Yunlan himself never blames Shen Wei for his need to save and protect
Yeah I totally agree with this! He was upset - obviously - but he never blamed Shen Wei for what he did, and I liked that he acknowledged that Shen Wei had planned all that without blaming him for not saying anything. He could have been shown as feeling bitter/betrayed by the secret, but they didn't go down that route and I'm thankful for that.
So going the "Shen Wei makes tons of mistakes and Yunlan has to fix them all" route is... Not my thing
^ This omg. I can't stand it sometimes when I read a fic and it starts off great but then the plot diverges into something that blames Shen Wei for every bad thing that happens in the story. Like - if it's once or twice, fine, but when it happens over and over again and ZYL comes in to save the day all the time, I'm just like, really?
Don't get me wrong, I love Yunlan too (although I obviously love Shen Wei a hell lot more) but yeah you're right in that he shouldn't have been portrayed to be seemingly above reproach throughout the show.
And yeah the whole - not apologizing thing is just, ugh. I get it too, it's part of his charm but, every time I see Shen Wei basically killing himself for Yunlan I'm just - please please just say thank you???
(Also the lack of Consequences is why I even wrote my fic to begin with XD because as much as I love the Shen Wei angst, I feel like he's the only one who ever seems to face any sort of consequence for his actions?)
(Also I like that headcanon about the Hallows enchanting Yunlan for their purposes, I'm hereby adopting it too, because you're right, the exasperation will kill me otherwise. just don't touch them at all Yunlan please and thank you?)
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Yeah I totally agree with this! He was upset - obviously - but he never blamed Shen Wei for what he did, and I liked that he acknowledged that Shen Wei had planned all that without blaming him for not saying anything. He could have been shown as feeling bitter/betrayed by the secret, but they didn't go down that route and I'm thankful for that.
So going the "Shen Wei makes tons of mistakes and Yunlan has to fix them all" route is... Not my thing
^ This omg. I can't stand it sometimes when I read a fic and it starts off great but then the plot diverges into something that blames Shen Wei for every bad thing that happens in the story. Like - if it's once or twice, fine, but when it happens over and over again and ZYL comes in to save the day all the time, I'm just like, really?
Don't get me wrong, I love Yunlan too (although I obviously love Shen Wei a hell lot more) but yeah you're right in that he shouldn't have been portrayed to be seemingly above reproach throughout the show.
And yeah the whole - not apologizing thing is just, ugh. I get it too, it's part of his charm but, every time I see Shen Wei basically killing himself for Yunlan I'm just - please please just say thank you???
(Also the lack of Consequences is why I even wrote my fic to begin with XD because as much as I love the Shen Wei angst, I feel like he's the only one who ever seems to face any sort of consequence for his actions?)
(Also I like that headcanon about the Hallows enchanting Yunlan for their purposes, I'm hereby adopting it too, because you're right, the exasperation will kill me otherwise. just don't touch them at all Yunlan please and thank you?)