I think some people in the fandom are making Occtis have too much self-esteem in their portrayals. The kid's a doormat. If you spilled soup in his lap, he would apologize to YOU. He's not going to have a sassy retort locked and loaded. He's going to apologize for breathing too loud. Did you see Thaisha when he was called "boy" by Julien, she was so sad when he responded to it. She's trying to have him grow a spine and it's just not working.
I know he's the new blorbo and that's fine, have fun. But give him a minute. He'll get there eventually. You should enjoy the patheticness while it lasts. They grow up so fast!
- They are all more than just victims for him. They are the crowns of his creation. Look at the care with which the hands are laid. And her face... It is peaceful. No anger, no horror. She wanted this herself... - Eli raised his head and looked around. The body lay on the ledge of the crypt,
- He wanted her to be noticed.
Loker walked to the door, Lightman, Emily and Torres, carefully watching the newly minted detective. Lightman looked into Loker's eyes and saw no disgust in them, only... Admiration.
- It's beautiful, - Loker said quietly.
- Excuse me? - Torres looked at him in surprise, and Emily quietly horrified.
- Okay, Bride of Frankenstein, - Lightman took Eli by the sleeve and pulled him aside, - You can admire the body later, get to the real work.
A short sketch on the topic: a new serial killer appears in Washington. Lightman dumps the case on Loker, but soon regrets it, because Eli becomes so infatuated that the serial killer becomes infatuated with Eli in return. Radical honesty can be admirable, right? (And it looks like Cal will have to pull his head out of his ass and fight for Eli.)
P. S. The song that inspired the sketch. I also have to give a shout-out to the TV series Hannibal and the dialogue between Bedelia and Will about the Bride of Frankenstein.
P. P. S. I might outsource this idea.Thanks to this character @deerfests for the Eli screenshots.
A rough sketch of Suga and Hanto from my Suga redemption AU fanfic series. Hanto is clutching on Suga's sleeve, and Suga is just smiling because of that.