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[la-muerta]

the demons of 大梦归离 Fangs of Fortune + their true forms as recorded in 《山海经 The Classic of the Mountains and Seas》

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《山海经》 is a compilation of mythic geography and beasts and was believed to have been written during the Warring States period (475–221 BC) of China's history, although the authorship is contested and the current version was probably revised and edited in the Han Dynasty. Fangs of Fortune derives much of its lore from this book, including the physical descriptions of creatures and the battle between Ying Long and Bing Yi and the relationship between characters like Li Lun and Ying Zhao.

The illustrations used in this gifset are a more modern rendition by the artists 杉澤 and 李堃 (who drew Bing Yi).

[la-muerta]

Thinking about when Zhao Yuanzhou says "Xiao Zhuo, you're still so..." in EP34, whether he had realised that Zhuo Yichen was trying to split a sliver of his consciousness to preserve it, and what he was trying to say was "you're still so soft-hearted", just as Ying Long said about Bing Yi.

[la-muerta]

I have a bone to pick with this scene. I already knew Zhuo Yichen was going to grow wings (I think it was in the trailer? plus his clothes have a lot of feathery/bird motifs and there is a "翼 wing" in his name) but I assumed it was going to be his own, not a spell from Zhao Yuanzhou — because his neidan was developed from Ying Long's bone and sliver of yuanshen, so it could just have been a manifestation of his true form since Ying Long is a dragon with feathered wings.

Having him grow wings by Zhao Yuanzhou's magic doesn't really make sense from the logic of Zhao Yuanzhou's magic either. His spells have generally been shown to do something physical to an object or person — move, burn, stop, force them to reveal themselves or kneel. By having this deus ex machina sort of mechanism so Zhuo Yichen could fly, they also ended up having to have Zhao Yuanzhou give a clumsy and convoluted explanation of why the spell worked on Zhuo Yichen when he is supposed to be immune to Zhao Yuanzhou's one-word spells now.

The lore about the feathered wings was right there! SMH.

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