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[mejomonster]

So I watched a meta about Ultimate Note pingxie and fuck now I need to rewatch, finish, and download the eps to save em ToT

How could I forget stuff like:

If I disappeared, no one would notice. /I would (THAT THEY DROPPED IN LIKE EP 3 ALONG WITH THE PINGXIE HEIHUA THEME SONG FUCK)

Xiaoge SAVING WU XIE FROM THAT SNAKE PIT IN HIS ARMS yeah its classic pingxie happens constantly in every dmbj show. STILL. The action romance of it! It is a SIGNATURE ACTION ROMANCE TROPE OKAY and everyone else not getting the special treatment lmao

Xiaoge losing his memory (I forgot idk HOW I forgot) and wu xie holding him and him still remembering "I trust wu xie" fuck me up I guess just fuck me up ;-;

The whole xiaoge being called a demon thing. Both of them being told being together will end in their destruction and wu xie going FUCK OFF I LOVE MY ZHANG QILING AND IF HES A MONSTER FINE HES GREAT HES PHENOMENAL FUCK YOU WE ARE STAYING TOGETHER and then xiaoge being emo about the Prophecy Doom (truly I could Eat this fucking up its xena level "You're the cause of your lovers ruin" but you love each other too much to split up and would rather bear the horrors together)

[rigelmejo]

December Goals Update

Time to round up the stuff I got done! This one is a big update, despite both accomplishments and this january’s goals being quite straightforward this time. ^-^)/

I already know - I ended up focusing on one very specific goal, and made significant progress JUST in that. And... if I do what I am PLANNING for January... then hopefully I’ll make more progress. But lol, we’ll see. We know how much I suck at sticking to my plans >o>

Things accomplished:

Chinese novel chapters read in December: 20 (Tian Ya Ke - 19, aka read about 24% of the novel this past month! This was the big goal I ended up focusing on - I want to finish reading through my first full novel this year! I did a majority of those chapters in the last 2 weeks, so if I get motivated again, I might really reach this goal. We’ll see. I REALLY do want to break the milestone of getting through one complete novel soon, and it being a priest one would be icing on the cake. Reading method - intensively, using Pleco Reader, looking up all unknown words. I picked up a significant amount of words so far, but it’s still a big challenge lol).

Chapters I studied with Listening-Reading Method: 8 (Most of these were Tian Ya Ke, and dmbj 2. I ended up getting really into reading though, and skipping this step later on as it slowed down my reading time. This January, I would like to do l-r method MORE, because I’ve finally got Guardian all prepped to do that novel with it. I’d love to do l-r method all the way through the novel guardian... I hope I manage it... avenuex did a beautiful audiobook for it, and I’d love to work through it. The only demotivating factor? l-r method takes a big time dedication - 5-10 minutes to read a chapter in english, 20 minutes to listen to the chapter while looking at the english text, 20 minutes to listen to the chapter while looking at the chinese text... so around 50 minutes to do a single chapter. And guardian has 106+ chapters ToT. That said, imagine how improved my listening skills would be after roughly 88* hours of listening to chinese I can mostly comprehend? Considering just a handful hours of l-r method has already bumped my listening skills up noticeably to me. In addition to Guardian, I would very much like to do l-r method with Silent Reading as an excuse to re-read the novel and listen to the audiobook - which is around 66 free chapters available at least. I figure l-r method with priest novels, in combo with reading priest novels like Tian Ya Ke, will help with picking up vocabulary in reading and listening a bit. Plus, I plan to do l-r method in the order: listen to english, then listen to chinese, which tends to help me pick up more reading comprehension better than the reverse order.)

