#appreciation

He's Basen's milk brother, they grew up and trained together, and the two are still close today. Gaoshun treats him like one of his own sons. Maamei is not afraid to push back and give him advice even when it's technically above her station as a woman, and Jinshi (being who he is) sees no issues with this because of how much he respects (and fears) her. Chue is not afraid to goof around and tease him in relation to his love of Maomao (as long as Suiren and Taomei aren't around). The antisocial Baryou can talk to him just fine (albeit in part because he sees him as a level above human, but that's just Baryou). And Jinshi knows damn well how scary Taomei (who nursed him alongside Basen) can be, just like Basen and Baryou.

The Ma clan can't ever be his "friends," per se, because as part of this society, they're required to be "servants" who don't forget their place. They're only in the Moon Prince's orbit because they were born to be. And yet, like the preordained marriages of Gaoshun/Taomei and Baryou/Chue, they've found some affection for one another anyway. As evidenced by the many other awful people we've seen, it could've easily been an incompetent prince and his band of corrupt and/or bureaucratic and/or boring-af lackeys (the Western capital provided a great contrast), but it's not. They're all fairly good, smart (sans Basen), upstanding people with vibrant personalities ("characterful," as Maomao would put it) all doing remarkably well to navigate the difficulties of this time in history. Jinshi is so lucky to have the Ma clan, and the Ma clan is so lucky to have him and each other.

The Ma clan is my favorite group of characters in the whole story, and in my mind, I always include Jinshi (one of my favorite characters) as an honorary part of it. There's some excellent Ma clan fanart I've seen ("are the kids alright?" by @sporadora, The Ma Kids! by @vsettacrescellie) that rightfully includes Jinshi. And as I've discussed before, Lishu's coming in as well and I really can't wait to see how that goes, Jinshi interactions included, 'cuz Lishu's awesome and she deserves this relatively (considering the era) warm and caring family.

And MUCH more people

@cringefail-loserfail2

Sun, do you have fun games you play with Jack? I know you and Moon have a fun cupboard game does Jack have one?

Appreciation

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Eclipse's Sunglasses were acquired in Cool Shades.

Jack-O-Moon's hug schedule has been officially established here. Not that this Asker could've known that, as it's from a couple years ago ^-^;