Black & White - now with 500% more delicious manpain

[dangermousie]

I have finally caught up a bit with Black and White, still my drama of the season. I am now through ep 10 it is so bloody good. Yup, good enough for me to use a Britishism.

Guess what was my favorite part of the ep was? Guess. If you know me, it's a no brainer. Oh God, Vic! (((Zai Tian)))

Also, it's pretty clear by now that Chen Lin really likes Zai Tian. Her reaction to his reaction of the thing at fast-food place cleared any doubt if there was any before (and I'd say there wasn't, even earlier - see her grumpiness at his joy that morning). And I think Hero Cop is beginning to notice too.

So many questions...

* Who is Zai Tian, really. What is his background/why did they chose him to 'make over' and who chose it/why he doesn't remember his past etc
*Who is Xao Ma (hot dog vendor guy) and what is his connection with Zai Tian
* Who are the military people and why are they so interested in Zai Tian (and why they seem OK with knowing he has no past and just want to use it as his weakness as opposed to exposing him).
* Who was responsible for the thing with Zai Tian's girl and why (am trying to be vague here as not to cut)
* Why was Cola killed
* Why did that gang rob the place a couple of eps back as they didn't seem take much of value
* That creepy international miliatry unit- how/why is it involved and who hired them
* Who keeps San Lian gang informed of police actions - including telling them who the cop mole was
* Is Forensics Girl involved in theft of a gun as internal investigations guy implied and if not who did it and why did they try to implicate Forensics Girl
* Chen Lin's Dad seems to know of Zai Tian (he tells her he is especially undesirable). What is the connection
* And last but not least, will Zai Tian and Chen Lin finally make out and will Ying Xiong realize that he belongs with Forensics Girl? Except, I totally now ship Zai Tian and Burger Girl but that is quite obviously impossible. AWWWW. Curses.



The adorable morning scene. Zai Tian is so excited to go see Burger Girl and Chen Lin has tracked him down first thing in the morning because he didn't show up to her dinner with Ying Xiong. He totally misunderstands and assumes she is here because she and YX fought yet again. And he is so giddy and hopeful and smitten and you can tell Chen Lin is SO jealous - she treats it as another fling and snaps about women hating flowers etc etc. Heh.













There he is at Burger Girl's workplace with his red roses. (())



Because I like Hero cop and forensics girl, even if not as much as Zai Tian or Chen Lin.





Hero and Chen Lin find Zai Tian in the aftermath of the explosion, all catatonic and manpainy (but with his clothes still pretty nice, I must add). I wonder if Hero cop is beginning to figure out Chen Lin is not into him but likes Zai Tian. It's pretty easy to tell, let's face it - she is fixated on helping him.











And then she comes and finds him (he is still at the site of the explosion) by herself at night, bringing booze and I love that scene so much!



















His nervous breakdown is EPIC.





Seriously, Hero cop. You missed the boat and I think are beginning to get that she likes your partner better than you...I feel sorry for you. But not enough to stop shipping ZT/Chen Lin.





EPIC.





ETA: I started watching ep 11 (am on 2/5) and dammit, Vic is making me frelling cry.

ETA2: The scene in the underpath when they find him? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. Best thing EVER.

ETA3: My heart so breaks for Hero Cop - when they are all back in Zai Tian's apartment and he is cleaning up the total war zone Zai Tian made of the place and he sees the way Chen Lin is with Zai Tian and his eyes sort of die a little...(((Hero Cop))). I take it back - stop being so judgmental and annoying blahblahblahblah. Jumping to conclusions is not an Olympic sport.

ETA4: Whaaaaaa? the mob MADE Zai Tian? WHY? And why does Chairman says ZT is an important person to him. Oh God, please PLEASE don't make Chen Lin and Zai Tian secret siblings or something, I would DIE.

Comments

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Which do you think is better so far -- this or Mars? :D I have enough things on my plate already so need to select just 1 drama to watch. Atm it's Story of Man for me :D

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

IMHO as both doramas are different in genre you can't compare them just yet. But one thing is for sure, since Mars this is the first time Vic shows that he can ACT and not just be there and be pretty. He has the same intensity as he has as Ling.
If you judge from the production value alone, you could say, B&W is better, but for me atm they still are both as strong and gripping.

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

agree with every word.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am just so excited - I didn't think I'd see another performance from Vic as good as in Mars and I am so happy to be wrong!!!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

They are so very different, it's really hard to pick - Mars is a romance with some serious psychological/abuse issues thrown in and B&W is a thriller/mystery with some fascinating character interactions and issues.

Going on purely messed-up level though, I think Zai Tian might be even more messed up than Ling though :)

And as someone who watches both Story of a Man and B&W, I adore SoaM but love B&W more.

[joonni.livejournal.com]

I really want to wait until this finishes but you and Vic are making it hard for me!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Don't wait! It's so very good!!!!

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

OMG that's what I thought too!!! When it got to ETA#4 section I paused it and told my roommates: "I've figured it out..he and the girl he's in love with are actually siblings and the mob boss is his father...oh wait this isn't a kdrama". fortunately for us, it's a taiwanese drama, so I'm at least 80% sure that's not the case - but yeah, I'm super curious.

And if it's possible, EACH EPISODE GETS BETTER.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

He can't be the mob boss' kid, he just can't! *insert anguished fangirl scream at the possibility* But leaving aside my shipper biases, it seems unlikely - I mean, if Mob Boss finally located a long-lost kid (and what kind of Dad is he to let his kid turn into a starving bum living in an underpass?), I would imagine he'd take him in and give him physical comforts and a "hi, I am your Daddy" speech, not a plastic surgery and a false identity as a cop!

[thinking-lotus.livejournal.com]

yeah I was thinking the same thing ... but it just doesn't seem QUITE right. Dying to find out.

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I, too, would die if Zai Tian and Chen Lin turn out to be secret siblings or half-siblings or something like that. I try to assure myself that this is not a kdrama, but I can't wait to find out the truth. This drama is just so good!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I can't really see the half-sibling thing (what kind of Dad gives his kid a new face - wtf?) but am so curious what's going on.

This is so twisty.

Also, Vic has never looked hotter. When he talks to Burger Girl after his "transformation" I sort of gasped.

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I just watched episode 12 and aldjfaljalsjdflöajfdl!!!! So very twisty!!!

Completely agree with you on how hot Vic is looking in this. Not that I mind looking at Mark Chao either. He is actually doing a really good job of not getting left in Vic's shadow, which is a great accomplishment from a complete newcomer. Once B&W finishes, I can't wait to see him in more dramas!

[rubypurple.livejournal.com]

Maybe Zai Tian is the son of the woman the mob boss is in love with. :)
They can't be siblings...NOOOOOO!
I love the indirect kiss when they drank from the same bottle... <3