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which laundry detergent do the Lan disciples use... i must know.
me: why is the magical zither cave full of rabbits
undead exposition lady: because i like rabbits.
me: now this is worldbuilding i can get behind.
undead exposition lady: because i like rabbits.
me: now this is worldbuilding i can get behind.
is Lan Qiren a professor snape situation............
lan wangji: wei wuxian is so immature.
lan wangji: i wish he'd learn to resolve his problems sensibly, like me.
lan wangji: by sulking.
lan wangji: i wish he'd learn to resolve his problems sensibly, like me.
lan wangji: by sulking.
The Untamed, summarized:
wei wuxian: pay attention to me!! pay attention to me!! pay attention to me!!!!
lan wangji:
lan wangji:
lan wangji: ᵖᵃʸ ᵃᵗᵗᵉⁿᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵗᵒ ᵐᵉ
wei wuxian: pay attention to me!! pay attention to me!! pay attention to me!!!!
lan wangji:
lan wangji:
lan wangji: ᵖᵃʸ ᵃᵗᵗᵉⁿᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵗᵒ ᵐᵉ
lan zhan's tiny lil smile....... like the first dawn of springtime. https://twitter.com/lemonpuree/status/1144581366593597446?s=19
this show spent $14 on creature effects and $10 million on robes, wigs & hair accessories, and for that i can only applaud them.
if only there was some way they could subtly signal to me which characters are the villains.
i LOVE how little Nie Huaisang is contributing here. he just gatecrashed their Lord of the Rings quest in order to talk about Lan Zhan's handsomeness & get scared of zombies. does he even have any skills.
........ The Untamed the chinese equivalent of Xena: Warrior Princess, isn't it.
head of the Nie Clan: send Xue Yang to the dungeons of the Unclean Realm!
Xue Yang: oh no..... anything but that....
Xue Yang: oh no..... anything but that....
nothing is funnier than Wei Wuxian saying "I think there's something wrong here!" as he and the first sons of every clan are held hostage on a platform surrounded by active volcanoes.
The Untamed is the purest distillation of the fantasy genre because a scene that should've taken 4 seconds (everyone handing their magic swords over to some security guards) just took 10 minutes including commentary.
give wang yibo an oscar for the exquisite disgust & frustration on his face when wei wuxian teases lan wangji for """having a crush on mianmian"""
what the fk, i was not expecting MADAM YU to have the best fight scene of the show so far. she has a purple laser whip?? her nickname is Violet Spider??? WHAT.
we've spent 15 eps cracking jokes about how the boats in this show must be magic because they all glide around with no explanation, but now wei wuxian & jiang cheng are rowing them with planks of wood? so WHATS THE TRUTH?
all three jiang siblings....... extremely good criers.
the real tragedy of the Wen Clan is Coe-Melting Hand, the only competent officer, having to take orders from the evil dumbass jock/cheerleader villains from a CW show.
netflix's subtitles keep translating characters having tearful arguments about jiang cheng becoming "mediocre," and it's cracking me up. apparently a more accurate word would be "normal"?
"according to netflix, i went to Beijing Mediocre University." -- Luke
"according to netflix, i went to Beijing Mediocre University." -- Luke
NO... THIS FLASHBACK TO THE JIANG KIDS... IT'S TOO SWEET I CAN'T HANDLE IT.
Song Lan & Xinchen really are like if Iron Man & Captain America showed up for a cameo, but there were no prior spinoffs explaining who the hell they actually are.
the sheer focused rage on lan zhan's face when he raids the volcano ziggurat? the fact that he still calls him "wei ying," even when talking to some rando security guards? stop!!!!!
we reached the episode where Wei Ying goes full Flute Goth, and i was NOT prepared!!! this show just levelled up in a major way.
JIANG CHENG... GIVING HER THIS COMB... jane austen eat your heart out.
every single ambush & surveillance mission in The Untamed takes place via the roof. the first cultivation sect to introduce roof guards will win the war.
the drama?? the framing of lan zhan & jiang cheng?? the flute?? the demonic cultivation effects?? HOW DID THIS SHOW SUDDENLY GET SO INTENSE.
literally every time we return to the evil king's zombie mansion, i've forgotten he even exists because i was too busy focusing on lan zhan's laserbeam stare of thwarted love.
it's extremely upsetting to me whenever lan zhan & wei ying have a mild disagreement, which does not bode well for how i'll handle one of them mourning the other's death for 13 years.
stop this... i cannot take it... the Look.
lan zhan is fighting a horde of reanimated corpses in a lava pit and he has not ONE SINGLE SPECK of dirt on his pristine white robes, simply How Does He Do It .
holy shit the scene where Lan Qiren is like "do you know why i won't let you go with Lan Xichen?" and just hands Lan Zhan a rulebook and says NOTHING? and a flute appears in the soundtrack for a second? stab me why don't you.
this archery contest episode is the pinnacle of historical fantasy........ arranged marriages! feats of courage! war crimes! separated lovers gazing silently at each other in the forest!