Chinese audio listened to: 14 (a surprisingly large number? I don’t remember doing this much lol? I think some of this is me listening to dmbj audios, and some was other chinese things, and a tiny bit was restarting the spoonful chinese audio. Again, I think listening more has been helping out a lot)

shows watched in only chinese: roughly 2 (I watched a bit of a few eps of border town prodigal, some tlt3 raws, some short vids, half of anti fraud league ep 1, half of some spy show, basically i was not in a focused mood lol)

Personal goals met:

finally got my stomach to stop hurting! i guess it wanted less carbs. also debloated 10 lbs so i guess its happier lol. still not sure what else it wants from me.

started writing a personal story, period piece with pirates and bisexual messes and i’m quite excited tbh. So now this story, and Nanase, are active original wips

handled doctor stuff wooh! 

read more of my cpstd book and made more comprehensive plans on what to do when i get emotional flashbacks - and i think the prep work has been really helpful so far, i’m hopeful my lowered stress now is a part of that lol

formatted 2 books! WOOH! in process of formatting 2 more, and learning how the fuck to do a parallel text - anyone know how??? I’m having a nightmare, I’d love to do left page english right page chinese, but all I’m finding are how to use columns to do dual texts beside each other on the same page. Which is much more cramped to read... but I suppose I can live with it if it’s the only option I have.

Goals for January will be pretty straightforward to be honest. I am in a very reading-focused mood. (I mean we’ll see how long that lasts, ToT since my attention jumps randomly, but I’ve got everything Prepped to lean heavy into reading for my studying for the foreseeable future). I plan to focus on reading as my main study method, to cover listening and reading and picking up vocabulary/hanzi. Optionally, I might listen to chinese audio in the background to further help with listening/vocabulary (like Chinese Spoonfed Audio, or audiobooks), or I might watch a show in chinese (whether I do this completely depends on if I feel like it). 

Later on in the year, if reading is getting easier - then long term, I think I’ll want to go back to Alan Hoenig’s Chinese Characters book and read through it for a solid foundation to fill in gaps, read my chinese grammar books for same reason, use my pronunciation app... and then dive into both language exchange apps and tutors more firmly for actual writing and speaking and interacting with others. Basically, long term, I’d like to work on filling in my gaps and correcting any mistakes I haven’t figured out, then work on production more which will be significantly weaker skills by then. But in the immediate, I want to just focus on what I enjoy - reading - and use it to pick up as many words as possible. 

Goals for January:

Continue reading Tian Ya Ke. Work on reading through my first complete novel in chinese. Continue counting chapters read, as I might look at a few novels - but sincerely, I WANT to focus on one book so Tian Ya Ke is the GOAL. I will be quite happy if I can get the book to 50% read by the end of this month, but we’ll see... and quite honestly I’ll be floored if I get to 100% within the month - but if it gets easier as I pick up more words, anything’s possible. Ideally, I would like to l-r method a few chapters. I do think it speeds up my reading speed because it makes me keep up with the narration, and it also helps me cement new words into my memory better. I remember words better when I hear them. However like - chapters tend to take me 40 minutes to read, and l-r method takes usually 15-20 minutes because of how dense priest’s chapters are. So... l-r method chapters take 1 hour a piece... if I get into a reading mood, I’ll ultimately probably just primarily focus on the reading.

Secondary goal, not as important, I will start this if desired but it might wait until February+. Listen-Read Method Guardian, until I’ve gotten through the entire novel. I finally have all the translations gathered up, I’ve got my chinese copy of the novel, and avenuex’s audiobook. I have everything ready to simply start. However, as mentioned, this is a time heavy activity. I do think it will be very helpful for improving my listening skills, and to a degree also - helping retain my reading skills, push my reading speed up a little, and maybe help me pick up some new words. I think it will be a very compatible activity with goal 1, or a nice follow up activity to goal 1. Also it is the DREAM, as that novel is what pushed me to start learning chinese initially... so I am very excited to read through it. Ideally, I start this activity AFTER Tian Ya Ke, and I do a full readthrough of the chapters like: read in english, audio with english, audio with chinese, read intensively in chinese. Basically, I would love to include a full intensive read through of Zhen Hun at the same time I’m l-r method’ing it. However that will be Even more time sapping, so that’s not necessarily gonna happen unless my reading speed for priest novels is a little better after Tian Ya Ke. I need to get through the chapters read in chinese in closer to 20 minutes instead of the current 40 minutes it takes me. 

