I like it when mirroring works that way; feels less on the nose, if that makes sense?
Yes, absolutely. Keeps some suspense and ambiguity. And besides, Shen Wei isn't Hua Yuzhu -- they're completely different situations, just with similar themes.
I feel like unless they can quickly and decisively defeat Ye Zun NOW, which he clearly knows they can't, further attacks aren't preventable.
I feel like the whole point of Shen Wei going to Dixing was to try to decisively defeat Ye Zun, now that he's out of the pillar? I wonder how much of ZYL's agitation is not having heard from Shen Wei and thus assuming/worrying (correctly, as it turns out) that it's not going so well. Given just the degree of danger they already knew about, anything could have happened.
Meanwhile the public doesn't even know these peoples exist, much less anything about the political situation or the danger they're in, or who to turn to when an attack happens.
Oh, that last bit is an excellent point, though. It would be great to have disaster planning in place. I guess the problem is that they have no idea what form the disaster will take. How do you plan for a Master of Nightmares attack, for ex?
Yeah, and what could he do? I figure he's not coming up with anything proactive he could do, other than making sure everyone is prepared. Which they can't be if they don't know.
I think he could be doing more to protect his people. Like, giving them resources and planning so that if they are accosted in the street, they have a rote response rather than just feeling scared. *pets Zhu Hong* But yeah, generally, it all sucks, and he's not allowed to do the one thing he thinks will help. :-(((
Yeah, at the beginning he seemed to regard his superiors in the usual way, sometimes-obstructive bureaucrats who need to be manoeuvred into doing what he needs them to do. And at some point he decided they were actively a danger to the SID, but I'm not sure when exactly that happens. Some time before he decides to break into the lab, I guess?
Oh! Maybe when they wouldn't let him investigate the lab? That might have been the first time they tried to sideline the SID?
Ooh! Or maybe not power levels as such, but we know teleportation needs a medium, and if this version relies on ambient black energy, it might not be possible in Haixing?
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Yes, absolutely. Keeps some suspense and ambiguity. And besides, Shen Wei isn't Hua Yuzhu -- they're completely different situations, just with similar themes.
I feel like unless they can quickly and decisively defeat Ye Zun NOW, which he clearly knows they can't, further attacks aren't preventable.
I feel like the whole point of Shen Wei going to Dixing was to try to decisively defeat Ye Zun, now that he's out of the pillar? I wonder how much of ZYL's agitation is not having heard from Shen Wei and thus assuming/worrying (correctly, as it turns out) that it's not going so well. Given just the degree of danger they already knew about, anything could have happened.
Meanwhile the public doesn't even know these peoples exist, much less anything about the political situation or the danger they're in, or who to turn to when an attack happens.
Oh, that last bit is an excellent point, though. It would be great to have disaster planning in place. I guess the problem is that they have no idea what form the disaster will take. How do you plan for a Master of Nightmares attack, for ex?
Yeah, and what could he do? I figure he's not coming up with anything proactive he could do, other than making sure everyone is prepared. Which they can't be if they don't know.
I think he could be doing more to protect his people. Like, giving them resources and planning so that if they are accosted in the street, they have a rote response rather than just feeling scared. *pets Zhu Hong* But yeah, generally, it all sucks, and he's not allowed to do the one thing he thinks will help. :-(((
Yeah, at the beginning he seemed to regard his superiors in the usual way, sometimes-obstructive bureaucrats who need to be manoeuvred into doing what he needs them to do. And at some point he decided they were actively a danger to the SID, but I'm not sure when exactly that happens. Some time before he decides to break into the lab, I guess?
Oh! Maybe when they wouldn't let him investigate the lab? That might have been the first time they tried to sideline the SID?
Ooh! Or maybe not power levels as such, but we know teleportation needs a medium, and if this version relies on ambient black energy, it might not be possible in Haixing?
Ooh, I love that! <3