Honestly, Studio Orange are such a bunch of chads because this reboot was so risky.
The animation changed, they made the season 1 a prequel and didn't tell anyone, they changed the timeline, they added new characters with different designs and used a different flavor of sci-fi.
A lot of things that could make it fails so easily in the eyes of most people.. But they pulled it off so damn well.
They went against the odds and delivered something beyond amazing.
I am impatient to see what the future holds for this show.
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Qian called Yuan.
Qian called Yuan.
Qian sat on the stairs (with that effing red thread connecting them!) in his light color, and stared at all the unanswered texts Yuan had sent him for every holiday, and HE HIT THE CALL BUTTON!
Yuan still talks to Lili regularly. He even speaks to San Pang. And both of them know how much Qian cares about Yuan. Lili is surprised Qian has the magazines with her in it because Qian always seems to only care about Yuan. San Pang lectures Qian and tells him to care about Lili too. San Pang directly states that he should've let Yuan stay.
There is so much to show that Qian misses Yuan. Qian is sad that Yuan is gone. Qian needs Yuan. So he calls Yuan AND HANGS UP! But Yuan immediately calls back.
Qian doesn't even say anything when he picks up the phone. Yuan questions if it is really Qian. "Hello? Qian? (brother?)" and all he gets in reply is a simply "mmm" but while Yuan is in shock, although it seems like Qian is upset, his eyes are closed as if he is being soothed by Yuan's voice.
Qian didn't even realize it was his birthday until Yuan said it!
Which makes him break.
He says thanks. He asks Yuan how he's been. He mentions he has read Yuan's texts.
He barely answers Yuan's questions, but he answers them which he hasn't even done for Lili and San Pang.
And Qian is the one to ask if there is anything else Yuan wants to say, and when Yuan says no, Qian ends the call.
With his eyes closed.
Qian wanted Yuan to say he missed home. That he missed him. Because Qian missed Yuan, which is why he called him. Which is why he has been cleaning his room. Which is why he goes to sit in Yuan's bed after he ends the call.
All so he could finally say what he has wanted to say since he sent Yuan away - "Come back if you miss home"
Come back if you miss ME.
Because I miss you.
And the way realization sweeps over Qian as he slowly recognizes the person in front of him is Yuan
That the person next to him is Yuan
It's impeccable because Qian calling Yuan exposed him. He wanted this! He wanted Yuan there! But it's no longer the way it was before.
They aren't in their own little world anymore.
Yuan, in the past, confessed that he liked Qian, and Qian calling Yuan showed that he missed him, so Yuan came home. Yuan came back to Qian.
But Yuan still walked out of the room, leaving Qian alone.
Qian left Yuan that black bracelet. Qian called Yuan but hung up. Qian told Yuan to come back to him by telling him he could home. Yuan still texts Qian to remind him he is there because that bracelet gave him hope. Yuan didn't call Qian until Qian called him. Yuan didn't come back home until Qian told him to come back home. He learned his lesson from his confession. Yuan won't move until Qian makes the move.
And Qian wants Yuan, but he hasn't fully committed to acknowledging it. Qian has skirted around it each time leaving everyone else to pick up where he gets stuck.
But Yuan can't let that continue. Qian left the bracelet. Qian made the call. Qian told Yuan he could come home. Yuan won't move until Qian moves, so Yuan won't move until Qian answers the question.
"Do you have feelings for Yuan too?"
Sidenote: I love that Lili texted San Pang to figure out where they were (and she is in San Pang's phone with hearts!), so Yuan could go get Qian (sibling shenanigans), and that San Pang sat up when her text came through so he could send her a voice note since he was too drunk to text but knew he needed to answer (that's couple behavior!).
I also loved how Lili argued with Yuan about teasing her over another guy since it's clear she is in a relationship with San Pang, and how San Pang took Lili to the night market since Qian was too drunk because Qian even told Lili that San Pang would treat her to a nice meal since he wasn't home when she arrived.
Qian brought Lili and San Pang together. They had to look after him once Yuan was sent away. They had to be the light in Qian's dark world. He is the reason they fell in love.
And he doesn't even realize it.
Excellent.
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God ok... in the scene when Roderick dies, Dream immediately stands up and reaches out to Alex. He looks hopeful. Dream remembers when Alex said that if he could free him, he would, and well, the man who kept both of them under his thumb for the past ten years is now dead. There's nothing standing in his way.
And Alex is about to go through with it, before he gets talked out of it. He says he needs to think about it. I think... before that moment, Dream might've been willing to just go on his way and leave Alex alone. But that moment, when Alex officially becomes actively complicit in his imprisonment, I think that moment is when Dream decides he can’t forgive him. That second betrayal is when he determines (correctly or not) that Alex is just as bad as his father.
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