Optional. Listen to chinese when I can - in the background like Chinese Spoonfed, audio books, audio dramas, and by watching shows in only chinese. If I have time, and I feel like doing these, I will. It’s easy to add doing this to my day, so when I remember to do them, they’re helpful. 

Main Goal for January - continue reading Tian Ya Ke. <3

Once that’s completed, next main goal - Listen-Read Method with Guardian. 

See? Really extremely straightforward goal for January. Simply keep reading! I think the more I read, the easier it will get, the faster it will get, and the quicker I’ll be able to get through a LOT of the novels I want to check out. So... I have to start doing it, if I intend to get better.

Unrelated notes:

I’ve gotten really into Drakengard 3 lately. Which by extension, means really into Nier Automata again, Nier (Nier Replicant remaster is releasing and I am getting the version with the scriptbooks and am intensely excited), and Drakengard. Yoko Taro’s wild concepts and fascinating characterizations and way of telling stories has sucked me in again. And I am reminded how very much eventually learning to read Japanese IS still a long term goal of mine. I’m back to playing like 3 games right now I could so easily be practicing my japanese with... if I remembered any japanese ToT. It’s like at the edges of my brain... I remember the hiragana and katakana after a minute or two... the kanji I’ve completely forgotten, but since I know a lot of the meanings from chinese now, I can often parse out the meaning of sentences in manga I’ve got... I can’t remember the particles off the top of my head or when I listen, but when I read their meaning clicks again fast... I know that when I go back, its just a matter of a crash course and then diving in again. And wow am I eager. But I know myself, and japanese is gonna take a WHILE. And chinese is currently taking a LOT of dedication, I don’t even really have time to work on my french reading lol. So I would really prefer to get at least another year in chinese before even trying to start studying japanese again. (And realistically 2-3 more years of chinese, because I genuinely think a solid basis in speaking skills/basic listening skills, and generally Competent webnovel reading skills I want before I stop actively studying chinese... because by that time I’ll want to keep reading/listening to chinese for pleasure, chatting when needed, and if I stop studying before that point I know I personally will just end up needing to relearn some big chunks. I also think if I try to go back to japanese before that point, I will have major issues confusing the two when reading. My japanese was upper-beginner when I quit, and when I started chinese I sped past that point in chinese to the point pretty quickly chinese blocked out what japanese i knew and it made japanese reading easier but only to a point. My chinese I’d put at ‘beginner’ still?? But compared to my japanese its significantly farther - in chinese I can currently read manhua without a dictionary and get enough to translate most of it myself, and read simpler novels and get most of it, and read more complex novels and get the gist main idea even if its a slog. 

With japanese? Ahahahahahah! I was able to read the very simplest of manga and only get the very bare main idea gist, could NOT even comprehend any novel, and could play a video game on MEMORY of what i knew the context was, only picking out quite basic words. However, even though my chinese has gotten a fair bit further... I want it even further before I stop actively studying it so much. I want it to the point its where my french reading level was at about 2.5 years into french (or honestly, a bit Better than my french was tbh). I want my chinese to be to the point, where I recognize enough hanzi that I can guess the meaning of some new words, that I can look up most new words with with pinyin because i at Least know the pinyin for most hanzi i see, and where in most not-too-difficult webnovels i read, I know enough of the words, that i can comfortably follow the gist of the main plot without too much strain even if i miss details. so at that point, I’ll still likely want to build up my vocabulary more - so that i can learn to translate, and so that i can pick up details easier, and read faster. But I’ll at least be at a point where i can easily maintain the skills i have and improve them a bit naturally by just continuing to read. I mean... realistically even, I should try to keep studying chinese a lot at that point... I really, really want to be able to read chinese novels. But that’s probably the minimum at which I’d feel quite comfortable focusing on another language intensively.

