Focus on: Ye Huo

[maggie33]

Ye Huo means Wildfire.

We meet him in episode 17 during the case of an underground fighting ring, where young men went missing without a trace. He’s Dixingren, and his power is conjuring fire.

We don’t know anything about his life in Dixing. We don’t know what made him leave Dixing and go to Haixing. But we know he is a good guy, who wants to help people. Like the Black-Cloaked Envoy says, he could live in Haxing, in secret, safe and sound. But he decided to use his power to help those young men, and as a result he exposed himself to the SID and to the Black-Cloaked Envoy.

He also tried to use his power to save Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi in the subzero lab, even at the cost of his own life. But he was too badly wounded.

Later Shen Wei tells Ye Huo to leave Dragon City, so Zhu Jiu wouldn’t find him. But Ye Huo doesn’t leave, because he wants to make sure that the boys he saved are safe. Like he says in episode 19: “I’m not leaving until you guys get to safety. I was worried. Also, this guy is still alive. I won’t just keep myself safe.”

I think we can assume that he did leave Dragon City later, when he recovered from his injuries. But he’s back as soon as the SID needs help during the final showdown with Ye Zun.

I also like that he isn’t intimidated or scared to see the Black-Cloaked Envoy during the underground fighting ring case. When the Black-Cloaked Envoy appears, Ye Huo laughs and then attacks him, so he can escape.


I always loved any power that’s connected to fire. And I love when Ye Huo uses his power in a fight. Like in these two scenes:

Ye Huo vs. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan

Ye Huo vs. Zhu jiu

Fanworks:

There is very little fic tagged with “Ye Huo” on AO3. My favorite is powers of learning by nnozomi. It’s a fic about establishing schools in Dixing in a “everybody lives” post-canon AU. Ye Huo plays a secondary, but important, part.


So, what is your opinion about Ye Huo? Do you like him?

What do you think happens with him post canon? Does he stay in Dragon City and helps the SID?

And what about burn scars on his body? He says in episode 18: “You think someone burnt my face but you’re wrong. I did it myself, with my own fire.” I wonder when did that happen. In Dixing, or later after he escaped to Haixing? My theory is that maybe it happened when his power manifested for the first time and he didn’t know yet how to use it.

And if you have any recs or links for fics, picspams or fanart they are very much appreciated.

Comments

[maggie33]

I liked him, though I mostly ended up wishing he could join the SID and help them in their dire lack of field agents.

I wanted that, too. He would be a good fit for them, I think. And I think that he did stay in Dragon Cit post-canon, too. Because the SID really needed all the help it could get then.