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Random Pat underrated moments that I love (part 1/?)

Things don't end well whenever I'm close to you

At least no one gets transferred somewhere else this time.

Pat addresses the elephant in the room. What gets me is his soft smile after he says it, showing regret, guilt and sadness. And 4 episodes later, we got the infamous "It was so depressingly lonely for me." and everything comes full circle... it was then when we collectively died of love for this wonderful boy, who suffered as much as Pran did. *cries in BB ep 11*

Pran, don't do this. It's ticklish!. Don't tickle me!

First of all, the laughs. The genuine laughs because Nanon IS tickling Ohm and Ohm IS ticklish. How they didn't break character then and there shows how good actors both are. Second, Pat's confused expression when he realises, not only the physical position they are in, but Pran's gaze, heated and unguarded. Too much to process in seconds but it's there and we feel Pat's heart leaping on his chest and his body reacting to Pran's. *shivers*

Hurry up, I'm actually waiting.

Pat's eyes from the bowl to Pran's face. Something that we are not supposed to see but Ohm cannot for the love of god stop doing, and that's showing Pat's care for Pran all. the. time. Maybe P'Aof told him not to show that he is in love because the character hadn't realised yet, but he shows love, care, tenderness and so much awe for Pran in his eyes when he looks at him... *dies in ep 5 part 4*

Shhh...

Cheeky Pat. Cheeky and funny and so so annoying. When he shushes Pran and moves his finger and tsks him... we understand Pran soooo well, it's impossible to hate him.

We're back in the competition.

How come?

I have no clue.

That's great.

Back to the gaze, back to the "you're not in love YET" but he is, HE SO IS, he rests his head on the wall, relaxes for a second (the second Pran is busy with his guitar) and his lips part... he is mesmerized. And we are too WITH HIM (and Pran is too 5 seconds later). *clutches heart in pain*

I'll cover Pran, let the others know. I'll handle him.

Mo dao messes with the cycle of reincarnation, which is why the Yiling Patriarch becomes so reviled. The term mo dao is actually used only ONCE in the novel - when Wei Wuxian notes that people called him “the grandmaster of demonic cultivation”

It uses living humans, extracts qi out of them, and involves the destruction of golden cores, brainwashing, and effectively vampiring living beings for the sake of power. It doesn’t use ambient resentment, it creates it by harming others.

The reason we’re continuously told (by people who know nothing of Wei Wuxian’s path) that he’s at risk of going insane is because that’s what mo dao does. It warps the mind and body because the source of resentment is within the user

Wei Wuxian calls his cultivation “the ghostly path” or “ghost cultivation” (gui dao). Hell, the only other person shown to match his expertise on the subject - Xue Yang - also calls it gui dao. Xue Yang !! He’d be delighted to call his actions demonic !! If he’s insisting on calling it “ghostly”, then that tells us that the difference matters

So what is gui dao ? First of all, we know that it doesn’t mind-control people as a baseline - that’s why Wei Wuxian ended up dying the first go around. We know that it utilises pre-existing resentful energy in the world to direct the dead

We know, also, that it requires a certain level of understanding of the dead. One of the spells Wei Wuxian creates is literally named Empathy.

We know that the power source is usually external (the Burial Mounds, the Stygian Tiger Seal), and that it, most importantly, doesn’t create demons. It creates ghosts and fierce corpses. And because of this, it likely doesn’t prevent reincarnation.

Why is the distinction important ? Because the former is what mo dao does. It creates mo.

We’re told the difference - very intentionally - in one of the earliest parts of the story, when Lan Qiren asks Wei Wuxian the difference between gui (ghosts) and mo (demons) and yao, and gets the correct answer

cheers

Not too much, given how much Blitz loves to draw his loved ones, but let's take a look.

Seeing Stars:

The long neck and hat seem to suggest an early Horse-Stolas prototype.

Mustache Stolas in disguise with I.M.P.

Full Moon:

Two drawings! (but heck, everyone is drawn on this calendar, including Striker) But Stolas does get border focus.

Sinsmas:

Horse Stolas finally finalized and fluffy! (Blitz now just needs to learn how to draw Stolas without his hat)

Blitzøs entire life spent being unwanted. So he adapted, and learned how to be something needed, something to be used.

Toey is the representation of head empty, no thoughts. My boy was gone. He can't even fake being present or unaffected and I love it for him honestly.