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historical drama angst, war angst, gay angst, fuck the monarchy, fuck the patriarchy, male lead who is the perfect calm to the female lead's insanity but also they're both insane when needed, soulmates, SOULMATES, LITERAL SOULMATES, beautiful cinematography, dialogue that makes you want to scream from its beauty, heart ache and heart break in every scene, perfect acting, perfect score, joseon rhett and scarlett but 1000x better, pining, ultra-pining, mega, mega pining, horniness, political intrigue, fight scenes, WOMEN!!!! WRITTEN WITH ACTUAL NUANCE!!!!!.........like please watch this drama i'm so furious no major streamer picked it up it's literally so fucking good i am losing my mind here
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Alchemy of the Souls Part 2
Oh man, they really dropped the ball didn’t they?
On one hand, I’m glad we are getting angsty/cute romance. I think there wasn’t enough of that in Part 1, that’s true. On the other hand, the pacing is not good right now. The writers are not allowing the story to advance... because they don’t seem to know what to do with the characters, so they are just prolonging the same conflict for 6 episodes now (Uk mourning/being confused Naksu thinking her memories are another person’s).
Too bad! The actors are so good! The characters are great! The story is fire! But the pacing suffered. The potential was there!!
Instead it should’ve have been just 3 episodes of Naksu being cute/without memory... Then in episode 4 Yul finds out who she is and plans to kill her... just as she finds the egg and recovers her memory! Episode 5 is she letting Yul kill her out of guilt of killing Uk but.... we have the So-i subplot for episode 6 that interrupts it. There you go. We are in the same spot, but the pacing is better! Last 4 episodes is Uk learning the truth and the resolution of the firebird/ice stone plot. No need for the “egg is giving me her memories” subplot that was dummbbb.
Sigh... Still, I’m enjoying it.
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Alchemy of Souls - Semi-Final Thoughts
It has been a while since I wrote about K-dramas. The truth is, it has been a while since a K-drama has made excited enough to write about it. My Liberation Notes came close, but it was so... real and depressing and hopeful, I couldn’t really do anything but appreciate it. There was no need to analyze it because it really captured a time, a mood, the spirit of a generation despite taking place in the other side of the world for me (my generation, I think, but maybe Gen Zers, too?).
Alchemy of Souls is a different beast altogether. It’s funny, fun, heartwarming, adventurous, and full of feeling without being too sad or melodramatic. It hits all the right notes for me in a moment where I need a good, popcorn fantasy K-drama.
If I could point to one flaw, I would say that the pacing wasn’t always as perfect as it could have been. There were a few episodes that felt stretched on for the sake of pushing cliffhangers and high stakes moments to more “appropriate” episodes (16-17, for example). It could’ve probably been 16 episodes and it would’ve been absolutely perfect.
Nevertheless (another great drama I watched recently), I can’t help but admire how well they pulled off the last two episodes. Because I knew another episode was coming, I knew that we would have a “bad” ending, but still I was tense, still I was rooting for Bu-yeon to shield Naksu from the bells, still hoping Jang Uk would find out about the control before it was too late, etc. That’s a mark of good storytelling, I think, that I would allow myself to be fooled by the story despite knowing better.
The writers have masterfully suggested over course of the show that Naksu could run wild yet kept that moment distant enough that I almost thought the first season would not touch upon that situation yet.
I understand the frustration of anyone who wants Mu-deok’s actress to come back and doesn’t like “sad” endings. As K-drama viewers, we’re a bit spoiled by 16 episodes that almost always have happy endings. We don’t like that expectation to be wrong (Twenty-One / Twenty-Five, for example), but here, I feel like it has always been clear that season 1 would end in a climatic way.
And the show is better for it. If this K-drama is going to have a rare second season, this is the way do it. While Naksu grew and so did Jang Uk, the main themes of the show (the costs of sacrifice vs. love / ambition vs protection) are still yet to be fully explored. And to explore those... conflict is needed. Season 1 was the development of their relationship. Season 2 will test that relationship, I think.
And I’m excited to see where that leads... Even if I will miss the main actress, the story and characters are strong enough for me to keep watching.
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They are both so great! Owlcat really got better at romances!!!
That’s me, trying to decide whether I should romance Daeran or Lann for my first playthrough
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Finally, someone gets it!
chapter 139 - The end of Ymir’s curse
My positive thoughts about the ending of attack on titan, focusing on Paths, Ymir and Eren, beware of spoilers bellow the cut
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this game is gorgeous and beautiful and wonderfull
Ghost of Tsushima (2020) | Platform: PlayStation 4
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Finally, a good K-drama! I missed those :)
Zombie Boy
In a small village, a baby boy was born. He had pale skin and large eyes.
