#and all could have been well if Xiao Qi stopped walking around SHE in 38

[orsuliya]

I think Huai'en slowly falls in love with Awu after being with her all the time and she consistently depending on him; of course due to him being her bodyguard but Huai'en seems to imagine something else. After all in the beginning he did keep on saying how beautiful Awu was. Then just like any unrequited love, the plot either goes to obsession or moving on. Unfortunately the writers choose obsession coupled with him immediately being seduce by power. He definitely tries to be Xiao Qi

Oh. You are... very much not a Nonnie. Which is highly unusual, but no less welcome!

See, I am not so convinced about this obsession thing. That is, Song Huaien is definitely obsessing over somebody… but it’s not Awu, at least not after his transformation into Mr. Hyde Su Yi Bo is complete.   But let us start from the very beginning. At the very beginning, when all was still (relatively) well in Cheng and Song Huaien’s luscious locks flowed freely, he indeed kept on saying how beautiful Awu was. His teasing, which at first could be mistaken for brotherly banter, soon started to look rather suspicious. Could be that he really found Awu irresistible even then… but what I am actually thinking is that back then Song Huaien was projecting and projecting hard. Baby had a crush on his older bro, awwww. No, really, it checks out.

And then he gets thrown into close quarters with the bravest, most beautiful Princess around. Not as her bodyguard, not really. Why, in Huizhou I would have called him a Xiao Qi substitute more than a mere bodyguard. Once they went through so much together there was no way for him to resist any longer. Personally? I don’t blame him. Awu in full badass mode is pretty much irresistible. Did he realize what was going on that early? No, I honestly think his love/crush/infatuation with Awu remained on sub-conscious level, perhaps pushed there on purpose… until Xiao Qi pointed it out.

What I really do like is that this choice put before Song Huaien - to move on or to marinate in this unrequited love forevermore - could have gone either way. What Xiao Qi did by basically leaving the matter solely to Song Huaien’s conscience is not as foolish as one might think. For some reason I’m getting serious Alexei Karenin vibes here, what the heck. After all, Song Huaien had proven himself ten times over with his loyal service… and with his sincere appeal for Awu’s return in episode 33. The latter, especially, tells me that this his crush on Awu was largely innocent at that point. Or that, at least, he had no intention of ever going after Awu himself.

Once he realizes there is a problem, it immediately becomes much more acute… and so Song Huaien goes through this marriage idea as a form of… penitence for breaking bro-code? It sure looks as if he’s martyring himself when he carries Yuxiu in his arms, ugh. At least he doesn’t call out Awu’s name during their wedding night, I guess…

But we know that part, so let’s skip to Su Yi Bo and his first brainwashing courtesy of Daddy Wang (via hijacked Turnip). What got my attention is how little emotion Song Huaien shows when it comes to Awu when compared to his baseline for this conversation. Well, he is all for finding and protecting her, but it really doesn’t look like he’s planning to demand her as his next reward or press his suit in any other way. True, he could be conscious about Turnip being Awu’s brother, but this conversation had torn away pretty much every one of his emotional brakes, so why not this one? And yet it really looks like he’s seeing Awu more as Xiao Qi’s wife than as an object of his own desire.

Baby… might have some trouble with object permanence. Because once Awu is out of sight, she’s relegated to being Xiao Qi’s wife and not much more. There is no sign of Song Huaien ever reminiscing about Awu during that time. Not a single word comparing Yuxiu to Awu in any way, not that we know of; Yuxiu would have mentioned it to Awu later on, if it was an outstanding issue in their household. It’s all Xiao Qi this, Xiao Qi that, even after Mr. and Mrs. Yuzhang come back to the capital. Song Huaien’s contribution to Zitan’s magnificent campaign against Hulan doesn’t count; he recounts what he knows about Awu and her probable opinion, that’s all. Daddy Wang zeroes onto something, since he refers to Xiao Qi as Awu’s husband while egging Song Huaien on to murder Auntie Xu, but that’s Daddy Wang for you. So where’s that obsession with Awu...?

