Nearly There
Oct. 1st, 2020 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsFinally finished my mandatory training at work! So that's one less thing to think about. I don't want to curse anything but this week is the first time in ages that I feel like I'm actually keeping my head above water. It's Thursday and my inbox still has less than 20 emails in it, I've done my end of month report for the boss, my meeting agenda doc for next week is fully up to date.
Something inevitably terrible is going to happen any minute now...
This afternoon my best friend from uni texted to see if I want to have a socially distant dinner with her and my nephew tomorrow. I was a little wary but now she's explained the plan (drive separately to the drive through, park up somewhere and eat in our cars with the doors open so we can chat but be apart) I feel a lot more comfortable with the idea. I haven't seen either of them in person since March. We've facetimed a few times but that's it. I think it'll be nice.
In fandom news I only have 5 episodes of Lost Tomb 2 left to watch and the last few have been EXCELLENT! There has been much yelling on Twitter. I have to say that overall in terms of storyline Lost Tomb 2 has been the best of the ones that I've watched so far. There are a few bits that dragged a bit but overall there has been plenty of action, adventure and tombs filled with random traps and weird bugs.
The last few episodes have involved an extended flashback. Usually when this happens it's incredibly dull and you just want to get back to the main story. Both Lost Tomb 1 and Reboot did this. However, the flashback in Lost Tomb 2 was fantastic! Honestly they could have made a whole show around the story and I would have watched it.
Young soldier meets young scholar and they decide to put the world to rights. They become closer than brothers (holy shit you guys the gay subtext is off the page). Soldier works his way up the ranks but becomes obsessed with finding the secret to immortality so that their work can continue. Slowly he goes mad with the idea, and gets corrupted by the power his high rank brings. Scholar sticks by his side, desperate to save him from himself. Finally the scholar finds out that what the 'immortality spell' actually does is turn whoever uses it into a zombie. He uses it in front of soldier to prove to him that immortality is an illusion and then he dies while soldier watches and realises his lust for power has killed the person he loves most.
OH and scholar also has an aide who is 100% devoted to him. Soldier tests him by offering him a huge amount of money to work for someone else and aide refuses. Again, the gay subtext is off the page. When scholar dies, aide places him in a coffin and then kills himself out of grief.
It was absolutely heartbreaking but also kind of beautiful? Like watching a Shakespeare tragedy.
I was kind of sad when the flashback was over and we had to go back to the main plot.
As much as I'm enjoying all the tomb raiding shenanigans I'm definitely ready for something else. Aside from watching Life on Mars all I've watched for the past several weeks has been various Lost Tomb shows. I'm looking forward to watching Mystic Nine with![[twitter.com profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/e0caa790ec10/-/twitter.com/favicon.ico)
madamoisellebon but I think I'm going to watch it alongside something else. Probably Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty.
Although watching Cheng Yi in that Lost Tomb 2 flashback has made me kind of eager to watch Love and Redemption. I'm not sure if that's available on any of the streaming sites with English subtitles yet though. I'll need to do some poking around. I've watched a bunch of modern stuff though so I think I'm ready to go back to something fantasy/historic.
Something inevitably terrible is going to happen any minute now...
This afternoon my best friend from uni texted to see if I want to have a socially distant dinner with her and my nephew tomorrow. I was a little wary but now she's explained the plan (drive separately to the drive through, park up somewhere and eat in our cars with the doors open so we can chat but be apart) I feel a lot more comfortable with the idea. I haven't seen either of them in person since March. We've facetimed a few times but that's it. I think it'll be nice.
In fandom news I only have 5 episodes of Lost Tomb 2 left to watch and the last few have been EXCELLENT! There has been much yelling on Twitter. I have to say that overall in terms of storyline Lost Tomb 2 has been the best of the ones that I've watched so far. There are a few bits that dragged a bit but overall there has been plenty of action, adventure and tombs filled with random traps and weird bugs.
The last few episodes have involved an extended flashback. Usually when this happens it's incredibly dull and you just want to get back to the main story. Both Lost Tomb 1 and Reboot did this. However, the flashback in Lost Tomb 2 was fantastic! Honestly they could have made a whole show around the story and I would have watched it.
Young soldier meets young scholar and they decide to put the world to rights. They become closer than brothers (holy shit you guys the gay subtext is off the page). Soldier works his way up the ranks but becomes obsessed with finding the secret to immortality so that their work can continue. Slowly he goes mad with the idea, and gets corrupted by the power his high rank brings. Scholar sticks by his side, desperate to save him from himself. Finally the scholar finds out that what the 'immortality spell' actually does is turn whoever uses it into a zombie. He uses it in front of soldier to prove to him that immortality is an illusion and then he dies while soldier watches and realises his lust for power has killed the person he loves most.
OH and scholar also has an aide who is 100% devoted to him. Soldier tests him by offering him a huge amount of money to work for someone else and aide refuses. Again, the gay subtext is off the page. When scholar dies, aide places him in a coffin and then kills himself out of grief.
It was absolutely heartbreaking but also kind of beautiful? Like watching a Shakespeare tragedy.
I was kind of sad when the flashback was over and we had to go back to the main plot.
As much as I'm enjoying all the tomb raiding shenanigans I'm definitely ready for something else. Aside from watching Life on Mars all I've watched for the past several weeks has been various Lost Tomb shows. I'm looking forward to watching Mystic Nine with
Although watching Cheng Yi in that Lost Tomb 2 flashback has made me kind of eager to watch Love and Redemption. I'm not sure if that's available on any of the streaming sites with English subtitles yet though. I'll need to do some poking around. I've watched a bunch of modern stuff though so I think I'm ready to go back to something fantasy/historic.
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Date: 2020-10-03 03:54 pm (UTC)The actors are a fucking revelation and a delight. I adore every single one of them for knowing exactly what kind of show they're in and reveling in it.
This is the best het romantic comedy I've seen since The Mummy.
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Date: 2020-10-03 04:08 pm (UTC)