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An amnesiac detective in Wuxialand attempts to find out what happened at a devastating battle eight years ago; he woke up on the battlefield with no memory of the events, and has been trying to find closure ever since. Along the way, he solves a series of murder mysteries, meets and befriends a diverse cast of characters, and falls in love with a beautiful ex-assassin.



This series is basically a series of locked-room murder mysteries, linked together by the overarching plot of the main character’s search for his past. There are a number of interesting characters, but they take a very long time to develop – almost the entire series in some cases. The same is true of the plot, which only really gets going in the last ep. This is when many characters (including the lead!) become truly interesting for the first time, various relationships come alive, and riveting plot potential for an entire series materializes… with absolutely no time left to do anything with any of this.



The last ep showed me a drama that I might have *loved* to see. This series could have been that drama, if they’d condensed the first 23 eps down to maybe 8, then had now-ep 24, and then gone on to use the remaining 15 eps to narrate what happens after – with an actually fascinating plot, as well as characters and relationships that have acquired depth, interest and potential.

The drama features two noteworthy organizations that I’d like to mention briefly. ( Mild general spoilers under the cut!  )

Would I recommend it?

Maybe? I do love the roving historians, and the ineptitude of the Ten Killing Gates is good for a laugh. There are some nice bits and characters, and the last ep is lovely. But overall, I have to say that to me, the entire drama seems like a prologue.

Where can you find it?

Ancient Detective is available for download here (hardsubbed).

Have you watched this drama? Do you think it sounds interesting? Would you like to be a roving historian? Let me know! :-)

Guardian has really spoiled me! I find that I am now unreasonably irritated when shows don't give me the intense emotional connection(s) that I want to see... or only in tiny little doses.

Or when they don't give the right characters enough love. 

YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. Do better, show. Be like Guardian.

Hmmph. ;-)

Via naye and solo: A lovely new meme!

List six ships using only emojis, and see if people can guess them. I had a lot of fun with this, and since two of my chosen ships are pretty obscure, I thought I'd include an additional one so there's a proper chance of getting six right. :-)



Come play! :-)

If you are following I Ship My Adversary x Me (我嗑了对家x我的): It's been updated again! The translation is now up to 25 of 47 chapters.

Just in case one of you hasn't come across this canon yet: I Ship My Adversary x Me is a m/m cnovel, and is the most adorable, fluffy crack. It features an adorable, fluffy, very handsome and extremely bad actor beginning to believe in (and ship!) the romantic relationship a group of fans are convinced exists between him and his rival.

I think my favorite thing about the book is the ridiculous, adorable way the main character sees the world and thinks about things. An example of him marvelling at how fan-servicy his "´rival" is being lately:

Honestly speaking, ever since last night where for the second time, he tossed me a huge piece of fluff just as I was feeling despondent, whenever I see him about to throw me another piece of fluff now, I only want to lie down and shout, “Throw it! Throw it everywhere! Throw it on my face! Throw it more accurately! Don’t only throw a little at me because you think I’m weak and fragile!”

I just want to cuddle him. ;-)

So, I am finally watching The Flash - only about 3 years after everyone else. :-) It took me this long because I watched the first ep when the series started, and, well. Did not think it was promising. But since everyone else seems to be enjoying the series so much, I figured it must get better, and have given it another try! I started with ep2 this time, and things have been going much better.

I'm only up to S01E05, so the series hasn't really found its feet yet, but its doing well enough. Standard superhero series plots, but entertaining, with likeable characters. I like Barry and many of the secondary characters, and am happy to see what the series holds in store. It hasn't really grabbed me, but it isn't rubbing me the wrong way either, and I can see it getting there in time.

But there is one thing that I really, really dislike and that fills me with apprehension: The Iris Situation. Warning for extreme grumpiness that may harsh squee under the cut...

( My grumpy thoughts on The Iris Situation - do not read if squee might be harshed. )

Feel free to spoil me for the Iris Situation, which I feel it can only be a good thing to be prepared for. Not for anything else though, please!

Am finally slowly approaching the final eps of Daredevil's second season, and my overwhelming feeling about it is...

( spoiler cut for people even slower than me to watch the show )

I have eps 12 and 13 left to watch, and am actually not sure whether I particularly mind spoilers at this point. Maybe just avoid any really major ones if you comment? Thanks!

There has to be a Steve/Bucky fanvid to "Summer of 69", right? I mean. Can't you just SEE Bucky standing on his momma's porch in the summer of 39, promising he'd wait forever... but yeah, Steve, nothing can last forever, right? And the times, they sure are changin'.

No, I still haven't gotten over my Captain America issues, but as it turns out, I can suppress them temporarily under certain circumstances. Certain circumstances involve very good slash fanfic, to nobody's surprise.

I am so weak to good slash fanfic, it's seriously sad. (Still not reading Steve/Tony, though.)

Seduced by the velociraptors as seen in the trailers and gifs, I watched Jurassic World.

Well. ( So much squee-harshing. )

So basically, the only reason I'm still watching Blacklist is the blind hope that Tom will return soon, and he and Elizabeth can resume their fucked-up love affair. All that other stuff that keeps happening is starting to annoy me for taking up so much time. Come on, people. Where's Tom??

I am so predictable. ;-)

Started watching Scandal (which giandujakiss has mentioned favorably so often that I had to check it out *g*) and like it quite a bit. I do have some issues with S1 that I am going to mention, however, because it will make me feel better, and also because maybe someone will want to talk with me about them. :-)

( Spoilers for all of S1 under the cut! )

Anyone else watching this? What do you guys think?

(I'm presently starting in on S2, so please don't spoil me!)