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Love and Redemption Rewatch: ep. 2

This rewatch could take a little longer than I expected with how time consuming it is, but here we go...

And so we get our first shred of the Mirror... which really should have been better hidden, if they ever hoped thing such as this not to happen.... The Secret Ground isn't all that secure.

From the start, Bai Lin is extremely determined that some things just Must Not Happen!

This whole "we are deciding Xuan Ji's punishment" situation shows very nicely the priorities and motivations of several characters. Ling Long shows up as soon as the whole berating starts, ready to intervene but biding her time. When the punishment is announced, Min Yan reacts immediately and pleads for leniency (on his knees and all). He doesn't think about it at all. I believe his main motivation is (as always) Ling Long, who, he knows, is extremely unhappy by this development and wants to protect her sister. Additionally, Xuan Ji is his friend and he wants to help her, but his main objective is to make Ling Long happy. Ling Long tries her classic crying act but is immediately silenced and quickly realizes that the situation is too dire to save her sister like this (still she tries one more trick - to appeal to aunt Hong - but this also fails). Xuan Ji doesn't fear the cave because she has no point of reference for pain or discomfort (beeing pampered her whole life) and is by far the most chill with the situation. But she also doesn't have any real regard for the rules of her sect and doesn't get the severity of her transgression. And that isn't because of her non-existent emotions, that is herself. She isn't concerned with rules or great ideals, she lives in the moment. Her biggest concern at the moment is Si Feng's wellbeing as she feels a connection with him. (Lets face it - Si Feng is guilty for trespassing in another sect's Secret Ground just because he needed to find his spiritual beast - Xuan Ji isn't protecting an innocent, she protects the boy she had connected with).

Chu Lei's speech to Yuan Lang has strong "who allowed you to go into my bedroom, the door were closed, bitch!" vibe.

So, this happened 16 years ago, approximately when Xuan Ji was born... but what about in her previous lifes, was the Jade Cup always sealed somewhere nearby? Did I just forget this detail?

Such a clever little misdirection and at the same time a hint...

And another clever misdirection: the show keeps showing us Yuan Lang during Xuan Ji's visions (and sometimes even Wu Zhi Qi) giving audience the impression that THIS is Star of Mosha thatwe are battling. My friend was even confused that there seemed to be more of them as the face and the mask keeps changing! Good job confusing the audience! :)

The "Ling Long tries to teach her sister how to cry" scene is very funny... and adorable... I love Ling Long.

The chilli powder plan is genius... :D In my country we use onion - works every time!

Si Feng is getting flogged as a punishment and the justification is that losing the mask puts everyone from Lize palace in danger... and this is probably not untrue...

Also, Si Feng stammers only in the presence of Xuan Ji.

Bai Lin is here for ten (largely uneventful) years already... he must miss his bed...

It's very sweet how sincerely Min Yan cares about Xuan Ji (even if it is a fertile ground for future misconceptions). Actually Xuan Ji is very loved by her sect brothers and sisters...

Is there some hidden meaning to the fact that taste has been the first sense to be recovered?

As expected, Ling Long's cooking is terrible. And as expected, Min Yan eats it all anyway, because she doesn't want her to be sad. I love these two, but Min Yan is the one who truly treasures his beloved person.

Min Yan's reaction to Ling Long's bitching is priceless...

... OR they want to save their own mask (and skin). One of those options. (Just saying. Si Feng isn't motivated by personal feelings just yet.)

Min Yan can be quite sneaky... and his plan actually worked! Good job, even worth Ling Long's slight disappointment.

And... he isn't stammering anymore, yep... That was quick - must have been the shock in the first place.

When you have the luxury of knowing, this is truly heartbreaking... I must look out for the first tears.

The beginning of a beautiful friendship!

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susan fang s/s22 | photos by bai lin

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REPENTANCE

Fandom: 琉璃 | Love and Redemption (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Bai Lin/Luohou Jidu Characters: Bai Lin (Love and Redemption), Luohou Jidu, Chu Xuanji, Ruo Yu Additional Tags: Eventual Romance, Eventual Smut, Angst, Internal Conflict, may be triggering, sort of canon-compliant original conflict, lots of talking out of one's ass, Bai Lin is a mess, mentions of internalized homophobia, Denial of Feelings, Occasional Crack, Karma is a Bitch, Self-Reflection, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Wrong choices, eventual repentance (hopefully), I'll add more tags as we go, pairing of doom Summary:

Modern!AU - Where the charming and popular Bai Lin is confronted with a terrible mistake from his past and his own unwillingness to admit forbidden feelings. Alternative summary - Bai Lin's fucked-up redemption ark no one asked for.

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[overbringer]

Talk about my original characters

(art by Maniette)

This is Bai Lin, a character I made for a tabletop campaign (In Feng Shui 2. The whole thing was a loving tribute to Fist of the North Star, with a dash of Mad Max.) many years ago that kind of took on a life of her own. Born in China in the mid 22nd century, 100 years after world war 3 almost wiped out humanity entirely, Lin grew up in the fictional Yuxi Valley, raised by an order of warrior monks to reject all worldly influences in hopes of achieving spiritual purity and intense focus that allowed her order to perform borderline supernatural feats.

After being given to the temple by her parents as a tiny child (she's a bastard child from an adulterous relationship), Lin saw the Abbot as a surrogate father and was raised by him to not let the cruelty of the world choke out the kindness in her heart. Then he was poisoned by his ambitious right hand man who became the new abbot. Lin stumbled upon the plot and tried to bring him to justice, but she couldn't get her hand on hard evidence and was cast out. The campaign started with her at something of a low point after wandering the atomic wastelands for weeks.

I made Lin the way I did because the rest of the party was mainly kind of morally gray survivors and conmen, and I was not in the mood to having to be wrassled into actually getting invested in the plot. Lin is a huge bleeding heart who will get involved in any problem she comes across because despite everything she honestly believes that people aren't shit and most will be good if you just give them a chance. Because she's also a highly skilled martial artist who can do wire-fu leaps and shit, she's still alive despite a variety of bandits and warlords trying to kill her for getting in their way. She dragged the party into every adventure and moral quandary that we came across and I had a great time playing her.

Anyway I think it would be cool if people asked me shit about her.

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Evil isn't born, it's made.

-Regina Mills, Once Upon a Time