With japanese, I already have a study plan too! A study plan I know works for me! It’ll be so simple! Parts 1-4 would be structured study, parts marked + would be options to move onto, and parts marked * would be activities that could be done concurrently. 

The japanese study plan, whatever year I finally can get to it:

Listen to Japanese Audio Lessons (japaneseaudiolessons.com). I did this before, and it helped my listening comprehension/vocabulary pick up so much.

Read Learn to Read in Japanese Vol I, II, III (by the same people). I loved these books back when I started them, the best mnemonics that I’d found for myself to pick up the kanji - easiest way for me to pick them up without brute forcing it.

(concurrently with above) go through Nukemarines LLJ memrise decks. Literally, just CRAM through those. I did that at the 2+ year mark for japanese, and that was REALLY when I was finally able to start reading and trying video games, so it clearly was what worked for me.

Read my book Read Japanese. Haven’t tried this yet, but it looks like a good place to progress, This would be done after step 1+2, either concurrently with Nukemarine or after Nukemarine depending on how much is done. Just cram Through this book since it’s got a lot of basics in the beginning. Its in the same structure as my DeFrancis Chinese Readers and very well suited to my learning style.

Read my Tuttle Read Japanese book. More difficult, goes into like 2000 kanji, a ton of vocab, and most people who read this said afterward reading regular japanese material was quite doable.

+If my Nukemarine deck is completed - move onto one of my japanese decks with more words, or Clozemaster Japanese sentences.

+If my japanese audio lessons are completed - move onto one of my other japanese audio collections like the japanese pimsleur that was condensed, or that website with a ton of condensed audio of episodes (https://www.paliss.com/). Or youtube channels like Game Gengo (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT12i1gB38HG1olutL08nID8gaGWHZS4v). 

+at the point Nukemarine’s deck is done, Listening-Reading method with japanese novels is an option. 

+at the point I’m done with all Read Japanese books, may read through some other japanese textbooks I have, starting with: Japanese Particles and Common Sentence Structures, Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Guide. 

*Find a japanese reader equivalent to Pleco (check subreddit r/learnjapanese, r/refold, r/massimmersionapproach). Start reading whatever japanese novels I want. Which knowing me, will probably be light novels, maybe some visual novels, and video game related materials. *Ideally this step would be done last, but knowing me, it’ll be done whenever i feel like starting - could be attempted as early as midway through the Nukemarine decks.

*Listen to japanese - so many options here, realistically it would be me playing video games in japanese, watching jdramas, watching/listening to spinoff material of stories I like like the YorHa stage plays etc. Can be attempted as early as midway through Nukemarine decks.

*reading manga could be anywhere in this list, although I don’t do it much anymore. But I was just getting to being able to try this last time I was studying japanese, so I could start up again whenever. Only negative, I would say, is I think my improvement suffered back then because I was too scared to try reading actual novels. So novels are prioritized as reading material. It would be nice to help translate some mangas though - so there’s an option.

*maybe try translating some japanese things i have interest in, at a late point.

I think maybe, the biggest thing studying chinese has taught me about how i learn languages, is that I improve faster when challenged. I learn better when challenged. I tried to read Chinese novels from the first few months (not well, but i tried lol), I watched chinese dramas from day one, and I tried to watch chinese shows only in chinese from month 5 onward. From month 5 onward I started trying to talk/write with people (knowing maybe 400 words at first, quickly bumping up to 1000 words in a month cause of just needing it, so it definitely helped me). And when I started listening to audio more, my listening skill noticeably improved within a few months. As a result, my chinese in a little over a year is taking much less time to improve then I projected it was going to (I figured the progress I’ve made so far, was going to take 3-4 years). Whereas with japanese, I didn’t try to start reading or playing video games or listening a lot until 2 years into studying... and I also didn’t make any noticeable improvement until then. So going into any language study moving forward, I’ll do more to challenge myself earlier. Since clearly its helpful to me.

