#rewatching guardian

“I will bring Professor Shen back to you.” Zhao Yunlan’s EXPRESSION at that is just... the wordless want and need and wishing but also the denial of himself because he knows that the world is relying on him to be stronger than that.

Old Chu stumbling, so regretful, trying not to believe what he knows is true... ugh, the pure pain in his eyes and his stance and his entire body... I cannot imagine loving a couple more than these two. Why are they such a common trope and yet I can’t seem to find other couples that fit as well as them?

I feel really weird about not liking the 10,000 years ago part. But I’ve never liked settings where the characters are out of place and say things that sound foolish when you know what’s going on. So the whole thing with Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing and being in the past and everything just makes me cringe so hard. I want to like it but I don’t really like any bits but the part where Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei talk.

Somehow, Old Chu calling Chengchang ‘dumbass’ as an affectionate nickname just kind of works for me. They’re just such a great couple. ;.; I want more couples like them. Well, like them in the show. Yes, it’s basically a trope. But, somehow, it’s a trope that Guardian did BEST.