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Picspam/Quiz: Whose shoes?
During the rewatch, one thing I started noticing more and more was how many shots Guardian has of someone's shoes/feet - and not in a fetishy kind of way. *g* Sometimes it's for mystery's sake (who is this?), sometimes it's because there's something relevant happening at ground level, but very often it's simply a part of dramatically presenting a scene.
I wanted to do something with all of these shots, so I thought, why not ring in the new year with a quiz?
The challenge: identify who's being depicted, and which scene it is!
Hard mode: without looking at the comments first. :p
Sometimes it's easy to say who, but the characters appear so much, it's hard to say when. (Partial points for each!) Sometimes once you know who, you can immediately tell when. *g*
Without further ado (as usual, click for full size):
1. In the dark
1a)
1b)
2. White shoes
2a)
2b)
2c)
2d)
3. Black shoes
3a)
3b)
3c)
3d)
3e)
3f)
4. Two people
4a)
4b)
4c)
4d)
4e)
4f)
5. More than two people
5a)
5b)
6. With objects
6a)
6b)
6c)
6d)
6e)
6f)
7. With vehicles
7a)
7b)
8. Kicking
8a)
8b)
9. Miscellaneous
9a)
9b)
9c)
9d)
9e)
9f)
I'll post the solution next weekend. Good luck, everyone! And happy new year! :)
I wanted to do something with all of these shots, so I thought, why not ring in the new year with a quiz?
The challenge: identify who's being depicted, and which scene it is!
Hard mode: without looking at the comments first. :p
Sometimes it's easy to say who, but the characters appear so much, it's hard to say when. (Partial points for each!) Sometimes once you know who, you can immediately tell when. *g*
Without further ado (as usual, click for full size):
1. In the dark
2. White shoes
3. Black shoes
4. Two people
5. More than two people
6. With objects
7. With vehicles
8. Kicking
9. Miscellaneous
I'll post the solution next weekend. Good luck, everyone! And happy new year! :)
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My guesses
1a) Li Qian in ep 1, when the Shadow Man is chasing her, before Lu Ruomei's murder.
1b) Shen Wei being pinned in place by Zhu Jiu in ep 4.
2a) Guo Changcheng reaching consciousness in the SID, after everyone scared him in ep 1.
2b) ?? Is that Cong Bo? Or no, maybe Da Qing spying on Dr Feng?
2c) Zhao Yunlan when he's catching Li Qian as she falls off the parapet.
2d) Sang Zan dancing at the SID during the Reunion Festival?
3a) Da Ji being unconscious/dead?
3b) Zhu Hong teaching herself to walk in heels, in her dream/flashback.
3c) Chu Shuzhi, maybe when he's facing off with the Master of Nightmares.
3d) Ye Zun at the university.
3e) I think that's Guo Changcheng in the bathroom after the Hanga arc, but it might be Lin Jing, when Guo Changcheng meets him at the DoS.
3f) Ha, I'm not sure if that's Ya Qing or the Envoy... and I have no idea what scene.
4a) Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei saving Li Qian in ep 2.
4b) Zhu Hong being dragged away/kidnapped by Zhang Danni's bf?
4c) Shen Wei and Wang Yike, when she attacks him and he steps forward.
4d) Zhou Weiwei and the Mirror Girl fighting.
4e) Hmm, is that Chu Shuzhi and Chu Nianzhi? Someone in Dixing, anyway.
4f) Da Qing standing on the Deacon's foot and discovering it's hard as iron.
5a) Da Qing, Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi, and Zhu Hong at the hospital during the video game.
5b) I think that's the flashback scene where Hua Yuzhu is taken hostage, and whatsisface tries to rescue her.
6a) Lao Li with the letter that triggers Wang Zheng's Hanga flashbacks.
6b) ?? Is that Da Qing? I can't remember what the letter is.
6c) Zhao Yunlan picking up the multiple personality guy's asthma inhaler at the hospital.
6d) The Envoy in the flashback scene where he rescues Chu Shuzhi from the Regent.
6e) Cong Bo and his video camera, after the wedding.
6f) I think that's Shen Wei, but I'm not sure which scene. Is it ep 1 in the storeroom?
7a) Ye Huo on his motorbike, I think. Maybe when he drives away from his first confrontation with Shen Wei.
7b) Zhao Xinci arriving at the SID that first time (end of ep 16?).
8a) Zhu Jiu kicking Chu Shuzhi just before he captures him (& GCC & YH) and takes them to the zero-degree lab.
