Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 8, 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 8, from 22:19:

Summary: In Dixing, the Regent sends a smoke message. In Haixing, Shen Wei pours his drunk mentor into car and then finds Zhao Yunlan ill on the kerb. He takes him home in a taxi (where he serves as a pillow), then discovers Zhao Yunlan's disaster apartment (featuring: wine bottles, dirty dishes, THE FRIDGE). During the night, Zhu Jiu finds the pillar with the Mountain-River Awl, but can't approach it. Meanwhile Shen Wei discovers that Zhao Yunlan asked Dixing about him and the Regent is ratting him out. He alters the message. In the morning, Zhao Yunlan wakes up to a tidy flat and Shen Wei sitting next to his bed. He tries to recruit Shen Wei for the SID again, but fails again. Wang Zheng sees a newspaper report about an earthquake in the Hanga mountains, passes out and regains her memory. Da Qing comes to tell Zhao Yunlan and finds Shen Wei there in the early morning. The Sundial begins to glow and resonate with the Awl; Lin Jing traces the source to the mountains.



Quote:

Shen Wei: "I suggest you eat regular meals. I don't want to find you on the road again."

Zhao Yunlan: "If you want to know whether I eat regular meals, why don't you just join ourSID, and you'll know?"

Shen Wei: "So your SID doesn't need a consultant, it needs a nanny?"

Detail:

I always notice that when Shen Wei takes off Zhao Yunlan's boots, he accidentally slips one of Zhao Yunlan's socks off his heel and doesn't pull it back up, argh! :p

Questions:

What's going through Shen Wei's head in the taxi? How is Zhao Yunlan feeling about Shen Wei taking him home? What's your favourite detail in Zhao Yunlan's flat? What's Shen Wei's favourite detail? Why do you think Zhao Yunlan keeps trying to recruit Shen Wei after Shen Wei has refused more than once? Do you think Shen Wei is seriously hoping to warn Zhao Yunlan away from leaving Dragon City? Why is Da Qing surprised to find Shen Wei with Zhao Yunlan in the morning? Why does Wang Zheng try to leave the SID? Any thoughts about how any of this compares to the novel? Or about parallels with other parts of the drama?

(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]

or SW simply didn't notice, and then ZYL kicked off the blanket at some point and SW fixed the sock. ♡♡♡

asdklfas;dlkfjas;dlfkjas;dlfkjasdf Now I'm imagining SW periodically pausing in his cleaning to rearrange the covers over ZYL and stare at him some more. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[facethestrange]

Yesssss. ♡♡♡♡♡ I'm 100% sure that he did that, he had the whole night. :D ♡♡♡

[china_shop]

:D :D :D

(Now I'm wondering how many times he's warmed the porridge before ZYL woke up, and how much the book is just a cover for ~staring~. ;D)

[facethestrange]

Ahhhhh. ♡♡♡♡♡ I feel like this book is interesting enough, hee, but Zhao Yunlan is inherently more interesting, so sometimes he probably paused and just stared openly. :D :D Damn, one day when I can write fics again, I'm totally writing one about warming up porridge and fixing up the sock. ♡♡♡ Which I'm sure exists, but that has never stopped me. :D :D

[trobadora]

Cheering you on for the fic-writing! I hope you get there again soon! *hugs*

[facethestrange]

Awwww, thank you so much!! ♡♡♡ *HUGS*

[china_shop]

so sometimes he probably paused and just stared openly. :D :D

Ohh, because he can! Just like the interrogation in ep 4 gave ZYL opportunity and license to stare openly at Shen Wei. ;D (I only noticed this because I wrote a fic about that recently.)

Damn, one day when I can write fics again, I'm totally writing one about warming up porridge and fixing up the sock. ♡♡♡

Awwww, yessss! I hope (in a non-pressure-y way) that day is soon. <3 <3 <3

[facethestrange]

"Ohh, because he can! Just like the interrogation in ep 4 gave ZYL opportunity and license to stare openly at Shen Wei. ;D (I only noticed this because I wrote a fic about that recently.)"

Yessss. :D I always think about that during the interrogation, he's having such a good time looking at Shen Wei. :D :D

"Awwww, yessss! I hope (in a non-pressure-y way) that day is soon. <3 <3 <3"

AWW, thank you so much! ♡♡♡♡♡ (Ngl, I miss the kind of pressure that was 'I'm writing so many things and I have 12k words to edit in 3 days', lmao - it was never a bad thing even when it made me miss out on other interactions. :P Alas, what I get now is 'nope, you don't get to have nice things anymore' and fight-or-flight from just thinking about ao3 existing, lol. I'll get there again - I'm already very slowly getting there with this comm and reading fics. :D Btw in under 11 months, late January-early December, I posted 75k+ words - I don't do any year recap memes and I just want to say it somewhere, especially since it's at least 2-3 times more than I've posted during my entire life otherwise. xD :D)

[trobadora]

Glad you're making progress a bit! *HUGS*

Btw in under 11 months, late January-early December, I posted 75k+ words

Wow, that is amazing, congrats!!!!!!

[facethestrange]

Awwww, thank you!! ♡♡♡ *HUGS*

I wrote and posted a fic todayyyyy. :D :D One of the ones I had planned for fandomtrees. :D It was terrifying, but now I can be proud. :D

[trobadora]

Woohoo, congrats!!!! That's so good to hear! *twirls you*

Definitely be proud! :D

[facethestrange]

♡♡♡♡♡♡ Thank youuu! *is twirled* :D ♡♡♡

[china_shop]

Ahhhhhhh, yay you!!!!! *showers you with lollipops and sparkles* <333

[facethestrange]

Awwwwwwww thank you!! ♡♡♡♡♡ These are wonderful things to be showered with. :D :D

[china_shop]

*hugs you so so so so so so much*

Btw in under 11 months, late January-early December, I posted 75k+ words - I don't do any year recap memes and I just want to say it somewhere, especially since it's at least 2-3 times more than I've posted during my entire life otherwise. xD :D

!!!!!!!! That's fantastic!!! And that's on top of all the art and the readalong/rewatch's six billion comment club! You have been a glitterbomb explosion of thoroughly wonderful fannishness!! (And I, for one, am also super grateful for all your inspiring exchange prompts! ♥!!) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[facethestrange]

Awwwww! *ALL THE HUGS, ALL OF THEM* And thank you so much! ♡♡♡♡♡

"You have been a glitterbomb explosion of thoroughly wonderful fannishness!!"

HEE! ♡♡♡ I want to keep being that, hee, it's my absolute favorite thing to be. :D :D ♡♡♡ Hah, it's so true that I also did nearly 50 drawings, and especially during the readalong/polls I wrote hundreds of comments here. :D

"And I, for one, am also super grateful for all your inspiring exchange prompts! ♥!!"

♡♡♡!! Ahhh, I'm so glad that my squee worked for you, and I'm cuddling every single one of my wonderful gifts - thank you!! :D ♡♡♡♡♡

[china_shop]

Hah, it's so true that I also did nearly 50 drawings, and especially during the readalong/polls I wrote hundreds of comments here. :D

On top of all that fic?! o.O I am in awe, seriously!! :D :D :D (And not just comments -- you wrote and hosted a bunch of readalong posts, too. :DDDD)

♡♡♡!! Ahhh, I'm so glad that my squee worked for you, and I'm cuddling every single one of my wonderful gifts - thank you!! :D ♡♡♡♡♡

💗💙💛💜💚💜💛💙💗

[facethestrange]

♡♡♡♡♡!! Yeppp, and lol omg, I entirely forgot about all the hosting. xD :D :D It was such a great time, thank you for the reminder. :D :D