[WoH Rewatch] Episode 1

[shadaras]

Okay! Let’s go! I am excited to begin this rewatch!

I’ll be doing one episode/post a week. They should be posted consistently on Fridays in my timezone (UCT-4), though I make no promises as to when on Fridays. If life happens such that this isn’t possible, I’ll let you know.

I’m watching on youtube, because it’s convenient, is an easily-shared context point, and lets me easily look at the Chinese subs when I'm curious about translations.

I am at my heart a text-based person. There will be some screencaps! I do not promise how many, because it's a different way of going through the show than I would otherwise do (and also I'm grabbing screencaps from youku, when I do, because youtube's a pain to get clean screencaps from).

So! Let’s begin!

( Brief Scene-based Recap + A Timeline of Named Events in This Episode )

Entirely Too Many Words of Recap/Commentary
(I promise it’s not just a recap; I have opinions and feelings in here too!)

As a warning: I meant it when I asked if too much text would be off-putting! But you all said that I could write as much as I wanted and you were excited, so! Here is 5.7k! (Please understand that I have fun doing this, it is meaningful to me, and I have the free time to spend on this effort.)

( so much text )

General Comments
( a reasonable amount of text )

Tune in next week for yet more feelings about WKX and ZZS, opinions about Mirror Lake Manor, and the plot really kicking in!


Questions!

1. Please assure me I’m not the only person who took forever to be certain that the Valley Master and Wen Kexing were the same person…


2. How do you think WKX set up Hanging Ghost to get in a fight and frame him for stealing the Glazed Armor he doesn't have?


3. How much do you think people in the political sphere know about Tian Chuang? What official role do you think they play for Prince Jin?


4. Why do you think ZZS started putting the nails in? It’s not Jiuxiao’s death, clearly, no matter how strongly the show likes implying that. (I can’t remember if this is ever outright addressed later in the show.)


5. How much of that opening history lesson did you remember before rewatching this episode?


6. What do you think about the whole Prince Jin’s rebellion thing? Did you remember it was something that happened?


7. Do you have any opinions about or refinements of the timeline of events we’re given in this episode?

Please feel free to comment about any of those questions—or any other thoughts and feelings about the episode!—at any time! There is no time limit! The post will always be here and we'll be excited to hear what you have to share/add! <3