Why We Hate Ling Qi
You want to know why we-
No, it's not because we think she's secretly an assassin, c'mon, don't be peddling that conspiracy theory crap. This is the real world, not one of your fantasy wuxia stories.
Alright, alright, lemme field this one before you bring up the secretly-a-robot idiodi-
No, there's ZERO basis for it, geez louise, you're a real character you know that?
Okay, so to use a metaphor, actually, no need for the metaphor... just, like, imagine you're in high school and you basically know everyone, right? You grew up together and you know each other cuz your parents all know each other and like there's this celebrity's daughter who is going to be joining your school omfg isn't that gonna be swank af? And sure, she's kinda weird but wouldn't you be weird if you were raised by Celeb!Mom too? And you can't fault her taste in fashion or her parties. She throws
excellent parties.
But.
She's - you know how the popular girls always got that tagalong? Like that obvious charity case? She's ugly, she's poor, wears the same dress allll the time (given to her by Cai, what I wouldn't do to get one of my own, ugh, it's a work of ART not meant to be casual wear, she probably goes to Burger King in it, SO tacky), and look at how tan she is, and have you heard about her
mother?
And this girl. Just. This girl. It'd be one thing if she were cool, or part of a scene, or at least had a modicum of EQ, but all she does is work hard. Fuck, I could do as well as she could if I worked hard. Who does she think she is, even street girls and boys know you need to greet your peeps. She just plays her flute at Cai's parties and then swans around and doesn't so much as say hello to anyone except foreigners weird as she is.
And the worst part, the absolute worst part is that she pretends to be above it all, like the blushing, innocent, doe-eyed maiden (who'll, in fairness, stab you) but- first, again, her mother, second, who does think she's kidding, she a thirsty ho, always staring at the hotties, and not at their faces if ya know what I mean, and second do you even know how many guys she is stringing along? And not just randos either, but like actual high-quality menfolk who fall
hard for that innocent virgin act. There's that upperclassman whose probably gonna be valedictorian and go places, there's the Xuan boy, and forget his pedigree, that boy is a legit genius, and the Shen Hu boy, sure, he may be poor, but have you SEEN him, and that's not even getting into her middle school escapades...
She's just so... just so... ugggggh.
Anyway, that's why we hate Ling Qi. Man, I wish I could write my essay on this topic, I got thesis statements and topic sentences falling outta my ass.
Wh-what?! Jealous?! Girl, did you hear a word I said? I swear to the good lord, sometimes you make me think you're as hopeless as she is.
We hate Ling Qi because she's a bee eye tee see haitch, BITCH.
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Author's Note: So this topic came up before the update landed and I'm not sure if SV in general is poor at social perceptiveness, but like, I remember high school, Ling Qi would definitely get a lot of 'who the fuck does she think she is?' reactions even without the qi magic and feudal politics. The cost of not interacting with your peers is generally, well, your peers.
@yrsillar, wrote this on the phone, and since it began its life not as an omake, I don't mind if it's not listed as one.
