Mad Silence squee and meta
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dangermousieI am currently watching ep 5 of Silence with subs and am halfway through (I am sort of hoarding it).
I still adore it to pieces. Adore? Forget adore. Mad passionate squee is involved. Shen Shen and Wei Yi are such such SUCH an OTP. They also have great chemistry together. And their scenes are just guaranteed to make me die from glee. I just love that bit in the airport, when he turns around and sees her just as her heel breaks and she falls, and he just leans in and catches her in his arms as she spins. It's just gorgeous. And when he realizes she might go back to Taiwan, he is disappointed and induces her to stay by playing the whole 'but what will happen to SiXi Courtyard' (which she's been trying to save from his company) card. And he takes her to dinner. On Valentines Day! The thing is, I don't think even he realizes that he is falling in love with her (though, OMG, every time he looks at her it's intense as whoa) but he really has fun with her and he can be warm and boyish and spontanous, and that's basically the only time he can. He sort of gloms onto her because she allows him to be human and he wants to keep that. Also, how indicative and contradictory that Shen Shen stood up Jun because he is working for WY when she went out with WY for dinner :) You'd think she'd blame WY more than Jun who is only working for him, but no :)
I love that dinner scene. I love that he understands her sign language because he is attuned to her. I like that he tells her if he gives her a good reason, he'd cancel the SiXi demolition thing (he is not unreasonable, just business oriented). I also love that as she writes messages on her pad, he keeps telling she is writing too small so she keeps re-writing and he is leaning closer and closer and OMG. The chemistry! And then he realizes what he is doing :) And then he carries her to the car when she passes out from wine (eeeeeeeee!) and stops by a shoe store to buy her a new pair of shoes to replace the one that is broken. And she sleepily signs at him that he can't buy her with shoes to which he rplies that even drunk she doesn't forget to insult and he is grinning. I just love how he finds her so endearing and how his cares sort of disappear when he is with her.
And then he brings her to SiXi courtyard, because that's the only place he knows she might belong. And he carries her up and puts a cold compress on her forehead. And I just love the way he watches her sleep. If you don't melt, there is something wrong with you. And then he sees the two kids admire her new shoes and I love that he has no need to point out he gave them and not Jun like the kids think. And I love his interactions with the children and how he sees their awful shoes and how he feels bad and tells them he will get them a new pair next time.
OMG! And next day the demolition crew arrives and the metally challenged girl tries to get in the way and Shen Shen is protecting her but the evil bitch assistant orders the place demolished anyway and SS closes her eyes as she is about to get hit and WY sees it and OMG, the look on his face! And he intercepts the ax-thingy. Yay! And she drags him off and asks for 10 days and he says no, so she takes off her shoes and says she doesn't take gifts from enemies, and I love him walking off, holding the little golden shoes and then he has them on his desk and he cancels the demolition for the day! EEE!
The thing is, Wei Yi really is a sweet person, who's been half-killing himself trying to fit into a rigid mold his father designed for him, and it almost extinguished his own personality and any humanityor happiness in the process. But Shen Shen is making him rediscover what he really is.
OMG. Such OTP. I also love that while yes, they had that childhood connection that neither of them knows about now, they are really falling in love with each other as grown-ups, all over again, it's not purely reliant on their childhood memories.
Have to say, got to feel sorry for Andy Hui's character. Being a third leg in a romantic triangle where the other two people are an OTP is a thankless business anyway, but even more here. First of all, I am harboring an irrational dislike of him already because he finds out that Wei Yi is Wei Yi but doesn't tell about this to Shen Shen. OTP could get together a lot sooner then. Yeah, yeah, it's human, but I am an irrational shipper here, indulge me. More importantly, he is a nice guy and he isn't repulsive looking, but when stacked against Vic Zhou of all people, in a crisp suit and tie, with really cool hair, boyish green trying to break through the serious business demeanor, a hint of sadness around the eyes and charm enough to conquer small countries, sorry. Forget it. Is it even a competition? He just loses. I was actually cheering when she didn't show up for the Valentines Day thing.
Yeah.
I still adore it to pieces. Adore? Forget adore. Mad passionate squee is involved. Shen Shen and Wei Yi are such such SUCH an OTP. They also have great chemistry together. And their scenes are just guaranteed to make me die from glee. I just love that bit in the airport, when he turns around and sees her just as her heel breaks and she falls, and he just leans in and catches her in his arms as she spins. It's just gorgeous. And when he realizes she might go back to Taiwan, he is disappointed and induces her to stay by playing the whole 'but what will happen to SiXi Courtyard' (which she's been trying to save from his company) card. And he takes her to dinner. On Valentines Day! The thing is, I don't think even he realizes that he is falling in love with her (though, OMG, every time he looks at her it's intense as whoa) but he really has fun with her and he can be warm and boyish and spontanous, and that's basically the only time he can. He sort of gloms onto her because she allows him to be human and he wants to keep that. Also, how indicative and contradictory that Shen Shen stood up Jun because he is working for WY when she went out with WY for dinner :) You'd think she'd blame WY more than Jun who is only working for him, but no :)
I love that dinner scene. I love that he understands her sign language because he is attuned to her. I like that he tells her if he gives her a good reason, he'd cancel the SiXi demolition thing (he is not unreasonable, just business oriented). I also love that as she writes messages on her pad, he keeps telling she is writing too small so she keeps re-writing and he is leaning closer and closer and OMG. The chemistry! And then he realizes what he is doing :) And then he carries her to the car when she passes out from wine (eeeeeeeee!) and stops by a shoe store to buy her a new pair of shoes to replace the one that is broken. And she sleepily signs at him that he can't buy her with shoes to which he rplies that even drunk she doesn't forget to insult and he is grinning. I just love how he finds her so endearing and how his cares sort of disappear when he is with her.
