Ahhh, what an awesome picspam! I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to come back to it. (And also I'm very much looking forward to your If it fits picspam in the future, heeeeee! ♥!)
But for this particular discussion I am feeling lots of Chu Shuzhi feels today, so I decided to review the part where Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi encounter the regent in his Haixingren disguise.
Oh yes! Yay!
(I'm just going to pop in the paragraph I wrote about this during the rewatch. I hope that's okay!
The Regent arrives in Dragon City in Haixing clothes. (Some speculative discussion here about that.) He's almost hit by a delivery truck, literally falls down, but doesn't make a fuss about it. This may be his most likeable moment in the whole show. Changcheng, who's walking along reading "Close Quarter Combat" (yay for dual-language titles!) helps him up. LOL at the Regent telling Changcheng he's as a fit as a fiddle: that's the opposite of what he tells anyone else ever.
I wonder if the combat book is assigned reading, hee. Like, Chu Shuzhi deciding that Changcheng is so klutzy, he might be better off learning the basics from a book? *g*
The Regent assures the driver he’s fine.
I'm always so interested by this mild-mannered persona. And I think you're right that he ran into Changcheng deliberately. It's like he's trying to charm each member of the SID, one by one (except for Chu Shuzhi, of course!) -- and if he wasn't so eerie-slimy and didn't make gross comments about Wang Zheng, he might have managed it. ;-p Given his visit happens after Zhao Yunlan messaged the palace archives about Shen Wei, I think he might be trying to get the SID to take sides against the Envoy...
I also think this is incredibly adorable that he has an alarm set for work!! :D
Haha, yes. So diligent! So conscientious! *pets him forever*
but the Regent gives him Regent-puppy-dog-eyes
LOL! And also, ick, I need a shower. That little pout!! /o\
PS: Do you think Chu-ge was specifically looking for Guo Changcheng?! I DO :D
Yesss! Maybe they always train together in the mornings, and that's what Changcheng is late for? And lol at Chu Shuzhi playing it cool and stern like that. :D
It's interesting that Changcheng outright points at the Regent. That seems kind of rude -- maybe he's secretly annoyed by having been delayed. Heh.
Angry Chu Shuzhi grabs the Regent by the neck and says: It’s you.
I wonder what, specifically, Chu Shuzhi holds a grudge about. Is it the torture during CSZ's prison sentence (I suspect not), or is it that the Regent took Nianzhi's doll (iirc? please correct me if I'm wrong)? Or is it just his epic corruption and mismanagement of Dixing? Anyway, I bet it's something to do with Nianzhi as far as Chu Shuzhi's concerned, and the fact that the Regent arrived with soft, hapless Changcheng is an extra trigger. Ooh, maybe that was the Regent's plan all along (assuming he knows that Chu Shuzhi is Changcheng's mentor; would he know that?).
The Regent is so smug, he deserves ALL the choking! ;-p
It’s hard to capture but when Zhao Yunlan shoves Chu-ge aside Guo Changcheng catches his arm to steady him.
Ahhhh, great catch (ha!)! I never noticed that before. And I love how Zhao Yunlan isn't the least bit physically intimidated by furious Chu Shuzhi -- he just strides right in and shoves him away without a second thought. I wonder if that would have been the case in episode 1...
Which begs the question would inside the SID have been better? XD XD XD
HEE! Though, hm, there are two things going on -- Lao Chu is undermining the SID's image and secrecy, and Lao Chu is disrespecting their VIP guest. I guess if it was inside, that would solve one of those? *g*
Though really, I read this as shock. Perhaps shocked that Zhao Yunlan would forcefully shove him aside? Or perhaps shock at his own actions. Or maybe shock that he was stopped? Or maybe he’s determining if he could just shove Zhao Yunlan aside and continue his attack on the Regent XD
I think it's shock that Zhao Yunlan is taking the Regent's side? Like, Chu Shuzhi has come to consider himself one of the team, and this is his mortal enemy, but here's Zhao Yunlan, his chief, scolding him in front of that villain, giving the Regent that satisfaction. How is this happening? How dare?!?! (I wonder if this haunts his nightmares. /o\)
I remember when I originally watched this episode I did NOT make the initial connection that he was the Regent. Did anyone else miss that? LOLOL.
I think that was deliberate on the show's part. We were supposed to be lulled, just like Changcheng was. :-)
Do you think the Regent running into Guo Changcheng was innocent? Or did he contrive to run into Guo Changcheng.
The fact that they cross paths twice suggests to me it was deliberate (though they are both going in the same direction, so maybe it's happy accident on the Regent's part, hm).
I love how at the end Zhao Yunlan’s expression turns to something more like he’s gearing up for a battle, because 1. It’s the Regent and 2. Chu Shuzhi gonna have to say something about it
I think it's mostly 1. I think he's realising the Regent is a more complicated figure than he knew. (I wrote this scene from ZYL's pov in the first few paragraphs of my fic How the Other Half Lives.)
Poor Guo Changcheng just looked so confused throughout the whole ordeal XD
*pets him forever*
I love ferocious Chu Shuzhi! What are some of your favorite ferocious Chu Shuzhi moments?
