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August Media Log
Sep. 24th, 2023 09:34 pm
Books/Comics
Movies
TV
Little Mushroom
I wish I could remember my thoughts about Little Mushroom but it's been so long. =__=; It had interesting concepts and a more complex depiction on certain themes than expected. But ultimately the complexity falls apart with the cursoriness of its character writing, especially when it comes down to Lu Feng and Colin. I think it doesn't help that the parts I was most invested in were in the Roses arc and its characters + mysteries, but the resolutions left me unsatisfied, because in spite of its big emotional twists, the smaller threads were left loose; it is still unclear to me how ( spoilers )Overall it's still a good dystopian novel that truly explores the question of how far humans are willing to go to survive. It's just not one that is character-driven, or even character-centric, so I ended up not enjoying Revelations that much, although it ends satisfyingly. Thematically speaking, it was great at setting up themes of judgement, and positioning An Zhe as the ultimate arbiter of humanity. And for all my complaints about the lack of character depth and plot logic, some of the auxiliary stories were still very touching to me, ie. the breathtaking briefness of An Ze's life, and the way works of art not only represent kernels of humanity, they outlive so many of the people who'd decided there was no place for them in the base.
September so far
I have temporarily dropped Young Blood 2; on top of my attention issues (and the difficulty of having to read both English and Chinese subs because the English translation isn't always clear), the first few eps were a mess and the directing and comedic pacing weren't working for me + I was personally uncomfortable with some of its themes. I don't know if I'm projecting too much of my modern sensibilities on a piece of media set in a concrete time period (of which I'm ignorant about), but... yeah. I still want to continue to get my closure and because Chu Niao in the episodes I haven't seen looks so cool with an eyepatch. XDTHAT ASIDE!!!!! The dog in Young-Blooded Detectives (variety show with the Young Blood 2 cast) is so cute!! The first few episodes completely satisfied my desire to live with a dog purely vicariously. I love Min Da!!! So much!!!!!! I may or may not also be processing my pet grief through this gloriously floofy variety show dog, but that is neither here nor there.
Idk if these images will be displayed bc I'm hotlinking off Twitter, but please look at this little face. It's the face of a dog who cannot process the concept of theft because CLEARLY it owns the dorm and is entitled to everything in it (the second pic contains the shame of peeing indoors, though ofc, as Wang Youshuo pointed out, Min Da bb picked a good and considerate spot):
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