I didn't mean that XS was driveless or without interest toward his romantic poursuit. I think aimless might be a better word to describe him, he was aimless in life and still hasn't found his meaning in life.
First we must acknolodge 2 truths.
The first one is that LQ is weird and absurd.
She came looking like a street/jungle child at 13/14 yo and was completely lost, when it come to who she was, what she wanted to do, she lacked belief in the ES, it's institutions as well as in her peers and herself. She even lacked belief in her mother and in the very concept of romantic love.
She was empty, devoid of meaning and she knew it, so she looked for meaning and belief, in herself, her friends, her family.
She was driven beyond words, always trying new arts, weapons, training freneticly and going on tribulations constantly. She even tried and succeded in forging a bunch of ties and friendship even if it started from a mercenary perspective. She also started repairing her relationship with her mother. And she find out who she was, what she wanted to do and how she was going to get it.
She is Ling Qi, a vassal of Cai, an artist, spy/thief, diplomat.
She want to help Renxian unify the ES even if that work will never be finished in her life time.
She's going to use Communication to create a Community or Communties with shared culture, reformed/new weilu, and a new provincial identity. She also want to maintain and protect that community.
She has gained meaning and through her drive in that search for meaning she inspired many people to found out what they wanted to do or to grow (Han Jian, Gu Xuilian, Cai Renxian, Bai Suzhen, Li Suyin, her mother...) and discouraged, hurted a few (Chu girl, Fan Yu, Renshu worm).
And she did all that in ONLY 3 YEARS.
The second truth is that none of her potential romantic partners are or were bad or particularly lazy, no they are normal in that they are late teenagers/young adults who still don't know what they want to do and have many decades to found out at their rythm. Except they want to be with Ling aim for Cyan at 20 Qi, who figured all that out and is still figuring it out at max speed.
So have they found their meaning, to be an equal match ?
Ban Qian is a merchant, craftman. His ultimate goal is to become a season themed spirit idol girl band Manager and record sellers, improving his sound recorder talisman/jade.
We know who Meng Dan is, even with his short appearance, he is a historian, he wants to learn, explore and spread a lot of ancient history. He wants to support his grandmother and LQ in spreading the new weilu movement with said knowledge.
We knew that Gu Tai was an explorer and wanted to developp his barony by adventuring and exploring ancient ruin (for loot not history)
Bai Anxi, it's too soon to tell.
Xuan Shi did progress and worked on himself a lot, he is an interresting character with a lot of potential.
But we don't know who he is and what is goals are despite knowing him the longest. We could say that he abondoned his former goals of finding happiness and meaning through some adventurous love but we still don't know what his new goals are, what is his meaning. Is he a builder ? A protector ? A navigator ? An adventurer ? What does he want, beyond LQ and a family.
I could see a XS who tries to incorporate part of Polar confederacy cultivation in his own to create a castle/city to wich he is bound. Or XS being the first to create a luminal boat and sailing the luminal like the sea and exploring it... (didn't XS mention that during the WS exploration ? )
We do need to watch for XS futur developpement to see what his meaning/life goal end up being. We might learn it next chapter even But as of know he is not the best match for LQ.
Sorry for the brick wall
First we must acknolodge 2 truths.
The first one is that LQ is weird and absurd.
She came looking like a street/jungle child at 13/14 yo and was completely lost, when it come to who she was, what she wanted to do, she lacked belief in the ES, it's institutions as well as in her peers and herself. She even lacked belief in her mother and in the very concept of romantic love.
She was empty, devoid of meaning and she knew it, so she looked for meaning and belief, in herself, her friends, her family.
She was driven beyond words, always trying new arts, weapons, training freneticly and going on tribulations constantly. She even tried and succeded in forging a bunch of ties and friendship even if it started from a mercenary perspective. She also started repairing her relationship with her mother. And she find out who she was, what she wanted to do and how she was going to get it.
She is Ling Qi, a vassal of Cai, an artist, spy/thief, diplomat.
She want to help Renxian unify the ES even if that work will never be finished in her life time.
She's going to use Communication to create a Community or Communties with shared culture, reformed/new weilu, and a new provincial identity. She also want to maintain and protect that community.
She has gained meaning and through her drive in that search for meaning she inspired many people to found out what they wanted to do or to grow (Han Jian, Gu Xuilian, Cai Renxian, Bai Suzhen, Li Suyin, her mother...) and discouraged, hurted a few (Chu girl, Fan Yu, Renshu worm).
And she did all that in ONLY 3 YEARS.
The second truth is that none of her potential romantic partners are or were bad or particularly lazy, no they are normal in that they are late teenagers/young adults who still don't know what they want to do and have many decades to found out at their rythm. Except they want to be with Ling aim for Cyan at 20 Qi, who figured all that out and is still figuring it out at max speed.
So have they found their meaning, to be an equal match ?
Ban Qian is a merchant, craftman. His ultimate goal is to become a season themed spirit idol girl band Manager and record sellers, improving his sound recorder talisman/jade.
We know who Meng Dan is, even with his short appearance, he is a historian, he wants to learn, explore and spread a lot of ancient history. He wants to support his grandmother and LQ in spreading the new weilu movement with said knowledge.
We knew that Gu Tai was an explorer and wanted to developp his barony by adventuring and exploring ancient ruin (for loot not history)
Bai Anxi, it's too soon to tell.
Xuan Shi did progress and worked on himself a lot, he is an interresting character with a lot of potential.
But we don't know who he is and what is goals are despite knowing him the longest. We could say that he abondoned his former goals of finding happiness and meaning through some adventurous love but we still don't know what his new goals are, what is his meaning. Is he a builder ? A protector ? A navigator ? An adventurer ? What does he want, beyond LQ and a family.
I could see a XS who tries to incorporate part of Polar confederacy cultivation in his own to create a castle/city to wich he is bound. Or XS being the first to create a luminal boat and sailing the luminal like the sea and exploring it... (didn't XS mention that during the WS exploration ? )
We do need to watch for XS futur developpement to see what his meaning/life goal end up being. We might learn it next chapter even But as of know he is not the best match for LQ.
Sorry for the brick wall
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