china_shop: Zhao Yunlan suggestively biting the tip of his thumb (Guardian - thumb-biting)
The Gauche in the Machine ([personal profile] china_shop) wrote in [personal profile] winter_blossom 2019-10-16 01:26 am (UTC)

I hope it's okay to jump in here...

but when he apologizes for not finding the hidden camera, or for (iirc) not knowing how to disarm a bomb in ep 24, those are moderately insane things to take any blame for.

FWIW, I read the hidden-camera apology as a kind of verbal self-criticism -- a disciplined way of taking responsibility for as much as one can. The fact that Shen Wei's "failings" are so obviously not failings makes it more of a gesture to signal humility (without actually admitting fault) and willingness to meet Zhao Yunlan halfway, I think?

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