watching guardian is like. it’s beautiful. it’s terrible. the plot makes no fucking sense. the romance is amazing. the worldbuilding is weaker than those marshmallow + spaghetti towers we make in icebreakers. the messages are shallow and very in your face. shen wei and zhao yunlan have the best interactions and delivery known to mankind. found family is pumped up to 10000. said members of found family are usually rendered useless during big battles. zhu hong using her snake powers is hot. zhu hong rarely gets to use them until the screenwriters remember she has to be useful somehow. the smoky cgi effects are great. the other cgi looks like shit. the villain is sexy with the best costume in the history of villain costumes. the villain is an emo theater nerd with cringy lines and a shitty wig. the villain had a tragic past. said tragic past hinged on a pretty dumb misunderstanding that was resolved in two seconds. half a dozen plotlines are left hanging. the pendant and the lollipop wrapper is the cutest running plot thread through the show. it makes me fall asleep. it makes me hang off the edge of my seat. it makes me cringe. it makes me go awwwww. it makes me sob for hours while curled in a ball. it makes me rewatch weilan moments about thirty times a day.
