i don't make decisions i just speak the visions

BAD NEWS: it looks like this rn

now my quastion is

if you dont mind i have another (fic specific) yinxuan question for you 🫡 does protege/daughter remind them of anyone in their pasts? children come in all personalities but both of them have a history with caretaking (hx w little sister, yy with cultivation sect), so. would it be meaningful if there were connections made... has it been too long for there to be any faith that the connections are going from the past to the present and not vice versa...

HAPPY OSMANTHUS PLUM FRIDAY PEEYAH‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ would you believe me if i said i had such a day that i didn't even get to the plums..... mais ouis tomorrow shall be osmanthus plum saturday i will set an alarm for it

NYEOW YOUR QUASTION!! hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i can't answer this in detail bc honestly i haven't given it much thought so nothing's super solid yet and i don't wanna contradict myself later in the fic. but generally yes!! i hadn't thought of the hx's sister angle but definitely for yy (since the fic is primarily in HIS pov) she reminds him of his days as head disciple. and of course he can't help but think back to his time mentoring qyz, comparing them (both of them are Locked In when it comes to martial arts, but it's obvious that xiao-mei's in it not necessarily for the Love of the Game like qyz is. she's there bc she Wants To Kill Specific People, and her focus also extends past the martial aspects and well into theory, philosophy, strategy, etc., all the "bookish" stuff). on that note, the boy wonder QYZ is there too and HE'S being reminded of his days as a shidi! and he's watching yy being a shizun and he's gonna have Thoughts about that! quick, someone tell him that he's shibo now too!?!?

as for hx, as i've said before we don't get his POV everrrr (as far as i know at least..... haven't received any divine visions in HIS eyes yet) so it's hard to say? he doesn't say what he means often?? but i imagine having not only another little girl (like a younger sister) around + this kid being a protege to whom he can pass his hundreds of years of prime Revenge Skillset, perhaps project some of his unresolved resentments and life philosophies and regrets and wisdoms.......

HAHAHAHAH WELL!! initially plums were on the table bc i was picking a stone fruit for fic1 symbolism reasons. i can't remember if it was me deciding if fx should have peach vs plum, or mq having cherry vs plum. i think the latter bc i can't imagine fx with anything but peaches? and even though mq is canonically associated w the cherries (he wanted to get some for his MOM) i probably wanted to be original. but theeeen, i learned more about the stone fruits and was like, well, i just don't see how a plant associated with winter can fit in the south. but i didn't want it to go to waste, so i kept my plums in the freezer so to speak