8b) Shen Wei kicking multiple personality guy, and rescuing Zhao Yunlan from his kidnapping.
9a) I think that's blind Zhao Yunlan intervening in Shen Wei's condemnation of Ya Qing, after she attacked Zhu Hong?
9b) Oh man, this should be really obvious, but idk. Probably Zhao Yunlan, but I can't identify the context.
9c) Ditto. I'm guessing Da Qing at the SID? No idea when or why.
9d) Zhao Yunlan sneaking around Dixing, leading Ye Zun to the booby-trapped Lantern?
9e) The Envoy's first arrival at the SID in ep 2.
9f) Bai Suxia being bowled over by the taxi. :-(((
This was so much fun! Thank you!! :D
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You got a lot of it right, of course! 51,5 out of 72 possible points - one point per image for identifying the character(s), and one for identifying the scene. The half-point is for mentioning two possible characters, and being right about one of them. *g*
Glad you had fun with this! ♥
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Sorry if sakana17 got this, and I've imagined that I figured it out for myself! *g*
9c) Guo Changcheng's feet flailing while Chu Shuzhi chokes him in the very first nightmare dream.
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Ha, I'm not sure if that's Ya Qing or the Envoy... and I have no idea what scene.
Can I just say I totally didn't expect that? But you weren't the only one! So fascinating.
9b) Oh man, this should be really obvious, but idk. Probably Zhao Yunlan, but I can't identify the context.
This one really gave me a kick! :D
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Here are my off-the-cuff guesses:
1a) Li Qian - she's walking on campus the night of the attack
1b) Shen Wei - Zhu Jiu has momentarily trapped him with dark energy while he and Zhao Yunlan were patrolling the park
2a) Guo Changcheng - looks like he's sitting on the SID sofa, maybe it's when he first joins the SID (not sure which scene)
2b) ?? (and it's bugging me because the shoes look really familiar...)
2c) Zhao Yunlan - on the roof at Dragon City University, going to grab Li Qian
2d) Sang Zan - dancing romantically with Wang Zheng
3a) Da Ji - flashback to when she was killed by her philandering husband (before she revives)
3b) Zhu Hong - when trapped in her dream, she remembers trying to walk in human shoes when she was new to the SID
3c) Chu Shuzhi - it looks like he's walking on Dragon City streets, maybe it's while he's searching for Ding Dun or when he's training Guo Changcheng how to follow suspects
3d) Ye Zun - pretending to be Shen Wei and entering the SID
3e) Lin Jing?? - waiting for a meeting in the bathroom at Haixing Inspectorate
3f) Ya Qing - I think this is when she comes to visit Zhu Jiu in his warehouse lair
4a) Shen Wei (左) and Zhao Yunlan (右) - on the roof at Dragon City University, saving Li Qian
4b) Teacher Zhang (左) and one of her attackers - flashback to when she was grabbed off the street
4c) Wang Yike (左) and Shen Wei (右) - Shen Wei moving toward Wang Yike, whose attack isn't affecting him
4d) Wei Wei and Mirror Girl - flashback scene when they're in Wei Wei's bathroom, I think they're arguing because Mirror Girl doesn't want to leave Ji Xiaobai
4e) Butler Wu?? (左) and Zhao Yunlan (右) - when Butler Wu took Zhao Yunlan through Dixing during Zhao Yunlan's first visit there
4f) Dijun Palace Secretary Guy (左) and Da Qing (右) - Da Qing steps on the Secretary's foot, with no effect because the Secretary now has the lower-body-hardening power
5a) not sure, but: Da Qing, Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi, and Zhu Hong (l to r) ?? - if it's them, then I think it's the scene in the hospital when they are about to go against Zhao Yunlan, acting under Zu Ma's game control
5b) ?? (the sweatpants legs make me think of Wu Xiaojun or Wang Xiangyang but I can't place the scene off the top of my head)
6a) Lao Li - he's about to pick up the note left for Wang Zheng at the SID
6b) Zheng Yi - she's in the SID and finds the wedding invitation on the floor
6c) Zhao Yunlan - he's in the hospital and finds Kong Jing's inhaler
6d) (argh I *just* rewatched this scene and can't remember if this is The Regent or Hei Pao ShiI) 'm gonna go with The Regent - it's the flashback scene of when Chu Shuzhi was a prisoner in Dixing and being flogged, and Hei Pao Shi shows up and releases him
6e) Cong Bo - it's a flashback to after the wedding when Cong Bo was startled and dropped his camera
6f) Shen Wei - in Zhao Yunlan's apartment, after cutting himself, startled by Zhao Yunlan, turns and drops the knife
7a) Ye Huo - I think it's when he goes on the run, after the confrontation with Shen Wei outside the secret fight club location
7b) Zhao Xinci - arriving at the SID
8a) Zhu Jiu - fighting Chu Shuzhi outside after stopping the van with Chu Shuzhi, Bobby, Guo Changcheng, and Ye Huo
8b) Shen Wei - kicking Kong Jing away to stop him attacking Zhao Yunlan
9a) Zhao Yunlan - walking in the park, where the Yashou market was, while he's blind
9b) Sha Ya - is stopped by Da Qing outside
9c) Lin Jing ?? - it's in the SID main office, it might be the popcorn scene??