[mejomonster]

i think im ready to go back and finish the lost tomb 3 now

[mejomonster]

im never gonna be over that old man saying if wu xie and xiaoge stay together they’ll get each other killed like??

wow way to confirm how xiaoge views their relationship and what he fears most??? how dare you

way to confirm xiaoge and others at the core of it see him as a demon, not a superhero, not a person

way to remind wu xie he’s constantly desperately afraid his inexperience and failings will put xiaoge in danger and get him killed (wu xie is so desperate to get skilled like his peers, to make it so this is less of a concern, always)

way to remind them both that they’ll pick each other hell or high water, and whatever wu xie fears he fears leaving xiaoge more. fears letting something hurt xiaoge without him there. because wu xie would happily die before letting something hurt xiaoge. would rather that happened. 

and xiaoge would rather make sure it never did. that nothing ever touches wu xie.

and that’s their dilemma really 

[mejomonster]

Ep 22:

Oh my god 1 I can’t believe wu xie tried to con a Murderer

Wu xie honey you KNOW you should’ve seen him trying to kill u coming. Ur a danger magnet who followed a murderer you TRICKED into the woods of course hes gonna try to gut you

OH MY GOD now I’m just predicting here but is qiu dekao implying wu xie will make it into the Zhang family old pavillon at the bottom of the lake because... Xiaoge loves him???

Like: yeah idk about Pangzi he might not have made it in. Zhang guy definitely made it in. Ur companions probably wouldn’t make it in, neither would any of my ppl. But wu xie I’m almost certain YOU will be able to get in.

A-Ning clocked wu xie as Xiaoge’s self chosen soulmate and told qiu dekao and now the whole tomb raiding world is aware. Need to get into a Zhang only place?? Grab wu xie he’ll be able to stroll right in! Wow

[mejomonster]

EP 3 AND I CANT KEEP UP

1. tlt3 is paced fairly good right now. I hope it keeps this up.

2. I’m happy to see I still love the a Ning and wu xie pair scenes again. What I loved in tlt2 is how when they interact they bring out the most authentic versions of themselves. And how a Ning admires his kind nature but is trying to teach him to wise up if he wants to live this life. It very much still feels like this dynamic when they get scenes together. The two scenes in particular: wu xie asking her why she chose this life, and how she replies she only has one path and it’s like how Wu xie is resolute he wants to help Xiaoge, that’s how resolute she is in her choice - it’s the only life for her. That writing had some fucking layers. About how whatever a nings up to must mean Everyrhing to her. How she thinks Xiaoge means Everything to wu xie and that’s a certain thing. How they both sit in the quiet together after, contemplating how they’re so certain about these life dedications they’ve got. Just wow ok though. A Ning comparing her goal she values as everything, to wu xie wanting to help Xiaoge... a Ning you did not have to clock him so hard lol. But I will give it this, a nings written right. Even if I’m still not completely used to the actress yet. And the other scene: her telling wu xie if a partner is hurt, he needs to prioritize himself or he could cause more trouble - and wu xie replying no matter what I won’t leave a partner. That hints of foreshadowing for one. For two, it’s a great establishment of their characters in contrast to each other. And third, it shows how I really do feel like in the long term a ning is very much a role model/guide he sort of grows up more and more like as the years pass. Yeah, he wants to be less brutal than her, care for ppl more. But over time he really does learn a lot from her about how to life this kind of life more successfully. Also a Ning disapproves of how he makes choices but she does want to help him - and this kind of advice is her trying to help him survive. So I liked that scene a lot. Also I missed that A Ning... just I love her personality! So I love when it shows more!

