The Weekend Draws Nearer

[hils]

Over the midday hump and sliding towards the weekend. The weather has cooled down this week but it's still really humid and gross. I've finally had something escalated to me at work that I'm not sure how to deal with. It's not super urgent and it came in just as I was finishing so I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll have some ideas or at least thoughts on who to ask about it.

At least today has been a bit more calm in terms of fan content. Although Yibo has a new show that came out this morning. Well, sort of new. I think they filmed it a couple of years ago (before The Untamed) but it's only just been released. It looks utterly silly and ridiculous and will provide some great livetweeing material. I think a few friends and I are going to stream it together at the weekend. It's definitely not the sort of show that needs serious attention.

Didn't get any writing done last night as we had dinner early and after dinner is my show watching time. Watched another episode of The Lost Tomb. Twitter yelling here.

I'm starting to think I should have watched the other shows before this one, but I was impatient for more Zhu Yilong. Anyway, thoughts on ep 13 under the cut.


The long and boring flashback is finally over and, honestly, I don't know why Wu Xie is so eager to save his uncle. He came across as kind of a dick.

And, finally, the A plot and the B plot seem to have come together which hopefully means we're also coming to the end of the tribal village storyline. I really like Sunglasses and Mute Girl (I love that neither of them has a name despite having had several episodes dedicated to their storyline) but I wasn't wild about the plot. Hopefully they will get something interesting and less racist to do now.

I'm quite keen to get back to Wu Xie and his adventures. We haven't seen him for ages while we had the boring flashback.

And, I'm happy to report that a kind soul has taken pity on me and given me access to the rest of the show so I don't need to ration it :D

Comments

[naye]

I don't know why Wu Xie is so eager to save his uncle. He came across as kind of a dick.
That flashback is so boring and so poorly written and I hate that the writers think women are only interested in their crushes and not their jobs... But Wu Xie wasn't there, and when he was a kid San-shu was someone who nurtured his interests and took care of him so...of course he'd want to find him? Plus they've cut a bunch of scenes where Wu Xie hears his uncle calling on him for help - the first time I think is at the weather station they go to, but the original script had multiple scenes like it, so there was originally that external driving force as well.

I'm quite keen to get back to Wu Xie and his adventures. We haven't seen him for ages while we had the boring flashback.
There is much more Wu Xie content after this! \o/

[hils]

I hate that the writers think women are only interested in their crushes and not their jobs
From what I can tell most of the women in this are poorly written. Mute girl was awesome until she realised she had feelings for Sunglasses and now it's good a bit silly. Not quite as bad as the flashback women though.
And, yeah, I was kind of being facetious when I was talking about San-shu. I know from the first episode that he's the one who took care of Wu Xie. He just did not come across well in the flashback. No one did, really.

There is much more Wu Xie content after this! \o/
He gave terrible romance advice and got drugged. It was awesome :D

[naye]

From what I can tell most of the women in this are poorly written.
...it's a pity because the actors they've cast are great, and do a lot with what they're given! But yeah. I don't think there's a single woman in the show who isn't motivated by/in the story because of a guy. :/

He just did not come across well in the flashback. No one did, really.
For sure! /o\

He gave terrible romance advice and got drugged. It was awesome :D
He's the cutest wingman though! His smile is so adorable! And then he collapsed in a little heap! Aww. ♥