9d) Zhao Yunlan ?? - I think this is in Dixing when he's trying to hide the Lantern
9e) Hei Pao Shi - entering the SID after being summoned by the incense
9f) Bai Suxia - flashback scene to when she was trying to get to the hospital on that fateful night, and in the street, trying to hail a taxi
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It's very cool to see which scenes were easily recognisable, which you're unsure about, and which you didn't recognise at all! But you're amazing; you have 61 out of 72 possible points, with one point per image for identifying the character(s), and one for identifying the scene. Woohoo!
(Also many thanks for letting me practice 左 and 右 again! *g*)
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(Also many thanks for letting me practice 左 and 右 again! *g*)
I need to keep practicing them, myself, and this was a good opportunity. *g*
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Additional challenge is properly inserting a cut for my guesses:
Here they are
1a) Li Qian is running from the Shadow.
1b) Shen Wei suddenly finds himself unable to move. This is the same scene where he tells Zhao Yunlan how important his Name is to him.
2a) These are Xiao-Guo’s nervous legs, but I don’t know when.
2b) No idea.
2c) Zhao Yunlan’s comfy boots! I’m guessing on the university rooftop.
2d) Sang Zan dancing with Wang Zheng.
3a) At first I thought of Zhang Ruomei, but the sepia suggests a flashback, so I’m going with Da Ji being strangled.
3b) Zhu Hong trains with high-heels.
3c) Chu Shuzhi on a walk with Guo Changcheng.
3d) Ye Zun pretends to be Shen Wei.
3e) No idea.
3f) I think these are Ya Qing’s dainty feet – don’t know which scene though.
4a) Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan haul Li Qian onto the rooftop
4b) This time it is Zhang Ruomei! Being assaulted in the street.
4c) Shen Wei staring down Wang Ike.
4d) Zhou Weiwei and Not-Zhou Weiwei
4e) Zhao Yulan’s adventure in Dixing. The other person would be Wu Tianen then, but I’m not super sure about him.
4f) Da Qing steps on the asshole assistant dude’s foot.
5a) Shota Boy, Coffin Face, Royal Lady, and Little White Rabbit join the battle at the hospital!
5b) It’s the flashback where Gu Ban dies. The woman is Hua Yuzhu, being held hostage by Criminal-whose-name-i-don’t-know, and Gu Ban is to the left.
6a) A letter is delivered to the SID. I’m assuming it’s Lao-Li, but I don’t know the scene.
6b) I wanted to say Da Qing, but he doesn’t wear his trousers like that. I have no idea.
6c) Zhao Yunlan at the hospital featuring the inhaler of the guy who doesn’t even have asthma.
6d) No idea. Looks like Dixing, but not like Heipashi’s robes. Hm…
6e) I’m gonna go with Cong Bo because cameras are his thing.
6f) Kitchen scene kitchen scene kitchen scene…! I mean, it’s Shen Wei. And Zhao Yunlan’s kitchen knife.
7a) Ye Huo just wants to go home after a stressful day at the arena.
7b) Zhao Xinci, about to ruin everyone’s day at the SID.
8a) The clothes scream Chu Shuzhi, but I don’t know who’s kicking him.
8b) Shen Wei coming to Zhao Yunlan’s rescue. He’s kicking the 99 personalities dude.
9a) Zhao Yunlan won’t let blindness hold him back from investigating.
9b) Da Qing distracts Sha Ya.
9c) No idea.
9d) No idea either.
9e) Heipaoshi follows the call of the incense.
9f) Bai Suxia in epic Christmas shoes, trying to get a taxi.
