?

[trobadora]

Kicking Kong Jing away from him when rescuing Zhao Yunlan from being kidnapped in episode 25.
Turning up at the Dixing Palace all bloody and yet still defeating Wu Xiaojun to protect Zhao Yunlan and Guo Changcheng in episode 38.

(I mean, I do also think Zhao Yunlan finds the Envoy protecting him in the Hanga caves sexy on some level! And Shen Wei grabbing him by his lapels in the nosebleed scene, in a different way. But I think it's just a different thing once they're more on the same page - about each other and about the stakes.)

[china_shop]

To me, the first of those reads as competence kink, if anything (I just rewatched and didn't see much of a reaction from ZYL? YMMV!!), and I think Zhao Yunlan is too horrified at the state of Shen Wei in the palace to find that rescue attractive. I'd argue that fighting the Youchu in the Hanga caves is largely competence, too.

Even with the nosebleed scene, to us as viewers it reads as protective, but I'm not sure that's how it lands for ZYL, or what he likes about it? Maybe he's into the manhandling qua manhandling? Mostly, he's busy trying to defuse Shen Wei's glaring, imo.

But I was thinking after I commented (and wasn't near a keyboard so couldn't say) that the scene in Dr Feng's clinic where Shen Wei instinctively wants to stop Zhao Yunlan from sacrificing his sight (ep 22) fits the bill perfectly. I think that's the epitome of protectiveness and "these two seem so different on the surface but are so similar underneath". Neither wants to see the other hurt, they both know that, but they also won't stop them from doing what's right.

For that matter, the wrist grab in my icon might work?

Caveat: It's likely I'm reading everything differently from most people (and quite possibly wrongly) because protectiveness is not my kink; that makes it harder for me to see it as a kink for ZYL. So please feel 100% free to ignore me!