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when making a few icons today it made me rewatch some scenes… and now, upon remembering the lin ling moment cried after moon’s staged death, i imagine it did come from a place of loss. while the situation itself was a heavy one and added to an already stressful occasion, i felt he realized how deeply his feelings for moon truly ran. as time went by and he’s seen how much the two of them got along, how he enjoyed taking care of her or simply being by her side as fake nice. he’s seen so much of her real side and loved her wholly for it. even if it remained one-sided, his feelings blossomed into something real. and losing her, even if to protect her / let her retire from the entertainment industry, still weighed heavily on him. like, he can’t even be by her side as a friend when she is physically not around anymore - but he loved her too much to want to trap her in a career she hates. if it meant letting her go, he felt if he did right by her in her eyes, that’s enough. his love for moon later bolstered his ( kinda naive but sincere ) motivation to be a real hero. even after the fact, unless she expressed her own desires first, he wouldn’t want to push his feelings on her and potentially burden her with guilt or feeling like she owes him. she might feel sorry she can’t return his feelings, but not once did he ever expect her to - or even needed her to. as much as he would’ve loved if she reciprocated them! that was never the point.

gojo's new victim... (cue gojo hovering over lin ling, lips pursed into a pout, big blue eyes staring deep into his soul) "you look familiar..."