Poll: Shen Wei's composure (drama)

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Poll #33203 Shen Wei's composure

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When the drunk guy in the Dixing bar says, “[Zhao Yunlan] is dead! He has been killed by my huge fist," why doesn't Shen Wei react?

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Shen Wei has a lie detector power
6 (42.9%)

no one else is acting as if a murder's taken place
7 (50.0%)

Shen Wei would be able to sense if Zhao Yunlan were dead
8 (57.1%)

Shen Wei would be able to bring Zhao Yunlan back from the dead
2 (14.3%)

drunk guy is infamous in Dixing for boasting about killing people for real or imagined offences, every other day
5 (35.7%)

other (please specify in comments)
1 (7.1%)

The real purpose of Shen Wei's sleeve garters is

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they keep his shirt cuffs safely clear of the inkstone when he's writing
5 (35.7%)

they're purely a fashion statement
7 (50.0%)

when he’s in Envoy mode, he wears them as hair ties, and he just keeps them around his biceps the rest of the time so he won’t lose them
3 (21.4%)

they restrain his tentacles and/or other alien appendages
2 (14.3%)

other (please specify in comments)
2 (14.3%)

Thanks to trobadora for help with the poll options in question 1.

Comments

[lunarriviera]

ah yes—and thanks to that older poll, i finally found the fic i dimly remembered! it's this one by wildestranger…? (whom i do not know, but they also wrote one of my very favorite mo du fics). the salient passage:

Zhao Yunlan has spent a lot of time observing Shen Wei, and speculating on what he might like.

Shen Wei covers his body with layers of tightly fitted clothes. His sleeve-garters, although delightful in hinting at the muscles underneath the layers, do not serve any practical purpose since all of Shen Wei’s shirts are tailored to his size and shape. They do, however, provide a slight sensation of pressure on his flesh.

Zhao Yunlan also knows that whenever he has put his hands on Shen Wei—a hand on his shoulder, on his arm, helping him up or pulling him away from danger—Shen Wei does not move away; he stays still and breathes it in. Zhao Yunlan is shameless about touching people for both personal and professional reasons, and he hasn’t stopped pulling Shen Wei close since the day they met, but unlike most people Shen Wei never pulls away. Zhao Yunlan’s hands are easily possessive, they move more quickly than his brain or his feelings, but Shen Wei’s response—always, always to stand his ground, to stare him down in challenge, to withstand the pressure of Zhao Yunlan’s touch—tells him that he has been reading Zhao Yunlan’s fingers as well as his face, and that despite the vehemently cold exterior his body wants to be made to feel.

[facethestrange]

Seconding this fic rec 100%! ♡