someone in his position would *never* call the prince by his actual name rather than Dianxia or some other title.
That's so true! It is still breathlessly intimate, even if I feel the tone changes from what I initially thought - the "Xiao Yingyan!" now feels more like exasperation, where MCS comes close to calling him a water buffalo for being so stubborn. And you're so right, that is not a feeling he can permit himself to express with such candor, using a name and no title at all, when he is only a humble counselor to a prince.
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Date: 2021-07-17 05:39 pm (UTC)That's so true! It is still breathlessly intimate, even if I feel the tone changes from what I initially thought - the "Xiao Yingyan!" now feels more like exasperation, where MCS comes close to calling him a water buffalo for being so stubborn. And you're so right, that is not a feeling he can permit himself to express with such candor, using a name and no title at all, when he is only a humble counselor to a prince.