Poll: Suspicious Professor Shen (dramaverse)

[china_shop]

Some discussion on the novel readalong post made me think about the Longevity Dial arc in the drama, how determined Shen Wei is to catch Zhao Yunlan's attention... and how much he inadvertently keeps arousing Zhao Yunlan's, er, investigative instincts. :D So... a poll!

Poll #32598 Suspicious Professor Shen

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25

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What's the most suspicious thing Professor Shen does in eps 1 to 9?

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mentioning Dixingren to the chief of the SID... and knowing about the SID
12 (48.0%)

surviving the fall off the biology department roof
16 (64.0%)

surviving Wang Yike's attack
6 (24.0%)

healing the cut on his arm
4 (16.0%)

being caught at the fake face-stealer crime scene
5 (20.0%)

having a dossier on the SID
8 (32.0%)

not having a cellphone
3 (12.0%)

being unfeasibly good-looking
8 (32.0%)

other
3 (12.0%)

Comments

[trobadora]

You know, I don't remember much from the first time I tried to read the novel, but I do remember the wrist-biting and I'm totally here for that.

(IIRC it wasn't as good as the wrist-biting in Faraway Wanderers - priest has favourite tropes, heh! - but it was still very good. :D)

100% agreed about the things the drama did better, though!

[facethestrange]

Oooooh. *EYEING FARAWAY WANDERERS* I had no idea. *eyes it some more* I've been lowkey meaning to read it, but tbh I'm in my "no one looks like Bai Yu = I'm not interested" era, lol, but then again who's gonna stop me from picturing whoever I want. :D The Guardian novel descriptions sure didn't. :D

[trobadora]

Faraway Wanderers is great! And so is Word of Honor, the drama adaptation. Both very much recommended!

Fair enough about Bai Yu, though. Have you watched some of his other stuff?

[facethestrange]

Yeah, new dramas gonna need to wait until some unspecified time when I don't just want to stare at the Guardian cast 24/7 and absolutely nothing else will do. :D :D (Z1L very, very much too, hah, Bai Yu is just my original reason for all of this.) Books on the other hand... :D

I haven't watched anything in full because nothing seems to be my genre much? Guardian was not my genre either, watch this statement change in 3, 2, 1... But I have watched just about everything in bits and pieces. :D

[trobadora]

Guardian lives in my head basically ALL the time, so I feel you! :D

What's your genre, usually, if you don't mind saying?

[facethestrange]

Psychological horror, basically? Childhood trauma, gore, hallucinations, dream logic. Like Yellowjackets or Higurashi When They Cry. That's the usual, but for the last 2-3 months my brain is entirely made of Guardian and I love it this way. :D

[trobadora]

Oh, yeah, that's very not like Guardian! I'm so glad you found your way here anyway. ♥

[facethestrange]

Hah, yes, and no one is more glad than me. :D :D I haven't been this in love with one singular fandom in at least a decade, possibly two decades (depending on the exact criteria, lol). And I just absolutely love when "this is not really my thing in theory" becomes "this is SO MY THING in practice". :D