Magic swords

[schneefink]

We watched a few more episodes of Word of Honor (up to episode 16 now) and I'm glad that I finally found a character I like. Look, extremely competent sort-of-outsider troll, dressed in white, attached to infuriating people almost against their will but definitely not admitting to it – Ye Bai Yi and Lin Chen would either be best friends or be unable to stand each other. Probably the latter, except when united against a common enemy, i.e. stupid people.

I also enjoy Ye Bai Yi because he likes to annoy Wen Ke Xing, and the only times I almost like Wen Ke Xing is when he's not very smug for a change. Which thankfully has been happening more often. He fucked up, more than once, and realized it. (Zhou Zi Shou almost leaves multiple times, but every time Wen Ke Xing fights for/with him he gives him another chance…) Still a hypocrite though.

I'm also baffled that there were barely any reactions to Zhou Zi Shu changing his face. The sect leaders didn't say anything! Chenglin barely said anything! What.

I'm still not sure if I'd say I like it, but I'm sufficiently interested to want to keep watching.


Today we didn't watch more though because now that my exams are over for this semester I can finally play new games! (I was worried that starting a new game would distract me from studying too much.) I started Transistor, which took me a little bit longer to get into than Supergiant's other games but three hours in I'm enjoying it. I just defeated the giant spine (?) and have started communicating with one of the Camerata, curious where that will lead.

Comments

[out_there]

I'm also baffled that there were barely any reactions to Zhou Zi Shu changing his face. The sect leaders didn't say anything! Chenglin barely said anything! What.

Chenglin should have said something, but I'm not convinced the other sect leaders realised it was the same person. I genuinely think they haven't really connected "scruffy stranger" to "Wen Kexing's friend". (I also think that because Wen Kexing is so outgoing and flattering, they notice him but don't pay much attention to ZZS at all.)

extremely competent sort-of-outsider troll

That is a great description of YBY. Great description.

[sallymn]

It can be challenging - there's one (I think it was A Girl Like Me) I liked pretty much every character except the main character/heroine, who I wanted to push into the nearest mudhole...

[schneefink]

I don't remember what they said exactly, but I'm pretty sure they indicated that they recognized them as the same two people who saved Chenglin before. (For a moment I even thought it might set up a plot point about one of them being face blind ^^)

[schneefink]

That must be extra frustrating every time the story turns away from a likable character to follow the main character more closely!

[bluapapilio]

I had to suspend my disbelief too, especially since Kexing spent so long trying to figure out his disguise only for no one else to comment on the big change when it happened.

I'm reading the novel but I haven't gotten far enough yet to see what happens there. The disguise is a lot different in the novel to begin with.

[schneefink]

Exactly!
I don't know any details, but I know that many key things are different in the novel. I'm sure comparing both is interesting.

[sallymn]

Tell me about it, I end up dropping quite a few stories and deeply dissatisfied...

[nonesensed]

I've been trying to get into this show because I've got several friends who love it, buuut I'm really not clicking with the characters (yet) and I feel a lot of plot-/world-building-details are flying over my head XD

[schneefink]

Yeah, it might take a while! I'm very glad I had help figuring things out.