In our world, Mei stops her mom during pandapacolypse, and embraces her panda. From there, she changes all the time and is loved for it. There is a world however, where Mei went back to the roots of why the panda was blessed to her lineage in the first place. Our first stop is 0025.
After Meilin lee stopped pandapocypse, she and her mother had a long discussion about how to move forward. Ming had her panda trapped in a tomagochi while Mei decided to not only accept her panda self, but to honor her ancestors and use it for the initial purpose, so protect her family and community. Her mother was a little sckeptical but eventually agreed on the conditions that she keep her identity a secret, and keep the panda in check. Ming designed Mei her heroic outfit paying homage to their culture while adding in a few modern Meilin touches. Toronto now has its protector, a confident and compassionate 13 year old girl with the strength of a god level giant red panda.
Earth 0025 Mei is able to fully control the panda and protect her people, but there is a world near exactly opposite. Now we travel to earth 2202 where this jekal and Hyde situation has become quite intense.
Meilin Lee’s mother, Ming, had a mutated panda, explaining why her panda was so much different than the others. She was gigantic and full of rage. She went on a rampage of mass destruction better known as pandapocolyse. As Mei grew up, she would eventually come to learn that she inherited the mutated panda gene. The first few times of turning red, Mei was in full control. But as she turned more frequently and stayed in her panda form longer, the beast developed a mind of its own. It starts out small. Primitive and intrusive thoughts take over. Small accidents happen. She causes someone to trip. She dents a car. These events are things Mei now looks at and must live with. She has to come to grasps that she is slowly losing control and there is physical proof in front of her that damage is being done. This strong fear she has for the panda causes it to come out again to reek more havoc, again and again and again. The tipping point was when she turned back into herself and was standing next to two mauled bodies, her parents. The stress is killing her. She is loosing hair, loosing sleep, and loosing sanity. Mei comes to the conclusion that she must become the most blank slate of a person showing zero emotion to hold back the beast. She must give up all fun and exciting clothing, no more friends, no 4Town. She will not simply become boring, she will become nothing.