#wu xie and his dramatic tendencies
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Ultimate Note (2020)
Episode 13
NEW OPENING SEGMENT INCOMING. Looks like we are out of the rainforest. Also, Xiaoge actually gets hurt? They are spending a lot of time on this part. Looks like things are going to get pretty dramatic.
But, back to the talking snakes for now. Oh, yes, Wu Xie. Thank you for the great “scientific” explanation haha. Easier to explain away than zombies anyways.
Hey, treat Xiao San Ye nicely. He’ll also treat you nicely back! “Mop” guy hasn’t been able to catch a break between his own half-baked plans, Wu Sanxing, Xiao Hua, and Hei Yan Jing.
Still trying to get rid of Wu Xie, haha. You should know that he won’t give it up until he finds the answers he wants. These two are so much alike haha.
Why do you still have one of the baby snakes on hand lol.
I love how this Mop guy is like, the only normal person among all these adventure and mystery chasing weirdos who keep getting into life and death situations. A coward, but somewhat relatable at the same time lol. This is definitely more than they signed up for.
LOL save the water! Poor Xiao Hua. I had no idea this guy was so obsessed with cleanliness. Then again, we barely get to see the guy in the other dramas.
When have you ever known Xiaoge to stay in one place for long, Wu Xie haha. Of course he isn’t still with Panzi. If he stayed up there, how could he save you in the nick of time from some creepy crawly or your own terrible luck…
There’s also something pretty interesting that is brought up here in regards to Xiaoge. Everyone knows he doesn’t speak much and reveals even less about his motives, past, or intentions. No one really bothers him about it, either, they just accept that he’s like this and try to plan around his loner tendencies. On one hand, they do give him some regard and respect and don’t try to push the man for things he doesn’t want to reveal (partly bc they know it’s an exercise in futility lol).
On the other hand, there’s Wu Xie who is both deeply interested but respectful of what Xiaoge is willing to reveal - but that doesn’t stop him from expressing very strongly that he would like to know, if Xiaoge would tell him, because he cares about Xiaoge as a person (past, future, and current wants included). That’s the reason he expresses some disappointment at times when he learns there might be something Xiaoge didn’t tell him. It’s not that he’s super nosy or something? I think he just wants Xiaoge to trust him, and be able to confide in him these things (similar to his thing with his uncle, though with different dynamics. He wants Xiaoge to trust him enough to let him in and be his support, and he also wants his uncle to stop seeing him as a kid to protect and instead support him in whatever zany mystery they’ve got caught up in).
Wu Xie is just. A super interesting guy who also changes quite a bit as the series progresses.
I love how Wu Xie keeps pleading with the dead to leave him alone and excuse him for intruding. This was a slightly confusing sequence lol, it immediately cuts to Xiaoge hiding in the alcove the same as Wu Xie, without any hint he was there before (of course…). But anyways, Xiaoge is back! And Wu Xie looks started to see him, yet again haha. He always does that.
Hey, she really cleaned up nicely lol. What the heck, she was covered in mud from head to toe haha. Looks like it really is Chen Wenjin.
XIAOGE HAHA. He’s so low-key hilarious. “I gave you hints” “what hints” “my eyes”
What
Wu Xie is definitely not as good at reading him as he will be later on (but also to see that develop! the iron triangle definitely gets good at reading each other + that secret language they develop when they need more than glances and gestures), but really, that was not a good hint, Xiaoge…he’s trying though!
??? The Xie Lianhuan thing! It was never properly resolved in TLT2. WHAT.
SANSHU IS NOT SANSHU?? The identity issues and how alike the two look were definitely hinted at, but that’s quite the curveball. Also, it’s not like Wu Xie was a baby when that happened, how could he not have realized it was the wrong person who came home?? Not to mention his brothers, Wu Xie’s father and Er Shu.
Oh, they were transported to the sanatorium after passing out in the sea tomb. So “it” is whatever is moving behind the scenes.
oh?? Oh? What will happen next with Chen Wenjin stepping out.
This actor is doing great as Wu Xie during these emotional parts tbh.
