cdrama: Paladins in Troubled Times eps 26-27

[meganbmoore]

1.  I think someone in wardrobe went "Gosh, Mo Le is kind of going to be really REALLY annoying for a bit.  Well, if nothing else, we can attempt to distract those in the audience whose sexual orientation includes tall men with well-defined muscles, nearly bronzed skin, and long dark hair by having Victor Huang with bare arms (the closest we get to shirtless in wuxia unless it involves TOTALLY PLATONIC AT THIS POINT AND COMPLETELY NECESSARY NO REALLY naked kung fu practice in a meadow with your hot young master of the opposite sex who will look 20 forever...that was by the same director we have here, come to think of it...) and lots of sweat.  Who wants to apply the oil?"

2. WUXIA BORGIAS have now been joined by WUXIA DARTH VADER.  By which I do not simply  mean "Luke, I am your father," (which I guessed in, like, episode 3) but:

WUXIA DARTH VADER:  Luke, I am your father!  Join me in my reign of darkness, terror, and oh yeah, EVIL and we will subjugate the entire world and I will hand it to you on a silver platter and you will be KING OF THE WORLD.
WUXIA LUKE SKYWALKER:  Nnnnoooo!  You aren't my father!  My father was a hero!  And is dead!  Also, I adhere to a strict heroic code to the point where I'm sometimes kind of blind to all else, and it does not allow for helping evil fathers take over the world!
WUXIA DARTH VADER:  Foolish boy!  I must teach you the true meaning or pain and suffering so that you will understand that evil and world domination is the only true way!
*insert much pain and suffering*
WUXIA LUKE SKYWALKER: ... ... Well, at least I didn't lose any of my body parts there.  If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go be emo for a bit.

3.  I am so happy that this is the kind of show where female love interests like each other (and chew out the object of mutual affection for not thinking about how his actions might hurt the other) and team up to go rescue the guy, with crossdressing, bar fights, and prison raids along the way.  Then again, it's also the kind of show where every single character is totally fine with the fact that Ling Shuang figuratively "wears the pants" in any room she's in, and has generals for BFFs.

4.  I think they just made it canon that KongKong'er has a 6th "my girlfriend is within a 20 mile radius and I must go see if she needs help taking on a small army/is lonely/needs her sword polished/needs a shoulder massage/needs a message carried to the other end of China/needs my shirt thrown across a puddle in her way" sense.

In conclusion:  Ladies being awesome, WUXIA DARTH VADER, wuxia-style monomania, and gratuitous eye candy.

Comments

[bigbrasskey]

Every post you make on this makes me want to watch it more.

[nijibug]

Why am I not watching this show? Srsly I need to learn to make good use of my time. Meanwhile, keep up the awesome write-ups :]