That was a lot of fun! Thank you for designing the quiz! ❤
EDIT: I wasn't lying about the cut. But I made it eventually, phew.
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I'm really enjoying everyone's replies too, and seeing which pics give people particular trouble. Some are absolutely not the ones I'd have expected! But honestly, you're all fantastic and recognising A LOT - all that rewatching paid off! *g*
You have 53,5 out of 72 possible points, with one point per image for identifying the character(s), and one for identifying the scene (and some partial points for half-identified scenes). Woohoo!
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And I just noticed Zhang Ruonan fell victim to an autocorrect. Oops, sorry Zhang-laoshi😅
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(Once answers are revealed, I'd love to hear which ones were stabbing in the dark!)
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My Guesses
1a) Li Qian1b) Shen Wei
2a) ...I *think* Da Qing? *squints*
2b) *confused*
2c) Zhao Yunlan, of course
2d) ...huh. Huh.
3a) is that Da Ji? It looks like a corpse so, and the flowers...
3b) Zhu Hong, practicing in heels
3c) Hm. Is it Chu Shuzhi?
3d) Ye Zun
3e) that's gotta be Guo Changcheng as he talks about Chu-ge being scary and then he's out of toilet paper and who just HAPPENS to be in the next stall? Yeah.
3f) judging by the cloak, Heipaoshi?
4a) the beige ones are still Yunlan, and the blacks kinda look like Shen Wei's?
4b) woman running... I wanna say that's Zhang Ruonan as she gets kidnapped by the rapist? it looks like that type of street corner we saw in the flashback, but I'm like, only 40% sure
4c) is definitely Shen Wei (that suit!) in his office and I bet the other pair is Wang Yike as she's trying to kill him (which makes me more certain of 4b being Zhang Ruonan, let's up it to 66%)
4d) that's GOTTA be Weiwei and mirror girl
4e) *squints* the brown boots look like Zhao Yunlan's, the way he's wearing them haphazardly. The suit one's... I doubt it's Shen Wei, one of the government people? I'm excluding Zhao Xinci because he wears beige suits, so maybe GCC's uncle? Guo Ying?
4f) I wanna say Heipaoshi for the robes, and the sneakers kinda look similar to Da Qing's above. But I don't remember him stepping on Shen Wei ngl xD maybe it's one of the Dixingren teens... hmmm.
5a) has gotta be the SID, so my guess is... Zhu Hong up front, then either ZYL or CSZ (I *think* the fringe of CSZ's coat is further up front but I can't tell from this perspective?), then Lin Jing, then Da Qing
5b) *ponders* who has a white dress in white heels? Is it Hua Yuzhu(sp?) with the guy who attacked her directly next to her and her boyfriend what's-his-name running to the rescue?
6a)
6b)
6c) Zhao Yunlan again! his boots are all scrunchy up top
6d) Heipaoshi, presumably
6e)
6f)
7a) The only guy on a motorbike we see is Zhao Yunlan, right??? or wait. Is this Ye Huo?
7b) I kinda wanna say Zhao Xinci based on suit colour, but I'm not sure xD
8a) Looks kinda like Zhu Jiu's cowboy boots? Whoever it is, is kicking at Chu Shuzhi tho, right?
8b)
9a) Zhao Yunlan, blind
9b) Well... I'm having trouble pinpointing when this scene happens, but I think we mostly see Da Qing with SID members? Hm. I wanna say not Shen Wei, but I keep flipflopping
9c) more strangling! Hm. Is it Guo Changcheng? It doesn't look like his earlier ones but they get to switch outfits and that includes shoes...
9d) Zhao Yunlan. Bet.
9e) 100% Heipaoshi
9f) That's the pregnant wife of Wang-ge next door. What's her name again... Su Bai? Bai Sua?
I'm just gonna hit post and see what everyone else guessed, even though I know I'm missing plenty still! x'D
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(Wang Xiangyang's wife is called Bai Suxia, btw.)
Do you want to add some more guesses about which scenes these are from? Have you already looked at everyone's guesses?
So far, you have 26 out of 72 possible points, with one point per image for identifying the character(s), and one for identifying the scene (and some partial points for identifying one out of two characters and suchlike).
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I have looked at the other guesses immediately after posting, most of which I forgot. To keep myself honest, I'm disqualifying myself from the following:
More Guessing
Disqualified: no fixing the hospital SID team scene, Shen Wei kicking Kong Jing, guessing Cong Bo with the camera, identifying the asthma inhaler scene, switching Da Qing stepping on the Deacon's shoe rather than Shen Wei's (generally, I just picked robe = heipaoshi, no fixing any of those)
I don't remember the others or which picture they belong to, so they should be fine to clarify/guess.