Yes, of course the real Wu Sanxing is alive! Because he is a cryptid who still has to give people the run around later in the story. Actually, looking back from Reboot and Tomb of the Sea, I’m not so sure who is actually the Wu Sanxing they keep talking about lol. This is so confusing.
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DMBJ Explore with the Note Ep 3
Okay! Recap post for DMBJ season 2 (Explore with the Note), Ep 3!
Current counts:
Season 2 Xiaoge Rescue Count: 2 for Wu Xie, 2 for protagonists, 3 for everyone
Season 2 Wu Xie Swoon Count: 0
Season 2 Evil Hair Count: 2
Cumulative Xiaoge Rescue Count: 12 for Wu Xie, 17 for protagonists, 18 for everyone
Cumulative Wu Xie Swoon Count: 6
- Hopefully this ep has less snorkelling scenes
- But to be honest
- It would be hard to have MORE snorkelling scenes than ep 2 and still have plot
- Oh yeah, they've just had the first switcheroo of the side chambers and Wu Xie is Very Confused
- And Xiaoge just realised he's been here before, and is admitting he has memory problems
- You are still such a bad liar at this point, Wu Xie.
- Oh my god, Pangzi, you can't just ask people if they inject Botox or have a radiation-caused genetic mutation
- Also, yes, I am already on my bullshit with the soft looks Xiaoge gives Wu Xie
- Well. The looks. Because this Xiaoge looks at people who are not Wu Xie about the same amount as Yang Yang's Xiaoge did
- It is very convenient how the flashbacks in this one are colour coded with that soft yellow lighting
- It's taken these guys from 20 years ago a lot longer to get out here than it's taken Wu Xie and co. in the present time
- Like. I'm kinda wondering if this past Xiaoge was just straight up watching the idiot Xie accidentally kill himself.
- I mean, I wouldn't blame him, tbh
- Going out diving by yourself without telling anyone is borderline suicidal without adding sneaking into an underwater tomb without adequate preparation to it
- It's nice to have better lighting in the flashbacks, though
- There's a snek-browed fishy, and past!Xiaoge is shook
- Also, that Xie guy looks like he was boiled or roasted down there
- Oh, is past!Xiaoge remembering something about snek-fishies?
- Wu Xie coming in with some epic side-eye as Xiaoge tells the story
- Why does the flashback get a much more clear and visible snorkelling scene?!
- You can actually see things! - Are they trying to make a low-key accidental statement about water pollution?
- Okay, this episode's snorkelling scene starts 6 minutes in
- Let's see how long it goes for
- Hopefully it will end before the 17 minute mark
- That's the bar it has to beat here
- Surely it can't be that hard
- Oh, I spoke too soon on the water clarity
- Hey, if Sanshu and Wenjin could properly communicate underwater without arm notepads and without pulling out their fucking snorkles to try to literally talk underwater, WU XIE AND PANGZI, then why couldn't people in the present timeline do the same?
- Not looking at anyone in particular
- At all
- Especially not ones named Wu Xie and Pangzi
- The sea monkey that Sanshu chased off looks like baby compared to the one on the ghost ship
- Wow. Snorkelling took less than a minute and a half, with almost twice the number of people
- Obviously A-Ning needed more people on her expedition
- Then they wouldn't have had to swim around aimlessly for eleven fucking minutes before getting into the tomb
- Hahah, a perfume tomb
- Sure it is
- Don't you think that should make you suspicious, Sanshu?
- There's always gotta be a big, interesting mural. Let's see what exposition this one will trigger.
