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donutsweeper) wrote2022-02-07 06:27 pm
donutsweeper) wrote2022-02-07 06:27 pm
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Ancient Detective babble, crochet and bread
On corvidology's suggestion I watched Ancient Detective (streaming on viki here and youtube here) and is was just.. so good. Easily one of the best things I've watched in a while. It's set in 'ancient' China (mostly 'real world' China, as in, people have amazing martial arts but it's not the flying swords and mystical beasts and whatnot) and the premise is that eight years ago there had been a huge battle that left main character Jian Buzhi wounded with amnesia and a lot of people, including his father, dead. The show has him following in his father's footsteps as a detective, solving cases and trying to find out the truth behind what happened that fateful day. Along the way he meets and instantly befriends Zhao Wohuan, who's just started trying to make a name for himself in the martial world. They go from friends to 'I will protect you with my life' to sworn brothers to this (see gif of Zhao Wohuan talking to Jian Buzhi under cut) in no time flat.
It's 24 episodes of 35-40ish minutes each and very tightly plotted. Characters from one mystery pop up and play roles in other mysteries. Vague comments and asides wind up being important. The acting is good, the effects mostly work, even the fight scenes don't wind up overly long. Characters grow and learn things and interact in ways that make sense with logical reasons for doing the things they do. There's strong female characters. There's a fluidity of gender roles. The idiot ball is basically nonexistent.
Most importantly (for me) it was a complete story. The last episode ends with one of those 'here's a bit of something that could be used as the jumping off point for S2 if we get it' (one of the leads did mention on social media that it has been renewed although that doesn't guarantee anything) but it's not remotely a cliffhanger or anything; episode 24 works as both a series and season finale.
Anyway, highly recommend it. If anyone wants to babble about it with me or wants more specifics on plot or possible triggers just ask (as a result there might be spoilers in the comments).
I finished my most recent 'use up yarn stash' afghan:
45" wide x 37" long
I kind of wish I'd paid a little more attention to the number of rows of each color because it's uneven and irregular but oh well. Afghan! ... And now I need a new project. *sigh*
Also, I don't know if any of you are familiar with bdylanhollis who rose to fame last year for his tiktok viral videos of him baking vintage foods (said videos are often loaded up on tumblr, which is were I found him, and he also has a youtube channel now with several of those as well as a few longer baking vids) but he posted about a peanut butter bread (my tumblr reblog of it with the recipe written out) that looked great and I made it.
It came out quite good - not exactly like a quick bread or yeast/soda bread but somewhere in between and stayed fresh for the few days it took for us to finish it off.
Also, after almost 13 years, I decided to change my default icon. Not sure about the change. We'll see.
corvidology's suggestion I watched Ancient Detective (streaming on viki here and youtube here) and is was just.. so good. Easily one of the best things I've watched in a while. It's set in 'ancient' China (mostly 'real world' China, as in, people have amazing martial arts but it's not the flying swords and mystical beasts and whatnot) and the premise is that eight years ago there had been a huge battle that left main character Jian Buzhi wounded with amnesia and a lot of people, including his father, dead. The show has him following in his father's footsteps as a detective, solving cases and trying to find out the truth behind what happened that fateful day. Along the way he meets and instantly befriends Zhao Wohuan, who's just started trying to make a name for himself in the martial world. They go from friends to 'I will protect you with my life' to sworn brothers to this (see gif of Zhao Wohuan talking to Jian Buzhi under cut) in no time flat.It's 24 episodes of 35-40ish minutes each and very tightly plotted. Characters from one mystery pop up and play roles in other mysteries. Vague comments and asides wind up being important. The acting is good, the effects mostly work, even the fight scenes don't wind up overly long. Characters grow and learn things and interact in ways that make sense with logical reasons for doing the things they do. There's strong female characters. There's a fluidity of gender roles. The idiot ball is basically nonexistent.
Most importantly (for me) it was a complete story. The last episode ends with one of those 'here's a bit of something that could be used as the jumping off point for S2 if we get it' (one of the leads did mention on social media that it has been renewed although that doesn't guarantee anything) but it's not remotely a cliffhanger or anything; episode 24 works as both a series and season finale.
Anyway, highly recommend it. If anyone wants to babble about it with me or wants more specifics on plot or possible triggers just ask (as a result there might be spoilers in the comments).
I finished my most recent 'use up yarn stash' afghan:
45" wide x 37" long
I kind of wish I'd paid a little more attention to the number of rows of each color because it's uneven and irregular but oh well. Afghan! ... And now I need a new project. *sigh*
Also, I don't know if any of you are familiar with bdylanhollis who rose to fame last year for his tiktok viral videos of him baking vintage foods (said videos are often loaded up on tumblr, which is were I found him, and he also has a youtube channel now with several of those as well as a few longer baking vids) but he posted about a peanut butter bread (my tumblr reblog of it with the recipe written out) that looked great and I made it.
It came out quite good - not exactly like a quick bread or yeast/soda bread but somewhere in between and stayed fresh for the few days it took for us to finish it off.
Also, after almost 13 years, I decided to change my default icon. Not sure about the change. We'll see.
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Mostly we manage because it's the one slice of time we all have to watch it together (via discord streaming, as you do) and it's more fun to watch with people and all experience it for the first time together than it is to binge-watch on our own. :)