This is
the first time I’ve listed Big Damn Hero moments for anyone other than
Whoniverse characters, but the amazing people in this story deserve it and then
some. Spreading the love between our
various allied soldiers, here are the scenes that make me cheer the loudest
(spoilers.)
Guan Yu Escapes Capture (Part 1)
Surrounded by enemy soldiers with their spears
trained on him, Guan Yu isn’t ready to give in.
After staring down Cao Cao himself, Guan Yu breaks through the ranks
around him and knocks over one of the imperial generals’ horse, throwing the
general to the ground. He then picks up
his army’s fallen flag, mounts the horse just as it rights itself, and peaces out. Hardcore.
Zhao Yun in the “Tortoise” Battle (Part 1)
I opted
for this scene instead of Zhao Yun fighting a ton of soldiers while carrying a
baby – cool, but cheesy. This one, though, is just cool. He goes to town on these imperial soldiers, so much so that he doesn’t even
take the time to pull his spear out of whatever soldier he kills. He just slides the dead soldier’s spear out
of his hands and moves on the next one (or two, or twenty.)
Zhou Yu Saves Zhao Yun (Part 1)
Oh my
gosh, this is amazing. So, Zhou Yu sees a mounted imperial archer
aiming straight for Zhao Yun, who’s too busy being a boss to notice. Zhou Yu knocks his own horse off-balance so
he falls in the path of the arrow, taking it in the shoulder to save Zhao
Yun. But guys, he’s not even done. He yanks the arrow out, takes this leaping
twist into the air, and stabs the archer
in the neck with the arrow that the archer just shot him with. No words for this. Just amazing.
Zhu-ge Liang Gets 100,000 Arrows (Part 2)
Funny –
even though Part 2 has the epic final battle, both moments I picked from it
don’t involve direct fighting. Zhu-ge
Liang, for instance, gets his moment by being one smart BAMF. With the allied army in desperate need of
arrows, Zhu-ge Liang gets the imperial army to unwittingly give them to
him. He waits for a heavy fog to
minimize visibility, then sends twenty sparsely-crewed ships covered in straw
with strawman soldiers on the decks to the edge of the imperial camp. Thinking it’s an ambush, the imperial
generals order wave after wave of arrows shot at the ships. So many get stuck in the straw that the ships
look like heavy-laden pincushions. And
all the while, Zhu-ge Liang sits inside one of the ships calmly drinking
tea. Now that’s style.
Sun Shangxiang Reveals the Map (Part 2)
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