good vibes only

[marycrawford]

Maru (the Cat who Sits in Boxes) and Hana now have a kitten to deal with.

I'm still watching Lost Tomb Reboot, going very very slowly, mostly because of my fractured attention span but also, I admit it, because I keep pausing to stare at Sir's Face. The best thing about this show is just how much they labor to give Zhu Yilong room to work his microexpression magic and nuanced character acting in the midst of all the action-adventure (he got threatened by clams in the most recent episode, and it was amazing), and to light him beautifully while he does it. They read the label when they bought him, and I really hope other shows will do the same.

I signed up for fandomtrees, which is a really nice little fannish gift challenge that would be especially suitable for anyone who isn't feeling up to the big ones this year, like yuletide. You simply ask for a gift in a fandom of your choice - art, fic, anything. Officially you must request three fandoms, but they can also be non-fannish things like recipes, song recommendations or whatever, so it's suitable for monofannish people like me. And all you need to do to give someone a gift is post a comment under their letter, no need to sign up or anything. It's a 100 word minimum for fic, so it's super low-key, and I will be stalking people's letters to see what tasty things I can offer.

My fandomtrees letter is here, and there are already four Guardian requests!

And the Sundial Exchange signups have started, too, yay! I haven't signed up yet but I plan to, and I'm really looking forward to it. This is for Guardian and Guardian-related fandoms, and there was some spectacular art and fic for it last year.

sakana17 has an inspirational picspam of Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong lounging against walls, floors, windows, etc.

Comments

[grayswandir]

The best thing about this show is just how much they labor to give Zhu Yilong room to work his microexpression magic and nuanced character acting in the midst of all the action-adventure

They really do, and it's amazing. 100% agreed on your comments about hoping he'll get to do a lot more projects that put his talents to equally good use.

I'm still watching Lost Tomb Reboot, going very very slowly

Oy, exact opposite here apparently... I finished S1 like three days ago, and then promptly binged all of S2 and finished it yesterday. >_> No spoilers, but I've got to say that even though I kind of hated the secondary-character subplots in the first season, I actually ended up liking almost everyone by the end? Some more than others, obviously -- but I was honestly impressed that they managed to ultimately make me care what happened to most of their cast of characters, even some of the really minor ones. (Though, to be fair, watching Wu Xie care about all of them probably contributed more to that than the actual script/plot did...)

[marycrawford]

Oh I can totally see the case for just speedlining the whole thing, and as long as it made you happy then all's well. It's a good binge show, for sure.

I admit, I cheerfully fast-forwarded through the B-plots in season 1 and also mostly (so far) in season 2, and I don't care about most of those people, but I am still mad about what the show did to Piao Piao and uh...Glasses' love interest whose name I don't remember. But I'm glad you found affection for so many of the characters, and this is giving me good vibes for the rest of season 2!

[grayswandir]

I can totally see the case for just speedlining the whole thing

It wasn't really intentional, honestly. It just seems like any time I get really into something, I have no desire to do or think about anything else until I finish it, so binging is kind of inevitable. But! Now that I've finished, I can rewatch the scenes I liked and pay more attention to Zhu Yilong's face, instead of worrying about keeping up with the subtitles. :)

I am still mad about what the show did to Piao Piao and uh...Glasses' love interest

Aaagh. Yeah, those bits were awful, both in themselves and in the way they created a very unfortunate running theme where our male leads have trauma over having sort-of-caused the deaths of women who wanted to be with them. Like, I know they wanted to spread the angst around a little and not just pile all of it up on Wu Xie, but they really needed to come up with some sources of secondary-character angst besides "expendable girlfriend." :(

this is giving me good vibes for the rest of season 2!

I hope you end up enjoying it!