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[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

[laireshi]

I'm still watching Lost Tomb Reboot, going very very slowly
I've just started it! Going not-so-slowly because I'm skipping most of the scenes without a certain someone. He's so pretty *dreamy sigh*

I have to sign up for all those events too, I'm very excited for them.

[trobadora]

I need to finish my fandomtrees sign-up, so I can start the next sign-up ... but I also need to finish some exchange fic first, oops. *g*

[naye]

he got threatened by clams in the most recent episode, and it was amazing
I love this show SO MUCH, Mary. So much.

[nnozomi]

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.
Excellent way to put it. (Does that mean you're in the episode where he and Xiao Bai have a confrontation over a land mine? I love that scene so much.) I hope he can now pick and choose from projects which will let him shine this way.

[frith_in_thorns]

I so much enjoy Lost Tomb! *cough* most of it. I'm now slowly rewatching with my wife, who does not take TV seriously at the best of times (i.e. when you at a VERY EMOTIONAL space battle in a space show having someone next to you quietly whispering "pew pew!" is something of a mood killer :P) and rewatching it is frankly hilarious because I can just settle into enjoying Zhu Yilong's face and not stressing over whether certain plotlines will turn out okay or not. We're currently in the season 1 warehouse Extreme Filing sections.

Fandomtrees sounds lovely! I have added it to my endless pile of opened tabs I hope to eventually do something with. And of course sundial is great, I am an unbiased source :D So glad that you're going to sign up again!

[sakana17]

Your description of Tomb Reboot is absolutely perfect. It is all about his face. (And arms. And bruises. And fingerless gloves. Siiiiiiiigh.)

[points to icon by the talented tinny which features The Pen]

Thank you for the tip about kitten Miri! I had fallen behind in my Maru and Hana watching, and I spent most of this afternoon catching up. The cuteness! <3

[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...)