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china_shopLast week when I was working on a Ye Olde Haixing Era (YOHE) fic, I woke up in the night one night and wrote in my notebook: Ahhhhhhh! If I leave, don’t hold it against me ≡ If I use my injuries, you’ll understand. Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
I’ve been thinking about YOHE a lot lately anyway, because the Gaywatch Guardian reaction videos had such a delightful reaction to the timeloop. (“No no no no no, we’ve been flashing back to this idiot the whole time?!” :D :D :D (CW: contains expressive swearing.)) It was so satisfying and hilarious, I must have re-watched that part nearly a dozen times by now. I’ve also been listening to some podcasts about narrative structure and thinking about foreshadowing and stuff more generally. So I decided to look at the parallels between the YOHE scenes and contemporary times, and then every time I thought I was done with this post, I ended up adding one or two more. Some of these are really obvious, and for others I might be drawing too long a bow, but hopefully there are some in the middle, too. (Actually, a lot of these are probably familiar to people who watch vids, since parallels make excellent vidding fodder.)
So, in no particular order...
ZYL: You are not immortal! Why should I so casually owe you a life?
SW: This life is what I'm returning to you.
ZYL: ???
( More below the cut. Includes discussion of the ending. )
What have I missed? What other mirrors/parallels or contrasts are there between YOHE and the rest of the show? And please link your favourite timeloopy fanworks in the comments!
I’ve been thinking about YOHE a lot lately anyway, because the Gaywatch Guardian reaction videos had such a delightful reaction to the timeloop. (“No no no no no, we’ve been flashing back to this idiot the whole time?!” :D :D :D (CW: contains expressive swearing.)) It was so satisfying and hilarious, I must have re-watched that part nearly a dozen times by now. I’ve also been listening to some podcasts about narrative structure and thinking about foreshadowing and stuff more generally. So I decided to look at the parallels between the YOHE scenes and contemporary times, and then every time I thought I was done with this post, I ended up adding one or two more. Some of these are really obvious, and for others I might be drawing too long a bow, but hopefully there are some in the middle, too. (Actually, a lot of these are probably familiar to people who watch vids, since parallels make excellent vidding fodder.)
So, in no particular order...
1. The obvious one
ZYL: You are not immortal! Why should I so casually owe you a life?
SW: This life is what I'm returning to you.
ZYL: ???
( More below the cut. Includes discussion of the ending. )
What have I missed? What other mirrors/parallels or contrasts are there between YOHE and the rest of the show? And please link your favourite timeloopy fanworks in the comments!
