Especially if it's before the first visit, it'd end with Zhu Jiu being the head of the Envoy fanclub and following him around like an overzealous puppy.
I agree, but I wonder how long it would last... I think Zhu Jiu could easily have been recruited to the Envoy's cause at that point, and would definitely have been all-in and manically aglow for the cause. But I tend to think that what we see of his personality is not all mind control, but partly just who he is as a person, and so I imagine he would eventually have problems and grow discontent, simply because he would not fit in well with the Envoy's crowd - and so would not receive the validation and sense of importance that he craves.
Chu Shuzhi is the criminal Shen Wei turned into a respectable man, while Zhu Jiu is the respectable man Ye Zun turned into a criminal.
Ooh, I like this - yes, absolutely. And their personalities are opposites, as well, which completes the dichotomy.
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I agree, but I wonder how long it would last... I think Zhu Jiu could easily have been recruited to the Envoy's cause at that point, and would definitely have been all-in and manically aglow for the cause. But I tend to think that what we see of his personality is not all mind control, but partly just who he is as a person, and so I imagine he would eventually have problems and grow discontent, simply because he would not fit in well with the Envoy's crowd - and so would not receive the validation and sense of importance that he craves.
Chu Shuzhi is the criminal Shen Wei turned into a respectable man, while Zhu Jiu is the respectable man Ye Zun turned into a criminal.
Ooh, I like this - yes, absolutely. And their personalities are opposites, as well, which completes the dichotomy.