Sunrise at the Lanai lookout, O'ahu Hawai'i (by Aaron Amano)
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I find it very frustrating when people lump up all of Lan Zhans actions post time skip as being solely related to his love for Wei Ying when it's deeper and more complicated than that and you can see it in how he reacted to Wei Yings death.
We know that he's not actually as stoic as people think he is. He can be very petty and has no qualms in expressing his anger so it would have been very easy for mxtx to have Lan Zhan react to Wei Yings death by becoming bitter and vengeful but she doesn't. Especially after the cruel punishment they inflicted on him. It would have been so very easy for Lan Zhan to simply defect and do his own thing. Instead, he puts all his energy into bettering not just himself but also his clan.
He makes sure that not only does Sizhui have a home and friends but that the next generation have a more open-minded mindset instead of simply being the rule-followers his clan tries to turn them into. He gains a reputation of 'being where the trouble is' because he has changed and focused his goals on helping those who need it most but are forgotten. When Wei Ying comes back, he doesn't help and protect him simply out of love, but because Wei Ying is still the man who holds the ideals he deeply admires and respects. Because Wei Ying, even after everything he's been through, is still empathetic and compassionate to those who need it most.
Mxtx really does try very hard to give her characters depth and that's what makes her writing so compelling.
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Veluwe, Gelderland, Netherlands by Swen
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least hot take ever but if marvel doesnt hire fassbender and mcavoy for their xmcu its almost guaranteed to fail like 95% of their other recent movies
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