but it doesn't seem very like Zhang Shi to me; I don't think Zhang Shi can put himself into inanimate objects.
Whereas I think he could but doesn't, because he's learned that when he's in an inanimate object, he can't do anything or easily get out again (cf Nianzhi)...
Yeah, and by taking the puppet desecrated Nianzhi's grave. No wonder Chu Shuzhi reacts as badly as he does!
Right?!
I think Li Qian at least would have been more excited earlier, but now there's open conflict between the Inspectorate and the SID, and Professor Ouyang has been getting increasingly irrational and obsessed, and it's all no longer about science for her.
That makes sense. *pets her*
Oh, yes, good thought! Damn, now I want a missing scene where not only does Zhao Yunlan go and check up on Shen Wei's recuperating, he brings Da Qing and Chu Shuzhi with him! I wonder what Shen Wei makes of that ...
Aww, yes! I want it too. (I love the idea of that combo of people -- all with very different important relationships with Shen Wei.)
I guess that works if you look at it that way, but honestly I didn't think it needed resolving? It's already become entirely irrelevant to both of them; neither of them cares about that argument any more.
Maybe more like... this feels like a do-over.
I figure they meant he's colluding with the Black-Cloaked Envoy. Which he is!
I'm really not clear if they've decided the Ambassador of Dixing (operating in Haixing under the treaty, with Haixing's agreement) is a public enemy, or if they haven't connected the Envoy and Shen Wei!!
I figured he froze them before talking to Wu Tian'en, and what we see is him unfreezing them.
Oh yeah, I forgot that.
It doesn't seem like Zhao Xinci to me; Zhao Xinci very much wants his son to change his mind, whereas Zhang Shi is fine with the path Zhao Yunlan is on.
I think Zhao Xinci now understands that Zhao Yunlan isn't going to change. That's what his last line in the scene at the flat meant, after Zhao Yunlan stormed out. Agree to disagree?
I mean that Ye Zun, when talking about time travel, brings up wormholes - so he thinks (correctly) that time travelling means going into a wormhole.
Ah, right! I mean, he could just be talking shit, but yeah. I see what you mean.
It's just funny to me because he goes from suggesting time travel to actually time travelling without realising at first. *g*
This makes me wonder how much, narratively, the time travel conversation with Ye Zun was there to prime us, the audience, so we wouldn't be too "wait, what? no way!"
but I think one of the things he's very sure about in his relationship with Da Qing is that Da Qing is his cat, previous other masters or no.
Idk, I could go either way on this. I'll have to see what I think when I get to the bells scene. :-)
And his sincerity and openness with his feelings - as you say, despite all the joking and teasing, the genuine sentiment is just unmistakable - are exactly why he's having such an impact on young Shen Wei.
And on me. *g*
If so, it's on one hand true (Shen Wei absolutely does that) and very presumptuous (because some rando you don't know asking you to smile is an imposition, not a pleasure).
I mean, Zhao Yunlan being presumptuous is kind of on brand... (He's not a rando! He just saved Shen Wei's life! He could be asking for fealty here, and instead he's only asking for a smile. ;-p)
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Whereas I think he could but doesn't, because he's learned that when he's in an inanimate object, he can't do anything or easily get out again (cf Nianzhi)...
Yeah, and by taking the puppet desecrated Nianzhi's grave. No wonder Chu Shuzhi reacts as badly as he does!
Right?!
I think Li Qian at least would have been more excited earlier, but now there's open conflict between the Inspectorate and the SID, and Professor Ouyang has been getting increasingly irrational and obsessed, and it's all no longer about science for her.
That makes sense. *pets her*
Oh, yes, good thought! Damn, now I want a missing scene where not only does Zhao Yunlan go and check up on Shen Wei's recuperating, he brings Da Qing and Chu Shuzhi with him! I wonder what Shen Wei makes of that ...
Aww, yes! I want it too. (I love the idea of that combo of people -- all with very different important relationships with Shen Wei.)
I guess that works if you look at it that way, but honestly I didn't think it needed resolving? It's already become entirely irrelevant to both of them; neither of them cares about that argument any more.
Maybe more like... this feels like a do-over.
I figure they meant he's colluding with the Black-Cloaked Envoy. Which he is!
I'm really not clear if they've decided the Ambassador of Dixing (operating in Haixing under the treaty, with Haixing's agreement) is a public enemy, or if they haven't connected the Envoy and Shen Wei!!
I figured he froze them before talking to Wu Tian'en, and what we see is him unfreezing them.
Oh yeah, I forgot that.
It doesn't seem like Zhao Xinci to me; Zhao Xinci very much wants his son to change his mind, whereas Zhang Shi is fine with the path Zhao Yunlan is on.
I think Zhao Xinci now understands that Zhao Yunlan isn't going to change. That's what his last line in the scene at the flat meant, after Zhao Yunlan stormed out. Agree to disagree?
I mean that Ye Zun, when talking about time travel, brings up wormholes - so he thinks (correctly) that time travelling means going into a wormhole.
Ah, right! I mean, he could just be talking shit, but yeah. I see what you mean.
It's just funny to me because he goes from suggesting time travel to actually time travelling without realising at first. *g*
This makes me wonder how much, narratively, the time travel conversation with Ye Zun was there to prime us, the audience, so we wouldn't be too "wait, what? no way!"
but I think one of the things he's very sure about in his relationship with Da Qing is that Da Qing is his cat, previous other masters or no.
Idk, I could go either way on this. I'll have to see what I think when I get to the bells scene. :-)
And his sincerity and openness with his feelings - as you say, despite all the joking and teasing, the genuine sentiment is just unmistakable - are exactly why he's having such an impact on young Shen Wei.
And on me. *g*
If so, it's on one hand true (Shen Wei absolutely does that) and very presumptuous (because some rando you don't know asking you to smile is an imposition, not a pleasure).
I mean, Zhao Yunlan being presumptuous is kind of on brand... (He's not a rando! He just saved Shen Wei's life! He could be asking for fealty here, and instead he's only asking for a smile. ;-p)