The Untamed posits that Jane Austen novels would be instantly improved if every romantic confession was interrupted by several sword-wielding wizards taking a flying leap into the middle of the scene.
literally why is lan xichen still associating with jin guangyao, is he just bewitched by his big brown eyes??? the man is tormenting POWs for sport!!!
the intensity of the scene where wei wuxian liberates the labour camp and lan zhan tells him that people will see it as a "rebellion against orthodoxy"... THIS IS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE.
obsessed w this combination of "cool troubled goth turns to the Dark Side" tropes + the fact that he's ethically motivated by a desire to stop refugees being tortured by bigoted aristocrats.
what could possibly be more romantic than lan zhan quietly yet furiously defending wei ying's moral virtues!!!!!!
STOP... THIS IS TOO CUTE...
jiang cheng when he sees wei wuxian's cave full of weird experiments and a literal undead body in the corner.
anyhow i was not expecting MianMian to show up and have the most integrity of any clan disciple, love that for her!!
the translations during this heartfelt moral argument between Wei Wuxian & Jiang Cheng at the burial mounds...... Jiang Cheng is like "You're a geek!"?
literally Wei Wuxian @ the Wen refugee settlement with no food & 12 million dramatic cave candles: https://twitter.com/dril/status/384408932061417472?s=19
bold fantasy worldbuilding in The Untamed where there are potatoes in medieval china.
when lan zhan sees wei wuxian & dizi music starts to play & the world shifts into slow motion, that's not artistic license, it's literally just how things are from lan zhan's POV.
ok well this is very painful, thanks for that!!!!
the whiplash of cutting from a tragic scene of lan zhan punishing himself in the snow to a comedy subplot about yiling patriarch impersonators... i simply cannot.
this rat bastard i swear to god... i desire no more of his dimpled devilry.
netflix's subtitle writers are absolutely determined to persuade me that a daikon is a turnip.
random peasants: the Yiling Patriarch uses DARK MAGIC to RULE THE EVIL WEN CLAN with a CORPSE ARMY.
the Wens: our farm's 21-year-old goth mascot is such a lovable scamp.
the Wens: our farm's 21-year-old goth mascot is such a lovable scamp.
JIN ZIXUAN???????
when the episode began with an idyllic scene of wei ying picking lotus pods with an adorable child, i just KNEW we were in trouble.
not to state the obvious here but Wei Ying Does Not Deserve This
holy shit this Nightless City scene with all the clan leaders cheering the death of the Wens. BRUTAL.
of course they are on the god damn roof again https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1240729484363476992?s=19
NO
the Stygian Tiger Amulet is like if everyone in LOTR, including the audience, forgot about the One Ring for hours and days at a time.
the fact that lan zhan is still fighting for wei ying right to the bitter end... has anything ever been more heartbreaking!!!
the orchestral score has been absolutely kicking ass throughout this final battle scene, which is wholly appropriate because it's a damn opera.
SIXTEEN YEARS LATER BABY... wei ying is looking so well-moisturized!
in absolute hysterics over Jin Ling's introduction.
i can't believe after 20 episodes of emotionally intense wartime romance, wei wuxian rises from the grave for... a monster-of-the-week episode in a spooky cave??
perpetually losing my mind @ the artificial themepark lighting they use during every nighttime scene in The Untamed.
people have been RTing this for 2 months like "just you wait girl!!" so i'm curious to see what happens now nie huaisang has returned after a 25-episode absence. https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1233490855807377415?s=19
nothing but respect for the Untamed props department, purchasing plastic skeletons, plastic swords & wildly unconvincing chains that clearly weigh 35 grams, all so Lan Zhan can have the most beautiful silver diadems in all the land.
every random villager in The Untamed is an NPC from The Witcher whose only task is to gossip loudly about nearby hauntings, and i respect that.
does wei wuxian's congee magically only take 10 minutes to cook because he uses demonic cultivation to make it?
the boys are back after like 20 episodes and apparently a whole entire EPIC TRAGEDY has unfolded completely offscreen. luv this bold storytelling choice. https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1238928365089959942?s=19
37 episodes in, my brain still hasn't absorbed a single ounce of information about the Yin Iron, the Stygian Tiger Seal, the tortoise sword... https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1257408107824758791?s=19
perpetually in awe of this narrative structure where the main story will pause without warning for an EXTENSIVE 10-years-previously flashback for a random character we only just met.
xue yang rocking up to ruin someone's marriage, eating a lollipop & wearing a croptop with the word "EVIL" spraypainted across the chest.
xue yang acts like a professional wrestling heel.
the epic tragedy of xue yang/song lan/xiao xinchen has real "tenporary buffy villain" energy.
lan zhan is being slowly crushed to death under 100,000 tons of suppressed emotions and wei wuxian just! will! not! notice!!!!
what do u do when u like, get back to ur hotel after dinner and there are 3 wizards having a VERY intense conversation over a levitating sword in the lobby.
