[WoH Rewatch] Episode 3

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Some highlights from the ep2 discussion:
WKX’s humanity (poetry, emotions, and calibrating himself to the outside world): [link]
Gu Xiang being offended about people pretending to be ghosts:
[link]
A reminder that AvenueX’s video essays about poetry and gayness in SHL are very cool (if video essays are a format that works for you!): [link]

This week:
Introducing so many characters! Also, WKX keeps following ZZS even when ZZS doesn’t want him to.


List of Five Lakes Alliance Brothers In Order
1 - Gao Chong, Yueyang Sect
2 - Zhao Jing, Tai Lake Sect
3 - Lu Taichong, Dayang Sect
4 - Zhang Yusen, Mirror Lake (Jinghu) Sect
5 - Shen Shen, Mount Dagu Sect

( Scenes and Timeline )

( Recap! )

( General Commentary! )

Questions And Other Things That I’d Love to Hear Opinions About

1. Shen Shen! I love Shen Shen’s character arc, but here he’s not introduced at his best. Understandably so, considering all the emotions going on!


2. What do you think WKX and ZZS think of each other at the end of this episode? It does feel like a shift happened, but how far has it gone? (ZZS is still denying WKX as a travel companion/doesn’t want that kind of intimacy next episode, so…)


3. How do you think Ao Laizi came to the conclusion that Shen Shen wanted to steal the Glazed Armor? Is that something Lu Taichong said, or purely because of actions Shen Shen had been taking before Mirror Lake Manor was attacked? (Shen Shen is not a very good communicator either way, I feel.)


4. Please tell me any thoughts you have about masks and the use of masks in this show! :D They were brought up a lot, this episode!


5. Gao Chong rouses people to attack Ghost Valley because of Mirror Lake Sect’s destruction; do you think he just doesn’t know about Dayang Sect’s destruction yet? (I forget who knows what about its destruction when, because Dayang Sect just isn’t focused on very much later on…)

Next Week: The Beggar Gangs attempt to kidnap Chengling, meeting Qin Song and the other Scorpion Assassins, and WKX’s flute-playing.