And then he brings her to SiXi courtyard, because that's the only place he knows she might belong. And he carries her up and puts a cold compress on her forehead. And I just love the way he watches her sleep. If you don't melt, there is something wrong with you. And then he sees the two kids admire her new shoes and I love that he has no need to point out he gave them and not Jun like the kids think. And I love his interactions with the children and how he sees their awful shoes and how he feels bad and tells them he will get them a new pair next time.
OMG! And next day the demolition crew arrives and the metally challenged girl tries to get in the way and Shen Shen is protecting her but the evil bitch assistant orders the place demolished anyway and SS closes her eyes as she is about to get hit and WY sees it and OMG, the look on his face! And he intercepts the ax-thingy. Yay! And she drags him off and asks for 10 days and he says no, so she takes off her shoes and says she doesn't take gifts from enemies, and I love him walking off, holding the little golden shoes and then he has them on his desk and he cancels the demolition for the day! EEE!
The thing is, Wei Yi really is a sweet person, who's been half-killing himself trying to fit into a rigid mold his father designed for him, and it almost extinguished his own personality and any humanityor happiness in the process. But Shen Shen is making him rediscover what he really is.
OMG. Such OTP. I also love that while yes, they had that childhood connection that neither of them knows about now, they are really falling in love with each other as grown-ups, all over again, it's not purely reliant on their childhood memories.
Have to say, got to feel sorry for Andy Hui's character. Being a third leg in a romantic triangle where the other two people are an OTP is a thankless business anyway, but even more here. First of all, I am harboring an irrational dislike of him already because he finds out that Wei Yi is Wei Yi but doesn't tell about this to Shen Shen. OTP could get together a lot sooner then. Yeah, yeah, it's human, but I am an irrational shipper here, indulge me. More importantly, he is a nice guy and he isn't repulsive looking, but when stacked against Vic Zhou of all people, in a crisp suit and tie, with really cool hair, boyish green trying to break through the serious business demeanor, a hint of sadness around the eyes and charm enough to conquer small countries, sorry. Forget it. Is it even a competition? He just loses. I was actually cheering when she didn't show up for the Valentines Day thing.
Yeah.
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Date: 2006-09-04 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-04 01:53 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=EB2EEA54081D2767
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Date: 2006-09-04 01:55 am (UTC)I actually think I love him more, post-MG, than I did during MG. I think it was because of Mars, as I got to see him (1) have long hair and ride a motorcycle while wearing a really well-cut leather jacket OMG OMG OMG (2) wear a crisply tailor black suit and (3) start discarding bits of aforementioned suit while walking through a crowded street.
But god, isn't that unfair, having to have Vic as your romantic rival? (I've just now gotten my hands on episode 1 of Silence and have yet to watch it, by the way.) It's like you know that you're not going to get the girl. Ever. Like, you're screwed right where you stand, so it's best if you just leave.
I call this situation the "Min-Hyuk Fallacy", as the actor who plays Min-Hyuk in Full House has a tendency to always wind up as "Guy #2" in a variety of doramas, never ever getting the girl, ever (see: "Full House" and "Stained Glass", in which he loses the heroine to Rain and Lee Dong Gun, respectively). Min-Hyuk isn't an unattractive guy--he's funny, he's charming, he seems normal and well-adjusted and he looks good in a suit. But he'll never get the girl, despite the fact that our leading man:
(a) is infatuated with the Evil/Crazy/Scarily Violent Girl who wears too much make-up
(b) has a very shady and haunted past that renders him emotionally uncapable of forming a normal relationship with anyone
(c) has anger management problems
(d) all of the above
It's always amusing for me how the relatively normal guy (i.e. Da Ye in Mars) tends to get shafted in dramas, passed over in favor of the emotionally stunted leading man with the high cheekbones and traumatic past. In real life, I'd never go for a guy with that many emotional problems, but in a drama....
Yeah. Break me off a piece of that.
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Date: 2006-09-04 02:03 am (UTC)Yeah. Break me off a piece of that.
Heeee. Definitely.
(i.e. Da Ye in Mars)
The thing is, I totally bought it in Mars, because much as Da Ye is a good choice for most girls, they really went very well to bat for showing why he and QL wouldn't work. She needed someone extremely extraverted and confident in certain ways and basically someone to take her world by storm and drag her out of her shell. Ling and QL are both really damaged people who only work with each other.
ROFL on the Min-Hyuk fallacy though. So true. I have definitely noticed it. I usually buy the OTPs because doramas establish them very well, but yes, in RL, even if he isn't as hot, if he has less problems than a whole country, I'd prefer him :)
It's like you know that you're not going to get the girl. Ever. Like, you're screwed right where you stand, so it's best if you just leave.
Exactly. I mean, you can cut your right arm off or similar and she'll just look at you and go 'but can you look THIS good in a suit? Bye.' Your best hope is that he gets run over by a bus :)
actually think I love him more, post-MG, than I did during MG. I think it was because of Mars, as I got to see him (1) have long hair and ride a motorcycle while wearing a really well-cut leather jacket OMG OMG OMG (2) wear a crisply tailor black suit and (3) start discarding bits of aforementioned suit while walking through a crowded street.
That suit taking off scene? Oh. My. God. I nearly hyperventilated. He looks gorgeous in suits (and in Silence he wears them ALL the time). I actually saw Mars before MG, so it was weird to see him in MG being so different :)
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Date: 2006-09-04 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-04 02:38 am (UTC)But yes, the only place in the world with the straight male designers. Heeeee....
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Date: 2006-09-04 02:46 am (UTC)And you don't want to know just how fast their relationship moves (sinful :P)