diff --git a/manimlib/for_3b1b_videos/pi_creature.py b/manimlib/for_3b1b_videos/pi_creature.py
index 457dfa5c..0990298c 100644
--- a/manimlib/for_3b1b_videos/pi_creature.py
+++ b/manimlib/for_3b1b_videos/pi_creature.py
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ class PiCreature(SVGMobject):
         return self
 
     def change_mode(self, mode):
-        new_self = self.__class__(
-            mode=mode,
-        )
+        new_self = self.__class__(mode=mode)
         new_self.match_style(self)
         new_self.match_height(self)
         if self.is_flipped() != new_self.is_flipped():
@@ -211,10 +209,11 @@ class PiCreature(SVGMobject):
 
     def blink(self):
         eye_parts = self.eye_parts
-        eye_bottom_y = eye_parts.get_bottom()[1]
-        eye_parts.apply_function(
-            lambda p: [p[0], eye_bottom_y, p[2]]
-        )
+        eye_bottom_y = eye_parts.get_y(DOWN)
+
+        for eye_part in eye_parts:
+            eye_part.points[:, 1] = eye_bottom_y
+
         return self
 
     def to_corner(self, vect=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
index 8385a11b..0538d240 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ class SVGMobject(VMobject):
 
 
 class VMobjectFromSVGPathstring(VMobject):
+    CONFIG = {
+        "long_lines": True,
+        "subdivide_sharp_curves": False,
+    }
+
     def __init__(self, path_string, **kwargs):
         self.path_string = path_string
         VMobject.__init__(self, **kwargs)
@@ -345,8 +350,9 @@ class VMobjectFromSVGPathstring(VMobject):
             for command, coord_string in self.get_commands_and_coord_strings():
                 new_points = self.string_to_points(command, coord_string)
                 self.handle_command(command, new_points)
-            # For a healthy triangulation later
-            self.subdivide_sharp_curves()
+            if self.subdivide_sharp_curves:
+                # For a healthy triangulation later
+                self.subdivide_sharp_curves()
             # SVG treats y-coordinate differently
             self.stretch(-1, 1, about_point=ORIGIN)
             # Save to a file for future use
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py
index 60b299e6..e701a644 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ TEX_MOB_SCALE_FACTOR = 0.05
 
 
 class TexSymbol(VMobjectFromSVGPathstring):
-    """
-    Purely a renaming of VMobjectFromSVGPathstring
-    """
-    pass
+    CONFIG = {
+        "subdivide_sharp_curves": True,
+    }
 
 
 class SingleStringTexMobject(SVGMobject):