the gangster fell first, and he fell early, and he fell hard. And then he sat back and waited - thank you for articulating this! i kept thinking "surely i've seen that plotline before?" but skuld thought the same, and i totally agree with them: i haven't either.
i feel that tang yi has the slight advantage when it comes to recognizing their underlying connection because of how they're positioned around the tragedy from four years ago. tang yi (thinks he) knows what happened that day and he's channeled his obsession into plans for revenge; whereas MSF only has the mystery surrounding his mentor's death, and he turns his obsession towards tang yi... who can probably recognize, on some level, that they are both grieving in a similar way, having lost parental figures at once and feeling bound by filial loyalty to keep pursuing a resolution (revenge \ justice).
and yes, naturally tang yi HATES IT - MSF is a cop and therefore automatically the enemy, tang yi's father figure was clearly keeping secrets, tang yi himself nearly died, and then while maintaining his new position of control over the gang AND trying to make the syndicate go legit, he's hounded for years as if he's the killer... yeah, of course he hates MSF being in his face and harassing him and trying to provoke him into a confession (he only perhaps succeeds in making tang yi ~emotionally compromised by the awful memory he keeps bringing up). AND YET - they do share a similar hurt, and MSF is just as relentless and passionate and dedicated to his misguided pursuit as tang yi is himself, so amidst all that hate there's probably an inkling of respect and maaaaaybe a notice taken of MSF's lean, cute, live wire physicality. not that tang yi would ever ~go there omg, he's a self-respecting gangster! but he's also human and i bet he'd allowed himself to imagine a few ways he might make MSF shut that pretty, noisy mouth of his.
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Date: 12 Jan 2020 03:03 (UTC)i feel that tang yi has the slight advantage when it comes to recognizing their underlying connection because of how they're positioned around the tragedy from four years ago. tang yi (thinks he) knows what happened that day and he's channeled his obsession into plans for revenge; whereas MSF only has the mystery surrounding his mentor's death, and he turns his obsession towards tang yi... who can probably recognize, on some level, that they are both grieving in a similar way, having lost parental figures at once and feeling bound by filial loyalty to keep pursuing a resolution (revenge \ justice).
and yes, naturally tang yi HATES IT - MSF is a cop and therefore automatically the enemy, tang yi's father figure was clearly keeping secrets, tang yi himself nearly died, and then while maintaining his new position of control over the gang AND trying to make the syndicate go legit, he's hounded for years as if he's the killer... yeah, of course he hates MSF being in his face and harassing him and trying to provoke him into a confession (he only perhaps succeeds in making tang yi ~emotionally compromised by the awful memory he keeps bringing up). AND YET - they do share a similar hurt, and MSF is just as relentless and passionate and dedicated to his misguided pursuit as tang yi is himself, so amidst all that hate there's probably an inkling of respect and maaaaaybe a notice taken of MSF's lean, cute, live wire physicality. not that tang yi would ever ~go there omg, he's a self-respecting gangster! but he's also human and i bet he'd allowed himself to imagine a few ways he might make MSF shut that pretty, noisy mouth of his.
...so yeah, thanks for pointing this out!