I never thought of it like that, but yes! Also, it shows that Shen Wei is a caretaker by nature, not just forced into that role as a kid by circumstances. (Because on TV, repetition means something. *g*)
True. He's very protective on a micro/practical level as well as a sword-wielding stern justice level. ♥ (Yes, exactly! They could easily have framed it differently, or had Zhao Yunlan incapacitated by injury rather than sickness, or any number of things to make it less parallel-y.)
Even with that context, this bit seriously still doesn't make sense to me as a true memory. I acknowledge that there's nothing in the show to make the audience think it should be read as not true, and yet, it just doesn't fit at all. I wonder if there might have been more context to it that got cut for some reason ...
Yeah, it definitely feels like there are some pieces missing. I wonder if those are story pieces, or if it reads differently in a Chinese context, like if we're missing something its target audience would know? (That's why I looked up traditional punishments, upthread. Well, and because I'm watching a Kdrama where a traitor was marked with a forehead tattoo.)
Oh, yes, that's so true, I never thought of that in this context before!
Another layer to Shen Wei's DNW regarding Zhao Yunlan's performative flirting. :-)
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I never thought of it like that, but yes! Also, it shows that Shen Wei is a caretaker by nature, not just forced into that role as a kid by circumstances. (Because on TV, repetition means something. *g*)
True. He's very protective on a micro/practical level as well as a sword-wielding stern justice level. ♥ (Yes, exactly! They could easily have framed it differently, or had Zhao Yunlan incapacitated by injury rather than sickness, or any number of things to make it less parallel-y.)
Even with that context, this bit seriously still doesn't make sense to me as a true memory. I acknowledge that there's nothing in the show to make the audience think it should be read as not true, and yet, it just doesn't fit at all. I wonder if there might have been more context to it that got cut for some reason ...
Yeah, it definitely feels like there are some pieces missing. I wonder if those are story pieces, or if it reads differently in a Chinese context, like if we're missing something its target audience would know? (That's why I looked up traditional punishments, upthread. Well, and because I'm watching a Kdrama where a traitor was marked with a forehead tattoo.)
Oh, yes, that's so true, I never thought of that in this context before!
Another layer to Shen Wei's DNW regarding Zhao Yunlan's performative flirting. :-)