#liqing

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So wholesome right? Li Jing wants to be a grandad, Nezha is a panicked but excited father, and things couldn’t go wrong. Nezha won’t make the same mistakes his father made, right?

He doesn’t. But he does make different ones.

Li Jing LOVES Baby Qing in the same way Encanto’s Abuela loved Isabella. Qing is not only NAMED after Jing, but as he grows, the resemblance is uncanny. The few things Qing actually gets from his ‘mama’ are is face shape (chubby) and his short stature. Everything else? All Jing.

And Nezha loves his son. He does. But he just… can’t help but to feel sad sometimes. He sees the way Jing interacts with Qing, and just feels overwhelmingly sad and angry and hurt. He’s jealous, weather or not he realizes it, and that kind of taints some of their interactions.

Nezha would never hurt Qing intentionally. He never lays a hand on him. But he is a lot harder on Qing then he is any future siblings Qing has. It’s waved away as Qing being the oldest. But as Qing gets older, he notices.

It doesn’t help that Jing, despite how far he’s come, still has a long way to go. Remember encanto’s Abuela and Isabella situation? That’s what ends up happening.

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Baoshí was a Velcro baby. She would scream anytime she wasn’t in Nezha’s arms.

Nezha loves his children equally. He does. But Li Jing was usually the one to hold Qing, even as a baby. Nezha held his son, but it was difficult being a first time parent. But with Baoshí, he HAD to hold her. And he bonded with her more because of it.

And Nezha and Jing don’t realize it, but kids are more observant then are given credit for. And Qing notices’. He sees how much time Nezha spends with Baoshí (nicknamed ‘Amy’ for the gem she was made) because she screams her head off. He loves grandpa, but he wants his ‘Mama’’s attention. So what does he do? He copies Baoshí.

But Qing is two and a half years old. It doesn’t work the same, and instead it’s chalked up to toddler tantrums. Eventually, Qing gives it up. But now he’s unhappy about being a big brother, because now he has to share.