Yeah I feel like we were told sort of—that she had a boy issue, and then she was like ‘right so you know the thing where I’m specifically looking for this guy, my boyfriend,’ and I was like wait there was some bridging information you might as well have just included, unless I somehow missed a scene.
Mm, the idea of a ship is weird because Wang Zhi is the most compelling central character, and him getting sidelined by his own narrative feels unsatisfying.
I’d agree that the show’s better at showing that Duo'erla might fancy Tang Fan, but in a way it feels like the show never puts energy into showing that could be not quite reciprocated, so it sits in the televisual domain of slightly unconvincing het—where so much tv het ends up anyway. And they have weird moments like the language teaching flirting scene that don’t quite amount to anything.
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Date: 2023-03-22 10:49 pm (UTC)Mm, the idea of a ship is weird because Wang Zhi is the most compelling central character, and him getting sidelined by his own narrative feels unsatisfying.
I’d agree that the show’s better at showing that Duo'erla might fancy Tang Fan, but in a way it feels like the show never puts energy into showing that could be not quite reciprocated, so it sits in the televisual domain of slightly unconvincing het—where so much tv het ends up anyway. And they have weird moments like the language teaching flirting scene that don’t quite amount to anything.