#anyway hc is a fun but rather shallow and in many ways contemptible character if you're reading this as an adult looking for a coherent

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dgmw tgcf is a fun time and the romance has crazy chemistry but the moral inconsistency (?) of the gambler's den scene will never not bother me. like these people are betting their lives or the lives of other people in really fucked up scenarios and it's all kind of chalked up to 'well it's their choice' or 'the people they hurt can seek revenge' like??? it's nice that hc is nice to kids and gives abused ghosts shelter I guess but this is just glossed over and it would make such a strong relationship and story if they actually dealt with it and xl actually. well I don't want to say 'had a spine' but if he challenged hc in any way besides 'noooo don't devalue yourself you're not ugly 🥺' like there's more substantial things at stake here than hc's self-esteem issues lol it just comes off as so strange and juvenile especially after mdzs. actually no I don't think there was a much stronger moral theme in mdzs it really was mostly romance again I'm just being distracted by the drama. anyway tgcf has really interesting subplots about justice like the black water arc obvi and ling wen's revenge but hc does do bad things actually and it's annoying that it was glossed over. I think

#like theoretically mdzs is about right and wrong but in practice it mostly takes a back seat to the romance dynamics #I THINK. it's been a while. but iirc the drama leans a lot heavier on doing good and being inspired by someone you love to do good #and changing as a person bc you realize you were wrong and all. the 'what is black and white/what is right and wrong' scene? #cql only. the vow on the clifftop? cql only. 'you deserve to be wei ying?' guess what. cql only #not that mdzs is NOT about doing good or changing I think it's def got a clearer moral aspect than tgcf #but it's also more about the romance than about being a good person and I think the drama balances that out a lot #anyway hc is a fun but rather shallow and in many ways contemptible character if you're reading this as an adult looking for a coherent #character or romance and I vaguely dislike a lot of ways he's shitty to people even when they're funny im sorry #thinking about it too much etc. #tgcf txp