Yeah, but the thing is, I don't think ZYL's issues are about letting other people take on the burden, as such; apart from sacrifices of life and limb (which he rightfully won't ask of anyone else), he seems perfectly comfortable delegating even major responsibilities to the other SID members. Which is what makes him a good team leader, as opposed to SW who - I believe not even by choice, but due to his vast difference in power/status compared to other Dixingren and the fact that he was practically raised into the role of military commander (and an army isn't really a team) - has always being a solitary player who doesn't really trust anyone to perform his duties except himself.
ZYL's problem is mainly concerned with emotional expression, as evidenced by his issues with rejecting Zhu Hong until he was literally forced into it by the plot, his weird speech about not being able to fall in love (to SW himself!) in the taxi, the fact that his instant response to the more emotional moments is either flippancy or sarcasm, etc. OTOH, SW doesn't seem to have any problem expressing emotion: he apologises when he's in the wrong, when he's furious about people shirking their duties you can see it radiating off him in waves, he's capable of genuine (non-sarcastic) humour, and his love for ZYL practically fills the screen every time they share a scene. This doesn't mean he isn't very reticent about the actual details of his personal life, because of course he is, but imo emotional expression as and when needed and extroversion aren't the same thing at all; ZYL is an extrovert in a performative sense but very few of his true feelings are ever revealed, after all.
So it's like they're both utterly reserved and solitary, but in two completely different domains. Which, while fascinating from a purely logical standpoint, is also kind of sad when you consider the emotional side of things.
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ZYL's problem is mainly concerned with emotional expression, as evidenced by his issues with rejecting Zhu Hong until he was literally forced into it by the plot, his weird speech about not being able to fall in love (to SW himself!) in the taxi, the fact that his instant response to the more emotional moments is either flippancy or sarcasm, etc. OTOH, SW doesn't seem to have any problem expressing emotion: he apologises when he's in the wrong, when he's furious about people shirking their duties you can see it radiating off him in waves, he's capable of genuine (non-sarcastic) humour, and his love for ZYL practically fills the screen every time they share a scene. This doesn't mean he isn't very reticent about the actual details of his personal life, because of course he is, but imo emotional expression as and when needed and extroversion aren't the same thing at all; ZYL is an extrovert in a performative sense but very few of his true feelings are ever revealed, after all.
So it's like they're both utterly reserved and solitary, but in two completely different domains. Which, while fascinating from a purely logical standpoint, is also kind of sad when you consider the emotional side of things.