Well, Song Huaien is totally obsessed... with becoming better than Xiao Qi. And this, I believe, not any misapplied love or overwhelming lust, is his main motivation for wanting Awu as his Empress in episode 68. By that time he must be experiencing a full-blown mental breakdown, since his proposal is absolutely untenable from a practical point of view, but that’s not the main problem. The problem is that his proposal is preceded not by some fiery (or teary) confession, but by a rather telling declaration that Song Huaien shall have everything that Xiao Qi has – or hasn’t – had. So who’s the real object of his obsession again? Even that blasted symbolic hairpin means nothing. It could serve as a reminder of Awu’s  unprecedented ability to put SHE on his knees beauty, but coupled with that quote about responsibility and being a real man? It turns straight back to Song Huaien’s little rivalry with Xiao Qi. Good luck with being the better man, dearie!

So in my humble opinion TRP writers did dodge the bullet of unrequited love turning to cliché obsession… by making it all about the lady’s husband.

#ask and answer #the rebel princess #and all could have been well if Xiao Qi stopped walking around SHE in 38 #and put him on his knees instead #SHE seems to like it well enough #sorry for unrepentant horniness #not much I can do #once you see XQ/SHE you can never unsee it #just ignore me

[heymeowmao]

[Full] Our Song _ E11 (Last in rankings today (fourth place) will leave. Last episode next week.)

4:17 - MC: Na-jie is back with the team, and XZ can finally breathe a breath of relief. He finally let Na-jie come back and has withstood the challenges without her, right? But right now we have a different situation, which is that they haven’t met for a while. Tonight is an important match. XZ, you won’t let Na-jie only come back this once and then not again, right?  XZ: Of course not! Na-jie and I have not felt the passing of time at all, we’re still as compatible as ever! NY: I have communicated through phone, and I always ask him how the song selections are going.  

5:30 - MC: In order to pick our order today, we all went shooting. The only person to shoot a 10 was... /one day earlier/ MC: When you (XZ) film, you should have practiced this, right? XZ: Yep. NY: Ge, let me tell you. You might not win over him (XZ). While filming he’s been learning how to shoot. FYQ: Oh, he has experience? NY: Yes, yes. Be careful! XZ: Playing blind~

6:44 - WOW, Fei Yuqing shoots a 10 AND made it look so easy. 7:15 - XZ: NA-JIEEEEEE!!!! /shoots a 4/ oTL [total 18 points] 7:26 - FYQ getting ready... /Na-jie starts singing/ He misses. FYQ: Who was singing??! ZHJ: You definitely influenced him. 7:51 - NY: Let me sing another song. FYQ: /misses again/ [total 10 points]

8:32 - MC: Because FYQ’s skill is very good, he can give the #1 spot to another team. FYQ: Ah, number 1.... Who was it that sang “The Evening Bell of Nanping”? NY: /oops/ FYQ: Who sang “One Plum Blossom”? NY: HAHAHA

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9:14 - MC: Team Na-Zhan will be the first to sing tonight. They’ll be fulfilling two expectations. The first is that Na-jie is back! What sort of stage will their collaboration bring to us this time? The second is that they had prepared this song a while ago but didn’t get the chance to sing (bc they passed into the next round already), and at the time I had asked XZ to sing a few lines. Since that time, the audience has been asking non-stop when we would hear the song in its entirety. Everyone. That time is now.

9:54 - XZ: Na-jie!!!! NY: What is this? We’re matching again today, too. XZ: Come quick, come quick! XZ: I really missed you. NY: You missed me? How did it go? XZ: Pretty good. I need to report to you my results. NY: I thought it was a payroll. XZ: LOL. This is our record for the past weeks. We got third place twice, but last time we got second. Pretty good. NY: Very good!

Na Ying x Xiao Zhan -  被风吹过的夏天 (Bei Feng Chui Guo De Xia Tian)

16:07 - XZ: /confused baby takes the fish from Na-jie/ NY: I’m sorry. MC: Na-jie. I’m sure in all your years on stage and in your life, you’ve never been gifted a bag of fish before, have you? NY: /giggling/ XZ: /still confused/ NY: You didn’t see, did you? XZ: ? NY: I dropped the fish. XZ: /WHAT?/ A: If he had seen I bet he also would have laughed. XZ: If I had seen I wouldn’t have been able to sing the last verse either

16:45 - NY: When we were practicing, XZ would only be holding an ID card. Look at this thing- all wet, and REAL fish. With water. I didn’t hold it properly and when I was walking behind you I dropped it. At that time- my heart shattered. NY: And then when I was sitting here, I held up the fish and then I remembered how I dropped them and I COULD NOT sing anymore.

