Old Xian - Blog Posts
Being torn between wanting a new update but also wanting Old Xian to take their time and stay mentally and physically healthy
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I was wearing this outfit yesterday and it reminded me of Mo soooooo (ps those things behind him are bushes XD I can’t draw those)
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So this is pretty long but it’s my first edit XD the song is really pretty and it fit He Tians story well so tada! It’s kinda sad though.... lol you’ve been warned
Song: My Friends by Oh Wonder
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Unpopular Opinion!
Sorry if I step on anyone’s toesssss
Ok but she Li is a dick and really doesn’t have any redeeming qualities that we’ve been shown so far. No I don’t have any medical knowledge so I’ve got no idea how his condition affects him mentally or emotionally but he doesn’t have the right to PIERCE SOMEONES EARS WITH A PUSH PIN LIKE WHAT?!?! YOU CANNOT MAKE ANY EXCUSE FOR THAT BEHAVIOR NO MATTER WHAT. LIKE NO. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAD A TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD BUT LITERALLY SO DID THE OTHER BOYS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND NONE OF THEM BEHAVE THE WAY HE DOES.
Once again I could be completely wrong on what his condition does but in my mind he just can’t feel pain in his hands and feet and it could eventually progress so he can’t move but he does have treatment. I also think that he’s sort of got sociopathic tendencies. Like he doesn’t feel emotions such as empathy and that mixed with not feeling pain makes kind of a robot? In the sense that most of his “human” likeness? is gone? (Can’t find the right word).
The most human things are pain and emotions. Take that away and what do you have? Someone who doesn’t know how to function is that the rest of the world. And I’m not in any way saying people with sosiopathic tendencies are bad but how severe She Lis must be is insane. The worst part is he doesn’t see anything wrong with his actions. It’s just the twisted part of him trying to feel emotions through Mo.
Even though She Lis reality is horrible and super sad, it doesn’t excuse him from hurting people and manipulating them. I would feel a little bit more sad for him if he EVER. JUST ONCE SHOWED A HINT OF REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS but he hasn’t. And a part of me thinks he won’t.
Also I’m completely against that “oh but what if She Li and Mo were friends when they were younger” idea. Remember when Mo had that flash back of people in his class saying he stole something (pencils I think?) because his dad was in jail and no one listened to him? If She Li was his friend back then don’t you think he would have stood up for Mo? Like how ZZX would stand up for little Jian Yi?
I’m not sure. I think that people naturally want to forgive characters because that’s what happened with He Tian and Mo and they turned out to be awesome. But She Li is another type of bad. He Tian and Mo both have someone in their life that they care about deeply. He Tian is “bad” because he was raised to be that way. Mo is “bad” because he had to grow up that way. She Li is bad because he chooses to be that way. But once again I don’t know. Certain conditions affect people certain ways but if a person doesn’t ever show a willingness to try to change than trusting them/giving them a second chance is a bad idea. Especially if they’ve always pulled the wool over your eyes and manipulated you
Lol this is way longer than I thought it would be.
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More rants~
Ok so I had this thought and maybe I’m on to something, maybe I’m not.
So remember this panel:
Mo calls out for his dad during what seems to be the destruction of their restaurant and maybe the attemptted kidnapping of baby Mo? (Or just someone trying to hurt him I dunno) either way. Mo calls out for is dad and immediately his dad comes and Randy Ortons this guy through a table to save Mo. Little Mo had that sense of physical security with his father.
With his mother he still had that sense of security but it was mostly like emotional:
Especially in that one panel with baby She Li (I would find it but I’m too lazy) where she’s trying to calm Mo down and telling him it will stop hurting soon. I think as a kid Mo felt physically protected by his mother but eventually when he started to grow he realized that he had to protect his mom. So he was never really able to have that sense of security (thus he got so callous and distant from everyone). I think Mo just thought that he was on his own but deep down he was probably still scared out of his mind.
So when he met She Li he was like “hey you’re a good source of protection because you have so many people who look out for each other.” Naively, Mo probably would have joined the gang for that purpose, to be safe. And maybe somewhere along the line She Li did actually save him from someone trying to hurt/take him again (not because he actually cared but because he wanted something from Mo). And maybe that’s why he joined, I’m not sure. But this would explain why She Li is always has that “I’m the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition” vibe going on:
BBBBUUUUTTTTT then Mo met He Tian. And at first he tian was a jerk and just another person trying to take advantage of Mo (like with the whole kiss thing with the water bottle). But then the relationship started to evolve. I think when He Tian actually did physically protect Mo is when the scales in Mo’s mind started tipping.
Now Mo actually has friends and He Tian to protect him. He finally found what he wanted all along. That group of people who are looking out for each other.
ANNYYWWAAAYYYYYYY if you’ve read this far thanks for listening to my horribly long rant!
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Excuse the horrible sketch and disproportionate bodies but I had too. Lol
OK BUT LIKE THEIR EYES
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the contrast of their eyes. First panel is more on He Tian’s and the second is more on She Li’s.
How She Li’s look crazy and almost animal-like. Unpredictable and wild. Like he’s a hyena looking at a dead carcus. While He Tian’s look more like stone. They’re fixed and deadly. More so unreadable than anything else. Like smoke.
I absolutely love the work that Old puts into these updates. Just the artistic progress and effort that each panel has is amazing to me. Let alone the plot and how both (plot and art) work so well together to help emphasize the other. It’s so amazing to me.
Ok artist rant over
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Ah yes I’m just now getting courage to be here. I really like 19 days XD I’m a closet 19 days stalker oh boy
19 days icons!!
19 days icons!!
