Focus on Scenes -- round five signups!

[china_shop]

Thank you all so much for such a fantastic round four (which wraps up this weekend)! Huge bushels of thanks and kudos to those who made (and are making) such wonderful, thoughtful posts -- with many gorgeous screencaps, too! *applauds* And of course, additional thanks to everyone who weighed in on the discussions! We hope you got as much out of it as much as we did. :D :D :D

Here are the posts from round four:

ep 1, The Envoy's first appearance by china_shop
ep 8, Taxi Scene by melinoel616
ep 8, Shen Wei tucking Zhao Yunlan into bed and dealing with his disaster apartment by marycrawford, 9 July 2021
ep 8, The morning after Shen Wei picks Zhao Yunlan up on the kerb, hosted by trobadora, 17 July 2021
ep 18, Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei talk in front of the kidnappers' place by sakana17
ep 19, Zhu Jiu Attempts (and Fails) to Recruit Chu Shuzhi by shadaras
ep 33, Chu Shuzhi uses the Longevity Dial to save Guo Changcheng by maggie33
ep 36, Hei Pao Shi rescues/recruits Chu Shuzhi from prison by dorinda

Remember, it's never too late to add your two cents to a discussion or to link to relevant fanworks! Jump in any time! All welcome!

Round five will kick off on 30/31 July.

Some info about hosting

Definition of a scene: for our purposes, a scene a) usually takes place in a single location, and b) may continue after cutting away to another scene and cutting back again. Keep in mind that a close look at a brief interaction or moment can be just as satisfying as a wider analysis of a longer piece. Feel free to keep it as small and contained or make it as ambitious as you like. And you don't have to completely understand a scene or offer a consistent interpretation to make a post about it -- asking questions can be as interesting as answering them!

The novel and the drama are quite different, so you can just choose a scene from one or the other -- or if you prefer, you can compare parallel scenes from each canon! The discussion will be open to both where applicable. People new to the fandom are very welcome! (Don't be shy!) But be aware that discussions may contain spoilers for the whole drama and for the entire novel.

There are no minimums! The only requirements for posts are

1. say where to find the scene, ie, episode number + start/end timestamps, or chapter number + beginning/ending
2. say something about the scene
3. post sometime on the Friday or Saturday, according to the schedule below.

There's also no obligation to reply to comments -- if you want to dig in to the discussion on your post, that's great! If answering comments isn't your thing, that's okay, too! We're happy to jump in and handle that part.

If you want to include screencaps and can't make or find your own, we can help with that. Just let us know.

So, who's in?

Comment here to claim a scene by giving us an episode/chapter number and a brief description! For example, "ep 24, the bomb defusing scene", or "ep 30, Zhao Yunlan fires Lin Jing". (Check the Scene Discussion Index to make sure your chosen scene hasn't already been covered.) And remember to claim a date, too!

Round 5 schedule
30/31 July: shadaras, CZS tries to freak GCC out by talking about being a murderous cannibal, ep 32
6/7 August: china_shop, Shen Wei drinking for Zhao Yunlan in the Hanga Arc, ep 11
13/14 August: sakana17, at the SID where Zhao Yunlan finds out Minister Gao and Zhao Xinci are missing, ep 28
20/21 August: --
27/28 August: china_shop, "If you're too excited to sleep", ep 14
3/4 September: ishipallthings, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan's conversation with Minister Gao, ep 14
10/11 September: trobadora, Shen Wei tucks Zhao Yunlan into bed again, ep 28
17/18 September: laireshi, the fluffy scene of Shen Wei putting his jacket over ZYL as he sleeps, ep 26

Comments

[shadaras]

I told Dora in the comments of my last scene discussion post that this round I'd do the scene in ep32 where CZS tries to freak GCC out by talking about being a murderous cannibal! I am still into talking about that scene! I will perhaps find a better one-sentence summary of it by the time I do the post itself!

...I could do July 30/31. I'm pretty sure no week is going to be easier/harder than any other for me, so I may as well go first in this batch...

(a note for my own reference so I don't need to search in-episode for the timestamp again: it starts basically 21min into the episode.)

[china_shop]

Yay, awesome! I'm looking forward to it!

[shadaras]

A most perfect icon! <3

[trobadora]

Yay! :D :D :D

I'm still thinking about what I want to do myself, but this is going to be great. :D

[shadaras]

A different kind of perfect icon! ^_^

I'm looking forward to your post this week, and whatever you end up deciding to do for this upcoming round! <3

[china_shop]

I'll take 6/7 August and talk about Shen Wei drinking for Zhao Yunlan in the Hanga Arc, ep 11.

[trobadora]

Woohoo!

[laireshi]

Can I get 17/18 September, the fluffy scene of Shen Wei putting his jacket over ZYL as he sleeps? Ep...26, I think?

[china_shop]

Yes, absolutely, yay!!!! And yeah, I think you're right about the episode. \o/!!

*has exactly the right icon for this*

[laireshi]

As a Shen Wei girl, I have to insist the perfect icon would be him staring longingly at ZYL while touching the pendant of pining ;)

[trobadora]

The scene with the orange! Yay! I love it so.

(Yep, it's episode 26. :D)

[laireshi]

Because he does like oranges!

[trobadora]

Yes! I love the consistency, with the orange peel in episode 8 and the orange in episode 26. (It's why I have a WIP heavily featuring an orange, too, and will some day finish it, I swear ...)

[china_shop]

I don't know if this is aimed at me, but I feel like I'm never going to live that entirely random but wrong example down. Hee!)

♥

[trobadora]

Hee! This is perfection. :D

[china_shop]

I couldn't resist. :-D

(Btw, I've always been curious about the story behind that icon of yours... and what does it say "that's as many as...?")

[trobadora]

It says, "Zhao Yunlan stole 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens and that's terrible." It's a play on this meme. :)

[china_shop]

Haha, that explains why it was completely baffling me. *g* Thanks!

[laireshi]

I don't know if this is aimed at me, but I feel like I'm never going to live that entirely random but wrong example down. Hee!)
It was, but with lots of love <3

[china_shop]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[sakana17]

I'd like to do episode 28, the scene at the SID where Zhao Yunlan finds out Minister Gao and Zhao Xinci are missing, for August 13/14.

[china_shop]

Oh, excellent excellent choice! It's yours! :-)

[trobadora]

Oooh, what a great choice!:D

[trobadora]

Can I have episode 28, the scene where Shen Wei tucks Zhao Yunlan into bed again? I think I want to stay on theme. *g*

10/11 September, please.

[china_shop]

Ooh, awesome! Absolutely!! :D :D :D

[china_shop]

If no one else wants the slots, I'll take Zhao Yunlan telling Shen Wei to come over if he's too excited to sleep (end of ep 14), on either 27/28 August or 3/5 September.

[trobadora]

Sure thing! Great pick; I know we've talked about this scene before and I'm looking forward to a discussion! :D

[ishipallthings]

At china_shop's suggestion (:D) I'll take 3/5 September for Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan's conversation with Minister Gao in Episode 14 :)

(Since this is my first time doing a scene discussion, I just want to double-check - this means I can post anytime on Sept 3rd?)

[china_shop]

Yay, awesome!! Go you!!! *\o/*

(That was supposed to read 3/4 September, oops! You can post any time on Friday or Saturday, in any timezone. :-)