08-14-2025, 01:12 PM
"if they had already had sex with each other, that would have definitely played out differently"
I'd agree without question if I wasn't used to all the c/j/k dramas where before a proper marriage there's still palpable awkwardness around the theme of naked bodies, unless the dynamic is already established as fully sexual (see SylusMC) or fully domestic (see ZayneMC).
Your argument is sound, my only reason to doubt it is that the wedding banner implies there's already been a romantic development between them, and that happens at his birthday. But if you recall, I already complained about the birthday and wedding cards being in a nonsensical overlap of when their relationship starts (because if they're together after the birthday, Caleb's doubts at the wedding fake thing don't make much sense and vice versa), so I wouldn't be surprised if this was once again Caleb's writing team losing the plot a bit because they need to include Caleb in these multi banners but at the same time have to fit all this into some semblance of a timeline.
"are you trying to insinuate that once meimei finally nails her gege, she WOULDN'T be all over that like white on rice at every opportunity"
Not my meimei for sure, but infold's meimei might be shy enough. If you ask any Caleb main, they would have told you there was NO WAY in hell that Caleb could finally kiss and fuck MC without his chip being triggered, and yet there was no problem. Fans made up that his spring/birthday/wedding banners had to happen after he's already removed the chip or destroyed it because otherwise it contradicts what we know of the strength of his feelings for her and their collateral effects.
We're clearly already struggling trying to make everything look coherent.
I will add that the way the cards can be put in order follows 1) inside references (like Caleb's mention of the rebuilt old house which was a WIP in the wedding banner), and 2) seasons. Summer cards come after spring cards etc. This would either put the birthday a few months before the beach event, or an entire year after. But this would mean that the wedding (which is canonically established as precedent to the beach event) thing happens 1 year before the birthday, and it doesn't make sense because it would mean they're stuck in this limbo hell of "we're together but who knows" for close to 12 months.
- I can only say: we so need a Pacific Rim AU
- Yes to the horny threads then. I'll debate what to do with the smutty moments that I don't want to spoiler you with
I'd agree without question if I wasn't used to all the c/j/k dramas where before a proper marriage there's still palpable awkwardness around the theme of naked bodies, unless the dynamic is already established as fully sexual (see SylusMC) or fully domestic (see ZayneMC).
Your argument is sound, my only reason to doubt it is that the wedding banner implies there's already been a romantic development between them, and that happens at his birthday. But if you recall, I already complained about the birthday and wedding cards being in a nonsensical overlap of when their relationship starts (because if they're together after the birthday, Caleb's doubts at the wedding fake thing don't make much sense and vice versa), so I wouldn't be surprised if this was once again Caleb's writing team losing the plot a bit because they need to include Caleb in these multi banners but at the same time have to fit all this into some semblance of a timeline.
"are you trying to insinuate that once meimei finally nails her gege, she WOULDN'T be all over that like white on rice at every opportunity"
Not my meimei for sure, but infold's meimei might be shy enough. If you ask any Caleb main, they would have told you there was NO WAY in hell that Caleb could finally kiss and fuck MC without his chip being triggered, and yet there was no problem. Fans made up that his spring/birthday/wedding banners had to happen after he's already removed the chip or destroyed it because otherwise it contradicts what we know of the strength of his feelings for her and their collateral effects.
We're clearly already struggling trying to make everything look coherent.
I will add that the way the cards can be put in order follows 1) inside references (like Caleb's mention of the rebuilt old house which was a WIP in the wedding banner), and 2) seasons. Summer cards come after spring cards etc. This would either put the birthday a few months before the beach event, or an entire year after. But this would mean that the wedding (which is canonically established as precedent to the beach event) thing happens 1 year before the birthday, and it doesn't make sense because it would mean they're stuck in this limbo hell of "we're together but who knows" for close to 12 months.
- I can only say: we so need a Pacific Rim AU
- Yes to the horny threads then. I'll debate what to do with the smutty moments that I don't want to spoiler you with
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