though she does tear a leaf from Ye Zun's book and use her powers to rip the life straight out of Mi Lu later on I always think of that moment as Zhu Hong getting her own back for everything she's been put through so far over thirty-odd episodes, from being tied up and strangled (the red dress thing) to having Shen Wei lay compulsions on her with hypnotism (sort of) to the dream thing... all neatly packaged in five seconds of magical violence. Sorry, Mi Lu.
(I have been sticking to fic for The Untamed/MDZS without ever venturing into any of the canons; Guardian is the great exception for me as far as getting into visual canons go, I usually just don't. While you're so right that as a sort-of megafandom MDZS etc. is full of terrible stuff, the 80% rule applies and there are some terrific writers in there as well, and some stuff which is objectively really bad but still a lot of fun to read...)
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I always think of that moment as Zhu Hong getting her own back for everything she's been put through so far over thirty-odd episodes, from being tied up and strangled (the red dress thing) to having Shen Wei lay compulsions on her with hypnotism (sort of) to the dream thing... all neatly packaged in five seconds of magical violence. Sorry, Mi Lu.
(I have been sticking to fic for The Untamed/MDZS without ever venturing into any of the canons; Guardian is the great exception for me as far as getting into visual canons go, I usually just don't. While you're so right that as a sort-of megafandom MDZS etc. is full of terrible stuff, the 80% rule applies and there are some terrific writers in there as well, and some stuff which is objectively really bad but still a lot of fun to read...)