Yanqing in the story: Defeats the Trailblazer, Sushang, Guinaifen, and Huohuo.
Would have wiped out Sushang if he didn't go easy on her.
The fanbase: Proceeds to lie about how Yanqing lost to Sushang despite the story stating otherwise.
I keep seeing Yanqing being called a "jobber", repeatedly so I had to look up what it means:
>"Jobber" is primary professional wrestling slang for a performer whose role is to lose matches, often to enhance the reputation of a rising star.
Riiiiiiiight, because experienced, highly skilled former heroes beating up a highly skilled, but inexperienced child is supposed to make them look better. How are we supposed to be impressed by that? 🙄
And it doesn't help that Yanqing's prodigious strength was not properly shown when he was introduced. He also does nothing but run around searching for a criminal (who had nothing to do with the Stellaron Crisis) while everyone else was dealing with an emergency crisis. No one took him seriously, so how can Yanqing be called a "jobber" when they never saw him as a combative threat in the first place?
The former heroes just beat up who most of the audience saw as a bratty, cocky kid who only earned his badge with his daddy's money. How is that supposed to make them look good? In fact, it just makes them look lame.
And if his losses were not meant to give Yanqing character development, then how do you explain his portrayal in the Heliobus sidequest and the Wardance arc where he mulls over his losses and explain why he was so stubborn and relentlessly in fighting the wrong battles.