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The titles for the excerpts are A+++, hahah, especially the first one, and so are the excerpts themselves, all the best scenes!
Yay, glad you like!:D
Hah, idk if he has the time in the drama (though maybe at least he used to do it pre-canon :D), but I hope so because it's one of my favorite things about novel GCC. :D
Yeah, I think not so much after things get going with the SID, because things get busy, but generally speaking it just seems like a very Xiao-Guo thing to do.
Daqing's entire dramatic vibe here, omgggg, especially considering he FELL OFF THE LEDGE when he found out. xD
Haha, right? He's being all superior, as if he'd figured it out himself, but he only knows because ZYL confided in him, and then, as you say, he FELL OFF THE LEDGE, no better than Zhu Hong! ♥ ♥ ♥
I am getting more and more convinced that he's only hiding his face because of Zhao Yunlan and all his previous incarnations (as we talked somewhere else, it's unlikely that the Emissary has never worked with the Guardian before). This is not really dramatic at all, this just feels like 'eh, I have no reason to hide my face' kind of thing (even though there are other people/creatures around, not just Zhu Hong).
That's a great point - you're right, he acts like he has no reason to hide himself, now that ZYL knows. It does make sense, hee!
Lolol, the drama: Let's go literal with the 'butt welded to the throne' thing! :D
Asfgfhdjsklfjgjfdk, SHEN WEI ILY. There is so much happening here, from the entire falsely-calm terrifying vibe, to weaponizing his origins, to 'oh I could kill YOU too btw', ahhhh.
It's fantastic, isn't it? I loved that, but I already had too many quotes in the post, LOL.
I've talked about this scene somewhere before, lol, OH GODS they are just SO UNHINGED, BOTH OF THEM. ♡♡♡
They really are! It works so well because it goes both ways.
A suspicion of what exactly?
Yeah, I was confused about that, too.
Spoilers, I guess? Future vibes at least, lol.) Oh gods, Zhu Hong ILY and ngl I kinda lowkey wish you were more wrong than you are. xD
She's sort of right about the facts but wrong about the vibe of it? I think?
Other than the 'girl' part, so is Shen Wei, lol.
Definítely gentle, kind and beautiful! Not pure because gui, but that's entirely the fault of Evil Worldbuilding™. *g*
Everything Zhao Yunlan says about his traits in this scene is pretty much a perfectly good point and an accurate description, lol, other than this. I think this one is not true at all, but I also think that he genuinely thinks it is true, which is really quite sad.
Yeah, he's not jsut pretending to be tender at all, he is, as the very next bit already shows again, but I don't think he even lets himself acknowledge his own sincerity unless he can't help it. *g*
It is bullshit that his tenderness is all pretend, case in point. :P
Yes! That is so well done, his false claims immediately undermined by his own tenderness, LOL. :D
These two lines are A+++ comedy to me. :D :D :D
The entire scene is hilarious. Just ZYL marching onto the Naihe Bridge and jumping over the railing is amazing. And then the ghost! And the coat! OMG. :D
It is so strangely adorable that his reaction to being in a great mood is to go live in a burial mound. :D :D (And it's so sweet of him that he came back because Zhu Hong is leaving! Srsly, CSZ is just a big softie, kind of. :D)
Yeah, 100% agreed!
The entire scene with GCC carrying all the stuff immediately rememinded me of the drama one in episode 8 (a lot shorter and in an entirely different context, obviously), but the entire humor there is about how CSZ doesn't end up helping him, lol.
Yeah, I was thinking about that contrast, too. Entirely opposite actions yet both with an excellent vibe between these two. :D
I'm assuming it's not 'Walmart' in the original? :D
I thought so, too, and I'm delighted that autodach discovered it actually is Walmart! Hee!
Aw, honestly, CSZ knowing really well how much everything is unfair bullshit and STILL being indignant on GCC's behalf is so sweet and earnest of him?
Yeah, I really appreciate that! It is bullshit, and everyone should be indignant about it!
Honestly, that was one of my favourite moments in these chapters. I wish we'd had something like this in the drama!
Would it be the same language as Shen Wei's description of the Kunlun painting? ("In fact, it wasn’t any sort of writing he was familiar with. Zhao Yunlan had never laid eyes on it before. And yet, somehow, one quick look told him exactly what it said.") Or specifically not the same one because he would recognize it from the painting?
Oh, good question! I think it would make sense ifit was the same language. If it's character-based rather than alphabet-based, it might not be immediately recognisable as the same language if the two inscriptions didn't share any characters ...
This is the first time it occurred to me, but I feel like the aesthetic of them just sitting side by side, alone in the vast dark landscape in YOHE may have come from this.
Oh, yeah, I didn't think of that, but now that you say it, I can see it!
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The comments will still be here when you find the time! (Best thing about Dreamwidth, honestly.)
