#especially when we take into account that all thos and the SP happened during the european belle epoque

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Volume 2 ❄️

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(Still wildly waving em flags)yes... I’m back. I read my (overly)dramatic proclamation from last time and I think I didn’t put it down properly? I mean, I love angst-especially in your fics-but miscommunication just seems like an overplayed trope. wbl’s S1 had a very mature vibe to it and Shu Yi has always been so proactive(he confronts all problems headfirst) so this sp ep felt a little off for me... but, the acting is so good I cannot leave it. I must know what happens to my son Shi De. :’)

aw, ur reaction was completely justified honeybunn~ u invest ur time & emotion in the series, it's understandable that u're disappointed if u see sth u don't like

also when u said that S1 was mature, my mind immediately thought back to the pranks that Shu Yi pulled & how Shi De blackmail Shu Yi xD 

as i mentioned before, im totally okay with the miscommunication. it's something that immediately comes to mind when they said that Shi De will be going to America.

also, ik it's an overused trope but it's a thing that really does happen in real life.

in the context of WBL, i think that it fits with the directions & characterization.

Shi De internalizes his emotions and keeps things to himself. meanwhile, Shu Yi is expressive and explosive with his emotions but he keeps things to himself when it matters. we’re literally told by Zheng Wen in Ep2 that Shu Yi likes to keep things to himself despite his aloofness.

so yah... i disagree with "Shu Yi confronts all problems headfirst". also, even tho he did confront Shi De in the end, he had to be nudged. i think that when it really matters, he tends to deal with his problems when he's motivated to do so. like, he literally ran away from his unrequited love for Yu Xin and only confronted Shi De bcs of Yu Xin's made sense of his feelings for him and told him to go get his man. 

I also think Shu Yi's character development is largely dependant on the presence of Shi De... he's literally only ever emotionally open with Shi De throughout the entirety of S1 (Ep2: talking about love, thanking Shi De for taking him away from Yu Xin & Zheng Wen. Ep3: admitting that he's still not 100% over Yu Xin. Ep5: seeking Shi De out to confront his feeling. Ep6: taking into account the fact that he is a difficult person and asking if he was terrible to him, actually listening to Shi De’s explanation about going to the States). 

so yeah, Shu Yi is only ever communicative with Shi De, but we also have to keep in mind that before he seeks Shi De out and confronts him about their feelings for each other, he also ran away from Shi De(tried dating the junior). this is literally what happened in the special episode as well! he literally walks back as soon as his heart breaks. that’s just how Shu Yi rolls. 

so, i think Shu Yi's emotional growth and openness basically just... stop(?)/revert back to how he used to be when Shi De's not around.

and Shi De is literally never open and vocal with his emotions and what's going on in his life to being with... 

literally the only times he was so open were with his mom, during dinner time in Ep5 (even then we can see that he’s holding sth back), and with Shu Yi, in Ep5, and he only did it to reassure Shu Yi.

their emotional growth and character developments are very intertwined with one another. more so on Shu Yi’s side bcs i think Shu Yi ‘looks toward‘ Shi De for guidance when it comes to emotions (Ep6 their entire convo about nervousness is literally Shu Yi ignoring his own nervousness & only accepting it when he realizes that Shi De is nervous).

to me, their actions & reactions makes sense with what i've come to understand in S1... and, as i talked about a lot before, separation & distance brew doubt so everything just... intesifies. 

and, ofc there are probably other things that aren't shown to us and im very excited to see more