I just watched mdzs s1 because yearsssss ago I remember hearing my classmates talk about it and I’m 😭😭 bro I loveeee Jiang Feng Mian and Yu Zi Yuan so much and I have headcannons but posting them would make me feel like I’m back in my teenage cringe era 😟
Anyways, hot take but I feel like I see so much hate towards them and it’s because western viewers have never experienced Asian parenting so they see scolding or sternness as an act of hate rather than a sign of concern for loved ones. Sure, if it was irl I wouldn’t necessarily agree with the extent of things but seeing the good cop bad cop parenting, chill dad x POWERFUL BADDIE MAMA BEAR and the way Yu Zi Yuan says the hairpin is useless but ends up expressing that she really cherishes it reminded me of my own experiences growing up and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy so it broke me when yk what happened 😞 At the end of the day I think the way fengmian treats his kids or the way ziyuan treats wwx is a peak representation of Asian parenting lmaoooo.
I also think there might be a lot of cultural nuances that are hard for people to pick up, especially considering that even with my awful Chinese ability (I can probably only understand 3-20% if I had no subtitles), I found sooo many things that don’t get translated into English subtitles very well.
Also there’s like, only 3 fanfics of them on Ao3?? How is that even possible 😩 I’ve been struggling to find any content of them so pls direct me if u know of any 🙏