While raising the boy, his mother naturally came to the realization.
That he had no feelings whatsoever. All he had was the desire to eat, like a zombie.
So his mother locked him up in the basement so that the villagers wouldn't see him. And every night, she stole livestock from her neighbors to feed him as she raised him in secret.
A number of years passed like that. Then one day, an epidemic broke out. It left the remaining animals dead, and also killed many people. Those who survived the epidemic left the village.
But the mother couldn't leave her son all alone. And to appease her son crying of hunger, she cut off one leg of hers and gave it to him. After that, it was her arm. She gave him everything.
When she was left with nothing but her torso, she embraced her son for the last time to let him devour what was left of her.
With his both arms, the boy tightly held his mother’s body and spoke for the first time in his life, “Mom, you’re really warm.”
What did the boy really want? Satiating his hunger? Or feeling his mother’s warmth?
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The King: Eternal Monarch
Am I the only one who thinks this show has a lot of problems? It’s so frustrating because the acting is good, the visuals are good, the premise is intriguing, but the pacing, editing and plot make absolute no sense? The editing is all over the place and product placing is constant and in your face. It seems like the priority is shots of chcken BBQ and lipbalm (terrible timing sharing a lipbalm a during pandemic haha), not making sense.
It’s not even that the plot is difficult to understand, it’s just that emotional beats are all wrong -- are we supposed to think it’s cute that they throw romantic scenes at random moments (or actually, not random at all, I think they do at the end and start of the episode to keep the audience attention)? All the desperation between the main couple makes little sense considering:
1. how easy is it to travel back and forth -- he does it at will (sure he’s busy, but, uh, normal people are busy and they make relationships work).
2. The time they have spent a part is unclear and seems pretty short (weeks? months? who knows? the editing certainly doesn’t)
3. The time they did spend together was basically 80% she being annoyed at him 20% him making googly eyes at her. Then she jumped from lukewarm to omg I love you.
What happened? The editing, albeit confusing, seems to somewhat follow a linear path when it’s about boring cop partner and villan (and wonderfully funny bodyguard, love him, he’s great). Why are the romantic scenes so damn weird? Conspiracy? LMH not having time to be on set? The Corona? What?
Of course, this is the same writer from Heirs (ugh) and Goblin (gah). Maybe that’s the real issue. Dammit, I love LMH, and I hate when one of his dramas just doesn’t work for me. Specially when I’m re-watching the adorakable Faith again, and Cho Young is still the best male lead ever.
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iT wAS fORsHaDOweD DAnNy wOuLd GO MaD.
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Thanks for reminding me of Book Dany and her real depth.
Daenerys - Books vs Show - Sexism and Bad Writing in the show
I wanted to write an in-depth analysis of Dany in the books vs Dany in the show. People usually talk about how the show removed much of Dany’s softness and humor, but I think it goes beyond that. The show has blackwashed Dany and made her more violent and impulsive. The show has also taken away Dany’s agency and cunning, and given it to the male characters around her. In my opinion, the writing of the show has been very bad and sexist, and I believe that these problems started very early in the show, not just in the later seasons.
In this essay, I won’t talk about every change in Dany’s storyline, like the problems with the depiction of the Dothraki culture, the racism in the show or certain changes like how Ser Barristan was supposed to be alive and rule Meereen when Dany is gone. I think all of these changes are worth discussing, but here, I want to focus on the problems with Dany’s characterization.
SEASON 1
This season is the best season in terms of the adaptation of Dany’s character. They show Dany overcoming her brother’s abuse, make it very clear that Drogo raped her and show Dany overcoming that as well, show her getting stronger, adapting to Dothraki culture and becoming a leader in her own right. But there are already some problems.
1) In the books, we have a moment in which Dany orders the khalasar to stay behind, and Viserys becomes outraged that she dared to give orders to him. This also happens in the show, but the outcome is different. In the books, Dany pushes Viserys and orders his horse to be taken away. This is an important moment for a couple of reasons. One, because this is the first time Dany defies Viserys. Two, because it shows Dany growing as a leader. She knows that a man that doesn’t ride is looked down on by the Dothraki, so she takes his horse to humiliate him, and at the same time, the Dothraki grow to respect her more. So this is an important moment that shows Dany using her understanding of Dothraki culture and her wits for political purposes. But in the show, it’s Rakharo that takes Viserys horse.
