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[WoH Rewatch] Episode 11
Aug. 20th, 2021 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadarasThis is an episode with a bunch of torture in it, mostly implied but enough shown that it can still be a lot! It also has a lot of backstory! Most of the backstory will get expanded upon later in the show, too, but it’s all clustered together here too!
(Also I realised after taking screenshots that, for some reason, I’d biased towards choosing every image of Zhou Zishu smiling that I could.)
( Scene List and Notes on Time )
( Recap )
( Commentary )
Discussion Prompts/Questions
1. ALL THE BACKSTORY. I remember a lot of this in broad outlines, but less in detail. Are there parts of this that you’re surprised to learn showed up so early? Details you’d forgotten? Anything that’s framed differently here than it is later in ways you think are interesting?
2. Wen Kexing’s attitude shifts so much over the course of this episode. He begins as the Valley Master in full capriciously violent glory, moves through violence as a means to the end of saving someone he cares about, and ends reminiscing about his childhood and calling himself Philanthropist Wen. It’s really impressive to see all of that in one episode and have his character feel coherent the whole way through. I’d love to know your thoughts/feelings about all the aspects of Wen Kexing displayed here, and how the movement between them is shown!
3. I keep trying to frame a prompt/question about Zhou Zishu and/or Chengling and not quite managing it. I think there are like five question-adjacent things in the above text. Please tell me your thoughts about any of them! Or share your feelings about how good Chengling is, and how strong his will is, and how determined he is about what he cares about.
Next Time: More talk about the World’s Armory/what the Glazed Armor is for, including some more flashbacks! Yueyang Sect is suspicious of Gu Xiang! Zhang Chengling chooses to return to Yueyang Sect and give Gao Chong the Glazed Armor! WKX and ZZS have a really nice date!
(Also I realised after taking screenshots that, for some reason, I’d biased towards choosing every image of Zhou Zishu smiling that I could.)
( Scene List and Notes on Time )
( Recap )
( Commentary )
Discussion Prompts/Questions
1. ALL THE BACKSTORY. I remember a lot of this in broad outlines, but less in detail. Are there parts of this that you’re surprised to learn showed up so early? Details you’d forgotten? Anything that’s framed differently here than it is later in ways you think are interesting?
2. Wen Kexing’s attitude shifts so much over the course of this episode. He begins as the Valley Master in full capriciously violent glory, moves through violence as a means to the end of saving someone he cares about, and ends reminiscing about his childhood and calling himself Philanthropist Wen. It’s really impressive to see all of that in one episode and have his character feel coherent the whole way through. I’d love to know your thoughts/feelings about all the aspects of Wen Kexing displayed here, and how the movement between them is shown!
3. I keep trying to frame a prompt/question about Zhou Zishu and/or Chengling and not quite managing it. I think there are like five question-adjacent things in the above text. Please tell me your thoughts about any of them! Or share your feelings about how good Chengling is, and how strong his will is, and how determined he is about what he cares about.
Next Time: More talk about the World’s Armory/what the Glazed Armor is for, including some more flashbacks! Yueyang Sect is suspicious of Gu Xiang! Zhang Chengling chooses to return to Yueyang Sect and give Gao Chong the Glazed Armor! WKX and ZZS have a really nice date!
