Love this post, thanks for making it! Looking forward to future ones as well. :D
What with the sly looks and later the half-smiles while talking to Professor Ouyang, I cannot help but interpret this as a Villain Introduction. Like, this is how I'd expect a show to introduce its main villain.
That was my exact thought too! I wonder if they were going for more of a cat-and-mouse vibe than the end result, especially when you think about the interrogation scene they had going. I think it would have been fun to amp up that level of tension more, though I don't mind the "thirsty but suspicious" approach Zhao Yunlan ended up taking.
And that is a very interesting/nice close-up of Shen Wei's weapon! I honestly never noticed it in such detail before.
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What with the sly looks and later the half-smiles while talking to Professor Ouyang, I cannot help but interpret this as a Villain Introduction. Like, this is how I'd expect a show to introduce its main villain.
That was my exact thought too! I wonder if they were going for more of a cat-and-mouse vibe than the end result, especially when you think about the interrogation scene they had going. I think it would have been fun to amp up that level of tension more, though I don't mind the "thirsty but suspicious" approach Zhao Yunlan ended up taking.
And that is a very interesting/nice close-up of Shen Wei's weapon! I honestly never noticed it in such detail before.