- Ofc Pangzi goes sniffing for perfume after hearing about it being there 20 years ago
- In a different room in the tomb
- After people had traipsed through it with their stinky diving equipment
- And ofc he doesn't smell it and then complains that it can't have been there in the first place
- Xiaoge's expression just says everything
- See, Wu Xie is the smart boy with the logical suggestions of why that might be, Pangzi
- This guy who wants to leave is like the only genre-savvy one of the lot of them
- Smart suggestions from past!Sanshu that yes, everyone should listen to
- They're not gonna listen to him
- Yep, taking a nap is never a good idea in these situations
- Which is why he's gonna do it
- After DMBJ 1 Pangzi, it's so nice to have a Pangzi who's smart and competent straight off the bat, instead of having to take like 4/5 of the season to get to that point
- And ofc you were a hooligan as a kid, Pangzi. I am totally unsurprised by this news
- I'd wondered why he jumped straight to aroma hypnosis, but him having come across it before when he was younger explains it
- This Wu Xie has some fantastic facial expressions
- For instance, this one is wondering if Pangzi is bullshitting him
- He doesn't even need to say it. It's right there on his face
- Oh yeah, Xiaoge recognises that
- And I was wondering how they'd intro that in without Wu Xie's disreputable antique store contacts telling him about it
- Pangzi is ofc the logical choice for it
- Hahah, yes, Wu Xie, you're right and you should say it
- Wu Xie: There's no such thing as ghosts
- Xiaoge's expression: You might want to reconsider that
- Oooh, Wu Xie has heard about it, too.
- Like almost 20 years ago, judging by how young he is in these flashbacks. And that this one looks like it takes place not long after Sanshu got into trouble from Grandpa Wu
- But like, Sanshu, why are you telling a five year old about this? Or maybe he's six. BUT STILL
- Sanshu, do not recommend evil, possibly-ghosty, nightmare-inducing perfumed bone to your baby nephew as a sleep aid
- Who tf let you near children?
- Ah, now time for the Sanshu-POV flashback. Which is happening within Wu Xie's flashback
- Flashback-ception!
- See, Sanshu, told you sleeping was a bad idea
- None of them listened to you
- Because you fell asleep and couldn't tell them no
- He can see surprisingly well for a man left in a sideroom of an underwater tomb with no light sources
- It looks like they took all his diving gear as well as their own
- How rude of them
- OH GOOD, it's not just me who was thinking that this room looked really empty
- I thought I was imagining things, or mixing up the room they were in earlier with the room that Wu Xie and the rest were in last ep
- Are those...claw marks where the mural used to be?
- OH WAIT NOW I REMEMBER WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HIM
- If this is following the book as closely as it seems for this bit, anyway
- I am less confused now
- Weird flash of light and sudden coffin appears
- Which Sanshu can still see without a light source
- Remember, kids, eat all your carrots like Sanshu obviously does!
- Do they just paint the same mural in every side chamber that has a mural? Because that looks just like the one from the other room.
- Oh no, I can see some differences in it now
- Yeah, that's not a good sign
- WTF Sanshu don't touch the creepy coffin that's suddenly pouring dark liquid out of it
- Is that another sea monkey?
- Apparently diving equipment is only necessary to get down to the tomb, not to get back up. You won't even swallow much water, you'll get back perfectly safely, just a bit out of breath
- And tired enough to pass out on the beach, but that might be from fighting a sea monkey first
- JFC, Sanshu, why are you telling all this to a five year old?
- You really think this is gonna dissuade him from this when he grows up? No. You are planting the early seeds of encouragement.
- Also the early seeds of lifelong nightmares
- You know, I still haven't worked out how Sanshu didn't recognise Xiaoge in DMBJ 1 - both drama and book. I mean, drama can be explained by them only adapting the first book that time, but book? Unless it gets explained later on
- Or I somehow skipped the explanation, which is also possible - I'll go back and reread them another time
- lol, Pangzi
- And look, more spiderwebs
- The undersea spider colony here really works hard
- Aaaah, Wu Xie's figuring it out already
- Pangzi seems to be serving the purpose of giving all the hints and little plot points that book Wu Xie already had before he stepped foot in the tomb
- Hahahah, 'can you please speak human'
- Pangzi with the major concerns. Who cares about running out of oxygen if the food is gone?! Not Pangzi!
- lol, looking at each other when they think Pangzi's being silly or unreasonable is already their go-to response
- lol, and Xiaoge doesn't agree until Wu Xie nods
- Ah, first thing they come across is the coffin from one of the other rooms, and Pangzi is showing off that this time around he actually knows things! Yay!
