[ SECRET POST #6528 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6528 ⌋

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


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Fangs of Fortune (OP)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not quite finished yet, but I'm a little baffled by the lukewarm-to-harsh response this series has gotten. It's got plenty of flaws, absolutely! But geez, find me a cdrama that doesn't have issues. I love the look of the show which is a cut above many in terms of styling, backdrops and special effects. SO many shipping possibilities, and I'm not even into shipping, per se. I like the Found Family aspect and the light hearted moments are funny and cute. It's no Nirvana in Fire but it's fun and I'm enjoying it very much.

I also appreciate that it shows a close female friendship (with shipping possibilities) that doesn't involve two women fighting over a dude, which is not uncommon in cdramas. I do wish the female lead were more interesting and had more to do, however. She spends a lot of time being helpless and crying, which could totally get on a person's nerves but again... not uncommon in cdramas.




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A not-insignificant number of people don't like the ending, because there are multiple character deaths. I don't like that either, but... again, this is a cdrama, that's not unheard of. I have a few more episodes to go, so I'll see if the deaths make narrative sense but so far, I'm not bothered. Sad, yeah. But not in a "THIS IS SO UNFAIR AND RUINS EVERYTHING!!!!" kind of way.

Re: Fangs of Fortune (OP)

[(Anonymous)]

Waaaat. Well, I'm really glad to be in the corner of (tumblr) fandom where people adore the drama (despite the issues everyone acknowlegdes) and happily ship several variations of characters!

(From gifs I've seen Love Game in Eastern Fantasy looks the kind of cringe to me that I couldn't stand, so I'll resent it with you, OP!)

Re: Fangs of Fortune (OP)

[(Anonymous)]

There's definitely some love for it on tumblr, which I appreciate. Also pretty gifsets! It's mostly elsewhere (like on reddit) that people seem a bit over the top upset about it to the point of acting like nobody should bother starting it because of the ending... while simultaneously gushing over cdramas that also had criticized endings for the same reasons. Okaaaaaay.

Re: Fangs of Fortune (OP)

[(Anonymous)]

(SA) I was super relieved by the ending cause it was way less bleak (or open ended) than I thought it would be! Also excellent fanfic fuel!

Re: Fangs of Fortune (OP)

[(Anonymous)]

I finished it last night, and agreed. I'd read spoilers, but honestly, people made it sound much, much worse than it was, as if the ending was so bad that there was no point in watching any of it at all. That was just silly. I have zero regrets, will probably rewatch at some point, and I thought the soundtrack was pretty cool, too. All the character songs are going to stick in my head for ages.

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The biggest complaints I heard were that Ying Lei's sacrifice to save Bai Jiu was pointless because Bai Jiu died anyway. I don't feel that way. Ying Lei wasn't an idiot, he knew things were bad and that at best, he was giving Bai Jiu a chance at survival, not an iron-clad guarantee. He chose freely, it was noble and not at all pointless. Bai Jiu's sacrifice was similar - no one else had the info he had about the phoenix ashes, and nobody else was available to do the deed for him. He spent the whole series wishing he were braver, and in the end, he found the courage he needed and saved his friends. That's not pointless. Both sacrifices are heart wrenching, but have narrative value.

As for Zhao Yuanzhou, maybe not everyone understood that he's not DEAD dead, Yichen saved a small piece of his soul. The series already established that this means he can come back after years of cultivation. Still a little open ended, but honestly, still better than a lot of cdrama endings.

Re: Fangs of Fortune (OP)

[(Anonymous)]

(SA)

SPOILERS

Yeah. Ying Lei's sacrifice wasn't pointless at all. Without it, Bai Jiu wouldn't have been able to scatter the ashes and our heroes would have lost. It also gave Bai Jiu the chance to be THE hero. To protect everyone.
Did his death make Ying Lei's death more tragic? Sure. But it's wasn't for nothing.
And sometimes the universe just IS that cruel. It doesn't get all tied up with a pretty little bow. It made sense for the story to me. (Man, I am kinda glad that we didn't see the reactions of his parents tho. Especially his mother should have very complicated feelings)
This definitely wasn't a Feel Good Drama, but it also never tried to tell us that it was.
(Yes, I also have some criticisms, but I enjoyed it too much to ~throw the whole drama away.)

Did you see the lil extra episode? I thought it rounded everything up very nicely and gave another nice dash of hope. I might even be motivated to write some fics.