3. Ok this Xiaoge is growing on me a lot. He also really just. Screams the book Xiaoge in my head when I read. He’s acting well. And the scenes Xiaoge is concerned about wu xie? Uncountable. It’s really only episode 3 and xiaoge already almost thought wu xie was dead - bee lining for wu xie’s coat on a corpse - got scared, realized it wasn’t wu xie, killed a bug so harsh Pangzi had to comment AND bring up Xiaoge’s worried about him. And like. I can’t even summarize it’s just nonstop tbh. And honestly? Happy about it. The whole time tlt2 progressed I was like... Xiaoge I know you’re worried.. disappear less bro... and I wanted THIS. Which I got in tlt2 to some level, but not as much because Xiaoge was Not always in the storyline. At least so far (and I HOPE the whole show pleaser) Xiaoge has been in every tlt3 ep, so his personal state and the story follows him partly each episode. And that is what I WANTED so muchhhh so I’m really happy it’s happening. Like yes on one level it means pingxie abounds since hey Xiaoge is past fallen by now and just clueing into how intensely he most certainly Does care about one thing in this world, a thing that happens to care about him back very very much and wants to accompany Xiaoge on this trip for answers. I love that Xiaoge said last ep “I’ll stand by you” as if promising not to leave, this ep giving a walkie talkie promising they’ll keep in contact silently, and that everyone is quite aware Xiaoge would let em all die except wu xie - and wu xie would do anything Period for xiaoge. Ahhhh a Ning. Really called wu xie out on that. If the writing does something fun, it’ll use that against them and really screw wu xie over by demanding he does do something Huge to help Xiaoge. It will be dramatic, angsty, horrifying, let’s GO make wu xie sacrifice it All let’s Go. Anyway yeah like... while I love that it basically includes pingxie more as a result (drowning in it compared to reboot lol)... I also just love that this is mainly because we GET MORE XIAOGE FOCUS. Which is all I have been wanting since I started the lost tomb 1!!! I just want more Xiaoge and more about who he is, what he thinks and feels, what he wants, I want more of his story!!! And I feel like this is ar least right now giving me some. But... we’ll see. Because I thought tlt2 would give me more Xiaoge (and it did compared to tlt1), but then tlt2 also constantly had him disappearing for eps at a time ;-;

[mejomonster]

absolutely enamored with the fact wu xie, in canon, absolutely loves xiaoge unconditionally demon or monster or person or anything

like one suspects lol. but yet again tlt3 confirming what i been assuming uvu. old man says xiaoge’s undead monster “if xiaoge’s undead, he’s a good person, so there’s no reason to be afraid anyway” if that old lady says xiaoge’s lost his soul “then i’ll help him find it, and if he can’t, then he still has me.” if xiaoge says he’s a demon, wu xie just keeps standing beside him and holding his shoulder and marching right with him into the middle of a mountain to whatever it leads to. runs into a pavillion in the bottom of a lake with weird shit going on, xiaoge missing, just walks right in deeper - if he dies trying he dies. xiaoge goes into a meteor without knowing if he’ll ever come out, wu xie tries to follow and when he can’t just sits down and waits as long as it takes. like. of course if xiaoge’s immortal that changes nothing. if xiaoge’s a full on monster, that changes nothing. wu xie’s already decided he’s ride and die for xiaoge. someone needs to be there supporting xiaoge, treating him like a person with needs and wants and fears, and accompany him. and wu xie’s decided he’s going to do it.

like i been knowing since tlt2 and wu xie. tries to drown himself in the sea just to try and get back to xiaoge. since xiaoge and san shu said a murder went down at the underwater tomb, and never for an instant is wu xie worried about trusting xiaoge. the only case is he’s right, or just didn’t remember well and doesn’t know all the facts. 

i just. cannot get over how its canon that wu xie would follow xiaoge right into hell, would love him eternally if xiaoge was the biggest monster in the world. 

