I think once he knows ZYL's the right person, he probably posits time travel as the most likely theory, and given that temporal effects are theorized as a side effect of using the Hallows, he may even determine they're the most likely culprits
I don't think he needs to theorise about this: in the past, ZYL was quite clear about retrieving the Hallows being his "mission", and when they had them, he was all, "Okay, so where's my wormhole?"
he's even jealous of the time his younger self will get to spend with ZYL
Oh, whereas I think he really cherishes that time and wouldn't change it for anything. I think that's a large part of what holds him back from revealing himself sooner.
Add another reason he's pissed that ZYL can't keep his hands off the LD.
Or the fact that ZYL keeps passing out/getting sick when he touches them?
Many of their early encounters are reading to me, on rewatching, as Shen Wei prompting ZYL, trying to understand why ZYL doesn't recognize him (and trying not to lose heart that this is his Kun Lun, because lollipops! And also Da Qing!).
*pets him* I tend to put that down to wishful thinking, which he can't quite suppress (and I'm having a lot of fun rolling around in the angst in fic *ahem*). I think by episode four, when he says that an important person gave him his name, he's pretty resigned to the fact that ZYL isn't his Kunlun yet, especially given ZYL's stated attitudes to Dixingren.
He doesn't see the gun until the Hanga Tribe arc
I feel that he would have seen it, or at least been aware of its existence, when it belonged to Zhao Xinci. (Though that does leave a space-yet-to-be-filled-in in my head about why he wasn't subsequently paying more attention to SID chiefs thereafter.)
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Date: 2019-03-31 05:29 am (UTC)I don't think he needs to theorise about this: in the past, ZYL was quite clear about retrieving the Hallows being his "mission", and when they had them, he was all, "Okay, so where's my wormhole?"
he's even jealous of the time his younger self will get to spend with ZYL
Oh, whereas I think he really cherishes that time and wouldn't change it for anything. I think that's a large part of what holds him back from revealing himself sooner.
Add another reason he's pissed that ZYL can't keep his hands off the LD.
Or the fact that ZYL keeps passing out/getting sick when he touches them?
Many of their early encounters are reading to me, on rewatching, as Shen Wei prompting ZYL, trying to understand why ZYL doesn't recognize him (and trying not to lose heart that this is his Kun Lun, because lollipops! And also Da Qing!).
*pets him* I tend to put that down to wishful thinking, which he can't quite suppress (and I'm having a lot of fun rolling around in the angst in fic *ahem*). I think by episode four, when he says that an important person gave him his name, he's pretty resigned to the fact that ZYL isn't his Kunlun yet, especially given ZYL's stated attitudes to Dixingren.
He doesn't see the gun until the Hanga Tribe arc
I feel that he would have seen it, or at least been aware of its existence, when it belonged to Zhao Xinci. (Though that does leave a space-yet-to-be-filled-in in my head about why he wasn't subsequently paying more attention to SID chiefs thereafter.)