Okay I just have thoughts. I don’t know what these thoughts are, but they’re there.
Zhang Linghe as Gong Ziyu, especially in the beginning, was everything I’ve never seen him as — soft, almost delicate. How he was shot and framed in those early episodes still makes me feral (tbh everything about this show makes me feral and that’s the cinematography whore in me)
And then even after he starts maturing and levelling up! There’s still this sense of gentleness in the way he is visualised and portrayed. Guh. Love it.
But then contrast him as Qi Xiao Xuan
He’s dressed is lighter colours as compared to Gong Ziyu and he’s definitely more “in the light” but how he is shot and framed is much more masculine? In the essence that he feels more “aggressive”? If that makes any sense.
I’m still in the earlier episodes of Tiger and Crane but I’m having a bit of whiplash with how he is on this show as compared to MJTY. It’s fascinating.
(obligatory if evil why hot HNGGH)
I’ve been keeping an eye on him since his debut on Maiden Holmes (and wow has it just been three years since he debut? Bruh is doing good!) and to see him get more roles and gain more prominence makes me very happy. I don’t know, just feel like it would be nice to see him in more roles that see him in a softer way? I think it’d also be great to see him team up with Jin Jing again? But I think that’s just me haha
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