1a) Li Qian coming upong the shadow man/murder of Lu Ruomeng
1b) Shen Wei's shoes getting stuck thanks to Zhu Jiu's dark energy in the park, since Zhu Jiu is a dramatic bitch who needs to interfere in Weilan's walk in the moonlit park date
2a) Still think this is Da Qing because of the scrunchie at the bottom of the jeans, the furniture looks like it's at either a case or the university hmmm. Guessing university.
2c) Zhao Yunlan standing on pipes on the rooftop where Li Qian tries to jump, to cause dramatic dangerously slipping footing for the rescue
3a) Da Ji after just having been poisoned by her husband
3b) dream flashback of Zhu Hong learning to walk
3c) Chu Shuzhi on the streets, so I'm guessing it's the Ye Huo case
3d) Ye Zun in the university pretending to be Shen Wei in Shen Wei's classroom (with the additional deleted scene of him meeting Jiajia!)
3e) sticking with my description from above
4a) Shen Wei joining Zhao Yunlan to rescue Li Qian from slipping down the roof
4b) Zhang Ruonan's flashback of being kidnapped after waiting after the party invitation prank
4c) Wang Yike confronting Shen Wei in his office, trying to kill him unsuccessfully
4d) mirror girl meeting in Weiwei's bathroom
9a) ZYL, blind, walking in the Yashou forest where Shen Wei confronts Ya Qing (and the Xiao Wei! happens)
9c) Guo Changcheng getting strangled
9e) Heipaoshi's dramatic entrance to the SID HQ after he gets summoned the first time in the show
9f) Bai Suxia (thanks for the name, I didn't want to look anything up and get influenced <3) almost being hit by the taxi she was hailing
Probably not a lot more points, but it's what *I* know without help! It's fascinating what everyone else recognized and/or guessed tho :D
Idk if we're collectively missing any characters/locations, but if we do, would it be possible to have a narrowed down list of those before reveals, so we can do some community sleuthing/guessing maybe? If others are also interested
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To keep myself honest, I'm disqualifying myself from the following
That makes sense! ♥
With these guesses, you're at 36,5 points total.
Idk if we're collectively missing any characters/locations, but if we do, would it be possible to have a narrowed down list of those before reveals, so we can do some community sleuthing/guessing maybe? If others are also interested
That's a great idea, I love it! If in a couple days we still have any that no one's guessed, I'll definitely make a post. :)
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50% solved! I can live with that :D
That's a great idea, I love it! If in a couple days we still have any that no one's guessed, I'll definitely make a post. :)
Looking forward to it (And to reveals)!
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Hee! As you can see, not a safe assumption to make. *g* But you weren't the only one, including mistaking Ya Qing's dress for the Envoy's robes!
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As far as the five images you say nobody has guessed yet:
Thoughts, not necessarily guesses. XD
2b) I have absolutely no clue!
3f) My original guess was wrong, and I assume whoever guessed Ya Qing must be right. Given the low light, if it is Ya Qing, I'd maybe guess she's in the warehouse with Zhu Jiu?
6d) Based on the robes I feel pretty confident this is the Regent, but I can't figure out when it could be. I didn't think there was a scene with the whip on the floor in the flaschback to Chu Shuzhi's torture, but when someone else guessed it I assumed they had to be right, because I can't think when else there's a scene with the Regent and a whip. :/
3c) This was one of the ones I was super embarrassed about not guessing, because I have notes on Chu Shuzhi's whole outfit that I was just adding to and reviewing like a month ago, which included notes on those little straps on the backs of his boots! I was facepalming so much when I saw other people's guesses. XD I think not being able to see any part of his coat in the shot is what threw me off, but still, those boots are so distinctive, how did I miss it?! Anyway, my best guess about the scene is that he's approaching the courtyard where he meets with the Envoy.
9d) Aw man, I assumed the other guessers were right about it being Zhao Yunlan in the hiding-the-lantern bit. I had no good guesses myself, because the straw on the stairs just makes me think of the dream-sequence scene with Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng in Dixing, but it's obviously neither of them. I feel like it's got to be Zhao Yunlan, but I don't know where else in Dixing there's straw lying around! Maybe when Wu Tian'en is guiding him around?
