sid_guardian | 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)

White trainers and jeans; someone is sitting on a couch

2b)

2c)

2d)

white shoees, soap bubbles and rose leaves

3. Black shoes

3a)

Black pointy women's shoes under a table

3b)

3c)

3d)

Black shoes and white trousers on a wooden floor

3e)

3f)

Black shoes with studs and a black dress or robe

4. Two people

4a)

black shoes and whiteish boots, a pipe visible in front of them

4b)

A pair of heels standing and a pair of green trainers in motion

4c)

Black leather shoes stepping towards white trainers

4d)

Two identical pairs of red-and-white slippers

4e)

4f)

A white trainer stepping on a black boot

5. More than two people

5a)

Two pairs of white trainers, a pair of black boots, and black-and-white women's shoes

5b)

White strappy women's shoes, one pair of black shoes closeby and another arriving

6. With objects

6a)

A black shoe and an envelope pushed under a door

6b)

Bare feet and a card with a ribbon on the floor

6c)

6d)

Black shoes, blue robe, and a whip on the floor

6e)

6f)

Black shoes backed against brown wood; a flash of something falling

7. With vehicles

7a)

Brown boots worn by someone on a motorbike

7b)

Black shoes and brown trousers, someone getting out of a car

8. Kicking

8a)

A brown boot kicking someone dressed in black

8b)

9. Miscellaneous

9a)

Brown boots, ripped jeans and a cane; the ground is covered in dead leaves

9b)

9c)

A pair of white and green trainers, dangling

9d)

9e)

9f)

White trainers with red and green, a white dress and a car in the background

I'll post the solution next weekend. Good luck, everyone! And happy new year! :)

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I thought similar rules applied in China, but apparently it's not universal?

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...")

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.

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!

it might also be a Pacific Islanders thing

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)

If you sit on the floor, even indoors, you'll be scolded and, if female, told that you're making yourself sterile. XD

OMG! Wow, that really is quite something.

(If only it was that easy! :p)

LOL!

(If only it was that easy! :p)

LOL, my thoughts exactly!

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