17:15 - XZ: I didn’t know what happened. I thought I sang wrong, Na-jie! NY: You were great. You kept on singing until the end. XZ: I didn’t have any other choice

17:26 - NY: I’m really glad you didn’t see that. I really need to tell you I’m sorry. XZ: No, no, no, no. It’s his fault (the fish). It’s you. /pokes the fish/ 17:38 - A: We were laughing ourselves silly down here. I saw Huajian-dage over there... ZHJ: I knew it could definitely influence them, but I get more screen-time.

17:51 - MC: Let me ask HJ, do you think it’s alright to make mistakes on a live stage? ZHJ: Of course! In this world, who can compare to me in terms of making mistakes on stage? JYQ: Big Bro “Forgetting the Lyrics”  ZHJ: Not only forgetting the lyrics. I’ve written a whole new song before.  ZHJ: This has to be said though, Xiao Zhan has improved a lot.

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Hacken Lee x Zhou Shen -  大会堂演奏厅 (Da Hui Tang Yan Zou Ting)

30:06 - MC: Hacken wrote the lyrics for this song in 1988, when he was just 21 years old. A lot of people know his songs, but I must let everyone know that he’s written lyrics for more than 80 songs.

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Fei Yuqing x Ayanga -  新鸳鸯·蝴蝶梦 (Xin Yuan Yang - Hu Die Meng) + Ayanga in a Pikachu sweater. Never thought I’d see it.

37:55 - MC: I need to say, from my standpoint, the one I could see the most clearly was Xiao Zhan. It looked like there was something shining from deep within his eyes. XZ: I feel very touched. I felt like I could hear in the song a hopeful feeling. It was divine, and made me see “hope” and the “future”. It’s very abstract, but I liked it a lot. NY: As soon as FYQ opened his mouth, I felt (indescribable). I realized that in the music industry, he’s too superior.  -- NY: I’ve been thinking to myself- how could FYQ not continue to sing anymore.[FYQ is retiring, after this show is over, he will not be singing professionally anymore.] At the very last moment, now here is Ayanga. When he stood there singing I came to realize that even when Xiao Ge doesn’t sing anymore, he could be relieved that Ayanga is there to sing in his place. 

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Zhou Huajian x Jiang Yiqiao -  虎口脱险 (Hu Kou Tuo Xian)

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Na Ying x Xiao Zhan -  恼人的秋风 (Nao Ren De Qiu Feng)

1:00:20 - MC: Hold on! We need to confirm something first. Could the female singer please say a few words? (/confirm it is really Na Yin XD/) NY: He’ll talk first. Him first. MC: I really do not dare believe this is our Na-jie! Audience: Team Na-Zhan! x10000 NY: What about us? Audience: You’re great!!! NY: Do you think we can turn this around (win another round)? Audience: /cheering/ MC: XZ, tell me. Whose idea was this? XZ: Actutally, it was Na-jie. She said she wanted to pay tribute. MC: ??? NY: It’s because previously we heard Hacken and Zhou Shen sing the “Ye Lang Disco”. After I saw that I thought that we also should sing a song like that. I wanted to pay tribute to my 80′s. MC: XZ. When you heard about the song, did you not even hesitate for a second? NY: He ignored me for a whole day! XZ: No, Na-jie! I really was working! I wouldn’t dare (ignore you)! NY: I was thinking “Oh shoot. He probably doesn’t like it.” MC: Or maybe he got scared.  XZ: Honestly I did hesitate at first. I didn’t think I would be able to control it. But Na-jie said she wanted it retro, and she explained her vision to me, and I was convinced. I said if we’re going to do it, let’s [go big or go home]. So we tried a retro style.

1:02:05 - MC: You know, with Na-jie.. it’s very rare that we have the chance to see you sing AND dance on stage.  ZHJ: And she danced very well! NY: I really need to thank XZ for practicing the steps with me all the time. When we were sitting there, too, he was counting the beats for me. You all know that even when I walk normally I’m a little uncoordinated. So this (dance) was really hard for me. You may not have seen, but up there where the lyrics are, the choreographer was there, showing me the steps. 

