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[branchandroot]

I feel a need to poll Guardian extended fandom about something.



When you look at this image from that hotel photo shoot, your first response is:

Poll #22994 Honestly...

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My first thought is...

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Hands, hngh.
5 (33.3%)

Oh hey, bondage.
2 (13.3%)

What's that flower-print thing behind him?
0 (0.0%)

Blue-screen, ask me later
6 (40.0%)

clicky!
7 (46.7%)

Comments

[winter_blossom]

Can I say "none of the above"? ^_^ Because my first thought was, and I kid you not, "Why on earth is Zhu Yilong sitting in a closet while pulling a tie from the bar?" XD (It might not actually be a closet: just that my first impression was of one of those nooks with a sliding door they have in generic hotel rooms to hang up clothes)

But from the given options, I'd go with "hands." Because, yes, those hands are magnificent. Also, the faux-curious facial expression and the artfully-messy hair <3

[edenfalling]

Mine is more like, "What (or who) is he looking at?" because, you know, there's an implied story in that pose and outfit and gaze. :D

[dancing_serpent]

Mine was "is that some five o'clock shadow or just the light?". *g*

[krait]

My first thought was, "What is he holding?" At first glance it looked almost like someone's tie; the shape wasn't quite right, though, and it didn't line up with his own tie and there wasn't the parts of a figure where a figure should be if the tie was around someone else's neck, and frankly I still don't know what he's holding.

[ranalore]

To be honest, my first thought was "Cheekbones!" The chiaroscuro lighting plays up his bone structure beautifully.

[mekare]

I chose clicky, because I couldn‘t stop looking at his face and wondering who he was looking at or who he was hiding from.