Ahhh, a fantastic choice of scene, and your commentary and screencaps are glorious, as always! <3 <3 <3
He's sitting on the laboratory's examining table.
I always wonder how he got there. I guess Shen Wei must have propped him up and then, when ZYL started showing signs of consciousness, backed off so he wouldn't wring ZYL's neck before he had a chance to thoroughly scold him. *g*
Shen Wei grabs Zhao Yunlan's lapels. Zhao Yunlan is surprised.
I love this so much, especially the fact that Shen Wei is standing between ZYL's thighs and grabbing him like that, omg! asdklfasdfad JUST KISS SOME SENSE INTO HIM ALREADY! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! I mean, they're alone, and there's a horizontal surface right there!!!
Shen Wei steps back, turns away, and angrily slams his hand against the metal pipe railing (the ladder that goes to the floor above).
I always wish he'd bent the metal. I think that would've been a really nice touch.
One example reported that, after infection, the victim suffered from temporal dysfunction. Sometimes he could hear or see scenes outside the timeline. It could be the past, or it could be the future.
This makes me think of the portal visions (Zhao Yunlan's memories of his mother). I wonder if he makes the same connection, too -- and whether other people also see portal visions, or if it's specific to him.
What happened after Zhao Yunlan collapsed and before this scene begins? We can assume Shen Wei found him, and what must've going on in Shen Wei's mind at that point! Thoughts/theories? Fic ideas/recs?
I wrote a brief Shen Wei POV version of this scene as part of Getting to Know You (an AU with repeated Envoy reveals and consensual mindwipes; link goes to the relevant chapter).
Has Zhao Yunlan seen Shen Wei this upset/angry at him before? If he hasn't, what is Zhao Yunlan feeling now? (And if he has, did the puppy-dog eyes work on Shen Wei before...)
I feel like it's very similar energy to Shen Wei's reaction to Zhao Yunlan's flat in ep 8, you know? Especially the part where he snatched the pills off ZYL before ZYL could dry-swallow them. Of course, ZYL was even more out of it then, so he might not have registered quite how angry Shen Wei was at that time.
Is Shen Wei telling the truth about consulting books in the palace archives? What and why was he researching? I want the backstory about the normal human infected by dark energy who suffered from temporal dysfunction!
I always wondered about that, or whether it could maybe have been an oblique reference to Kunlun handling the Hallows and being unmoored in time. (ETA: No, I take that back; Shen Wei's account sounds way too specific to be that.) But it would make perfect sense for him to be researching the timeline and "timeline dysfunction" (how much do I love that phrase?! *gg*), given what he must have deduced about ZYL's future.
Another thought: I wonder if Shen Wei's reaction to ZYL's vision of the others' deaths is intensified by feeling responsible for Chu Shuzhi. He's concerned for all of them, of course, but CSZ is his particular responsibility. This is super personal for both of them, and once they've realised it could happen, the scolding and byplay are immediately set aside in favour of Competent Battle Couple. ♥ ♥ ♥
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He's sitting on the laboratory's examining table.
I always wonder how he got there. I guess Shen Wei must have propped him up and then, when ZYL started showing signs of consciousness, backed off so he wouldn't wring ZYL's neck before he had a chance to thoroughly scold him. *g*
Shen Wei grabs Zhao Yunlan's lapels. Zhao Yunlan is surprised.
I love this so much, especially the fact that Shen Wei is standing between ZYL's thighs and grabbing him like that, omg! asdklfasdfad JUST KISS SOME SENSE INTO HIM ALREADY! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! I mean, they're alone, and there's a horizontal surface right there!!!
Shen Wei steps back, turns away, and angrily slams his hand against the metal pipe railing (the ladder that goes to the floor above).
I always wish he'd bent the metal. I think that would've been a really nice touch.
One example reported that, after infection, the victim suffered from temporal dysfunction. Sometimes he could hear or see scenes outside the timeline. It could be the past, or it could be the future.
This makes me think of the portal visions (Zhao Yunlan's memories of his mother). I wonder if he makes the same connection, too -- and whether other people also see portal visions, or if it's specific to him.
What happened after Zhao Yunlan collapsed and before this scene begins? We can assume Shen Wei found him, and what must've going on in Shen Wei's mind at that point! Thoughts/theories? Fic ideas/recs?
I wrote a brief Shen Wei POV version of this scene as part of Getting to Know You (an AU with repeated Envoy reveals and consensual mindwipes; link goes to the relevant chapter).
Has Zhao Yunlan seen Shen Wei this upset/angry at him before? If he hasn't, what is Zhao Yunlan feeling now? (And if he has, did the puppy-dog eyes work on Shen Wei before...)
I feel like it's very similar energy to Shen Wei's reaction to Zhao Yunlan's flat in ep 8, you know? Especially the part where he snatched the pills off ZYL before ZYL could dry-swallow them. Of course, ZYL was even more out of it then, so he might not have registered quite how angry Shen Wei was at that time.
Is Shen Wei telling the truth about consulting books in the palace archives? What and why was he researching? I want the backstory about the normal human infected by dark energy who suffered from temporal dysfunction!
I always wondered about that, or whether it could maybe have been an oblique reference to Kunlun handling the Hallows and being unmoored in time. (ETA: No, I take that back; Shen Wei's account sounds way too specific to be that.) But it would make perfect sense for him to be researching the timeline and "timeline dysfunction" (how much do I love that phrase?! *gg*), given what he must have deduced about ZYL's future.
Another thought: I wonder if Shen Wei's reaction to ZYL's vision of the others' deaths is intensified by feeling responsible for Chu Shuzhi. He's concerned for all of them, of course, but CSZ is his particular responsibility. This is super personal for both of them, and once they've realised it could happen, the scolding and byplay are immediately set aside in favour of Competent Battle Couple. ♥ ♥ ♥
Btw, I made a picspam of this scene early last year, with captions and a little discussion in the comments. :-)
Oh, and I know there's glorious fanart of a kiss during this scene by