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Syaoran Li (Xiaolang Li) | Cardcaptor Sakura

CROW AND XIAOLANG. HOW BAD OF AN INFLUENCE HAS HE BEEN

LET'S JUST SAY HE PROBABLY STILL THINKS DIE HARD IS A CHRISTMAS FILM.... (and the jury's out whether anyone's had the heart to tell him otherwise)

But aside from giving him questionable interpretations of action movies, Crow hasn't been that bad of an influence on him yet! Xiaolang is still minorly salty about having the kid card pulled on him (though it was for the best..... please do not have the minor watch an R rated film), but Crow's proven himself to be a decent, reliable adult when the situation calls for it! Or, at least, Crow allows him to do his thing, and steps in when he needs it the most, which is important when Xiaolang does stupid stuff and pushes himself to his limits 8'|

So yeah, Xiaolang's on the fence about whether Crow is the cool adult who'll let him fight with the others, or the strict one who'll keep him out of it, but! He's definitely not someone he minds talking to, and hopefully of these days they'll get their magic/sword sparring on when things are less hectic!

Welp, *deep breath* HIT ME! Al and Xioalang...this is going to hurt.

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Man, this really is tl;cr, but long story short... Xiaolang does not like Al.

Granted, their reconciliation thread is still in progress, so the intensity of his dislike may fade after that... but Al's had so many strikes against him at this point that fully forgiving him might be a while. Xiaolang has absolutely no idea what Al had went through during the AU switch, so from his perspective, the fact that Al absolutely snapped when he shut down what he (assumed) was flirting gave him... the completely wrong idea about the guy. Because he doesn't want Sakura to be stuck dealing with a person who reacts violently when she says something that they don't like! And especially not throwing something that's made her cry in private straight to her face!!

So Al already has a massive strike against him for that! Granted, Xiaolang knows what he tried to do to Al during the event was wrong, even with the influence of the virus and his intense dislike of him, and he's not entirely proud of that-- but contrary to what Al believes, he most definitely does not want to kill him. What Xiaolang does when he dislikes people is that he ignores them, or at least outright avoids them, but!! Al keeps butting into things!! And trying to talk to him!! And making things worse!!!! And so of course Xiaolang's going to be testy with him, and mean (although he really is lapsing into bad habits), and getting punched in the stomach by him (however well-intentioned) really... made things worse

Of course, he's too naive to really grasp the full scope of what Al could have done to him, but he's wary enough about him that he doesn't trust him around Sakura... and he's even warned her about him too! So he's pissed that they met up without him knowing (pissed at Al, not Sakura... Sakura never listening to his warnings is a sad, universal consistent), not because he was trying to keep it a secret, but he just-- does not trust Al around her, at all.

Again, talking some of this out will lessen some of his dislike, but he'll never truly be able to shake off the salt. (And boy, once Rean tells him what AL told him about their feud....)

Thoughts on Elliot if he has any?

He thinks Elliot is a nice person!! Anyone who hardly bats an eye at someone randomly switching bodies with their roommate already earns his gratitude, but so far, his impression of Elliot has been a positive one! Granted, he does feel bad about making him run up the mountain after Fie (he's surrounded by so many athletic folks that people who aren't in shape are a rarity for him), but he's... sure Elliot won't hold it against him. Probably??

He's also pretty curious about the magic from his world since he's... less allergic to discussing magical-related things now, and Elliot's staff reminds him a bit of Sakura's own! One of these days he's going to have to ask him for some sort of magic practice, spar or advice, because it's obvious Elliot's got a better handle on it than he does.

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IT TAKES A NERD TO KNOW A NERD

But man... Shinji and Xiaolang's relationship has grown a LOT since that first fateful thread about otherkin. At first Xiaolang mostly saw Shinji as some bratty elementary school kid who played dirty at Children's Card Games, and now...

... well, he's still a bratty elementary school kid, but over time, Xiaolang's gotten kind of protective over him? Considering he's the youngest on the app and has to deal with the rest of this crazy shit, that's reason enough, but knowing that Shinji's got some messed up memories thanks to all of this certainly helped too. He doesn't want to coddle him, since god knows he hates that himself and he knows Shinji is a clever, whip-smart kid, but he'll do his damnedest to keep him safe if he can help it. Xiaolang's always the baby of the bunch, be it with his sisters or at home with Leon, or whatever group thing Retrospec is doing that doesn't involve Shinji, so being the older, mentor figure for once is... new? And a bit different? Of course, Xiaolang's always been a mature kid, so he's good at being responsible, but it's just... a whole other experience for him.

He'd probably be a little embarrassed to call him his friend, since what self-respecting 9th grader is friends with an elementary schooler, but... they definitely friends. Even if Shinji calls him out on never using Snopes and Xiaolang refuses to let him touch his sword 8')

excuse you shinji has never cheated at children's card games-

big brother xiaolang is adorable

Xiaolang and Derek?

DEREK!!! Man... what can he even say about Derek.

If Xiaolang had a Venn Diagram of 'adults who take him seriously' and 'adults who drive him up the wall', Derek would be in that ittttty bitty space in the middle. Derek was the first to help clue him in about the plot-things related to Retrospec and treat him like a peer about it... and then he goes and teases him about his crush (which wasn't a crush at the time, thank you very much!! ~~it was totally a crush~~) and police him about exploring places by himself, so he's like ??? WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS

That said, Derek's one of the people he's known the longest on the app, and so he has a decent amount of trust in him! Maybe not with everything-- he still gets gun-shy about telling him anything too personal since he doesn't want Derek to give him a hard time-- but given he's one of the few who knows about what happened to Leon in June, he's fairly up there? He also trusts him to look after Sakura, considering how he did so prior to Xiaolang getting the app, which is... probably why he didn't get as mad at him as he should post-virus event stuff?? Like he knew Derek would never hurt her if he was in the right state of mind, and he was also badly affected by the virus, so he understands! He's not happy it happened, but he understands!!

Anyway, I'm rambling, but tl;dr, Derek may be annoying and contrary and quick to try to get a rise out of him and get under his skin, but Xiaolang does see him as an adult he can depend on! He might not directly say it to his face, but he knows if he somehow wound up in trouble, Derek would be the first few he would call. (When he's not being stubborn about help, anyway)

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