seen from Yemen
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Russia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Latvia
seen from Belarus
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from Russia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Algeria
seen from Germany
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
You know, now that I’m reading TGCF again, it makes me second guess and question every interaction Xie Lian has with Jun Wu pre-reveal because I’m trying to link certain quotes to something that makes sense later on, knowing what I know now going in.
And Jesus, it is so so so sooooo much more unsettling. The ‘already kinda weird but couldn’t quite figure out just why’ shit he says to XL is INSANELY weirder with the hindsight. Ugh.
Rushed shower thoughts:
Reynard and Leon sometime after they teamed up to find Emmerson. They're chasing someone(something?) case relevant and they are NOT catching up.
In fact, Ren is progressively looking worse as they try to keep up, and Leon is torn between frustration at the person/thing getting away, and concern that his new friend looks like he's going to pass out.
Leon catches Ren when he finally collapses, but instead of passing out, he lurches and throws up some 4-5x his bodyweight in black water. All Leon can do is hold onto him and watch in mixed horror and awe as limbs and figures form from the dark liquid and give chase to the thing they were after...
Fun way to find out your new guy is full of weird ghosts who also want to help you find your partner.
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(Edit) Additional thoughts:
Reynard's ghosts aren't really self aware.
They're a mix of memories and instinctual impulses that eventually bind so tightly to Reynard that they become an extension of him.
Reynard has very little control over it all at first. They'll extend on one side of the plane, allowing him to see around corners or into other places in the mortal/material side of the plane. Which is cool, but it's like being smashed in the face with a brick made of deja vu out of nowhere.
Oh my god the armoury scene. What can I say about it?
Xie Lian’s autism over swords and how happy he gets?
Hua Cheng’s muffled snickers and smiles of love and adoration?
The blatant flirting?
Perfect. Just perfect.
The gambling den scene in book 2 is extremely gay
Truly insane
Xie Lian and his justice sensitivity 😭
So I figured out why I love eming so much
Because eming is a puppy
And I love puppies
