#loufu

check out the screen shots to simp over below as it goes sooo fast

All the bois be fighting while Jing liu be crying over baiheng so saddd

Penacony be playin our feelings man

Maid march 7th and firefly~

strike me that ratio would wear a mask all plague doctor esque

beezlebulb lord of teh flies vibe from aventurine

Also topaz demon sure look different but hawt

Boothil kicken the door in with style

Gallagher made up of so many ppl

redid this bc i put in like... no effort the first drawing... as u can tell LOL.

you have been warned

ok ok ok so i just finished this and omg

(also we're gonna ignore the....errand running i guess. I have my thoughts on it, and I'm not completely "yeeaahhhh awesome!!!" but at the same time it does give a lot of context to some parts of the main story. It's less of a drag if you do it all in one go or you do it in parts, by the way. I see it like the Dan Heng storyline- you could do it, or not, but it really helps if you do it because it's kinda cool)

okay first off- I love that we got a disabled person as a villain. Uuslaly those kinds of characters get put to the side as a kind of token character or they're the hero. Dan Shu, a blind Xianzhou Loufu native, as a villain? I'll take it. Plus, she became chief alchemist. Bonus points.

anyways moving on

dan shu is just really interesting to me. I just finished that part of the story (i took the medicine. I tried not to but I misclicked. Natasha's lesson about "don't take weird medicine" didn't stick I guess). But anywyas, her outlook on life is kind of interesting, and I'm rambling but I'll sort my thoughts out at some point. Maybe. I was an idiot and didn't record the whoie thing so I"m going off memory here.

but anyways

dan shu's talk with the little girl. I kinda feel her- she's trying to make her way through life (impressive that she's able to run around the place by herself by the way, and also let's not think about the whole "girl went to the freaking Commission right after we left it having just defeated a crazy deer" thing). On one hand I get dan shu's point. You do have to rely on yourself a bit, especially if you want to achieve certain goals. But at the same time, having company along your journey is a good thing- because yes, there wil lbe times where you can't depend on yourself alone. Which is what we kind of see with Dan Heng. He was running for years, and it's only with the Express that he really gets to sit down, breathe, and start making those connections that make life worthwhile. Also screw those idiot kids, someone tell that third kid that didn't play alogn with the cheating comment that they need better friends.

and then dan shu's search for a cure, a cure that eventually wouldn't work. Imagine how painful it would be have no sight for your entire life, then get sight, and then have it ripped from year a few years, maybe months, later. I had an opposite experience- had some sight, lost it, then regained a little- but it's definitely a change. I can't explain it, but it's like finding out that you're colorblind and trying colorblind glasses for the first time, or finding out that you needed glasses. That's the closest I can get to describing it. THen imagine those glasses are ripped from you. It's hard to go back, even if it's familiar.

and dan shu has a right to be angry. she's descriminated against in a place where not being perfect is a problem- look at all those stairs, those who aren't able-bodied must have a nightmare of a time. she has a right to want a cure, to have her views. She's not right to give out weird medicine, but I guess the rage had to go somewhere....

and that's really all the thoughts I have at the moment. this probably seems all over the place and rambly but i'm still getting it through my mind. but seriously, love the little shot ot acknowledging the unspoken in the social hierarchy from Mihoyo. Really epic to see that in my new favorite game!