Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber - ep 20

I actually watched this and a few more episodes yesterday and today.  Things have gotten really interesting so I've just been doing what's known as "grinding it out" with episode after episode.  I have remembered to grab screencaps, though....so here we go!

Wuji is still just regulating up at Wudan!  Taiji Swordplay?  Yeah, it took me a couple hours....

He shows his ruthless side!

Inner strength....FIXED!

Min, being a bit playful with a promise with incredibly high stakes!

Just because I like looking at her

Escort Agencies!!!  Also, that had to be an amazing set to work on...

Yeah...Wuji can't help himself but to talk about Buhui and Sixth Hero.  In the end, it became a good thing

Even the character development episodes are compelling!  I've already seen episodes after this one, but I won't really be doing too much commenting in case anyone who hasn't seen it and is reading this, I don't want to be ore spoiler than I already am.

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber - ep 19

I can't help but make yet another connection to The Wheel of Time in this one, but more on that later.  Even though events are slowing down just a little bit, stuff is still going on....we learn more about that Pocahontas chick, who is very much sinister, but there's a kind of whimsy about it.  Not really in a typical sense of whimsy, but that's the closest thing I could come up with...

Now, onto junk and stuff about things!

Yes, because wearing men's clothes automatically makes you a man.

Totally!  Are these the people who took out Emei Sect?  Is Sanniang OK?

DEATH BY TEACUP!!!!  She totally earns cool points with this one!

YES!!!  FINALLY!!  trope busted!

Min, eh?  Your name is fucking Min??  How do I NOT make the reference to one of Rand's wives?  She even rocked the disguised as a man thing like Rand's wife!

So, while they were hanging out at Min's Manor, she had the Heavenly Sword displayed where she gathered everyone to drink and eat and junk.  Later, she excused herself to change clothes and just left the sword behind unguarded.  So of course one of the Ming Cult leaders checked it out and it smelled funny so everyone but Wuji took a whiff.  Later they turned up poisoned, so Wuji had to go back to cure his men before it hits the fan with this group of fighters...

*insert cheesy pick up line here*

Whenever these two fight, there seems to be more than a little bit of flirting going on!

Tell me she isn't flirting with him with a straight face.

Then the fight takes them to a drop pit, where she gets caught up in it with Wuji.  Whether it was by her own design or not, I think there can be some debate over that.

"Is he buying my act?" thinks Min

Then those fighters form up and begin attacking....with the leaders of Ming Cult all suffering from the effects of the fake Heavenly Sword, the men are lost and doomed to be overrun.  Until...

Zhao takes command!

Meanwhile in the pit, Min and Wuji go at it about releasing themselves from the pit.  She was even doing this, "fake unconsciousness" whammy.

In Hacky Sack, what happened here was a textbook toe stall...except with Min's head.

The knuckle into the bottom of the foot torture technique!  More flirt fighting...you kids.

General Zhao is legit!!!  Who the fuck IS this girl?

Damn right you did!!!

The group then headed to a monastery, which was trashed...some scribbling on a statue implicated Ming Cult and listed Wudan and Shaolin as targets.  With Wuji's ties to Wudan, this makes it a perilous situation.

TO THE RESCUE!!!

In this episode we were treated to an extremely touching scene between Buhui and Sixth Hero Yin.  Like I got chocked up...it was such a good scene that I DIDN'T grab any screencaps!  It was too beautiful for me to want to muck it up with my dog-and-pony show.  I did have an actual emotional response from it!  Poignant and deep, it was something I think I'll remember about this series...the complexity of the relationships, even between tertiary and second tier characters.  Something Western projects, when they even attempt it, rarely manages to get it right.

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber - ep 18

My being stuck on this series continues!  I find myself pondering it while at work.

That is a very good question, Wuji...

OK, so I'm not the only one thinking this.

I don't know if this picture truly captures how well he conveyed being touched and honored by the Ming Sect insisting that he lead them.  How can you NOT just love this kid???

We gotta go get that guy off that island!!

She's just so...awesome?  That's not exactly right, though.  Let me just say that I do find myself enjoying just looking at her.

Oh, that's not going to end well....

Sinister Pocahontas Mongolian chick.  She illicits a new brand of scaroused.

 Oh, she's involved with this guy?  Yup, she's a bad one....

And he's already plotting to use Wuji's Hotty Posse against the kid.  That's not in the bro-code, man.  You now fully suck shit sandwiches.

Of course.  Catty bitches are catty.

Yeah...scaroused.  But you can see the fact that she knows Cheng Kun is already plotting...and not totally to accomplishing HER goals.  Ain't gonna lie, I find myself highly attracted to this.

I can tell that things are going to slow down a bit after the insanity that was the last two episodes....the last episode in particular was just pure awesome!  I think it's a good thing...recuperate, plan.  I just hope that it isn't a long stretch....with them traveling to go reclaim Xun from Firey Ice Island, there are plenty of opportunities to have "side missions" along the way.  They almost started out with one against the Shaolin, but Wuji had a little talk with Zhao and got a grip on shit.  I mean, Wuji and Buhui are destined to be together in my opinion, but he should enact his inner Rand (A Wheel of Time reference) and end up with three wives, each one cool with it.

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber - ep 17

OMFG!!!

This episode was GOOD...like better than that, better than GREAT even!  Wuji shows everyone just how much of a bad ass he really is while at the same time, being a proper human being about it.  Curing injuries to inner strength DURING THE FIGHT!  I cannot really express just how awesome Wuji is!  For reals!

TONS of screencaps this go around, mainly because it gave me a great reason to watch certain segments over and over (^_^)

You do that.  Never trust a Shaolin monk with a mustache.  It should be a rule or something

 You know a fight scene was good when you get an awesome standoff pose!

Yeah, yeah he is.  Dude you're related to just about everyone...

Yeah, he gets another monk to lie for him.  Shifty bastard

It's gonna be good, even she knows it!

Cuz he's your grandson...

Yeah...open your stupid mouth more, jerk from Kunlun.

and he makes the save!  can't kill or seriously injury anyone there, Wuji!

He's the man with a plan!

Because I'm Wuji, and I'm frellng awesome like that!

BUM BUM BUUUUUMMMMM!!!

Wuji versus Shaolin...he's already healed a guy and worked over the Kunlun's Ace.  I give your chances somewhere around none...

Yeah....none!  And Wuji was a real class act about it.

Now it's going to get real!

Because Wuji was WINNING!

I think we all are...

STYLISH SAVE!

Wuji is dropping some crazy shit in this fight!  It's GLORIOUS!!!

What did your Moms say about beautiful women?  To be fair, though, it was under crazy peer pressure...

I believe it

And now Wudang knows he's Wuji!!!

Buhui calls out Abbess for being the one who killed her mom!

and don't you forget it!

Yeah, yeah, yeah...no problem.  Wuji's so cool about this!

Yup...Wuji is now the leader of the Ming Cult!  Like a boss!!

Wuji accepted the spot so he would be able to order the Ming Cult into the secret passageway to not get swept by the smaller sects who'd banded together to clean up what was left after the battle.  Now, he's leading the sect that his Godfather Xunis a leader of...I may end up making a flow chart for how everyone is interconnected and related to each other.  Not sure if they make enough poster board....