Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Batfamily Members & Jason Todd, Bernard Dowd/Tim Drake
Characters: Jason Todd, Bernard Dowd, Tim Drake, Batfamily Members (DCU)
Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Jason Todd, Identity Porn, Bernard's Conspiracy Theories, False Assumptions
Series: Part 1 of Omega Jason Todd Week 2024
Summary:
Bernard is coming over for dinner to meet the family.
Barnard... has some interesting ideas.
Jason's desire for chaos in regard to Tim doesn't help
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Bernard continues full speed ahead, “The only question is when you fell in love with him.”
The table comes to a full and complete halt.
Bernard notices this time and shrinks a little, “Or maybe he fell in love with you? One-sided?” he gasps, “Did you not know? I’m so sorry. I thought it was obvious.”
Tim looks like he’d very much like to melt into the floor and just… become one with the rug.
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Omega Jason Todd Week 2024 - 'Jason and Red Hood are assumed to be an alpha/omega couple'
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The Double-O's (partially found rejected British TV series pilot; 1990)
Some stills from the opening credits of The Double-O's, the rejected pilot for a James Bond spinoff series starring Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan. This pilot was produced during Giancarlo Parretti's ownership of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1990-1991), concurrently to the animated series James Bond Jr. It is speculated that the commercial failure of James Bond Jr., Parretti's fraudulent misuse of MGM's funds, as well as the pilot's dated aesthetics are the main reasons behind the rejection.
However, Bean and Brosnan eventually reprised their roles from the series in 1995's GoldenEye, the 17th James Bond film. Judging from these (anonymously sourced) stills, it appears that some material from the pilot was re-used in the film. To this day, no other attempts to create a TV series adapted from the James Bond franchise have been made. It is also unknown whether a complete version of the pilot will ever be recovered.
Still there? Okay, I guess I have to confess: this is no lost media lol. Just me having listened some times too many the main theme of The Persuaders (the Bond-esque series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore). I mean, I love the melancholy of that theme (thanks John Barry), and the aesthetics of the opening just as much. That was a fun little project 🙂 (and ngl, I'd kill for an actual full version of that opening with unseen 1980s bondalec footage...)
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Decline (2023) is a pretty cool little thing
So, I just stumbled upon this short Cdrama today and ended up watching it in one go. It was actually much better than I expected!
Basically, smart and free-spirited Su Cheng Xi (in white) crosses path with no-nonsense Sui Han Bai (in black) while investigating a strange disappearance of a theatrical troupe, and the fun starts from here.
Hidden identities, the mysteries of the past, treasure maps, murders and bromance - literally, what more could you possibly want??
It's a 20 episodes drama, 10 minute each. Viki combined it into 7 longer ones, which is much better to digest, at least for me.
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The first thing that I noticed was - unexpectedly really good cinematography! I am generally quite lenient towards the technical side of shows, but I still have eyes, and those eyes were pleasantly surprised today. The chase scene at the very beginning was beautifully shot. Do you see the colors? Chef's kiss!
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Second great thing is characters.
Su Cheng Xi - a wandering detective, mischievous and seemingly carefree, but also very sharp and with the hidden agenda:
Sui Han Bai - an uptight and serious constable of Dayong City, follow-the-rules kinda guy... Or so it seems. But more on that later. For now - behold the visage:
When those two meet for the first time, they literally have a battle in slow motion, dramatic song and flower petals in the air. Sure, that's totally normal thing for anyone to do, what are you even talking about.
There are also two female characters present, but they don't feel like being there just to appease the censorship overlords. It's hard for me to say anything about them without spoilers, but the dynamic between them and the boys is interesting.
Yue Xiao Qiao, an assassin from Qianji Pavillion:
Zuo Han Qin, Dayong City Lord's daughter:
This is Zhao Yin, a servant of Su Cheng Xi, he's there and he's nice:
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Third thing is the plot and pacing. This is a crime-solving drama, so there is an (unusually high) number of dead bodies to identify and secrets to uncover. The cases are not overly complicated, but at the same time quite interesting. I managed to guess some of the twists, but was also surprised by others.
Because of the shorter run-time there are no unnecessary fillers, something is always happening to someone. Sometimes several events are going right after another or even simultaneously, and you're sitting here like wtf. But in a good way, you know?
(Skulls are awesome, and frankly there should be more of them in every drama).
And at the same time the pace doesn't feel overly rushed. We have time to witness some dramatic flashbacks, tender scenes and some funny moments sprinkled in between.
Also-also, and this is a slight spoiler, but I know that a lot of people are pissed about generally crappy endings in cdramas, so I'm happy to announce that Decline has a good one! Like, wow, what a rare thing this is. Though not every mystery is solved, so there's a potential for season 2, but at least you won't be left feeling like you've been slapped in the face with a rotten fish afterwards.
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Forth thing (and this is my personal opinion), this drama is definitely a love story between Sui Han Bai and Su Cheng Xi. They obviously don't say anything out loud, and regard each other as "best friends" (this "xiong di qing" aka "brotherly love" excuse has been cracking me up since Guardian), but come on. Like, you literally have several tropes that are common in het romance dramas! And the lengths that they go in order to protect each other? Simply insane.
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Speaking of protectiveness, Sui Han Bai. This guy surprised me the most in terms of his disposition. Based on the initial impression, his dynamic with Su Cheng Xi (playful vs strict), and his archetype that we've all seen in previous dramas, you'd think that you know what kind of character this constable is going to be, right? Well... I don't want to spoil anything, but there was a moment in ep.3 where I was like: "Holy shit, he could just do that?" So I'm just going to put this picture here, and leave it up to you to guess the context:
This was a scene where I was like, I love this guy. Devotion, combined with ruthlessness. Delicious.
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Overall, I really liked it! Adding this little gem to my collection of mystery-solving boys. The history books will write that they were really good friends.
This has been your friendly ghost from Abyss, with some recommendations on how to distract yourself from the horrors of existing(*^-^*)
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