My main takeaway from this quiz is that I'm really bad at recognizing people by their shoes even if I have recently paid special attention to their shoes and taken notes on them. XD And also WHY DOES NOBODY WEAR SOCKS, I expected only Guo Changcheng's feet to look like that!
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3f) My original guess was wrong
Out of curiosity, what did you guess originally?
I didn't think there was a scene with the whip on the floor in the flaschback to Chu Shuzhi's torture, but when someone else guessed it I assumed they had to be right, because I can't think when else there's a scene with the Regent and a whip. :/
Regent + whip = Chu Shuzhi scene is the most immediate association with whips, no question! *g*
because I have notes on Chu Shuzhi's whole outfit that I was just adding to and reviewing like a month ago, which included notes on those little straps on the backs of his boots!
Hee! I never actually noticed the little straps before myself!
Also, that's delightful that you made notes on Lao-Chu's outfit. Very curious about what made you compile that!
the straw on the stairs just makes me think of the dream-sequence scene with Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng in Dixing, but it's obviously neither of them
Excellent sleuthing! *g* I think there are more Dixing scenes that have straw, but that's just a feeling.
And also WHY DOES NOBODY WEAR SOCKS, I expected only Guo Changcheng's feet to look like that!
That used to baffle me too! But now I think all of them must be wearing those no-show socks that sit so low in the shoe that they're invisible. Zhao Yunlan does, even when wearing boots! You can see them when Shen Wei takes off his boots after he finds him with a stomach ache and brings him home in episode 8.
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My original guess was like "Black robes so I guess it has to be the Envoy????" but I was very confused about the bling. XD Also now that I've seen other guesses I think the shoes are probably high-heeled with straps, but it's hard to tell in the dark, so I thought they were boots at first.
There's no whip in the last few episodes with Ye Zun torturing Shen Wei is there? (Not expecting confirmation, just pondering out loud where else there might be a whip...)
Very curious about what made you compile that!
Hah, not really anything in particular, I just try to take notes like that on any characters/settings I'm planning to write fic about, so if I end up needing to describe something, I can easily check whether or not there was a reference to it or image of it in canon. And then every time I do more canon review I end up adding a few more details to my notes. I wrote two Chu Shuzhi stories
thislast year, so I spent some time rewatching his scenes. :)(For Guardian I have about 75 pages of notes on characters and places/objects/etc. and another 35 pages of episode summaries (and a separate shorter file that's just summaries of all Chu Shuzhi's scenes), plus another file with the scripts of all the episodes put together. Possibly this is part of why I think writing fanfic is hard and takes forever. XD)
now I think all of them must be wearing those no-show socks
Yeah, that's got to be it, but it still looks so strange to me! (Especially in 6e -- based on the shoe type, my first thought was Zhao Xinci, and then I was like "wait NO SOCKS what." At least Zhao Xinci does wear visible socks!)
You can see them when Shen Wei takes off his boots
Ah, good catch, I didn't notice that! As someone who always wears boots, that doesn't seem like it would be comfortable to me, but then I guess Zhao Yunlan makes a lot of choices I wouldn't make. XD
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In all fairness, it's not as if Shen Wei is averse to bling! *g*
There's no whip in the last few episodes with Ye Zun torturing Shen Wei is there? (Not expecting confirmation, just pondering out loud where else there might be a whip...)
I love the brainstorming! ♥
(For Guardian I have about 75 pages of notes on characters and places/objects/etc. and another 35 pages of episode summaries (and a separate shorter file that's just summaries of all Chu Shuzhi's scenes), plus another file with the scripts of all the episodes put together. Possibly this is part of why I think writing fanfic is hard and takes forever. XD)
That is so neat! I keep canon notes too and expand them whenever I do canon revision for a fic, but I don't have notes about clothes, beyond "he's wearing the beige boots in this one". Your notes sound amazingily useful and fun, but I can imagine how much time it takes to collect this much detail!
At least Zhao Xinci does wear visible socks!
Zhao Xinci's one saving grace! :p
(I kid, he's not that horrible outside of a few specific moments, but still!)