2) Another change in the first season are Dany’s final scenes. In the books, Dany gives Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo a bow, a whip and an arakh, and asks them to be her bloodriders. This is important because it shows Dany’s defiance of the patriarchy, because only a khal can lead the Dothraki and name bloodriders, but the show cuts this scene. They also changed Dany’s last speech to the Dothraki. In the show, this is what she says:
You will be my khalasar. I see the faces of slaves. I free you. Take off your collars. Go if you wish, no one will stop you. But if you stay it will be as brothers and sisters, as husbands and wives. […] I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen of the Blood of Old Valyria. I am the Dragon’s daughter. And I swear to you that those who would harm you will die screaming. – Daenerys, 1x10
Meanwhile, in the books, Dany never says that their enemies would die screaming in her speech. She says this is an earlier scene, in which, she swears revenge for a girl that Mago had raped and murdered:
She lifted her head. “And I am Daenerys Stormborn, Daenerys of House Targaryen, of the blood of Aegon the Conqueror and Maegor the Cruel and old Valyria before them. I am the dragon’s daughter, and I swear to you, these men will die screaming. Now bring me to Khal Drogo.” – Daenerys IX AGOT
But in her speech, Dany never says that:
“You will be my khalasar,” she told them. “I see the faces of slaves. I free you. Take off your collars. Go if you wish, no one shall harm you. If you stay, it will be as brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.” The black eyes watched her, wary, expressionless. “I see the children, women, the wrinkled faces of the aged. I was a child yesterday. Today I am a woman. Tomorrow I will be old. To each of you I say, give me your hands and your hearts, and there will always be a place for you.” – Daenerys X AGOT
If I’m going to be honest, I don’t truly mind these changes in season 1. I still think they made a very good job with Dany’s adaptation this season. But I think these changes already give us hints of what will happen to Dany’s character in the following seasons. Not showing Dany taking Viserys horse and not showing her asking Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo to be her bloodriders are changes that I wouldn’t mind in isolation. In the case of Rakharo taking Viserys’ horse, it’s actually a good change to give Dothraki characters more characterization than they have in the book (but it’s all for nothing, because the show kills them off for no reason in season 2). But they are the beginning of the tendency that the show has of stripping Dany of her agency and giving her actions to the male characters around her. And I understand the motivation of merging Dany’s two speeches into one, to cut screentime. This is another change that I wouldn’t mind, but this change already hinted that they would transform Dany’s character into a more violent character than she is in the books.
SEASON 2
This season, the problems really begin, and the blackwashing and sexism begin in full force.
1) The first scene is one when they are crossing the desert. In the books, Dany thinks:
They are not strong, she told herself, so I must be their strength. I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt. However frightened my heart, when they look upon my face they must see only Drogo’s queen. She felt older than her fourteen years. If ever she had truly been a girl, that time was done. – Daenerys I ACOK
But in the show, what do we get? Dany is slouching and looking frightened, and Jorah is the one that needs to remind her that she needs to be her people’s strength To make it even worse, Dany tells Jorah that he is her strength:
Jorah: They are too weak to fight, as are your people. You must be their strength.
Dany: As you are mine. (2x01)
They completely erase Dany’s strength and leadership in this moment, and give it to a male character.
2) When she gets to Qarth, once again, we see them starting to handle Dany’s character as someone whose only ability is to scream at people. In the books, Dany is received in Qarth because people are curious about her dragons. But in the show, in order to create unnecessary drama, they have the Qartheen refuse Dany’s entrance, and she shouts:
Thirteen! When my dragons are grown, we will take back what was stolen from me and destroy those who have wronged me. We will lay waste to armies and burn cities to the ground. Turn us away and we will burn you first. - Daenerys, 2x04
This is a far cry from what book Daenerys is actually thinking when she’s in Qarth:
Dany had no wish to reduce King’s Landing to a blackened ruin full of unquiet ghosts. She had supped enough on tears. I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father.
But before she could do that she must conquer. – Daenerys II ACOK
She’s definitely not thinking about burning cities to the ground. I understand that show Dany needs to enter the city or else she and her people will die. So I don’t think there’s anything wrong with show Dany resorting to threats in this scene. But this scene is just another step in distancing show Dany and book Dany, and making show Dany more violent.
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people complaining about plot armor, and here I am loving the episode for all the plot armor! THANK YOU, D&D. We suffered enough. We’re already losing this show, why the characters too?
Tonight at least, everybody lives (that I cared about!). YESS
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