hello! i'm no_detective on pretty much every platform (tho not active on tumblr) and i'm here because bonibaru reeled me in with a certain ship recruitment vid of hers she posted on twitter. then i watched the entire show in 2 days, and... now i need a support group because weilan ate my brain :)
the moments that got me hooked in the pilot ep: - shen wei's sleeve garters - zhao yunlan's weaponized lollipop use (i mean omg) - obvious team-as-family dynamic; gotta love that, plus the general isle-of-misfit-toys vibe of the group - shen wei's obvs historical hearteyes and zhao yunlan's near-immediate obsession with figuring him out - and let's not forget the show's ~subtle yet firm commitment to passing along the novel's m/m even in subtext - e.g. less than 15 minutes in, carefully making sure to frame zhao yunlan against the backdrop of a bit of ancient dick (ARTISTICALLY):
aaaaaaanyway :D i've been in slash fandoms since smallville and, while i don't write, did a lot in beta and cheerleading in a bunch of fandoms since (all the usual suspects from SGA to teen wolf and beyond). however, i haven't really had a fave show or pairing in quite some time, so this feels like a revival of sorts. i mean, i made a playlist so my friends know this is already super serious ;)
the weilan d/s dynamic, paired with the unique circumstances of their meeting each other and affecting each other's lives (...is this non-spoilery enough?), hits a spectacular number of my buttons. and while i'm generally not into angst, there is so much vagueness and hand-waving of plot points in the show itself that i feel comfortable with its, uh, implied open-endedness, shall we say. unfortunately i don't speak/read mandarin, but i'm genuinely blown away by the work that fandom has done in making this show accessible beyond the language barriers. ♥
anyway, hello & thank you for creating this comm! i look forward to spending much quality time here :)
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the moments that got me hooked in the pilot ep:
- shen wei's sleeve garters
- zhao yunlan's weaponized lollipop use (i mean omg)
- obvious team-as-family dynamic; gotta love that, plus the general isle-of-misfit-toys vibe of the group
- shen wei's obvs historical hearteyes and zhao yunlan's near-immediate obsession with figuring him out
- and let's not forget the show's ~subtle yet firm commitment to passing along the novel's m/m even in subtext - e.g. less than 15 minutes in, carefully making sure to frame zhao yunlan against the backdrop of a bit of ancient dick (ARTISTICALLY):
aaaaaaanyway :D i've been in slash fandoms since smallville and, while i don't write, did a lot in beta and cheerleading in a bunch of fandoms since (all the usual suspects from SGA to teen wolf and beyond). however, i haven't really had a fave show or pairing in quite some time, so this feels like a revival of sorts. i mean, i made a playlist so my friends know this is already super serious ;)
the weilan d/s dynamic, paired with the unique circumstances of their meeting each other and affecting each other's lives (...is this non-spoilery enough?), hits a spectacular number of my buttons. and while i'm generally not into angst, there is so much vagueness and hand-waving of plot points in the show itself that i feel comfortable with its, uh, implied open-endedness, shall we say. unfortunately i don't speak/read mandarin, but i'm genuinely blown away by the work that fandom has done in making this show accessible beyond the language barriers. ♥
anyway, hello & thank you for creating this comm! i look forward to spending much quality time here :)