Poll: Flavours of Ye Zun (drama)

[china_shop]

Poll #33174 Ye Zun

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Which flavour of Ye Zun is most frightening?

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Childhood, white robe and black hair
0 (0.0%)

With the Rebels, pre-powers: white robe, black mask, black hair
0 (0.0%)

Leading the Rebels, with powers: white robe, gold mask, white hair
3 (21.4%)

Glowy pillar
2 (14.3%)

Monologuing hologram in the park
3 (21.4%)

Seething black form with glowy eyes
2 (14.3%)

Disguised as Shen Wei (casual)
3 (21.4%)

Disguised as Shen Wei (Envoy)
2 (14.3%)

White suit, cane, mask and pony-tail
3 (21.4%)

Long white robe in the palace with energy whip
1 (7.1%)

Long white robe in the palace with bleeding forehead
4 (28.6%)

other
1 (7.1%)

Which is your favourite Ye Zun flavour?

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Childhood, white robe and black hair
0 (0.0%)

With the Rebels, pre-powers: white robe, black mask, black hair
2 (14.3%)

Leading the Rebels, with powers: white robe, gold mask, white hair
2 (14.3%)

Glowy pillar
0 (0.0%)

Monologuing hologram in the park
1 (7.1%)

Seething black form with glowy eyes
0 (0.0%)

Disguised as Shen Wei (casual)
5 (35.7%)

Disguised as Shen Wei (Envoy)
0 (0.0%)

White suit, cane, mask and pony-tail
10 (71.4%)

Long white robe in the palace with energy whip
1 (7.1%)

Long white robe in the palace with bleeding forehead
1 (7.1%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Why does modern-day Ye Zun have a shift/train rather than a billowy cloak like the Envoy’s?

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His cloak is in the wash
0 (0.0%)

It kept catching on things
1 (6.7%)

Fashions have changed in the last 10k years, and he keeps up with the trends unlike *some* people
10 (66.7%)

He doesn't like how it feels over his hair, especially with the hood up
3 (20.0%)

Ye Zun's charisma *is* his billowy cloak
5 (33.3%)

He used it as a draught-stopper in the pillar and it got crumpled
4 (26.7%)

other
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[china_shop]

I think Sha Ya wears one for her Inspectorate lab break in. *goes to check*

[trobadora]

Oh, you're right, I had forgotten! Only for one of her break-ins, though - the first time, she's in disguise and wearing a surgical mask instead.

Episode 22: https://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/file/681099.png
Episode 27: https://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/file/671267.png

[china_shop]

Ha, you found those so much fasted than I did. :D

ETA: In terms of regular face masks, Guo Changcheng wears one for Zhao Xinci's first visit to the SID, too.

[trobadora]

I did a comparison in the episode 27 rewatch post, that's how. *g*

[china_shop]

Ahh, that makes sense. I was flailing a bit to remember which episodes the break-ins happened in.

Other masks:

• pretty sure Zheng Yi wears a mask at some point
• I think Zhang Danni wore a mask in her origin-story flashbacks?
• we see Wu Tian'en in the streets of Dixing in his pig mask (but that starts in the bar)
• does Zhao Yunlan wearing An Bai's face (when they're catching the Deacon out) count?

[trobadora]

Yes, all great points!

I don't think ZYL disguised as An Bai counts, but the Attendant/Deacon wears a bandana or something wrapped around his face when he's fighting Shen Wei at the Pillar.

[china_shop]

I don't think ZYL disguised as An Bai counts

Because masks have to be physical, or because it's a specific-person disguise?

And ah, right, the bandana. Great catch!

[trobadora]

Because it's not a physical object on his face, yeah.

[china_shop]

I don't think that's my cut-off. Like, if Shen Wei's mask were made entirely of dark energy, I'd still think it was a mask, you know?

[trobadora]

Hmmm. *ponders* Good point. If it mimicked a physical mask, but was made entirely of swirly energy, yeah. But I think it has to be something sitting visibly on top of the real face? Ha, it's difficult to pin down exactly where the line is for me!

[china_shop]

I think for me the line is "can it be removed?"

[trobadora]

Is a helmet a mask, then? That's a different category for me.

[china_shop]

Hm, maybe "only covers the face and can be removed"?

[trobadora]

But then that would disqualify the An Bai disguise, since that includes the hair.

[china_shop]

Okay, I don't know my boundary, then, because I'm happy to include that disguise in the category of "masks". (And for that matter, the kinds of rubbery loosely head-covering masks they wear for the bank robberies in Point Break.)

[trobadora]

I figured! This stuff really is surprisingly hard to define, LOL.

[trobadora]

GCC also wears a regular mask when Zhao Yunlan is sneezing all over Shen Wei's office. *g*

[china_shop]

ENTIRELY REASONABLE!! (Even if he's wearing it very badly, iirc.)

[extrapenguin]

This mask is so incredibly crow-like in design that it sort of comes across as Crow Tribe. Did Ya Qing give it to her? (Also, it looks hot af.)

[trobadora]

That's a great point about the Crow look! (And definitely agreed, it's very hot!)

[china_shop]

Did Ya Qing give it to her?

Oh, maybe! Though I would have expected Crow masks to be black? (Agreed!! :-)