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NiF and chill
Nov. 24th, 2024 05:34 pmI'm slowly (of course, I do everything slowly) rewatching Nirvana in Fire and it's so satisfying. An absolutely perfect show for rewatching - the vibes, the resonance of knowing everything that's about to happen, or picking up on stuff that you never noticed - so satisfying. Also all the costumes and sets are so good.
I love how prince Yu is so ostentatiously dressed, he's so Extra but in a serious way, and in the first episode could easily be mistaken for the protagonist. It spells out so much about him that he is more elaborately dressed than the crown prince and sometimes also the emperor.
I've just arrived at ..I think ep 15?.. where Mei Changsu is giving him increasingly dubious but plausible advice, and it's so good to watch it unfold. Also wow, MCS was incredibly rude to Banruo but in a deniably austere way, ignoring her polite gestures ('Please sit down') and not speaking to her at all until the prince arrived. I'm not entirely sure why he did that but it was fun to see.
There are some scenes where I am becoming convinced that the lighting and the blocking is deliberately done to show Hu Ge's facial scars when he's speaking about (or denying) his past. It's not like they are all that noticeable, and I'm sure they could have been completely covered if so desired.
NiF is such a good show to rewatch in winter, with all the handwarmers and charcoal fires and the way every character speaks with frost plumes, even indoors. I ordered a heated pad for my feet, this may be related.
I love how prince Yu is so ostentatiously dressed, he's so Extra but in a serious way, and in the first episode could easily be mistaken for the protagonist. It spells out so much about him that he is more elaborately dressed than the crown prince and sometimes also the emperor.
I've just arrived at ..I think ep 15?.. where Mei Changsu is giving him increasingly dubious but plausible advice, and it's so good to watch it unfold. Also wow, MCS was incredibly rude to Banruo but in a deniably austere way, ignoring her polite gestures ('Please sit down') and not speaking to her at all until the prince arrived. I'm not entirely sure why he did that but it was fun to see.
There are some scenes where I am becoming convinced that the lighting and the blocking is deliberately done to show Hu Ge's facial scars when he's speaking about (or denying) his past. It's not like they are all that noticeable, and I'm sure they could have been completely covered if so desired.
NiF is such a good show to rewatch in winter, with all the handwarmers and charcoal fires and the way every character speaks with frost plumes, even indoors. I ordered a heated pad for my feet, this may be related.