Day 10/30 of analyzing sangyang until season 3 comes out (on the 23rd)
Today I’m analyzing Chen and Alex. Again alone they’re not that interesting but together their relationship really is.
Chen is hilarious. He’s one of the more self aware characters in the series and even when we think he’s evil u kinda can’t help but feel a little bad for him lmao (see his employees caring more abt suna visiting than him lmao). Also he’s such a diva lmao ( ie, him having suna go pick up the dye alone cuz he didn’t want to get dust on his clothes lmfao).
Chen is quite similar to suna, but I feel like his own insecurities are also somehow more selfless? As in whenever he does something lowkey evil he’s doing it to save someone he cares about. In his backstory we can see the whole reason why he’s terrified of losing the family business is because he believes his mother figure/family servant relies on him for her livelihood. And all of the evil shit he’s done in present day is revenge for Alex. For most of his childhood Chen has seemed meeker ig? He’s also a very cautious person, and someone who always tries to follow society’s rules, if only to benefit those around him. Alex kinda clocks him when he says “Chen you’re someone with a heart aren’t you? But you’re also ummm kind of arrogant and short sighted” which I think sums it up perfectly. Even in present day, Chen is helping the tattoo plan because he thinks it’ll kill Xin as revenge for Alex. Then what? Will Alex magically wake up? Maybe this is just my theory, but does he not realize that Lian cares abt Xin very much and she’s doing this for “Xins happiness” allegedly??
Don’t get me wrong, he’s still very manipulative but tbh I think that’s just a product of his environment. No wonder he’s terrified of the main four bruh Lians terrifying as hell Fundamentally, I think he understands that, even if he is doing the tattoo for his own reasons, he is still just a pawn to Lian. Also he mentions that his family’s business was declining when they were killed in an accident. Given the Zhou family’s track record I really don’t think it’s an accident.
As for Alex, there’s lwk not that much too him. But I find it interesting how he as the third son, who was not forced by his family to be a guardian was still fated to be with Chen (again kinda similar to Lau hearing Xins voice when neither of them were guardian or heir). He’s a genius who has everything he wanted basically, his family’s in a good position and no one really feels a need to be Chens guardian, but Alex still feels the need to go to him. Alex is also someone who’s more easygoing and tends to go with the flow of the things, rather than forcing them as evidenced by him lying abt his identity so him and Chen could know each other without being forced too. Alex… what were u thinking by trying to sneak into Zhou family hq I also find it interesting how Chen says “there’s nothing wrong with his heart or body but he can’t wake up”. At first I thought this might’ve been a reference to oleander poisoning but if that was the case wouldn’t doctors have been able to figure it out? So there’s clearly something supernatural going on here.
Also, Chen and Alex are gay asf??? How’d they manage to outgay the MCs within the span of 2 chapters?? Them planning over to a picture of a heteronormative family as they’re talking abt what’s normal… Ik what you are. The author doesn’t outright say it, but the candle scene was gayer than literal gay porn. Even the reason why Alex sought him out was kinda gay. Bro fell in love w him js by seeing his pics
Day 10/30 of analyzing sangyang until season 3 comes out (on the 23rd)
Today I’m analyzing Chen and Alex. Again alone they’re not that interesting but together their relationship really is.
Chen is hilarious. He’s one of the more self aware characters in the series and even when we think he’s evil u kinda can’t help but feel a little bad for him lmao (see his employees caring more abt suna visiting than him lmao). Also he’s such a diva lmao ( ie, him having suna go pick up the dye alone cuz he didn’t want to get dust on his clothes lmfao).
Chen is quite similar to suna, but I feel like his own insecurities are also somehow more selfless? As in whenever he does something lowkey evil he’s doing it to save someone he cares about. In his backstory we can see the whole reason why he’s terrified of losing the family business is because he believes his mother figure/family servant relies on him for her livelihood. And all of the evil shit he’s done in present day is revenge for Alex. For most of his childhood Chen has seemed meeker ig? He’s also a very cautious person, and someone who always tries to follow society’s rules, if only to benefit those around him. Alex kinda clocks him when he says “Chen you’re someone with a heart aren’t you? But you’re also ummm kind of arrogant and short sighted” which I think sums it up perfectly. Even in present day, Chen is helping the tattoo plan because he thinks it’ll kill Xin as revenge for Alex. Then what? Will Alex magically wake up? Maybe this is just my theory, but does he not realize that Lian cares abt Xin very much and she’s doing this for “Xins happiness” allegedly??
Don’t get me wrong, he’s still very manipulative but tbh I think that’s just a product of his environment. No wonder he’s terrified of the main four bruh Lians terrifying as hell Fundamentally, I think he understands that, even if he is doing the tattoo for his own reasons, he is still just a pawn to Lian. Also he mentions that his family’s business was declining when they were killed in an accident. Given the Zhou family’s track record I really don’t think it’s an accident.
As for Alex, there’s lwk not that much too him. But I find it interesting how he as the third son, who was not forced by his family to be a guardian was still fated to be with Chen (again kinda similar to Lau hearing Xins voice when neither of them were guardian or heir). He’s a genius who has everything he wanted basically, his family’s in a good position and no one really feels a need to be Chens guardian, but Alex still feels the need to go to him. Alex is also someone who’s more easygoing and tends to go with the flow of the things, rather than forcing them as evidenced by him lying abt his identity so him and Chen could know each other without being forced too. Alex… what were u thinking by trying to sneak into Zhou family hq I also find it interesting how Chen says “there’s nothing wrong with his heart or body but he can’t wake up”. At first I thought this might’ve been a reference to oleander poisoning but if that was the case wouldn’t doctors have been able to figure it out? So there’s clearly something supernatural going on here.
Also, Chen and Alex are gay asf??? How’d they manage to outgay the MCs within the span of 2 chapters?? Them planning over to a picture of a heteronormative family as they’re talking abt what’s normal… Ik what you are. The author doesn’t outright say it, but the candle scene was gayer than literal gay porn. Even the reason why Alex sought him out was kinda gay. Bro fell in love w him js by seeing his pics