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marycrawford) wrote2020-07-25 10:20 pm
marycrawford) wrote2020-07-25 10:20 pm
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Lost Tomb ep 7 and 8
I am still enjoying the Iron Triangle's shenanigans a lot, but it's okay if I just
fast-forward through Sunglasses Guy's entire subplot right? ...right? I'm not feeling it, and the various hinky stereotypes aren't helping.
OTOH I'm particularly loving the dramatic irony moments where we get SO CLOSE to Wu Xie confessing his secret to Pangzi - first with the sudden drunken poisoning and then again with the "energy pills". Wu Xie reassuring Pangzi by saying "Trust me, I will die before you" is, uh, not to cross the streams or anything, but that is a peak Shen Wei moment. That is about as reassuring as "Luckily, I am used to pain". His little FACE!
fast-forward through Sunglasses Guy's entire subplot right? ...right? I'm not feeling it, and the various hinky stereotypes aren't helping.
OTOH I'm particularly loving the dramatic irony moments where we get SO CLOSE to Wu Xie confessing his secret to Pangzi - first with the sudden drunken poisoning and then again with the "energy pills". Wu Xie reassuring Pangzi by saying "Trust me, I will die before you" is, uh, not to cross the streams or anything, but that is a peak Shen Wei moment. That is about as reassuring as "Luckily, I am used to pain". His little FACE!
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Haaaa yes that's at least a cheering thought! I didn't know het subplot was a requirement, but I can see they're going there and I will be happy to skip it, even if it's a shame about the single recurring female role in the show so far.
(and even if Pangzi doesn't actually know, the way he snaps in the drunk scene hints that is something he fears already...with Wu Xie's survival instincts it's not a surprising fear...)
Yeah, I really liked how that scene started out as comedy and then turned into such a revealing moment for both of them. As you said earlier, Pangzi's character is really good for this, the hairpin emotional turns like that, and like you said, he has reason to fear that Wu Xie will not live to grow old.
a particular type of accepting angst that is a Zhu Yilong specialty
That is a lovely way to put it, ahhh. Zhu Yilong plays all these subtle shades of emotion SO well, and I'm so glad he has a secret to protect here and isn't just a straight-up action hero.
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And yessss this is the perfect role for Zhu Yilong, he gets to run around being all physical but he also gets real emotion to play (and also h/c, which he is scary good at; you believe his pain, whether physical or emotional)