As someone who always wears boots, that doesn't seem like it would be comfortable to me, but then I guess Zhao Yunlan makes a lot of choices I wouldn't make. XD
Yeah, it doesn't sound comfortable to me either. But then again, for me, if it's warm enough that I'm willing to go without socks around my ankles, it's generally warm enough that I don't wear close-toed shoes anyway, so. We all have our idiosyncrasies? *g*
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In Kdramas it seems pretty common not to wear socks partly because it's rude to wear shoes inside a private home, and it's less faff to put shoes on and take them off bare feet. But the private houses in Guardian don't have vestibules for shoe-removal, so idk if that applies in Haixing. /really random, feel free to ignore :-)
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I don't understand this, can you explain? I feel like it'd be much harder to squeeze your feet into and out of shoes without socks to smooth the way ...
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...I'm amused that you have such a fitting icon for this post. XD
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(You wear slippers inside, and some people wear socks in their slippers, too.)
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(Is Kazan an area where people sit on the floor to eat, and sleep on the floor -- or used to historically? I read somewhere that that leads to more care about keeping outdoor footwear out of the house.)
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Yeah, I've been surprised by it in both mainland and Hong Kong movies/shows since I got into Cdramas, because I also expected everyone to take their shoes off indoors. (The place I lived where this was common was Hawaii, which I now assume must be primarily due to Japanese influence, but at the time I lived there, I thought taking off shoes indoors was common throughout Asia.)
Is Kazan an area where people sit on the floor to eat, and sleep on the floor -- or used to historically?
Strangely enough, it's just the opposite! In general, the Russian view seems to be that the ground outdoors is disgusting, but also, indoor floors are only somewhat less disgusting, so you should still avoid touching them except with the bottoms of your (indoor) shoes. Definitely no sitting on the floor!
(If you sit on the floor, even indoors, you'll be scolded and, if female, told that you're making yourself sterile. XD I was warned about this before visiting, and then it literally happened to me when I was waiting in a university hallway with too few chairs and was like "surely nobody's actually going to yell at me for sitting here...")
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I hesitate to make generalisations after being so wrong about Korea, but it might also be a Pacific Islanders thing. It's required to take your shoes off before entering a Māori meeting house, and I think that applies to homes as well. (Also, no sitting on tables! *eyes Da Qing and Zhao Yunlan, both*)
In general, the Russian view seems to be that the ground outdoors is disgusting, but also, indoor floors are only somewhat less disgusting, so you should still avoid touching them except with the bottoms of your (indoor) shoes. Definitely no sitting on the floor!
Ha! Do they have animals in the house? Because I tend to think of my floors as dirty, too, largely thanks to the cats.
and, if female, told that you're making yourself sterile. XD I was warned about this before visiting, and then it literally happened to me when I was waiting in a university hallway with too few chairs and was like "surely nobody's actually going to yell at me for sitting here...")
OMG!
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Good point, that could definitely be an influence too. (We did actually have to take our shoes off in the classrooms at the elementary school I went to there. No idea if that's true in Japan!)
Do they have animals in the house?
I'm sure some people do, though not the places I visited! (As a fellow cat person I 100% get your point, though. XD)
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OMG! Wow, that really is quite something.
(If only it was that easy! :p)
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LOL, my thoughts exactly!
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1a) the girl in ep 1
1b) Shen Wei, trapped by dark energy
2a) Da Qing
2b) ?????
2c) Zhao Yunlan while rescuing the girl
2d) Guo Changcheng?
3a)
3b) Hong, in the dream scene
3c)
3d) Ye Zun, pretending to be Shen Wei
3e)
3f) Hei Pao Shi
4a) ZYL and Shen Wei saving Li Qian
4b)
4c) Shen Wei and
4d) Mirror girl and her mirror alter ego
4e) ZYL and Shen Wei in the robbery scene?
4d) Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi?
5a)
5b)
6a) Lao Chu finding the Hanga missive?
6b) that little girl with the voice
6c) Zhao Yunlan at the hospital
6d) the Regent in Dixing
6e)
6f) She Wei at the Haixing Bureau
7a)
7b) Zhao Xinci
8a)
8b)
9a) Zhao Yunlan, blind
9b) Shen Wei and Da Qing, 1st meeting
9c) Guo Changchen in the dream
9d) Zhao Yunlan wtf is that straw???
9e) Hei Pao Shi
9f) Pregnant wife of wossname trying to get a taxi
Idk how to hide this stuff but by now I guess it doesn't matter.
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So much fun to see which ones people recognise! And where everyone goes wrong. Can't wait to reveal the answers, hee!
1a) the girl in ep 1
2c) Zhao Yunlan while rescuing the girl
Can I ask who you mean by "the girl"? And if you mean the same girl in both cases?
Idk how to hide this stuff but by now I guess it doesn't matter.
