Whoever recommended this to me I hate you so much. My heart will never recover from this.
I love this story, Llwellyn's whole flashback is beautiful and haunting. Though the page with the emoticon over his face made me chuckle a little through my tears. The moment where Shavonne realized he was essentially used and abused once again by that fuckass editor was devastating. But still, there's a part of me that wishes somethings made more sense. I don't really get the whole refugee thing, why do they just get mansions as restitution?? I think if we spent some more time in Llewellyn's POV while he was transitioning from prison dog to high profile killer (I forgot what they called him lol) this would've answered some questions about that. Still a great story, I just wished they fleshed out the world a little better.
1 month post Sangyang. This is the longest I've ever gone without Sangyang. I can't take this for much longer. How am I to survive without my light, my love, my one true sustenance? Literally shaking rn. It will be a long 3 months, the most harrowing 3 months of my life. But I must stay strong. We must stay strong men! Until the day Sangyang returns!
This is what happens next for anyone wondering btw:
Lian slaps Lau awake dramatically.
“Lau, wake up! We have a world to save!”
Lau blinks. “Huh? Weren’t you literally trying to kill Xin two seconds ago?”
Lian smirks. “Pfft. That was just a prank, bro. The tattoo’s not dangerous—it’s just... lead.”
“Wait, what?” Lau starts coughing. “That explains so much.”
Suddenly, a familiar voice echoes from behind.
“Lian would never betray us. Obviously.”
Lau spins around. “Wait… You’re alive?!”
Xin steps out from the shadows like Kermit palpatine.
“We were working together the whole time to take down the Head Family,” he says, dramatically flipping his hair even though there's no wind.
“I had to keep you in the dark to protect you, Lau. You were too precious… too pure.”
Lau gasps. “So… this was all a plan? To reunite the family? To free us from those crusty old council boomers?”
Xin nods, eyes sparkling with anime tears. “Yeah. Teehee.”
He stretches out his hand. “So let’s do this. One last job—for old times’ sake.”
“Lau, you go left. Wei, you go right. Lian… heh… you just keep being your chaotic little self.”
[cut to them dropping two atomic bombs on the Head Family tower while electric guitar solos play]
As the dust settles, Xin turns to Lau. “This… is for almost getting us killed!” [punches Lau in the stomach]
“And this… is for saving my life.” [reaches up and plants an unnecessarily romantic smooch]
Lau, blushing like an anime schoolgirl: “So… that’s it? We’re some kind of… Sangyang: The Wanderer?”
[cue sparkly music and slow zoom]
Before Xin can answer, Lian bursts through a wall cheering.
“WE DID IT! THE HEAD FAMILY’S DEAD! THIS WAS TRULY OUR… SANGYANG: THE WANDERER!!!”
She throws glitter in the air.
“Man, I feel a musical number coming on. Hit it, Wei!”
Wei, who’s been silently holding a guitar this whole time, shouts:
“LET’S DANCE!”
THE END (or is it? Stay tuned for Sangyang:the Wanderer 2: the Wandering & Sangyang:the Wanderer 3 The Wandering: Revelations)
The completed tattoo is the dragon with 3 heads surrounded by the 5 emblems of the collateral lines, except one of them is on fire, which is likely the 2nd collateral line which got extinguished centuries ago. It looks like the fire is also burning the dragon in the tattoo, and also part of the head family (which is symbolized with the oleander symbol in the middle of the tattoo). I guess that means that whoever wants the tattoo to be done thinks that the extinguishing of the 2nd collateral line centuries ago is what is causing the failure of the head family in the present. But is it the head family, the collateral lines, or xin AND the collateral lines who are saying this? So many mysteries still aghhh
What is that something that Tan must do in headquarters??? bruh even right before he's killed off the author is edging us with another mystery
I'm so curious what happened to the wolf. They mentioned that the primordial ancestor was so lonely at the end of his life that he vanished into the wind... So where was his wolf guardian when that happened? Did he die too?
How the fuck did Tan survive jumping off of that tower???