- Okay, this little smile and nod from Xiaoge to Wu Xie is just too adorable for words
- And in they go to investigate the coffin
- I do have to say that it's a very pretty coffin, though
- Yes, Xiaoge, that look is the appropriate look to give to Pangzi for saying that XD
- WTF is that
- lol, I like this troll Wu Xie
- Well. That was dramatic.
- IDK how the coffin lid when flying off like that though, there doesn't seem to be a sea monkey hiding in there this time
- Ew, that's a little gruesome
- Wu Xie is appropriately horrified by this
- It does still amuse me how Pangzi isn't even pretending not to be a tomb robber this time. He's so refreshingly honest about it.
- Hahaha. "Are you a Virgo? You're so picky" because Wu Xie is more interested in looking at the vases than in just grabbing a few to bail water with
- But hey, Wu Xie is a Pisces, nice to know
- You're just gonna walk over the top of that coffin lid like that, huh, Pangzi? Weren't you the one talking about how valuable the coffin was? And how you needed to do the proper rituals to show respect before opening it?
- And Wu Xie is back in the other room happily playing with vases and looking at the stories painted on them
- Alone
- Nothing bad could possibly come of this
- It's not like Wu Xie has a tendency to get into danger without even realising it
- Not at all
- But he's so happy! Like a cute little puppy
- lol, you really were so wrapped up in the vases that you didn't notice him leaving, huh, Wu Xie?
- Oops, looks like you stayed there a bit too long, Wu Xie. The entrance to the other room isn't there anymore
- Hahah, Xiaoge is so delicately scooping out water with the bowl compared to Pangzi just fucking going for it with that huge vase
- Aww, Xiaoge is worried about Wu Xie.
- But, y'know, guys, maybe you should turn around and realise that there's no entrance anymore
- Although that body is pretty creepy and attention-grabbing
- Yeah, I don't think that's gonna help, Wu Xie
- You're so adorable, though
- WTF how is there a live cat there
- Yeah, I don't blame you for pulling a gun, Pangzi
- Now back to poor, worried Wu Xie
- WTF does the theory of relativity have to do with the current situation?
- Awww, he's talking himself down from panic again. And it seems to be working.
- ...or not
- Ooh, the cat corpse is gone
- Xiaoge doesn't seem that concerned. More interested in the human corpse
- And they STILL haven't noticed that the entrance is gone I thought you had better situational awareness than this, Xiaoge
- Oh, that's not a good sign
- Ah, finally, NOW you notice
- As always, Xiaoge takes this the most calmly out of all of them
- I think it's a little late for not getting anxious, Wu Xie, when you were practically panicking earlier
- Uh-oh
- Here's the sea monkey, and Xiaoge is trapped in another room with no way of knowing
- Even though he does seem to have a sixth sense solely dedicated to Wu Xie being in trouble
- Run, Wu Xie, run!
- Lose your balance on those arrows! Throw those priceless vases as ineffective weapons!
- Ah, a side chamber which conveniently as a door that closes and locks
- GDI, Wu Xie, don't taunt the monster that's chasing you
- lol, his, 'wait, did that actually work' face
- Oh, so it's just gonna...dig through those stones. Fantastic.
- Why is there no blood on his knife? There really should be blood on his knife after stabbing that deeply.
- Hahah, Pangzi says that Wu Xie's guess was wrong, and Xiaoge just gives this lovely 'bitch please' look
- That's a hairy hairy hand right there
- I don't think Xiaoge so much as flinched
- Even when Pangzi's dart almost hit him
- Oh, okay, he seems vaguely concerned about the mark on his wrist now
- Oh, and now he's worried
- Yeah, when Xiaoge is worried and yells at you to run, it's time to fucking book it
- Guess he's a bit too distracted for his Wu Xie Is In Danger sense to be tingling right now
- That's a weird looking coffin
- And on Wu Xie considering anachronistic elements of this tomb that he's now noticing, Ep 3 comes to an end.
- And with no updates to the Rescue Count, the Swoon Count, or the Evil Hair Count.
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