No need to hide anything! Anyone who wants to do this quiz can just not look at the comments. :)
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2b, I think I finally got, is it the undead cat lady after her husband killed her?
I meant the same girl, but now I suspect that was wrong...
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I'll post in the evening my time tomorrow - definitely not before 7pm CET/6pm UTC, if that helps?
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And this was a great idea - thanks for taking the time to do all this!
Guesses:
1a) LQ running from the shadow man (2nd runner up the first victim, but I’m pretty sure it’s LQ)
1b) SW in the park when ZJ/Sailor Moon villain is taunting him, but SW stays with ZYL instead of going after him.
2a) Stab in the dark - DQ. Very unsure of this one.
2b) Li Qian on the biology building’s roof?
2c) ZYL catching LQ’s hand.
2d) Ghosts (San Zan?) being romantic in the library.
3a) Cat Tribe lady after killed by her husband.
3b) ZH in SID building
3c) CSZ – best guess is meeting HPS
3d) SW in SID
3e) Grocer villain (WXY) on rooftop
3f) Ya Qing
4a) SW and ZYL rescuing LQ
4b) Face stealing perps?
4c) Gloved Dixing girl trying to drain SW
4d) Mirror girl and Zhou Weiwei?
4e) SW and ZYL
4f) DQ stepping on foot of Regent’s sycophant
5a) The SID gang at the hospital? I don’t recognize the shoes in the foreground.
5b) Bad guy holding plant girl at dark energy gunpoint with their Dixing male friend sneaking up behind in the park.
6a) Don’t know who, but note under SID door with info about missing ZXC
6b) DQ
6c) no clue, best guess is ZYL
6d) In Dixing throne room? First guess the CSZ flashback, 2nd the final Dixing scene.
6e) Cong Bo after wedding
6f) SW in corner avoiding the camera at the Dixing Inspectorate?
7a) One of Ye Huo /the fighting fire guy’s gang?
7b )ZXC getting out of the car either in front of the inspectorate building or ZYL’s apartment complex
8a) Honestly, no clue. Looks like HPS’s robe, though.
8b) ZXC kicking the earthquake man away from Old Li in front of the SID
9a) ZYL when blind? (in Snake Territory?)
9b) No clue.
9c) No clue for this, either. Someone being strangled?
9d) ZYL in Dixing
9e) HPS (maybe that flashy first entrance into the SID scene?)
9f) Grocer’s wife about to be hit/just hit by car
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And no worries about the names/nicknames/etc., it's always clear who you mean, which is the important part!
You have 40 out of 72 possible points, with one point per image for identifying the character(s), and one for identifying the scene (and some partial points for half-identified groups or scenes). Great stuff!
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1b) Shen Wei, obvsly
2c) Zhao Yunlan on the roof
2d) Da Qing?
3b) Zhu Hong trying on heels
3c) Chu Shuzhi :D
3d) .... Ye Zun?
3e) ah, the toilet scene, was that Guo Changcheng?
3f) the dress makes me think Ya Qing
4a) Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei on the roof
4b) the face snatcher snatching
4c) Ye Zun eating the student?
4d) mirror girl?
5a) the one in the very far back must be Da Qing, and the boot in the middle looks like Shen Wei. No idea where that was...
5b) the wedding
6a) uuuh... Lin Jing?
6b) Da Qing
6c) Shen Wei?
7a) It's not Zhao Yunlan. So... the fire guy?
7b) a ministry person? I forgot if it was Zhao Xinci.
8b) Shen Wei
9a) Zhao Yunlan in the forest
9b) Da Qing? :DDD
9d) Zhao Yunlan?
9e) Hei Paoshi?
9f) YES! Pregnant lady's gucci shoes!
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You got 13 characters right! And a bit more - 5a indeed has Da Qing, though the other three are Guo Changcheng, Chu Shuzhi and Zhu Hong; it's at the hospital during the videogame case, when they're about to attack Zhao Yunlan and he's about to fight them off with a feather duster. :D And 7b is indeed Zhao Xinci!
3f) the dress makes me think Ya Qing
Congrats on recognising it's a dress!
6b) Da Qing
It's Zheng Yi, but you weren't the only one to guess Da Qing. I'm so fascinated by that! Have I forgotten a barefoot Da Qing scene, or is it just that everyone thinks that of course the cat should go barefoot on occasion? *g*
9b) Da Qing? :DDD
LOL, you're not wrong! The boots belong to Sha Ya, though. *g*