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⌈ Secret Post #5638 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

/shrug I think this is why I like The Untamed more than the MDZS novel. LWJ seemed a little more human then - cool and reserved (and for very good and logical character development reasons), but IMO clearly struggling on the inside with his feelings. WWX is a gremlin and I know there's at least one person who's not a fan here on FS, but Xiao Zhan helped bring out his lovable side more.

But I didn't care for how the romance was done in the novel at all. It was rather clumsy and comes off more like you described. The sex scenes were super cringe.

[(Anonymous)]

100% same here. I definitely appreciate the novel's existence, obviously, but the show made them feel more human and less trope-y.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like part of the issue with the novel is that it's in WWX's POV, so since he has no idea that LWJ has feelings for him it makes the already stoic LWJ seem even more emotionally opaque. There are a few moments where WWX is obviously missing cues but there are also a lot of points where we just don't know if LWJ is showing an emotion because WWX wouldn't notice if he was. The live action managed much better because the actor was doing all kinds of work with his face and eyes to make it clear to the audience that LWJ is very much having feelings and WWX is just missing them (and for that reason while I do generally like the novel The Untamed's version of LWJ is by far my favorite).