[ 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)]

I feel the opposite about the golden core thing. I like that the illustration foreshadowed it because frankly, it comes out of nowhere in the novel and I don't like that. It doesn't feel like an awesome plot twist, it felt like someone pulling an explanation out of their ass... which seems common in Chinese dramas. Somebody is dying, but oh look a magic pill! Or a magical power that has never been mentioned or shown earlier and will never show up again even though it'd be handy! Or just the right magical talisman suddenly shows up!

I don't think it hurt that the audience could figure out what was going on because the reveal for the characters was such a powerful gut punch that this was all the shock I needed.

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

[(Anonymous)]

DA Oh, that's a good point, yeah.

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

[(Anonymous)]

It doesn't come out of nowhere in the novel. It's the same explanation as in the drama only you didn't know it from the start. Its supposed to make the reader go "oh shit so that's why WWX didn't use his sword anymore and had to fall back upon using necromancy full-time and that's what actually bred all the resentment people have for him". It's not out of nowhere at all, only if you didn't pay attention.

In contrast, it's super dumbed down and spoonfed in the drama. And you can like it better that way, but saying it came out of nowhere in the novel is frankly untrue. And I think it massively cheapened that scene but that's a matter of taste, I guess.

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

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, sure. I feel like big "plot twists" are better if there's at least some foreshadowing, which there was in the drama. IIRC, there wasn't in the book. The book feels a lot more like "oh yeah and btw all those chapters ago there was a golden core transfer, ta dah!"

I don't think it cheapened the scene because even with the illustration flashed across the screen, the audience doesn't know what that involves. They don't know just how much of a painful sacrifice it is for Wei Wuxian,so even if they know about the transfer, it's still pretty impactful to find out that it was a huge, huge deal that changed his life forever.

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

[(Anonymous)]

There was foreshadowing. You just apparently didn't catch it.

And not, the audience knew what it involved because they were told, repeatedly. Wen Qing told him, and by extension, the audience. It was very obvious and not even a little subtle.

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

[(Anonymous)]

But that's just.. dramatic irony. Watching WWX keeping secrets and watching his family burn down while you KNOW what the secret is and why he's doing it is really good! This is obv. an agree to disagree (and i'm late) but I think the deliberate change is from switching it to intensify the drama for the audience, not because it wanted to preserve the secret.