[RFC] Being You is Deculture

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The SI fucks up a relationship and doesn't trivially resolve the issue within a few scenes? IMPOSSIBRU!

I like it. It shows that even if she's been pushing herself to think and act in more mature ways, Minmei does still have her own preconceptions and does still have some of that hardheaded teenage mindset when she runs into a situation where they say that she's right and any other opinion is wrong. Likewise, it puts some of Garrik's own flaws into focus and makes them plot-relevant, so the characters have to do some work and grow in order to resolve the conflict, which is always a good thing.

Having Grandma show up to straighten those young'uns out as previously discussed also links up with what you mentioned earlier about observing the cultural traditions, if I've understood what I've read about them at least; an older relative of one or both sides acting as matchmaker and facilitator fits there, right? Maybe I'm flat out wrong, or just getting too much of my information about how "traditions" go from wuxia and anime, but it's frequently depicted as making an arrangement between families as a whole rather than the two specific people involved, so if there's an argument consulting with older and at least nominally wiser heads is natural, the bright mirror of the ever popular "we've arranged this marriage for the good of the clans, you'll get used to him/her" plot. Even better if the elder in question actually talks things over with and takes the feelings of the youndsters involved into account, to further subvert the trope. Even at - was it thirtymumble? - Garrik has still hardly seen all there is to see compared to Old Enough To Put You Over My Knee, Whippersnapper.