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fortune-maiden · 6 months ago

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I've always liked this line of dialogue from SQX, because it does feel like at the end of the day, no matter how much SQX says he can't stand PM, he does still have a decent grasp of his character.

And on the other side of this, these words are just especially pointed towards Pei Xiu, who does have a good relationship with his boss/ancestor, and also going off his backstory, Pei Ming may well have been the first person in his life to acknowledge him and his talents.

So the whole thing just feels extra sad.

#that said it does bug me that px never seems to feel guilt over his own actions only how those actions affect banyue and pei ming #get it together you sopping wet cat of a man!#i've always wanted to write this but don't have the skills necessary #but i think a lot about if pm's faith in px does feel uncomfortable - is he acknowledging him because he sees his worth #or because he's a pei (something that has never helped px in any way in life)#everyone calls px a nepo baby but no no he's a hard worker and earned what he has #if anything i feel like being pei ming's descendant is still dragging him down because he's the only upper court official we know of #who's playing subordinate to someone else instead of managing his own domain #(fandom always thinks he's middle court but no its stated several times that he ascended properly lol)#(and i just find that beautifully tragic and fitting in his own way)#(px: always the understudy never the lead)#aaaanyway this all contrasts in a fun way with sqx who is the actual nepo baby #is also worshiped in conjunction with someone else BUT never reduced to just that relationship #idk just as pei ming's relationship with both shiblings is important to me #i find sqx's relationship with both peis very fascinating and wish sqx + px could be explored more #and also I want to see where swd + px fit into all of this because there's also so much potential there!#(incidentally the thing that started all of this is i was skimming the russian tl for something the other day)#(and noticed this line was translated as 'pei ming would never behave in such a way')#(and just thought that sqx calling him 'pm' here instead 'your general pei' gives the line a different vibe haha)#(it's sounds both more intimate and pointed if that makes sense?)#(anyway can you tell i am very starved for peixuan content? both peixuans)#tgcf #random tgcf thoughts #shi qingxuan #pei ming #pei xiu

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