#oh and no there's no qiao ling/lu guang ship

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Qiao Ling

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I have so much to say about this episode.

First, during this re-watch I am realising

1. Lu Guang is a huge brat lmao. Even in the previous episode, he intentionally does or says things that end up annoying Cheng Xiaoshi. I used to think that's Cheng Xiaoshi's department but no 😂

2. Cheng Xiaoshi, yeppie puppy just likes invading lu Guang's personal space and bothering him. He is very babygirl coded. Indeed!

now, back to the episode

when qiao ling explains the case, the focus is on shiguang. It is a very clear parallel omg.

parallel x2

cheng xiaoshi literally compares their duo to those girls

Now

The main reason for this re-watch is...I am watching this without any preset gay agenda reigning in my head unlike the first time.

First episode : I felt lu guang was colder than we have ever seen him in 2 seasons. His expression barely softens, he has a slight cishet dudebro attitude which I couldn't ignore.

And also yes. Cheng Xiaoshi was ready to kiss (and...have sex?) with that stingy boss until lu guang commands. That's an ungodly amount of trust, man. It was really insane and scary.

Anyway, back to my neutral lens...I can declare that... congratulations! I failed successfully.

I may theorise about bois being gay but my sapphic experience resonates with them, whom the fandom affectionately calls 'noodle lesbians'.

the continuous metaphor of marriage is no joke. Why are two women living together without finding themselves boyfriends? Romantic life where? oh, I know exactly where.

"sleep with me" is that Netfix and chill? we will never know. (But it certainly means something very very intimate. My sapphic radar hums in approval)

cheng xiaoshi, do you realise you just made that joke, that that joke.

also shiguang parallel again. bunkmates.

DAMN I CANT ADD MORE PHOTOS SO ILL POST PART 2 TOMORROW

part 2 link below!

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For the ask meme: 7/8/25 mob, lu guang? ^^

YAYYY THANK U FOR THE ASK MUN!!! Also oooh interesting! :0

Mob

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

I love every single fan art I've seen of this little guy FKJDNDLFK I don't think there's one that I didn't enjoy, so props to the fandom for being able to put him in so many different fan arts and crossovers with other series

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

I can't exactly think of anything specific, but I think just not looking beyond Mob's character and only focusing on shipping him with Teruki (which goes for Teruki as well and reducing his character to only being gay for Mob) not saying the majority of terumob shippers do this btw, I just think it's a common phenomenon that's also present with Serirei too

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Damn I'm trying to think back to when I first watched mp100...iirc I don't think I understood Mob well as a character? Like more of his flaws I mean, I didn't understand the Mogami arc well enough at the time to comprehend what it meant for Mob and his character, so my first impressions were very much surface level at the time. But now that I'm older, I can understand him a lot better

Lu Guang

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

THEY GIVE HIM DARKER SKIN IN FAN ARTS SOMETIMES AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH WE NEED MORE DARKER SKINNED LU GUANG!!!

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Hmmm...I think only seeing Lu Guang's character as just the plot twist/reveal at the end of season 2? If that makes sense 😭 more along the lines of erasing his complexity with just being like "oh he fucked up the timeline/he's so gay for Cheng Xiaoshi" when I think there's a lot more to his actions and his character than those two things. The fact that his character subverts expectations and him being a hypocrite of his own rules, his subtle kindness and consideration for others, and his foils with Li Tianchen being a really cool aspect that I wish people analyzed more during that arc.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Tbh my first impression of him was that he was going to be the stereotypical stoic, level-headed white haired guy 😭 that I wasn't going to gleam anything interesting from him, but he really did turn out to be my fave in the end because of everything I mentioned above! I hope we get season 3 soon and see more of how he handles the consequences of his actions + more interactions with Qiao Ling because I NEED THEM TO INTERACT AUGHHH

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Lu Guang - There's no way he likes me back. Qiao Ling - Cheng Xiaoshi would throw himself in front of a moving car for you. Lu Guang - He would throw himself in front of a moving car for fun.

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#i'm no translator!! i suck at this!! i hope this is understandable aah#also some cultural things or regional slang i might miss out because while i'm chinese i do not live in china#bracketed stuff is either personal comments or me admitting my stupidity#i also find it so cute that their names relate to the concept of time#like for example 程小时 (chen xiao shi). “小时” literally means hour#and 陆光. “光” means light but it could also be a reference to the word “时光” which means time

OH MIGOSH THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH ldjfaskldfjaksld fj *explodes from happy sparkles*

I HOPE YOU GET BETTER WITH COVID *sending hugs and comfort your way*

THIER NAMES HOLY HERB SKSJDFKLSDJFKLDSFKDSFJ DKSLFJKDSLF I LOVE THEIR NAME SYE KLDSJFKLDSJf

IT definitely makes sense thank you sooo muchhhh akdfjaskldfj asd

The two ladies are from the second episode.... they are very much shipped it's so close to being cannon they were about to kiss.

(ALso it's sad, then paralleled to Lu guang and Cheng Xiaoshi. Overall if you ignore the foreshadowing then it's the most wholesome episode of the entire series(

Then the episode ends with this.

ALSO QIAO LING AND CHENG XIAOSHI BEING THE MOST SIBLINGS EVER JKFSDKLFSLDKFJDSLKJFSDKLFJKSDLFJSDLKFJDSKLFJDSLKFJSDKLFJDSKLFJSDKLJFDLSKFJ

THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR TRANSLATING THIS *sends a gazillion heart emoji's* I HOPE YOU GET BETTER SOON!!!

Hiii @starryeyeddarlings

not forced at alll but...

I have no idea what they are saying. I love them but I don't know what they are saying. Annny help would be much appreciated. <3 <3 <3