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sid_guardian2022-07-23 03:17 pm
Memories of Episode 27
Timestamp for the scene: 5:11 through 6:05
Pictures sourced at: Guardian Episode 27 Caps 1 - Kernezelda (smugmug.com)
Scene Intro: Shen Wei is walking down a sidewalk.
Da Qing is running to catch up with Shen Wei.
Da Qing: Professor Shen, thank you for letting Da Ji go.
Shen Wei: Yashou are not under my jurisdiction. (Shen Wei’s infliction comes off as very HPS here.)
Shen Wei continues: Moreover, she didn’t hurt anyone.
Da Qing: I remembered many things, and only now do I realize I had a reason for blindly seeking out the SID after losing my memories. (Da Qing looks so happy to understand his past actions, which makes sense with missing memories and such.)
Da Qing: The same goes for you too, right? (Da Qing looks so hopeful here to connect with Shen Wei)
Shen Wei looks at Da Qing and offers him a smile. (I think it starts of as something like his hide-behind-this-smile, because he doesn't possibly want to reveal why he really came to the SID, even if some of it has been revealed. Either way, for this particular smile my brain reads it as slightly different thatn the hide-me-smile. I think there's a true note of happiness for Da Qing, that he's found some of his memories.): “Let’s go, keep pace with our main forces.
And here is Da Qing’s return smile.
Then Da Qing questions: Main forces?
Shen Wei: The Master of the Merit Brush is about to appear.
And one last shot of Shen Wei with grim-serious face.
Points to Ponder:
- If Shen Wei had answered Da Qing’s question, how do you think he’d have answered it?
- Do you think Shen Wei said the bit about the ‘Master of the Merit Brush’ on purpose? To distract Da Qing from the fact that he didn’t answer the question? Not that the whole arc wasn’t leading up to this point, but for me it definitely reads as a slight distraction tactic.
- I always love Da Qing and Shen Wei’s interactions! I think both actors played it very nuanced with the missing memories, the regained memories and hinting to all those unsaid things. I wish they had even more moments within the whole series!!! What is your favorite Da Qing and Shen Wei moment? :D For me, it’s the first episode where Shen Wei sees Da Qing (I believe for the second time) in human form outside the office where Zhao Yunlan is asking Li Qian questions. After the two speak, Da Qing seems to possibly sense something or perhaps possibly has déjà vu? I just remember on my first watching I was like: Huh. That seems odd. Wonder what that was all about XD XD XD Because there was a gravity to the moment from both actors.
- The 10,000 years of sleep aside, rewatching this particular scene made me have many feels about how Shen Wei must have felt such loneliness. Which is inherently understood by my brain, but something about this scene sparked my brain to add more loneliness for Shen Wei and how hard that must have been. He can’t reveal who he is, he can’t reveal his plans, he can’t reveal his full self to Zhao Yunlan, not until the end game is in play, and even then, everything still can’t be revealed.
Thank you for taking the time to read!
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