dangermousie | This is pretty much utter crack

The first two eps of The Holy Pearl didn't really grab me (so much exposition! so much crazy King!) but starting with ep 3, I am addicted. Hot half-demon dude helps.

Our heroine is being chased by a snake demon (hey, worse things happen to time-travellers in period cdramas), so she runs into a cave to discover a hot half-demon boy snowglobe.

"Isn't this decor a little too postmodern for this ancient time?" wonders the heroine.

Snake demon (who is clearly not the brainiest) propels her past the barrier and her magical amulet wakes the pretty up.

I know I am going to ship Yao Yao (gal) and Wen Tian (guy) because look at them - bickering from their first meeting!

Wisely deciding she will deal with the moral issue of whether she's just unleashed a horrible demon on the world later, she releases him to kill the snake demon. Nice teeth, Wen Tian!

Yao Yao thinks so too!

Buttering up will get you...nowhere.

The perils of being a dead ringer/reincarnation of someone you have no idea about.

I ship general and demoness. This will end well.

Half-demon boy angsts so prettily! No go get it on with her reincarnation please!

Bwahahahahahaa.

Yao Yao wants him as a travel companion? Well, I suppose if you need someone to protect you, this might not be bad, as long as he doesn't decide he's bored and wants to practice his killing skills on his travelling companion.