let's talk about how both sha-ming and sq utilize their sexualities in very specific ways to present themselves as shallow (sha-ming as sleazy and sq as an airhead) and thus get people to underestimate them and maintain a careful distance with others. and how they both care so so much about other people but sha-ming is afraid of getting attached to others and getting hurt, and sq is afraid of never being loved for who she is without any ulterior motives on the other person's part.











