#as i said its been i my drafrs for a moment now
Did OX gave hints about how He Tian departure will go ?
I. The signs they’re already (almost?) acouple
We know that, on this image, they’re really close, if not dating already. The rings are an important detail that hive a lot of interesting clues : they both share the same ring, but He Tian wears him on his middle finger and in Chinese culture where you wear your ring has a signification :
Though it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a couple (since He Tian always makes that kind of shit without being reciprocate most of the time), it at least shows He Tian considers himself engaged with Mo. But the most troubling part is about Mo’s ring : we’ve already seen one very similar in an other official art :
On this one, their relationship status makes no doubt. But here it is He Tian who wears the necklace and we can’t see him wearing any other jewelry ; we can imagine a lot of scenarios, but here’s one of the most coherent (to me) :The SFW is happening before the other official art. He Tian had wanted to give Mo the necklace for some time as a way for him to be remembered by his lover. He would’ve planned it since he knew he’d be gone. It makes sense because we all know that one of He Tian’s fear is to be forgotten (so in solitude again) by his lover and that he has already done that kind of thing by the past (he kept Mo’s guitar for himself until he found the right time to give it to him).
This closeness is also visible physically : their faces almost touch and He Tian’s head are on Mo’s neck and cheeks. Those kind of contacts have never been seen before far in the manhua, after Mo and He built a strong and deep connection. Some people might object that by saying Mo doesn’t consent it since he puts his hand on Tian’s forearm to stop him ; but, as we’ve already seen it, they’re pretty advanced in their relation, so this hand could be him actually clinging to Tian and not stopping him. We can’t know, though for the sake of this theory, we’ll chose the second option…
II. Why would it be a separation?
This drawing pictures this moment dramatically : the movement created by the necklace-ring, therefore highlighted in the image, creates agitation. The scene isn’t static, isn’t calm. It means something important happens here, a big event or big emotions. Plus, it is the ring that creates most if the motion, it clearly is here to be seen : this highlighting can make us think that the scene revolves around it, and as said before, the necklace is a link between them ; Mo wears the jewelry but it seems as if it was animated by its own life, trying to reach He Tian, or as if automatically magnetized to him.
It seems like it represents the period of time when He Tian is away and Mo is the only one who stays.The angle of the image makes it so that we only see Mo and his confusion, He Tian’s face is hidden, he is almost off the frame. We wonder what he’s saying, what his facial expression is, etc… a lot of questions revolve around him here, as much as for his departure : we barely know why he’s leaving, when exactly, how, where, for how long… The focus is on Mo and on how he perceives the other : it almost seems like he’s the only one in the picture, the only one who really has a presence.
III. Critic
However, we can’t really tell if this official art is really a representation of what’s gonna happen. Obviously some of them are a “fantasy”, things that surely won’t happen in the storyline, like the images of them with weapons and in super badass outfits (tho I wish it’d be real ). But this art looks pretty realistic and we’ve already seen official art taking place in the storyline in the past :
Chapter 368
The probability we see a panel looking almost exactly like one of OX’s art again is low to me, but we can consider that this illustration can still be a big hint about the future events.
Finally,even if the image will really be a part of the story, there is a big chance my interpretation will be a bad one : OX always manages to surprise us.
