Yes, I know nobody cares

[dangermousie]

But you all will have to put up with this until I finish - I am on ep 30 out of 50 so it will be a few days yet.



Ep 29 was PERFECT. Finally, finally, we got to some comfort part of the whole hurt/comfort equation (yes, the political stuff was fascinating too - this is such a smart drama - but I want to talk ship).



So yes, he's been in prison for days, getting tortured every day (his dry sense of humor seems to still be in existence - he comments to his cellmates it's no big deal because they just beat him until he falls asleep). Here he is with Xiao Yue (I love their non-shippy relationship).





I think if he ever gets out, Zhao Gao will have a lot to fear. Zhao Gao knows that which is why he has no intention of ever letting him out.



But he has not counted on Yu Shu. She has found out what has happened to Xiao Chuan, made herself better as fast as she could (she was sick), and went to pay a little visit to Zhao Gao. I loved the scene so much. Yu Shu is so well-spoken you forget just how powerful she is and how smart and ruthless she can be. This scene was prieceless, my favorite being when Zhao Gao greeted her with head on floor (as supposed to) and then made to rise and she cut in "who gave you permission to rise?" and he had to stay grovelling on the floor for half the interview. Her proposition is simple. She tells him to release Xiao Chuan, her savior, and when he says it's Emperor's orders and he cannot, she tells him her men had captured a would-be assassin of General Mang Tian and he told him Zhao Gao hired him and she is on her way to inform the Emperor. When Zhao Gao freaks out on her and starts sputtering, she says she knows he can read between the lines and adds, impatiently, that if he will release Xiao Chuan, she will give him the assassin to do with what he wants. No wonder Zhao Gao did his best to keep the news of Xiao Chuan's arrest from her (too bad he did not count on Xiao Yue).





So then they basically release him unceremoniously.



And so he is in his quarters that evening, still clearly shellshocked when...Yu Shu comes in - I love the look on his face because he did not expected it. Even seeing each other is such a huge deal to them but to be able to actually touch... And the scene that followed totally made me bawl. They are such an OTP. I loved it so that when she freaks out about his wounds, he tells her he was able to endure it because of her so it is OK.

















































And then they presumably go off for some sexual healing. They'd better!

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I care, but I plan to watch and, you know, spoilers.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay! I hope you like when you get to it - I have gotten obsessed to it to an unhealthy degree.

[ethvren.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I care! =)
I'm at episode 3 now. Love it so far.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am so glad - it's so ridiculously good.

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

I care, but I'm waiting to see how much flaming destruction the end entails before jumping in. Besides, one 50-ep drama is enough of a strain on my schedule already...

But Hu Ge is so pretty. *_*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hu Ge is ridiculously pretty. Best Friend called me today to tell me that she, who has never had any interest in dramas despite my repeated attempts until I introduced her to The Myth, has found and is watching Chinese Paladin 3 at the same time she is watching The Myth, for Hu Ge :P

I can spoil you for the ending if you like, I am spoiled rotten. It's not a happy ending but it could have been a lot worse.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

I have NO time for a 50 ep drama right now (I tecnically have no time, period - the story of my life, ha) but The Myth is on The List. When I'll get to it is another question. I have been enjoying your posts and reading them too. The ending is probably epic in 'rocks fall, just about everybody dies' kind of way.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I have put all my other dramas on hold for this one (I can't remember last time I was watching only one drama - it's been years) but yes, 50 eps is a beast (though not as bad as it looks to someone used to Korean dramas - each ep here is only 40 mins).

I think you'll enjoy this a lot when you get to it because there is a LOT of politics and things like that - even though I post on the shippy bits a lot (born a shipper, cannot help it), shipping here is strictly secondary, it's mainly a historical drama and for once I am finding all the palace intrigue fascinating - problem is I am rooting for people who, historically, lose :)

Re: ending. I can spoil you if you want - most of it is the kind of spoilers you can get from wikipedia actually as most main characters except for protagonist, his OTP, and his nemesis are historical individuals (he and his nemesis take on historical names but their fates are obv. different). It's actually not as bad as you may think, ending-wise. The modern part ends pretty well (pity it's not the story I am interested in). All the people I care about? Not so great though. The ending of secondary OTP (I cheated and peeked) made me bawl for example, but they were stuck with history there.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Most of my dramas are on hold atm. Though, I did some rewatching with someone on my f-list. Done with that now. The cold I had (still not completely over) put a wrench in lot of my plans. OMG, I've got tons of stuff I haven't been able to do so I'm stuck with those.

I gathered The Myth might be something I'd like, as there seems to be quite a bit of proper history embedded in it. Oh, I'm ok with the bits about the ending you've let loose so far. :)