Oh man, that stupid hat is so iconic. I think in the original his mom told him growing up that someday he'd be important and have a hat like that? It's just like... representing everything his mom told him he would earn/deserve, and he HAS to wear it, or all her sacrifices were for nothing. Like a security blanket for his head.
Boy... has issues. I mean... not like anyone else in this show doesn't. The whole thing is a meditation on everything that goes wrong when you've got shitty or absent parents.
Ahahaha. I love the image of Lan Zhan as an ickle Wendy playing one song at parties cause he can.
Anyways, you've hit one of my favorite bits of meta, the translation of zhiji. I think Netflix really drops the ball on this one. Usually, it's translated as 'soulmate', which is better, but it's actually more like...
And finally... it's really weird when you think about the ages of the WWX/LWJ generation, because they're pretty much the same age at the start as the Juniors (Sizhuan, Jingyi, etc.) And that's just... ::cries::
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Date: 2021-08-04 03:41 am (UTC)Boy... has issues. I mean... not like anyone else in this show doesn't. The whole thing is a meditation on everything that goes wrong when you've got shitty or absent parents.
Ahahaha. I love the image of Lan Zhan as an ickle Wendy playing one song at parties cause he can.
Anyways, you've hit one of my favorite bits of meta, the translation of zhiji. I think Netflix really drops the ball on this one. Usually, it's translated as 'soulmate', which is better, but it's actually more like...
You know what, I'mma just link you to this meta discussion, which goes into it in so much better depth than I could: https://hunxi-guilai.tumblr.com/post/612161034673946624/all-right-guys-lets-have-a-conversation-about
And finally... it's really weird when you think about the ages of the WWX/LWJ generation, because they're pretty much the same age at the start as the Juniors (Sizhuan, Jingyi, etc.) And that's just... ::cries::