[mejomonster]

oh and lets not forget pangzi in the cave as they waited for xiaoge to come out. drawing out how long until they had to leave to the very edge of survivable. just because he literally Knew wu xie would rather die than leave that place without xiaoge. and pangzi wasn’t quite ready to die for it too, probably would have ultimately done anything to get tianzhen out of there alive, but he was ready to put up with more chance of suffering/death later if it meant giving wu xie as much time as possible to wait for xiaoge...

pangzi knows wu xie so well. 

[mejomonster]

Shut the fuck up shut the fuck up this is so soft this is so heavy it hurts my heart

[mejomonster]

ok i go overboard with getting into it too. but like. at a basic level what i really like about pingxie?

as two people who interact with each other, they’re both understanding and supportive. xiaoge makes the effort to communicate a bit so wu xie is met halfway, supports wu xie’s decisions and discusses ideas with him when there’s disagreement, values what wu xie can do. and wu xie adapts to xiaoge’s way of communicating (and dislike of it), accommodates xiaoge’s need to disappear and recognizes xiaoge has reasons for doing it, and makes a point to pay attention to xiaoge and notice if he’s suffering or needs help since xiaoge isn’t the type to ask and others might not notice. and they both treat each other like equals - wu xie doesn’t treat him like some invulnerable god without feelings like others do, xiaoge doesn’t treat him like some fragile naive liability.

like, for the both of them, they’re given this acceptance from each other - who you are is fine, ok, good, its ‘i like knowing you and i support you and i will meet you where you are.’ friends soulmates whatever, their dynamic feels so solid and comforting to me is that regardless of their extremes as characters or their roles, or how other people treat them/view them, they treat each other with understanding and support, interest in each other as people. desire to cooperate. for all its real fun from a trope perspective because xiaoge is immortal so you get the fun immortal/human things going on - what i like about them is how they act with each other and view each other. 

[mejomonster]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME

Ep 2 and yes. Yes this shows gonna hammer in pingxie like a Beast

Ep 2 and they’ve already got “no one would notice if I disappeared - I would know” and xiaoge going “I’ll stick with you” to keep wu xie from pushing and, wu xie going “if that palace has the answers for you then I’ll stay, I’ll go with you” in one scene With Romantic Music Video music including the lyrics playing

Phenomenal. They got the first romantic mv scene of the show. Phenomenal. Ep 2 and we already got hit with the song mv during a scene.

I wish I knew what the lyrics had been I was too busy going Wow they Sure Packed character plot Right Here Huh

[mejomonster]

Oh I forgot ALSO we got an immediate setup of “Zhang Qiling sent wu xie a video and now wu xie WANTS TO FIND HIM” as the first thing he wants in the show so. That’s cool.

It’s cool that his uncles heartbrokenly reminiscing on his long missing lover and Wu xie’s like “well then Tell me if you killed X otherwise I’m done here I need to go Find Xiaoge” I see u wu xie

It quickly devolves into wu xie realizing Xiaoge didn’t send it, but this is wu xie, so hes still going to find out WHY it was sent. Also whoever the sender was? ICONIC of them to know the key to get wu xie to prioritize it ASAP and get obsessed with figuring it out was to have it say “from Zhang Qiling.”

[mejomonster]

I guess tlt3 won me over how dare it. It just had all the Xiaoge POV content I’ve been desperate for through several shows now lol

Oh and in the newest ep 18 or whatever amongst all the tender kind soft moments of the iron triangle being a family

Are they all sharing one bed? In that guest house?

When wu xie’s helping xioage and checking out the drawing and the tattoo there’s just like one mega big bed behind him

[mejomonster]

anyone else get the vibe panzi and wu san xing are. idk a thing?

idk whats going on but. they got that chosen life partners thing going on in panzi’s story arc. which dude? i get why its written? if nothing else it definitely gave panzi’s whole arc more Weight emotionally, his actor’s been solid throughout Anyway, and dude i just. i just think now like... did panzi know san xing before the 19 years ago thing... is he... is he gonna feel as fucked up as wu xie????

