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college gothic
  • someone in your class mentions communism. they speak about it at length. you are in biology class.
  • you text your mother. she does not respond for 3 days. you text her again and then realize that it has only been 2 hours since your first text.
  • freshmen travel in packs. what are they afraid of.
  • your class is in room 153. the numbers start at 201. you cannot find the first floor.
  • someone is talking about communism. it is not the same person as last time. this is an english class.
  • your transcript says you have an A in philosophy 3310. you do not remember taking this class. what did you learn? what did you do?
  • you meet your elevator buddy. you do not speak. you never do. you ride in silence. one day, they are not there. you miss them.
  • your advisor refers you to the registrar. the registrar refers you to admissions. admissions refers you to both the registrar and your advisor. you have spoken to two people who do not exist and one who has been dead for ten years.
  • the boy who sits next to you wears the same clothes everyday. you think this is strange but when you mention it, he tells you that this is the first time he has worn this outfit. you realize that you have lived this day before.
  • you pass someone sleeping in the quad. he has always been there. stop looking at him.
  • someone answers, “communism.” it is not someone who has been previously mentioned. the question was, “what is an example of the art of ancient greece?”
  • you have a doppelganger on campus. you have never met them. they know all of your friends.
  • the seniors speak only to professors. their eyes are dead. they have given up the safety of the pack long ago.
  • the professor is talking about STD’s. your math class is very strange.
  • the powerpoint is in comic sans. you suspect that your economics professor is an extraterrestrial being after all.
  • “communism,” the man serving you lunch insists. wearily you nod. that’s what everyone says.
on three lives, three worlds ten miles of peach blossoms.

I know Mark Chao is getting a lot of attention for his role which is warranted but Yang Mi should receive an equal amount of credit as well. Look at Su Su, Si Yin and Bai Qian’s characters. I wont talk much about Si Yin because he is basically a younger, much more impulsive Bai Qian so the comparison wont hold much ground.

SS and BQ are basically the same person but they have completely polar personalities. Where SS is soft and careful, BQ is brash and reckless. Where SS is selfless and scared, BQ is selfish and arrogant. A complete example of this is in the way both say Ye Hua’s name. 

Su Su is reverent whenever she says his name, careful to articulate every character while wrapping it round her tongue to savor it. She loves him unabashedly and even though their love isn’t one of big declarations or displays of affection, its beautiful in its own simplicity. But its not simple because it built on half truths and convenient lies.(actually i need to talk about Ye Hua doing this: WTF man. He did not plan any of that out well, which goes to show his naivete and relative youth, he just ambled a long and made plans as he went.) It doesnt help that she isnt the brightest bulb in the mortal realm-she is dim but makes up for it with a lot of heart.

Bai Qian is another entity all together. She’s older, smarter, more  powerful, she’s a goddess and queen. Ye Hua is quick to dismiss her as Su Su when he first sees her, all harsh edges and cutting words but he is forced to acknowledge that this is Su Su with the benefit of memory and spine. She doesnt love him yet, i dont think, she is very amused no doubt about that, attracted to some degree-ye hua is taking no prisoners with that approach i mean…talk about smooth- and curious at this guy but she doesn’t have his ardor. BQ is clipped when she says his name, formally distant saying Lord Ye Hua or your father when talking to A-Li, never by his first name. When she meets him, she tells Ye Hua to call her Aunt( Gu gu) and this where the reversal happens. He goes for the more intimate Qian Qian right away, startling her. Now HE is reverent. 

‘’Avrei voluto avere 20 anni quando i ragazzi parlavano con la ragazza in disparte alla festa, e non si buttavano a gruppi di dieci sul troione con le tette fuori al centro della pista. Avrei voluto avere 20 anni quando una persona bisognava scoprirla e non cercarla su Facebook, e quando chiedevi ai tuoi amici "Come si chiama?" e non "Ma la da?". Quando dovevi sudare per avere un numero di telefono e ti facevi mille paranoie. Quando qualcuno alla prima difficoltà non rinunciava pensando "Tanto ce ne sono di più carine" ma provava e riprovava fino a quando non si faceva realmente male. Quando aspettavi tutta la notte con il tuo vecchio Nokia 3310 una risposta che non arrivava mai perché non esisteva il visualizzato e pensavi "Magari non ha soldi", "Magari non è arrivato il messaggio". Quando le foto dei baci le stampavi e le tenevi nel cassetto e a volte te le riguardavi un po' e le custodivi gelosamente e non le postavi facendole vedere ai 4000 amici che hai su Facebook. Avrei voluto avere 20 anni quando c'era Kurt Cobain, e l'amore era puro e crudo come una fottuta canzone dei Nirvana.’’

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