#Like a character like Xiaolan in a worse piece of literature could've easily just had her be an annoying chatterbox one off that Maomao | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

shiroselia · 26 days ago

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I appreciate so so much that Maomao continues to visit Xiaolan after she's transferred to the Jade palace. It would've been so easy from a narrative stand-point to just have Maomao go "Man good riddance" about her chatty barely-friend from "back then", but no.

Not only does she continue to speak to Xiaolan, she uses her as an informant of sorts, because Maomao recognizes just how much a person like Xiaolan helps on that front. And she's reoccuring and not forgotten by Maomao Or the narrative as a whole!

#kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #Yeah yeah at this point not falling victim to pitting women against each other isn't like #Revolutionary or anything #But it's still nice to see where someone who Seems like such an obvious one-appearance-throwaway actually sticks around #And she's super sweet!#Like a character like Xiaolan in a worse piece of literature could've easily just had her be an annoying chatterbox one off that Maomao #doesn't need because she's Smarter Than That Hurdur #Idonno it's something I appreciate #And somehow we're still not far enough in feminism to not be weird about women who aren't objectively cool or whatever #So yknow #We take what we can get ig #Manda's Maomao simpage

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