[mejomonster]

like. xiaoge supposedly an immense beauty? tlt3 xiaoge got it. even rough and tired and used as bait. xiaoge so pretty ppl think he could be a boy toy like in the manhua? check. xiaoge super capable? check. xiaoge light enough to carry and lithe? check. xiaoge wearing both the goth athletic wear AND the cozy goth cardigans i love? check. xiaoge goth in a subtle sort of way instead of them 2009 heavy emo fringe bby? check. xiaoge expressing a fuckton but wu xie’s the only bitch picking up on it for the most part? check. xiaoge saving damsel? check. xiaoge letting wu xie touch him? check. xiaoge speaking only a little, face so expressionless, but u can still read whats going on inside? check.

also im thinking again of how a-ning read wu xie like a giant neon sign and fucked up over it again. “you know how you’d sacrifice anything for xiaoge in this life? i’m like that about this life, i’d sacrifice anything to live it, its what i choose.”

[mejomonster]

Oh my god I FORGOT wu xie also grabbed Xiaoge’s hoodie string RIGHT OUT OF HIS hood after pinning Xiaoge to a car like

Like???

I said it’s tropes galore. Also tho the mega Book vibes of this Wu xie. Like just instinctively going for the Most around Xiaoge and I don’t even think he notices

The fucker takes that string then let’s Xiaoge go, sunglasses is like “I can sell you a belt” and wu xie is like “fuck you i don’t really want this string as a belt I just wanted something of Xiaoge’s, none of that convo u just saw was actually about the belt!”

When it’s like wu xie. You’re so dumb. Xiaoge LET you touch him and LET you pin him to a car you dumbass. You literally are given so much leeway and privilege and closeness by Xiaoge and do you even pick up on it? Or do you just steamroll try to emotionally connect to him constantly and assume regardless ur gonna make a soulmate out of him? Wu xie really be like “I thought I’d never see you again” then be too dense to realize Xiaoge is literally pinpoint focused on him and on comforting him (the only way Xiaoge really knows how, by letting wu xie be close and talk to him and touch and be along with him). And like still. Still when Xiaoge says “I don’t tell you because I want to keep you safe from this” Wu xie is shocked. As if Xiaoge doesn’t already constantly show hes caring about wu xie and isnt giving him the silence just because... but because he worries talking will hurt wu xie.

For real though like. Wu xie please realize how deeply Xiaoge already values you. We on ep 2 and from Xiaoge’s words imma go ahead and say he assumed he cared about wu xie and wants him pushed away and safe, had 0 expectations wu xie actually would or should care about him though. So the “ill know if you’re gone” and “If you need answers I’ll go with you” manage to surprise him.

Xioage doesn’t let sunglasses touch him or talk to him. Xiaoge doesn’t even LOOK at most ppl. Wu xie do you even Realize how Constantly you get preferential treatment??

My dude this is why Liu sang will be so jealous of u one day lol

Xiaoge shows his expressions with wu xie, touches him, let’s wu xie grab him or make them stay in one place to chat, actually listens instead of tuning him out, wants him alive so Clearly that a nings already clocked in on it - when Xiaoge largely could care less if ppl die if they’re trouble, and makes actual effort to talk vulnerably with wu xie. Like?? Wu xie people Would kill for xiaoge to treat them like this. Are you aware a god strength immortal is letting u be this intimate and bother him constantly on purpose? Are u aware Xiaoge is thinking of u even when he’s alone and walkin in ur city worrying if ur safe and worrying if he sees you he’ll just bring trouble??!

Well idk if wu xie is aware but now that my brain is processing. I can 100% see the Emotional closeness Xiaoge got for wu xie in the lost tomb 3 has progressed a bit and is still plainly present by tlt3 plot. And some shadow of Reboot Xiaoge is already there on some level - starting to contemplate the idea wu xie would happily accompany him, wants Xiaoge with him too, that Xiaoge might have a person in this world always caring about him.