[ SECRET POST #4886 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4886 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04. https://i.imgur.com/MwrBgtO.jpg
[OP warned for NSFW but it isn't obvious]


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06. [SPOILERS for Midsommar]



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07. [WARNING for discussion eating disorders]




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08. [WARNING for discussion of mental disorders/EDs/etc]



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09. [WARNING for discussion of rape/torture]



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10. [WARNING for discussion of underage]















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #699.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: ****MAJOR SPOILERS AND WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DUB/NON-CON****

[(Anonymous)]

How did the drama spoil that? They gave hints but never said it outright.

Re: ****MAJOR SPOILERS AND WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DUB/NON-CON****

[(Anonymous)]

The scene where they planned it had very, very obvious picture book instructions waved into the camera. Since I already knew about the twist I did ask a few friends who only watched the drama and everyone I spoke to said that, yes, it was painfully obvious what they where going to do from how the scene was set up.

Re: ****MAJOR SPOILERS AND WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DUB/NON-CON****

[(Anonymous)]

Huh. Does the novel just not say anything at all about it until the reveal?

I actually really liked that you could guess what it was, and then the reveal both confirmed it and made it MORE painful because you got the why and the how as well as the what, and could think back to all the assumptions you'd made and see what you caught and what you missed. I don't mind having clues, even if they're a little clunky.

Re: ****MAJOR SPOILERS AND WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DUB/NON-CON****

[(Anonymous)]

I personally thought the reveal in the novel was much more painful, but that's a matter of taste. I don't mind hints, but they didn't hint it, they basically spelled it out in big fat neon letters and that was just one of the super, super clumsy scenes where they apparently assumed everyone who watches the drama is a moron who needs to have everything spelled out for them.

Re: ****MAJOR SPOILERS AND WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DUB/NON-CON****

[(Anonymous)]

No, the novel lets you think that Wen Qing somehow managed to fix Jiang Cheng and it does not let on about the core transfer. In some ways, that's more effective because you don't know why Wei Wuxian no longer carries his sword, etc. but I prefer it the way the drama did it because it feels less out of the blue.

Re: ****MAJOR SPOILERS AND WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF DUB/NON-CON****

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

as someone who's never read the book, that plot point was embarrassingly clear and i was even skipping scenes all over the place because i got really bored during all the flashback stuff. it meaning to be some 'twist' was a bit 'uh, what?' to me because it was really obvs.

i liked the drama for the characters i ended up liking, but my god it needed better pacing. also for me: main villain reveal was obvs relatively early too, but that one may just have been the general trope of 'character is smart and schemey, therefore they are morally bankrupt' so i won't chalk that one up to silly writing 100%.