"That makes sense, I guess. Tehcnically I could have deviated from the plot sometimes, but it wasn't always specific what the punishments would be, and when it was specific... well, if I fucked up completely, it said I would be returned to my original body, and that died, so..." Shang Qinghua is not incredibly comfortable talking about this, even with the system on standby, but it's such a relief to have someone kind of understand, someone who's nicer about it than Cucumber-bro. "I like being alive, even in a... shitty novel."
Then Casper says he's very likeable, and Shang Qinghua kind of wishes he had a fan to hide behind like Cucumber-bro. Is he blushing? Oh god. "That might be the nicest thing anyone has said about me, like, ever?" Help.
Honestly, Shang Qinghua would probably answer pretty much anything you asked, Casper, even when he's trying to be cagey because his life is embarrassing. "Yeah, the escapism choices are just... different, when the world is different. And the... fantasies have... different foundations?" Stop talking before you have to explain Resentment of Chunshan to the nice man, Airplane. "Just like... cultural mores really affect shit. Which, I mean, that's why xianxia is different than western fantasy, so it makes sense that fantasy inside of xianxia would be different again!"
...Casper looks awkward about that question in a way that rings real familiar. Shang Qinghua hopes he's right. "I, ah, yeah, I guess I-- I mean, the author managed to put in enough background cutsleeve shit--uh, gay, I mean, cutsleeve is like, the literary term--that I guess it's like, normalized in the whole world, even though the original book was a super heterosexual stallion harem novel? Which is... convenient, for me?" Nailed it. Totally normal way to come out. That definitely worked. Also, it's not really notably convenient for him, it's not like he's taken advantage of it, all he's done is stare lustfully at his king, but still! The availability of cutsleeve erotica is good! Sometimes he swaps recommendations with Qi Qingqi!
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Then Casper says he's very likeable, and Shang Qinghua kind of wishes he had a fan to hide behind like Cucumber-bro. Is he blushing? Oh god. "That might be the nicest thing anyone has said about me, like, ever?" Help.
Honestly, Shang Qinghua would probably answer pretty much anything you asked, Casper, even when he's trying to be cagey because his life is embarrassing. "Yeah, the escapism choices are just... different, when the world is different. And the... fantasies have... different foundations?" Stop talking before you have to explain Resentment of Chunshan to the nice man, Airplane. "Just like... cultural mores really affect shit. Which, I mean, that's why xianxia is different than western fantasy, so it makes sense that fantasy inside of xianxia would be different again!"
...Casper looks awkward about that question in a way that rings real familiar. Shang Qinghua hopes he's right. "I, ah, yeah, I guess I-- I mean, the author managed to put in enough background cutsleeve shit--uh, gay, I mean, cutsleeve is like, the literary term--that I guess it's like, normalized in the whole world, even though the original book was a super heterosexual stallion harem novel? Which is... convenient, for me?" Nailed it. Totally normal way to come out. That definitely worked. Also, it's not really notably convenient for him, it's not like he's taken advantage of it, all he's done is stare lustfully at his king, but still! The availability of cutsleeve erotica is good! Sometimes he swaps recommendations with Qi Qingqi!