Jul 16
have we considered the maomao and lishu yuri. I have.
skittish little princess who means no harm but is so naive, who is scared and anxious and all alone. vs. this strict no nonsense apothecary who is smart, who means well, who has worldly experience but who can be cold-hearted and harsh......
maomao helps her and hurts her and then helps her again. It's this great tension where they are like sisters to me but also. other things.
#my posts#lishu#maomao#maoshu.........#we are yuriying it up the longer s3 takes to come out#is maomao jealous of her? I'd argue not really#perhaps of lishus naivete? but also lishu is so young at the start of the series. she's the same age as yao I think. or really close to it#lishu is naive because she is a child !!!#idly pondering lishus development of wanting to be her own person instead of pushed around. waugh#maomao would be proud of her#this is inspired by emperor's consort where lishu becomes jinshis wife as maomao is the emperor's consort#and it's all really evil and bad 💖💖💖#maybe lishu does want to he like maomao though. maybe she is inspired by maomaos sternness