Puppet master

Song ZuEr did an excellent job being WuNiang and BanXia.👏🏻 I liked the cat’s cradle game controlling the mini puppet. It was fitting since a cat got them there. The actors did an incredible job with the eerie and just slightly off movements for dolls/puppets. The dad really loves her but recognizes how dangerous she is. He is heartbroken that she only sees his efforts as confining and hypocritical. The tenderness BanXia showed looking after XuanYe.🥰 His cute grumpiness at not wanting disturbed while trying to sleep. I wish we could have seen his family bickering and having fun. It was a change of pace for BanXia who is usually the only one that can see things. That gave her a bit of perspective from those that can’t see who you’re talking about. WuNiang has successfully rounded up everyone and she makes them share stories for her birthday. She points out the double standard of the constable and her father. I don’t think he realizes he carves the same doll for her. I wonder how his face would look seeing the drawerful she has of them. WuNiang was so confident of her success that she showed BanXia her secret of transferring herself from puppet to puppet. It had to be eerie to see your likeness and hear your voice with WuNiang’s crazed ideas coming out. BanXia’s wisdom in getting another mark on her hand really paid off. She has got a good strike in at her doppelgänger and heads out the door with the hunter’s sword. Cast and production rounding out this arc nicely.

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