"(And then, who's to say that Shen Wei can't see in infrared whenever he wants to? Maybe that's part of his make-up, like birds being able to see UV.)"
Oh, he probably can, it would be a really minor superpower compared to all the other ones he has. :D
"And essence of ZYL is "I will perform absolute cool and laid-back snark (so 99% of the time my stress and tension will get balled up where I don't have to deal with them)", right? So that could lead to ongoing problems across lifetimes, I guess. But I vaguely remember Shen San being pretty chill? *looks forward to revisiting that*"
He can also be chill for real, I feel like that quote was completely genuine: “There are always things that you can’t control. Either you become strong enough to solve every problem, or you just forget it. It’s not good to obsess over them. That just eats up your mental RAM.” I think it is what he actually does probably at least half of the time, but the other half of the time he thinks super hard about everything and just pretends to be cool and laid-back (and clueless and uninterested). But it may have everything to do with the situation he's in, with Kunlun's memories, and Shen Wei, and Ghost Face, and the Netherworld's machinations, and that's all happening for the first time. So maybe he was actually all chill in all his other lifetimes no matter what his job/calling was, and it takes this kind of stuff to stress him out. :) Obviously he was smoking before, but (crappy father this time around aside) I can also totally see him as someone who starts smoking just to look cooler (he still grew up in that era - he's about my age exactly, though idk about culture) and then just goes 'oh well, I guess I can't quit now, that's fine'. :P
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Oh, he probably can, it would be a really minor superpower compared to all the other ones he has. :D
"And essence of ZYL is "I will perform absolute cool and laid-back snark (so 99% of the time my stress and tension will get balled up where I don't have to deal with them)", right? So that could lead to ongoing problems across lifetimes, I guess. But I vaguely remember Shen San being pretty chill? *looks forward to revisiting that*"
He can also be chill for real, I feel like that quote was completely genuine: “There are always things that you can’t control. Either you become strong enough to solve every problem, or you just forget it. It’s not good to obsess over them. That just eats up your mental RAM.” I think it is what he actually does probably at least half of the time, but the other half of the time he thinks super hard about everything and just pretends to be cool and laid-back (and clueless and uninterested). But it may have everything to do with the situation he's in, with Kunlun's memories, and Shen Wei, and Ghost Face, and the Netherworld's machinations, and that's all happening for the first time. So maybe he was actually all chill in all his other lifetimes no matter what his job/calling was, and it takes this kind of stuff to stress him out. :) Obviously he was smoking before, but (crappy father this time around aside) I can also totally see him as someone who starts smoking just to look cooler (he still grew up in that era - he's about my age exactly, though idk about culture) and then just goes 'oh well, I guess I can't quit now, that's fine'. :P