Possibly the best episode of anything ever

[dangermousie]

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[dangermousie]

Thanks for the offer but nah, I can wait.

Yes, Eight has a LOT of brother-friends (love this term) because he has the warm outgoing personality etc (plus, I get the sneaking suspicion that while he's fond of them, he is not truly baring his soul to any of them). Four only has 13 and Ruoxi in this whole world and yes, I agree, Ruoxi cannot fit the same place 13 had due to her gender (and the limitations on that gender in that time), and lack of long shared history and the fact that she has the modern outlook, still. 4 is someone who doesn't open easily or lets you in easily, but he seems like someone who, when he does, goes all out and emotionally opens himself in a dependent, even needy way, the way 8 does not. Plus, 13 is the open, warm one - 4 needs someone like that to balance him out.

The thing about 13's sacrifice being only partially effective is :( Honestly, I want to kick 8 in the face, however gorgeous he is. I hope once 13 gets Lu Wu there (I am spoiled, so I know he will), it will go easier on him but with his active outgoing personality, it's going to be hell on him anyway.

ETA: Edited because the number names got me confused. :P

[karened]

Eight once mentioned (to Ruoxi? during the breakup?) that he had worked very hard to win his brothers over. So I guess even though he is truly fond of them (I have no doubts on this, because he would have distanced himself from the constantly troublesome brothers who are not of any help to his ambitions, such as Nine and Ten), he had conciously did things to win favour. Maybe it was because he was too lonely. Being of a lower birth, he didn't get the same kind of respect as other princes did, and perhaps had less attention put on him. So, he worked hard to win friends and companionship.

Oh boy, Eight is really such a lonely person...similar to Four, but they live with that aspect differently.

[dangermousie]

Yes, one becomes an intravert and one an extravert.