1:02:53 - MC: Let me tell you, ever since we started battling in teams, this is the first time that FYQ forgot to hold his pen and paper.  1:03:44 - ZHJ: I know you are all very happy, but have you thought about how we feel? (ZHJ x JYQ, who have to sing next). You two... do you have to be so cruel? NY: In this music competition, you HAVE TO be this cruel.  ZHJ: If we could vote, I’d vote for you to win.  ZHJ: I’m really happy and thankful to have made it this far in the competition. It doesn’t even feel like one at this point. We’re all here to appreciate each other. I really want to thank the two of you for letting us open our eyes and ears. Especially Na-jie. NY: This is not easy for me. ZHJ: You’re obviously someone who can just rely on your face... why do you have to sing so well? And why do you have to have such a nice figure? NY: Do you know how much I’ve suffered off this stage? I can’t eat all the good foods! YOU can eat a bowl of noodles, but I can only eat three strands! XZ: !! NY: And then I have to work out. I think if you still want to stand on stage, you have to maintain a healthy mind/body.  ZHJ: We will still work hard! Watch out for us!

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Zhou Huajian x Jiang Yiqiao -  其实不想走 (Qi Shi Bu Xiang Zou | Don’t Want to Go)

1:05:11 - NY: This title makes my heart hurt. ZHJ: We can only play the sympathy card now.

1:12:24 - MC: When I was conversing with HJ before, he had told me that there was a singer that he always wanted to sing with- that singer is Na-jie. NY: ?! Audience: /sing sth!/

1:13:13 - ZHJ: Work with me here, is there any of my songs that you’ve heard? NY: I can sing any/all of your songs. MC: Can I request one? Because the two of your teams.... only one will continue in the competition, and now you have to part ways. So the only thing I can think of is “ 让我欢喜让我忧” (Make Me Happy Make Me Worry)

多想說聲我真的愛妳 I want to say I really love you 多想說聲對不起妳 I want to say I’m sorry to you 妳哭著說情緣已盡 You cry and say the relationship is over 難再續 難再續 It’s too hard to continue, too hard to continue

就請妳給我多一點點時間 再多一點點問候 Just please give me just a little more time, just a little more greetings 不要一切都帶走 Don’t take everything and go 就請妳給我多一點點空間 再多一點點溫柔 Just please give me just a little more space, just a little more tenderness 不要讓我如此難受  Don’t make me so uncomfortable

ZHJ: Wait, there’s more I have to sing

妳這樣一個女人 讓我歡喜讓我(+們)憂 A woman like you, makes me happy and makes US worry (he changed the lyrics from “me” to “us”) 讓我甘心為了妳付出我(+們)所有 Let me be happy for you, give US everything

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1:16:39 - MC: I’ve been listening to a song recently that I really like, and I’ve written down a few of the lyrics to share with you. I think it suits this stage and everyone’s thinking. We say that this society runs too fast sometimes. So how fast is it? [Lyrics to Zhou Huajian’s most recent release “少年” Shao Nian (Youth)]

有时候来不及沉淀　岁月总是跑在灵魂的前面 Sometimes it’s too late to rush, years go by passing faster than the soul 好在还有一点信念　陪我们完成每一天 Fortunately I still have a little faith to accompany us to complete the day 别忘记心中的少年　狂奔的勇敢的 Don’t forget the youth still in your heart, hasty, brave 最初的少年 The youth you were at first

MC: We’ve been waiting six years for a new song from Huajian. Could you tell us about this song? ZHJ: Let me speak directly. For people my age, it’s hard to walk into a record shop... it’s highly likely that there aren’t many songs we can choose to listen to. That’s not to say that the current music of the youth isn’t good, it’s just that when you reach a certain age, there’s inevitably going to be that generational gap. I wanted to be able to give people in my generation a choice. For the past six years I’ve been thinking about this, and it’s only in the past year that I realized that after having written eight songs I was always talking about the past, when I was young. That’s how I thought of the theme, the title- “shao nian.” When I finished making the song I found it interesting. I used the word “youth” to look at the faces of everyone around me. The people I know now, the people I’ve known for years, the people I am getting to know. There’s a youth inside all of us. No matter what age you are now, whether 60 or 70, there’s a youth inside you. Don’t hide them. Let them out. 

Goodbye to Zhou Huajian and Jiang Yiqiao :’(

#Our Song #我們的歌 #i think lkq x zs or fyq x ayanga will win #straight up vocals #give fyq a grand memory for his start of retirement