Hee! The one that immediately comes to mind is in Zhao Yunlan's vision of the zero-degree lab where Chu Shuzhi starts choking Zhao Yunlan and calling him a murderer. But I really love the posturing between Chu Shuzhi and Ye Huo when they first meet in the fight club, too.
SUCH A DELIGHTFUL POST!!! Thank you so much for making it!! :D :D :D :D :D
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But for this particular discussion I am feeling lots of Chu Shuzhi feels today, so I decided to review the part where Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi encounter the regent in his Haixingren disguise.
Oh yes! Yay!
(I'm just going to pop in the paragraph I wrote about this during the rewatch. I hope that's okay!
I wonder if the combat book is assigned reading, hee. Like, Chu Shuzhi deciding that Changcheng is so klutzy, he might be better off learning the basics from a book? *g*
The Regent assures the driver he’s fine.
I'm always so interested by this mild-mannered persona. And I think you're right that he ran into Changcheng deliberately. It's like he's trying to charm each member of the SID, one by one (except for Chu Shuzhi, of course!) -- and if he wasn't so eerie-slimy and didn't make gross comments about Wang Zheng, he might have managed it. ;-p Given his visit happens after Zhao Yunlan messaged the palace archives about Shen Wei, I think he might be trying to get the SID to take sides against the Envoy...
I also think this is incredibly adorable that he has an alarm set for work!! :D
Haha, yes. So diligent! So conscientious! *pets him forever*
but the Regent gives him Regent-puppy-dog-eyes
LOL! And also, ick, I need a shower. That little pout!! /o\
PS: Do you think Chu-ge was specifically looking for Guo Changcheng?! I DO :D
Yesss! Maybe they always train together in the mornings, and that's what Changcheng is late for? And lol at Chu Shuzhi playing it cool and stern like that. :D
It's interesting that Changcheng outright points at the Regent. That seems kind of rude -- maybe he's secretly annoyed by having been delayed. Heh.
Angry Chu Shuzhi grabs the Regent by the neck and says: It’s you.
I wonder what, specifically, Chu Shuzhi holds a grudge about. Is it the torture during CSZ's prison sentence (I suspect not), or is it that the Regent took Nianzhi's doll (iirc? please correct me if I'm wrong)? Or is it just his epic corruption and mismanagement of Dixing? Anyway, I bet it's something to do with Nianzhi as far as Chu Shuzhi's concerned, and the fact that the Regent arrived with soft, hapless Changcheng is an extra trigger. Ooh, maybe that was the Regent's plan all along (assuming he knows that Chu Shuzhi is Changcheng's mentor; would he know that?).
The Regent is so smug, he deserves ALL the choking! ;-p
It’s hard to capture but when Zhao Yunlan shoves Chu-ge aside Guo Changcheng catches his arm to steady him.
Ahhhh, great catch (ha!)! I never noticed that before. And I love how Zhao Yunlan isn't the least bit physically intimidated by furious Chu Shuzhi -- he just strides right in and shoves him away without a second thought. I wonder if that would have been the case in episode 1...
Which begs the question would inside the SID have been better? XD XD XD
HEE! Though, hm, there are two things going on -- Lao Chu is undermining the SID's image and secrecy, and Lao Chu is disrespecting their VIP guest. I guess if it was inside, that would solve one of those? *g*
Though really, I read this as shock. Perhaps shocked that Zhao Yunlan would forcefully shove him aside? Or perhaps shock at his own actions. Or maybe shock that he was stopped? Or maybe he’s determining if he could just shove Zhao Yunlan aside and continue his attack on the Regent XD
I think it's shock that Zhao Yunlan is taking the Regent's side? Like, Chu Shuzhi has come to consider himself one of the team, and this is his mortal enemy, but here's Zhao Yunlan, his chief, scolding him in front of that villain, giving the Regent that satisfaction. How is this happening? How dare?!?! (I wonder if this haunts his nightmares. /o\)
I remember when I originally watched this episode I did NOT make the initial connection that he was the Regent. Did anyone else miss that? LOLOL.
I think that was deliberate on the show's part. We were supposed to be lulled, just like Changcheng was. :-)
Do you think the Regent running into Guo Changcheng was innocent? Or did he contrive to run into Guo Changcheng.
The fact that they cross paths twice suggests to me it was deliberate (though they are both going in the same direction, so maybe it's happy accident on the Regent's part, hm).
I love how at the end Zhao Yunlan’s expression turns to something more like he’s gearing up for a battle, because 1. It’s the Regent and 2. Chu Shuzhi gonna have to say something about it
I think it's mostly 1. I think he's realising the Regent is a more complicated figure than he knew. (I wrote this scene from ZYL's pov in the first few paragraphs of my fic How the Other Half Lives.)
Poor Guo Changcheng just looked so confused throughout the whole ordeal XD
*pets him forever*
I love ferocious Chu Shuzhi! What are some of your favorite ferocious Chu Shuzhi moments?
Hee! The one that immediately comes to mind is in Zhao Yunlan's vision of the zero-degree lab where Chu Shuzhi starts choking Zhao Yunlan and calling him a murderer. But I really love the posturing between Chu Shuzhi and Ye Huo when they first meet in the fight club, too.
SUCH A DELIGHTFUL POST!!! Thank you so much for making it!! :D :D :D :D :D