I could have voted for a lot of things with the first question, but the energy bomb beats out everything, no competition. I love it so, it's the revelation that makes me go YES!!!! every time watch even though I obviously already know, and it's just perfect in every way. Shen Wei doesn't know if they can win against Ye Zun, and obviously they try, but when they don't, he's ready. He's thought about this and prepared (and hoped it wouldn't be necessary), and in the end, he snatches victory from the jaws of defeat, and it's glorious. It's Shen Wei, who he is, what he does, what he stands for. It's everything. There's a lot of sacrifice in fiction, but I can't off the top of my head name any that was more satisfying than this.
If I'd had to think about what to choose, I'd have gone for one of the effective ones, not the ineffectual ones (I have a competence kink, what can I say), and for a successful one, and for one that's a thought-out sacrifice, and ... well, I'd have ended up at the energy bomb anyway, LOL.
(Agreed that the Sundial thing doesn't count; it wasn't intended as sacrifice, and that's a necessary condition. What definitely counts and is missing from the poll, though, is Zhao Yunlan giving himself to the Lantern! That would have been my second choice. *g*)
As for the second question, I always assumed it was just empty. ZYL seems to have a decent relationship with the one neighbour of his we see, and there's so little time between Shen Wei first meeting Zhao Yunlan and him viewing the flat, there's no way to guarantee anyone moving out that fast out of nowhere except by evicting them or terrorising them, which is very not Shen Wei. And sure it's a big coincidence, but I honestly don't mind that at all.
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If I'd had to think about what to choose, I'd have gone for one of the effective ones, not the ineffectual ones (I have a competence kink, what can I say), and for a successful one, and for one that's a thought-out sacrifice, and ... well, I'd have ended up at the energy bomb anyway, LOL.
(Agreed that the Sundial thing doesn't count; it wasn't intended as sacrifice, and that's a necessary condition. What definitely counts and is missing from the poll, though, is Zhao Yunlan giving himself to the Lantern! That would have been my second choice. *g*)
As for the second question, I always assumed it was just empty. ZYL seems to have a decent relationship with the one neighbour of his we see, and there's so little time between Shen Wei first meeting Zhao Yunlan and him viewing the flat, there's no way to guarantee anyone moving out that fast out of nowhere except by evicting them or terrorising them, which is very not Shen Wei. And sure it's a big coincidence, but I honestly don't mind that at all.