Yamuri

On YouTube I go by the name Chris Norwyn which is my pen name for my original work.

I am also on YouTube, but I have no videos uploaded there. AO3 is a site for fanfictions. Authors can post their stories there and readers may read them. On my profile here on mydramalist I posted the links to my fanfictions so you may just click on the links. In case that you know Belletristica, I put the fanfiction on there as well. It is also a pattform such as wattpad where authors can publish stories for free, original work as well as fanfictions.

You're welcome. :) Personally, I liked Eagles and Youngsters as well. It reminded me slightly of the Tomb Robber Series, has a touch of adventure. The character Wang Junkai plays in Eagle and Youngsters is more carefree and fun though. As for The fallen bridge there are english subs now if you check it out on dramacool. Usually I watch dramas on official sites but sometimes these grey sites have the subs available.

Thank you very much. I just noticed this drama and it looks very promising. Thank you for the subs. :)

Sounds interesting. I love stories about parallel worlds. Too bad that it is not subbed yet on Youku on YouTube.

I've just watched episode 15 today and I still consider the plot as interesting. I have my specualtions already about two suspects who might have something to do with what happened 8 years ago though. ^^

I was right about Liu Xian Da acting in this dama. Love that he is playing a cop here. ^^

xD I'm waiting for Be Reborn 2 as well and that's how I discovered his new drama here, lol. Hope he will do Be Reborn 2 soon though. He's really good as a cop. In the first episode however there was a young guy who somehow reminded me of Xiao Dao aka Ding Wei in Be Reborn.

There is a movie "Homecoming" with Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai. But it is not subbed yet from what I saw. Personally, even though many people criticized Wang Junkai for his performance, I liked Eagles and Youngsters. He is completely different in that role though compared to Wenjie, more lively, outgoing and funny. Another movie (but the plot in my opinion was not that great) he was in recently is The fallen bridge. And check out https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6710967/ You can find his filmography there and then search for his dramas/movies in the net. Or you may check out my fanfictions for Be Reborn, in case that you have not seen them yet on AO3. I go by the name Yamuri there, which is more or less my oldest internet nickname :) I'm also eager already to get more news on Be Reborn 2. Personally I liked him best in Be Reborn and hope he will be in Be Reborn 2 as well. Also I hope for many Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai dramas in the future. ^^

It started good in my opinion, but as the plot progresses I feel slightly disappointed.

Same here. I really love the bond between the sisters. They are twins after all and two parts of one soul so to speak. I hope it will stay like this untill the end.

Personally I really liked the first part about the past. But somehow after the time skip something about the drama lost its charm for me. The time skip felt kind of rushed and forced to me. Also I felt it strange why An Xi should not pursue his goals anymore after the death of his colleague and become such a sad man for so many years. I expected him to be even more eager to catch the criminals after this, especially after breaking up with Meng Yu. Why breaking up with her if not because he knew his life would become way too dangerous now? But since he decided to let it go for so many years, breaking up with Meng Yu was useless.

Same here. I hope I will be done with my fanfictions in time, so that there is a smooth continuation. And let's see if Be Reborn 2 inspires me as much as the first season did. :)

I heard that it should be realeased in April 2023, which would be quite fast. But aside from that there are only rumors and nothing specific yet.

I think it is because Xu Zhengqing didn't know what Wenjie knew. Ding Shenghuo was in prison for 10 years, so only one year before the drama starts Mr Ding was released from prison and Mr Xu learned that Wenjie might know about the secret of the painting. Personally I think Mr Ding's true plan has never really been Wenjie, but to create a trap for Xu Zhengqing without selling him out directly (thief's honor and all, can't work with the police). But now and then I also wondered why Mr Xu didn't kidnap Wenjie earlier and just tried to find out whether he knows about the painting earlier. Maybe Wenjie's father is still alive and made sure that the villian's couldn't approach his son earlier. But then the question would be, why he didn't interfere in the end when Mr Xu tried to kill Wenjie? In my fanfiction it is because Mr Xu managed to capture Yaobai shortly before the drama started and since Yaobai wouldn't tell him the secret Mr Xu decided to go for Wenjie.

Omg, this is great. Thank you so much :)

Personally I also saw more chemistry between Wenjie and one of the bad guys and therefore I can understand you there, since I didn't feel much chemistry between Zhiyue and Wenjie as well. Only after re-watching and paying more attention to them I noticed Wenjie's reaction towards her whenever they met. It was subtle, but it was there.. I mentioned the two friends as blackmail material because making her his girlfriend makes her an even better target. But that would mean that there was more between them beforehand. Maybe they also included the last scene to make those viewers happy who would have loved to see them together or maybe it is because they wanted to prevent people to go wild about homoerotic pairings. But people will do that anyways, so yeah I can see your point why you think it was useless to make her his girlfriend. Still I think it was not necessarily a bad thing to do. It made some people happy I guess, so I don't mind it. :)

Maybe it was to give him a hetero relationship and someone he really cares about. His two friends did benefit the story in so far that they could be used to blackmail Wenjie. Concerning the plot that way the meaning to include them, and to show that Wenjie is not completely alone, but still has at least two friends. Also it seems that she chased him for quite a long time already, but not until the end of the drama was he willing to actually accept her love. The drama itself was crime/thriller thus the focus was not on their relationship but during the drama here and then were hints that they have a bond. To me that was enough but I can relate that other people who are used to direkt presentation of intimate relationships might feel that it was too subtle.

I loved the dynamic between Luo Jian and Zhuang Wenjie as well. Given his background from a psychologiyal point of view Wenjie's actions are quite understandable. Those people who judge him obviously have a lack of psychological understanding.
Maybe they are also still young and inexperienced, therefore are unable to understand why from psychological point of view Wenjie's actions are logical and believable.
I also think, that due to Wenjie making wrong decisions the drama became suspenseful. People seem to disregard that because characters have flaws and make mistakes a story becomes suspenseful.
If everyone always makes the right decision there is no suspense at all. Once I wrote a chapter for a story from a very professional point of view.
The feedback was -> there are no conflicts in this chapter, you should include conflicts. But if a person always makes the right decision there is no conflict, because the right decision will lead to quick, easy and correct outcomes.
That's why I was even happy about Wenjie making wrong decisions, because this way he ended up in dangerous situations which was quite suspenseful for me. :) And to me he is also quite adorable. :)
Feel free to join my discord channel if you want to talk about Be Reborn some more. There is a high chance I think that season two might be a direct continuation with the same cast. I hope that my perception about it is correct. :)

Sounds interesting