Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 7, part 2

[trobadora]

Hi, welcome to this week's instalment of the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch! Watch half an episode a week, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!

Here is last week's half-episode. On to the second half!

Episode 7, from 24:30

Summary: The SID finds Lai Su's house and confronts him. He reveals that someone promised him fame and fortune if he published webnovels, and he kept at it despite knowing about the murders. Lin Jing is disappointed and furious at his idol. Lai Su writes a final chapter to end his webnovel career, and ends up dying his character's death. Zhu Jiu tries to break into the SID and discovers the black energy shield. And Zhao Yunlan visits Shen Wei to talk about the case. Shen Wei is very touched that he sympathises with a Dixingren.



Quote:

Lin Jing: "If you can't take responsibility for every word you write, you don't deserve to be called an author. You don't even deserve to be called a person!"

Detail:

Lin Jing describes the final chapter of the webnovel with the monster's death as follows: "He was engulfed by guilt for his many crimes. In the end, his own reflection in a lake scared him to death."

Since we actually see the text of the chapter on screen, I thought it'd be fun to plug the screencaps into Google Translate - here's the result:

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Questions:

Do you have a favourite line in in this half of the episode? What do you think about Lin Jing's angry words to Lai Su? How great is Lai Su's house? Any parallels between this case and the drama's overall plot? Any parallels with the novel you can think of? Why is Zhu Jiu only now discovering the SID's shield? What's your favourite part of the final scene between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan?

(These are all just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like! You don't have to be keeping up with the rewatch to join in!)

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Comments

[china_shop]

Any parallels between this case and the drama's overall plot?

Ohh, this made me compare Lai Su and his monster to Weiwei and the Mirror Girl. Maybe this is another instance of reflections (sort of), only this time the reflection is a literal monster -- so it's setting up for Ye Zun being the Big Bad sort-of-reflection of SW? And Lin Jing standing in for fans turning on his hero are like Dixingren turning on the Envoy? Also, the unconscious use of powers feels like a precursor to the Miracle Doctor and the Merit Brush arc generally.

ETA: The more I think about this, the more I think that it can't be an accident that in an episode that starts out with SW and ZYL acknowledging and accepting each other's stalking behaviours, the Lai Su case involves him thinking the SID are megafans who've broken into his house. (And he still doesn't call the police or anything.)

Why is Zhu Jiu only now discovering the SID's shield?

I don't know how SID-focused he's been up till now? He tried to blow them up in ep 4, but mostly his beef is with the Envoy (for personal and YZ-related reasons).

What's your favourite part of the final scene between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan?

How soft and warm and happy they are to be there together. The smiiiiiiles. *smishes*

[trobadora]

Ohh, this made me compare Lai Su and his monster to Weiwei and the Mirror Girl. Maybe this is another instance of reflections (sort of), only this time the reflection is a literal monster -- so it's setting up for Ye Zun being the Big Bad sort-of-reflection of SW?

OHHHHH, this is excellent! The mirror images, yes, of course! That makes so much sense. :D :D :D

The more I think about this, the more I think that it can't be an accident that in an episode that starts out with SW and ZYL acknowledging and accepting each other's stalking behaviours, the Lai Su case involves him thinking the SID are megafans who've broken into his house. (And he still doesn't call the police or anything.)

Ooh, this is a fantastic great catch, too! So many brilliant new insights, I never thought of that connection before AT ALL and yet now that you say it it seems blatantly obvious?

I don't know how SID-focused he's been up till now? He tried to blow them up in ep 4, but mostly his beef is with the Envoy (for personal and YZ-related reasons).

True. I thought he'd try to get the Sundial from them, but he might not even initially know it's still at the SID and hasn't been taken away by the Envoy.

How soft and warm and happy they are to be there together. The smiiiiiiles. *smishes*

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ♥ ♥ ♥

[china_shop]

I never thought of that connection before AT ALL and yet now that you say it it seems blatantly obvious?

I still don't quite see how it adds anything, though. The presumption of stalking doesn't last very long or really affect the case and how they think about it...

The mirror images seem more salient.

[trobadora]

I think the stalking is just there for the repeated motif and the contrast - even people who don't call the cops on you will not react like SW or ZYL!

[china_shop]

Ha, very true. :D