marty/she/29/slovakia. daydreamer/storyeater. My drawing attempts are tagged as #my art, ficlets under #my writing. Welcome to my brain. Current weather: daily cdrama rainfalls, currently Veil of Shadows and Pursuit of Jade, frequent Fangs of Fortune lightning strikes, also occasional showers of mdzs, apothecary diaries, arcane and the sandman
Well i’ve watched only 1 ep of Ashes to Crown and noped out. I did watch all the episode trailers available tho. Truly destined to be a silly mini, forced to be a full fledged drama
On crack because the genre is comedy, but also because the show only has 8 episodes and they stacked all the epic moments, all the cool shots and all the tropes that you would expect from a superhero show into those 8 episodes
The end result is a very nutritious meal, or better said an equivalent of 8 shots of espresso, each very intense with action scenes as well as heartwarming moments
Because it’s a comedy they take every opportunity to lean into dumb jokes, and it should feel cliche and overdone and cringe, and yet
It still works, dammnit, they still make it work which almost makes me mad
They take a superhero storyline which you’ve seen done a million times and still manage to tell a hilarious, coherent, engaging story with epic fight scenes, that makes you fall in love with and root for the characters
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The year is 1999 with the expected milennial apocalypse around the corner, and the story follows three friends who accidentaly gain superpowers, but throughout the whole story their key defining characteristics is that they are dorks and losers
(Fair warning that you might want to stop reading here, I introduce the characters and plot below and mention some tropes it uses, I don’t think I say much more than the trailers do but given the short length of this show you might want to avoid knowing more than the basics)
We have Son Gyeong Un, who has never done anything succesful in his life and is looked down on by both his wife and daughter
Kang Ro Bin, whom they call a Big Sap because he’s very emotional and doesn’t have the courage to stand up for himself
Eun Chae Ni, the manic pixie goth dream girl
Main heroine whose heart is failing and with her days numbered she doesn’t care much for proper behavior, the townsfolk call her Lady Trainwreck
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All these three do the whole show is bicker and create chaos and comic situations
A kidnapping gone wrong leaves them with a dead body, creating an avalanche of messy situations, including accidentally gaining superpowers. They need to figure out what triggers the powers in order to learn how to use them
Then we have this guy, Lee Un Jeong
The biggest thirst trap that ever walked the Earth, and they even give him Clark Kent glasses to make him look more nerdy and adorable
It is so on the nose and I’m still eating it up with a spoon, gosh I’m so mad about it
(Watch it for the plot and all that)
Anyways, this guy is the only one with braincells in this show and he also already has his cool telekinetic superpowers mastered, so the others make him their master and pull him right into the middle of their shenanigans, very much against his will
Telekineses is imho one of the coolest abilities you can have on screen and they milk it for what it’s worth
This guy is, as the youngsters say, aura farming in every shot he appears in
The producers asked themselves How do we make this man the hottest one on the Earth, and you know what, they did, they delivered
Anyways, whatever you can think you’d like to see in a superhero show, you can find here
Antagonists with superpowers and questionable morals, who can mess with you not only physically but also mentally? Check
Superhero team walk with epic music and explosions in the background? Check
A mad scientist villain? Check
Tragic lab accident origin story? Check
Heroically saving the day in the last moment? Check
And more superhero classics
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To conclude, if you’re feeling in the mood for a comedy take on superheroes which delivers everything that makes superhero stories fun, I highly recommend Wonderfools
A story about a bunch of super loosers, trying to master their newfound abilities, survive attacks from superpowered villains and save the world in the process, all while delivering slapstick comedy and one liners at every opportunity
Okay but can we talk about both the comedic and tragic potential of Xiaoshou?
1. Tragic, if E Shou ever falls in love with Wen Xiao she won’t ever be able to express it because her heart and mouth speak opposites
2. Comedic, everyone watching as E Shou repeatedly insults Wen Xiao to her face while snuggling up to her and Wen Xiao being like “awwww that’s so sweet!” because she knows it means that E Shou really likes her.
E Shou: *dreamily* you’re the ugliest woman I’ve ever seen. I hate your guts. 🥰🥰🥰
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