and i personally think the reason we're all so obsessed with 2cheng is bc, normally in bls, queer besties turned worsties who have had a History is soooo very often just used a plot device to serve a purpose, that then gets forgotten about or shelved away or treated as though it wasn't really That Deep etc. to never get mentioned again.
but revenged love doesnt do that. no no no. see. 2cheng is so important to the fabric of this show. they are woven into almost interaction, almost every character, almost everything this show is about. they're treated just as importantly as the romances in the show. given time, and space and attention. never once are they dropped or forgotten about or treated like they're not That Important. and revenged love haven't half assed it either. no. they said we either do it right and commit and do it properly and go all the way, or we don't do it at all. they weren't scared of the audience backlash it could face by having 2cheng kiss, or having them both be just as obsessed with the other (rather than making it one sided) or the possibility of it overshadowing the romances. they've given us such an honest representation of 2 queer besties for whom things went sour and toxic and yet they cannot let each other go. soulmates. and it makes everyone involved in their lives feel insecure and second best and doubt and question just WHO and WHAT 2cheng are, even when 2cheng themselves haven't even thought nor talked that deeply about who and what they are. to them, they just. are what they are. there are no proper words or labels that can be used to describe them.
its so rare to find something like that in bl. but when you do find it, no wonder you cling on to it. 2cheng are just. so codependent. so mutually obsessed with each other. they're so queeeer. they are so so queer. they're represent suuuuch an important fundamental experience that most queer youth go through. whether thats falling for your best friend, or just messing around with them all the time bc you're both cool with that, or things getting toxic with your best friend, or you just not being able to ever let go bc they were your everything. your soulmate. and i feel like queer people therefore gravitate towards 2cheng on much more on such a deeper, unhinged level.
its just one of the few things revenged love has dared to do, and its pulled off. its been embraced and welcomed. its worked SO well. its added SO MUCH richness and depth and an edge and this underlying delicious tension to storyline, to the show, which was already so superb, where each character is just off the wall, manipulative and insane. mmmmm. divine toxic yaoi.
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