01-23-2023, 10:39 PM
E3&4: every ep this season is a two-parter. This murder surrounded stolen treasure by brit soldiers during the boxer rebellion so it starts with a sword fight in tianjin. It uses a lot of old Chinese tropes like opium chambers and made up Buddhist god curses - the ‘god of shadows’ is a Tibetan mask. That being said, VB has an Asian character - a librarian/archivist - so there’s this attempt at inclusiveness. The tale was mediocre but it has swords.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse