LOL, oh, those sleepless nights with the fandom opinions... I knew I had it bad for Guardian when it started to interfere with my sleep, so I empathize on the principle of the thing. :-)
Squicks are tricky business, so feel free not to answer, but I'm curious:
I see a lot of people go "ohh he's such a subby sub!" and then cite scenes that to me are very explicitly about him using social judo to get his way.
I have a similar take on Zhao Yunlan's overt "subbiness"** as you lay out there, but I don't recall seeing a lot of merging his "subbiness" with inexperience. To me the "subby sub" narrative seems to come up in the context of "he's such a power bottom", which to me always implies that he gets around a lot.
Are you discussing two different things in this post or have we seen very different discussions of Zhao Yunlan's "subbiness"?
** Not a statement on what I might think or not on actual bedroom configurations.
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Date: 2019-07-13 12:18 (UTC)Squicks are tricky business, so feel free not to answer, but I'm curious:
I see a lot of people go "ohh he's such a subby sub!" and then cite scenes that to me are very explicitly about him using social judo to get his way.
I have a similar take on Zhao Yunlan's overt "subbiness"** as you lay out there, but I don't recall seeing a lot of merging his "subbiness" with inexperience. To me the "subby sub" narrative seems to come up in the context of "he's such a power bottom", which to me always implies that he gets around a lot.
Are you discussing two different things in this post or have we seen very different discussions of Zhao Yunlan's "subbiness"?
** Not a statement on what I might think or not on actual bedroom configurations.