i cant stop thinking about how lwj's very first impression of wwx is that he's , not a troublemaker, but that he's smart
SO TRUE ANON. he’s so smart, smart enough for lwj to be startled by it, turn around, and pay attention. even before wwx is trying to get his attention, lwj can’t help but notice him
really the single most important thing for me in a ship is that they are equals, and episode 3 delivered that in spades by constantly having them notice each other’s talents. and that is specifically what lxc makes lwj confront. (i actually feel good about that young master wei, he is smart, doesn’t he have some real skills? you two tied against each other?) lwj can deal with cute boy but Oh No... nobody prepared him for talented cute boy... time to power walk out of this conversation
i feel like we don’t talk enough about wwx’s brilliance. it’s what makes him who he is as much as his michief and his righteousness. it’s what he brings to the partnership when he and lwj are fighting anything or working on anything. and lwj listens to wwx’s advice and agrees to his plans because he recognises that. he uses wwx’s talismans himself, and he teaches his students to use wwx’s spirit lure flags and wwx’s compass of evil, because even then he’s still relying on wwx’s talents
haechan brings out the hidden extroversion in jaemin, jaemin talks in tiny font with everyone else (esp renjun :>) but yELLS at any given time with (/at) haechan, haechan adores jaemin so much that he chose jaemin when asked who he would date among the members because he said jaemin is good at the things he isn't good at and would be perfect if they complement each other, they're also the chosen trusted grocery shopper of the dreamies 😩 and !! they're the rbf besties who looks intimidating at first but actually the softies of the group
also this picture is very very pretty, they both look so good that it makes me feel things