She made me watch it and I couldn't stop! (So I made two other friends watch it. One of them is working on fic now...)
Hee! You're both doing the good work. :D
I'm currently trying to talk another friend into watching myself. Fingers crossed!
Yeah, ALL the things you mention! But I also do love the cases of the week (Dixingren of the week?), and I'm one of those rare people who actually likes the ending. What can I say, the way they both end up plotting their own demise as a strategy just speaks to me, and their final scene is hopeful enough to make it not a sad ending for me. But:
that whole thing where Shen Wei can flip into Black Cloak mode even while wearing those ridiculous sleeve garters...
THIS, so much. It's so compelling to watch - the way the person beneath comes through, in both roles. Sometimes like flipping a switch into Envoy mode, but sometimes just the subtle steel underneath the mild-mannered surface, or the unexpected kindness under the mask. Seriously, I love that SO MUCH.
And everything you say about ZYL, of course, because I adore him and his irreverence and cleverness and persistence, and also the way he knows how to back off sometimes. Because he pushes boundaries a lot, but that's not all he knows how to do. ♥
I don't normally like watching stuff in a language where I don't understand at least a little bit
Oh god, tell me about it! I don't speak a word of Mandarin, and I don't like subtitles in general, even good ones! AND YET.
If you're looking for icons, I can dig up links later?
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Hee! You're both doing the good work. :D
I'm currently trying to talk another friend into watching myself. Fingers crossed!
Yeah, ALL the things you mention! But I also do love the cases of the week (Dixingren of the week?), and I'm one of those rare people who actually likes the ending. What can I say, the way they both end up plotting their own demise as a strategy just speaks to me, and their final scene is hopeful enough to make it not a sad ending for me. But:
that whole thing where Shen Wei can flip into Black Cloak mode even while wearing those ridiculous sleeve garters...
THIS, so much. It's so compelling to watch - the way the person beneath comes through, in both roles. Sometimes like flipping a switch into Envoy mode, but sometimes just the subtle steel underneath the mild-mannered surface, or the unexpected kindness under the mask. Seriously, I love that SO MUCH.
And everything you say about ZYL, of course, because I adore him and his irreverence and cleverness and persistence, and also the way he knows how to back off sometimes. Because he pushes boundaries a lot, but that's not all he knows how to do. ♥
I don't normally like watching stuff in a language where I don't understand at least a little bit
Oh god, tell me about it! I don't speak a word of Mandarin, and I don't like subtitles in general, even good ones! AND YET.
If you're looking for icons, I can dig up links later?