#I was sorta going along with tianchen being able to use tianxi's powers but thinking it through he could also them as his own now

[muninnhuginn]

Huh, wild speculation time, but am now thinking Li Tianxi was in some way responsible for how the situation with Liu Lan and Li Fan turned out then Li Tianchen took Li Tianxi's powers and she was relieved because she could no longer mess things up again (and obviously was heavily traumatised) until she realised how far Li Tianchen had gone, but had no real way to stop him. (This does have some grounding in terms of the powers aspect but the parent thing is more vibes + crying/apologising Liu Lan + the fact we've still not seen the full death scene and how the knife got involved)

Red eyes says "I can't wait to take your power and experience it for myself" in s2e1 which sounds like something he has experience of. CXS picks up on this too so it's supposed to be something we as the audience consider.

In the dive with the twins CXS (who is in LTX for the dive) is shunted across to Liu Lan through a staticky signal before he's chucked out entirely. When we the audience last see the twins in the dive LTX is holding the photo and LTC is holding her but not touching the photo himself. In other words, the photo power is (at least initially) Li Tianxi's.

However, we have several instances where the red eyes possession can't have been using touch (Emma and Liu Min being the obvious ones here). And yet both Emma and Liu Min *spoke* despite us knowing full well that Tianxi is mute and the possessor's traits override the host. So Li Tianchen is definitely using the photo power to do this.

I suppose the main remaining question then is whether Tianchen permanently has her powers now or whether he's just able to use her powers using his own. Neither have particularly happy implications, but we know that touch-based possession basically knocks you unconscious for the duration which gives me even more questions around Chen Bin if Tianchen is using Tianxi's powers by touch possession. But at the same time, if Tianchen is able to take powers permanently then how come Cheng Xiaoshi's are still intact when they've been in contact with each other? Is some extra step needed?

Tldr; Tianxi initially had photo possession. Tianchen has touch-based possession and currently has access to photo possession, though it's unknown to what extent this is "his" power.