The titles for the excerpts are A+++, hahah, especially the first one, and so are the excerpts themselves, all the best scenes!
Yay, glad you like!:D
Hah, idk if he has the time in the drama (though maybe at least he used to do it pre-canon :D), but I hope so because it's one of my favorite things about novel GCC. :D
Yeah, I think not so much after things get going with the SID, because things get busy, but generally speaking it just seems like a very Xiao-Guo thing to do.
Daqing's entire dramatic vibe here, omgggg, especially considering he FELL OFF THE LEDGE when he found out. xD
Haha, right? He's being all superior, as if he'd figured it out himself, but he only knows because ZYL confided in him, and then, as you say, he FELL OFF THE LEDGE, no better than Zhu Hong! ♥ ♥ ♥
I am getting more and more convinced that he's only hiding his face because of Zhao Yunlan and all his previous incarnations (as we talked somewhere else, it's unlikely that the Emissary has never worked with the Guardian before). This is not really dramatic at all, this just feels like 'eh, I have no reason to hide my face' kind of thing (even though there are other people/creatures around, not just Zhu Hong).
That's a great point - you're right, he acts like he has no reason to hide himself, now that ZYL knows. It does make sense, hee!
Lolol, the drama: Let's go literal with the 'butt welded to the throne' thing! :D
Oh, you're right, excellent catch! That's hilarious. :D
Asfgfhdjsklfjgjfdk, SHEN WEI ILY. There is so much happening here, from the entire falsely-calm terrifying vibe, to weaponizing his origins, to 'oh I could kill YOU too btw', ahhhh.
It's fantastic, isn't it? I loved that, but I already had too many quotes in the post, LOL.
I've talked about this scene somewhere before, lol, OH GODS they are just SO UNHINGED, BOTH OF THEM. ♡♡♡
They really are! It works so well because it goes both ways.
A suspicion of what exactly?
Yeah, I was confused about that, too.
Spoilers, I guess? Future vibes at least, lol.) Oh gods, Zhu Hong ILY and ngl I kinda lowkey wish you were more wrong than you are. xD
She's sort of right about the facts but wrong about the vibe of it? I think?
Other than the 'girl' part, so is Shen Wei, lol.
Definítely gentle, kind and beautiful! Not pure because gui, but that's entirely the fault of Evil Worldbuilding™. *g*
Everything Zhao Yunlan says about his traits in this scene is pretty much a perfectly good point and an accurate description, lol, other than this. I think this one is not true at all, but I also think that he genuinely thinks it is true, which is really quite sad.
Yeah, he's not jsut pretending to be tender at all, he is, as the very next bit already shows again, but I don't think he even lets himself acknowledge his own sincerity unless he can't help it. *g*
It is bullshit that his tenderness is all pretend, case in point. :P
Yes! That is so well done, his false claims immediately undermined by his own tenderness, LOL. :D
These two lines are A+++ comedy to me. :D :D :D
The entire scene is hilarious. Just ZYL marching onto the Naihe Bridge and jumping over the railing is amazing. And then the ghost! And the coat! OMG. :D
It is so strangely adorable that his reaction to being in a great mood is to go live in a burial mound. :D :D (And it's so sweet of him that he came back because Zhu Hong is leaving! Srsly, CSZ is just a big softie, kind of. :D)
Yeah, 100% agreed!
The entire scene with GCC carrying all the stuff immediately rememinded me of the drama one in episode 8 (a lot shorter and in an entirely different context, obviously), but the entire humor there is about how CSZ doesn't end up helping him, lol.
Yeah, I was thinking about that contrast, too. Entirely opposite actions yet both with an excellent vibe between these two. :D
I'm assuming it's not 'Walmart' in the original? :D
I thought so, too, and I'm delighted that
Aw, honestly, CSZ knowing really well how much everything is unfair bullshit and STILL being indignant on GCC's behalf is so sweet and earnest of him?
Yeah, I really appreciate that! It is bullshit, and everyone should be indignant about it!
Bwahhh, fantastic second-first reaction too. :D :D :D
Honestly, that was one of my favourite moments in these chapters. I wish we'd had something like this in the drama!
Would it be the same language as Shen Wei's description of the Kunlun painting? ("In fact, it wasn’t any sort of writing he was familiar with. Zhao Yunlan had never laid eyes on it before. And yet, somehow, one quick look told him exactly what it said.") Or specifically not the same one because he would recognize it from the painting?
Oh, good question! I think it would make sense ifit was the same language. If it's character-based rather than alphabet-based, it might not be immediately recognisable as the same language if the two inscriptions didn't share any characters ...
This is the first time it occurred to me, but I feel like the aesthetic of them just sitting side by side, alone in the vast dark landscape in YOHE may have come from this.
Oh, yeah, I didn't think of that, but now that you say it, I can see it!