This was supposed to be a yaoi ship post, but then I noticed Xia Qing’s lukewarm reaction and my thoughts diverged...
Is Xia Qing not happy for Yang Cheng? Or does she think that Yang Cheng shouldn’t be using E-Soul’s title?
She did say this later:
It seems Xia Qing and Shang Chao have different ideas on what kind of hero Yang Cheng should be. Perhaps Xia Qing is worried about Yang Cheng losing himself to the E-Soul name, but Shang Chao thinks differently.
To Shang Chao, there is no difference between Yang Cheng and “E-Soul.”
Yang Cheng is E-Soul, and E-Soul is Yang Cheng.
With or without a mask, Yang Cheng is still the same person. It’s like how one person has different aspects to himself. You just get to see their different sides at different times.
But Xia Qing thinks differently:
To Xia Qing, Yang Cheng can only be one or the other. He cannot be both Yang Cheng and E-Soul.
Xia Qing’s and Shang Chao’s contrasting beliefs are really interesting. I wonder which kind of belief will be portrayed as the “right” one? Should heroes be separate from their civilian self? Or should a hero also be a human first?
