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imo the best way to interpret those “real people don’t do x” writing advice posts is “most people don’t do x, so if a character does x, it should be a distinguishing trait.” human behavior is infinitely varied; for any x, there are real people who do x. we can’t make absolute statements. we can, however, make probabilistic ones.
for example, most people don’t address each other by name in the middle of a casual conversation. if all your characters do that, your dialogue will sound stilted and unnatural. but if just one character does that, then it tells us something about that character.
I mean I totally would write but I know nothing about basketball, or even sports in general lmao 😭🤣
Why don't we have a single fanfiction with a sports theme? Where is the captain of the basketball team, Chen Yi who plays for the university and his classmate Ai Di, despite all the ridicule of his opponents about his height, is the best three-point player?
SO did anyone notice this in the scene of Chen Yi carrying Ai Di back after he picked him up from prison?
If you look at Chen Yi's feet, he steps over a bucket at the entrance while carrying Ai Di in. This immediately makes me think of (at the very least) two cultural traditions this scene alludes to:
1. Stepping over burning charcoal
I'm pretty sure it's charcoal I see in the bucket (it's not burning, but I assume that's for safety reasons). This is a popular chinese tradition that represents new beginnings and leaving behind bad luck. Fire is considered a powerful element and it is thought to be able to burn your bad luck away. Chinese people would place and step over burning charcoal when moving into a new home, office, or when returning home for the first time after a bad situation (eg. Returning from the hospital after a long stay, or from jail). When moving into a new place, the owner or the head of the family must be the first to step over the charcoal, as it symbolises that they will be the protector and provider of the household.
2. Carrying the bride across the threshold
Chen Yi carries Ai Di over the threshold into the auto shop... need I say more? 🫠 This wedding tradition has Western roots but is adopted by many cultures across the world, including the Chinese culture. There are many supposed reasons for carrying the bride across the threshold (into their home or bedroom); but the most common ones are to prevent bad luck by making sure the bride doesn't trip, or to protect the bride from evil spirits that might attack her or follow her in. Another reason is that in medieval times, the bride would have been obtained through capture and thus unwilling to leave her family, and would escape if she was not carried. Nowadays, it's just considered more "ladylike" if the bride struggled or showed some resistance as she was being carried, and Ai Di was clearly kicking and fighting as Chen Yi brought him into the auto shop, so... 😆😆
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