"everyone just act normal about this anonymous masked man accompanying lan wangji to an elite meeting of sect leaders."
sizhui is baby
screaming @ wei wuxian's advice to the teens being "get into more fights while you're still young." TRULY JIANG CHENG'S BROTHER.
GOODBYE
is
could not be more stoked for a Meng Yao flashback sequence. this man can ACT.
i say this with absolute sincerity: he has SO many different ways of dramatically widening his eyes!!!
i say this with absolute sincerity: he has SO many different ways of dramatically widening his eyes!!!
LLLLITERALLY ARE WE GETTING AN EXTENDED FLASHBACK ESTABLISHING A NIE MINGJUE/YAO/XICHEN THROUPLE
obsessed w meng yao. obsessed. i couldn't hope for a better villain. THE SLOWEST OF BURNS.
lan xichen is such... a himbo...
this back-to-back fight scene! lan zhan & wei ying invented romance & fidelity!!!
kudos to The Untamed for unleashing this wildly tragic & fucked-up backstory for lan wangji like 90% of the way through the series!!!!
instantly headcanoning a long epistolary friendship between Mianmian and Lan Zhan, based on SHARED INTEGRITY and RESPECT.
i cannot believe... https://twitter.com/lunarspeIIs/status/1264228532630228993?s=19
wei wuxian: i think you all know why i've gathered you here today.
mob of cultivators: to reveal a secret murderer?
wei wuxian: no. to deliver a 10-minute lecture about music theory.
mob of cultivators: to reveal a secret murderer?
wei wuxian: no. to deliver a 10-minute lecture about music theory.
the choreography for this fight scene where wei wuxian strips down to his jammies & lan wangji destroys a horde of zombies with the graceful ferocity of a panther...... thank u.
wow i was NOT expecting jin guangshan's... mode of assassination. 
women are obviously not foregrounded in this show, but it's fascinating how many of the key plot points are caused by fallout from the mistreatment of women, and not in an exploitative way.
the entire plot of The Untamed hinges on the fact that a minor character (Jin Guangshan) is a colossal misogynist. a dynasty rises & falls because he's cruel to women.
we've gone back to rewatch the first two episodes before the final 5, and it is... truly wild to actually understand what was happening this whole time.
huge respect to any tv show whose first episode is completely incomprehensible until after you've watched 35+ subsequent eps.
Lan Zhan's first scene: iconic, angelic, majestic, ethereal...
absolutely world-class swooning scene between Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian during this argument with Jiang Cheng. NEVER HAVE I SEEN SUCH A SWOON...
the golden core revelation scene: agonizingly cathartic.
the lake scene: A PAINTING!!
the lake scene: A PAINTING!!
this thread will soon be over, but i hope you all stick around for the fanfic i will surely write after the finale lol
embarking on the final 4 eps and you'll never guess where we are again https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1240729484363476992?s=19
what could be more delicious than the seething hatred in lan zhan's eyes when he looks at jin guangyao...
i can't believe they're introducing a deadly standoff between TWO sets of star-crossed lovers in a secret Buddhist temple *during a thunderstorm* basically 5 mins from the end. love that for us.
how tf hasn't jiang cheng exploded yet from a superfluity of resentful energy.
lowkey worried that jiang cheng's grief-sweat & tears are gonna melt off his lacefront wig
people had so much more time for plots & schemes during Historical Times before videogames were invented, huh.
whenever it's time for someone to explain where the Yin Iron is or what it's doing.
losing my mind @ The Untamed's ~final battle~ consisting of 3 mins of wuxia followed by 40+ mins of the villain explaining his motives in front of 900 candles like the Phantom of the Opera.
lan xichen/meng yao evil sugar baby au
the most shocking thing in this ep is how long it took su she to die. second most shocking: the fact that jin guangyao even gives a shit.
people have been clowning me for this tweet since february & it's finally time to find out why. https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1233490855807377415?s=19
what if the final 25 minutes of The Untamed is just a montage of various men looking at each other.
oh my god are we ending on a heartfelt duet performed on opposite sides of a river symbolising the rift created by censorship guidelines
lan wangji looking at wei wuxian is the greatest love story ever told.
thank u for joining me on this journey. it's now time to write some fanfic.
literally what could be better than writing overwrought historical romance. that's right, nothing.
i decided i may as well post the first chapter of this tonite, and am positively cackling as i type in the AO3 tags. "pining"... "mutual pining"... "misunderstandings".......
ok here it is! part 1/2 of a post-canon Wanxian fic! this is pure, unadulterated ~romance. https://archiveofourown.org/works/24670510
doing my utmost to earn that "mutual pining" ao3 tag.
part 2 of my Untamed fic is now up, complete at 6k words! https://archiveofourown.org/works/24670510/chapters/59721679
