Episode 2: Dat Ass, Tho

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I'm liveblogging The Untamed. This is episode 2. 

Hey, nice ass you got there, Wuxian! (I am, OF COURSE, referring to the donkey.)

 

Listening to those two guys bicker over the monster-compass, while Wuxian's selective powers of being totally ignored kick in again! 

 

That donkey seems very impractical as a mode of transport. It's so small! I could bench press that donkey. To be fair, I could bench press Wei Wuxian. I could bench press that ass, is what I'm saying. 

 

Actually, I'm simultaneously really enjoying the fact that none of these guys are cut from the typical Hollywood muscular hero mold, and a little disturbed by how universally willowy everyone is. 

 

Going into the woods at night to get firewood is never a good plan. 

 

Oh! The elves of Lothlorien have captured the monster hunters! But look, it's Legolas! I mean, JIN LING RULAN. 

 

Wei Wuxian oh so tactfully keeps mentioning Legolas's parents WHEN HE IS CLEARLY AN ORPHAN! 

 

And the Lan Clan Scout Troop shows up just in time to save Wei Wuxian from certain death at the hands of Legolas. 

 

"It's not easy for him to discipline a junior from another clan" Ooooh, burn!

 

Dude, there's no way he can't see you behind that tree. C'mon. 

 

Now we get the Passing Exposition clan walking by, so that Wei Wuxian can realize how rude he was to Legolas. 

 

Aw man, even after Babyface questions the caretaker so thoroughly, the Boy Band still rushes off before he remembers the crucial bit about moving stone!

 

Oh, Legolas, you're gonna regret that wish. 

 

More 80's Doctor Who effects! Wheeeee!

 

Jingyi: Didn't you bring the bat signal? 

Babyface: Dude, I thought you were bringing the bat signal? 

 

Wei Wuxian playing soul-eater Sherlock Holmes to Yuan and Jingyi's Watsons is adorable. 

 

And Wei Wuxian steals a sword...in order to.. make a flute. All the crazy magic in this show and I think the ability to freehand a bamboo flute with a sword might be the most implausible thing I've seen. 

 

Flute solo time! 

 

Jingyi never seems to like Wei Wuxian's music. Does he prefer smooth jazz? 

 

Why is the undead Ghost General kind of ... adorable? Like he reminds me of the teenagers who sometimes end up hiding behind me at metal shows. They look all badass in their crisp and pristine Darkthrone t-shirts, but they realize that some 200-lb drunk dude crashing out of the mosh pit will absolutely flatten them, so they do the only sensible thing and find a sturdy middle-aged lady to hide behind. I would unhesitatingly put myself between Wen Ning and an asshole in a Pantera t-shirt, and I don't know why. 

 

On reflection, there's a lack of sturdy middle-aged ladies in this world and that might be their whole problem. 

 

And the hand grabs his arm! Yes! They finally meet! The actors know how to do a long lingering look. Do they teach smouldering stares in Chinese drama schools? Dang! 

 

Oh, no, now we have a flashback to the old days when everyone was happy and it's making me actually like Jiang Cheng. 

 

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Me: So, I watched two episodes of The Untamed. 

Daniel: You see what I mean about the plot. 

Me: As a criticism, I feel that that represents a fundamental misunderstanding of why people watch this show. 

Comments

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ANGRY GRAPE! I love it!

Yay, I love a cinnamon roll who can kick ass!

I'll have to listen to the flute playing again, because I was like, "Is it bad? I don't know how it's supposed to sound." But that's actually a really cool detail.