I think the center is still XCS - it's just that people feel what has happened to him is unfair and that he deserves…
I would absolutely agree with you if the story went as I suggested.
XCS gets equal focus during the accident. The impact is brought up right away, it is a spinal injury, it doesn't take a genius so it is perfectly believable. Chunsheng gets his moment while the story is hottest. Then comes the low blow of what Guohua did, when he is at his most vulnerable. This is all making Chunsheng the active party.
That is a story focused on the ML. I agree with you generally in terms of what the idea of the story is. I just think the execution is terrible, the focus and attention went to ML2 and as far as I am personally concerned that is not what I am here for. It also doesn't make me optimistic about the future because as writers, determining the focus and who is active and who is passive in a story, thereby deciding who the story is about is fundemntal. And right now, the story is actively in ML2's hands. So how am I supposed to believe they will give Chunsheng justice? Is the focus deliberate and if it is then that just makes it worse. We agree on the generalities, I just don't like the execution, not one bit.
I think the center is still XCS - it's just that people feel what has happened to him is unfair and that he deserves…
The scriptwriter is certainly telling a story, a story about FL2 and ML2.
I don't agree at all that this is about Chunsheng. It will be later on, to what extent we shall see, but as I wrote below the most explosive moment of this drama gave the focus to ML2. All the talk is about *his* decision, *his* choices. What *he* did. The screenwriters could have focused on XCS first and the consequences first and then made it worse by punching low with ML2 choice of stealing credit. They didn't and focused right away and fully on ML2.
I am not interested in that. I want to see focus on the ML right from the start in the crucial turning point of his story, not endless scenes about ML2 and what he chose and will choose in the future. FL2 had more about it than Chunsheng and of course again with ML2. Hell even the accident, so to call it, was focused on ML2, not on Chunsheng who didn't even get his own scene afterwards about what happened but a short nonsensical retelling.
The screenwriter can feed ML2 but I am not interested in that as I said, even less so when he uses Xiao Chunsheng as a tool man to do it. If he wants to do that, make the story clearly labeled as Guohua the ML and then I don't have to bother with it and post about it because I won't watch it in the first place.
We don't agree and that is ok but this is how I see it and what I wanted and want to see.
He doesn't KNOW yet. It's an immense thing to have happened to him, but he's still in the processing phase. Let…
I wrote a post about things I care about. That you don't is none of my business. All I see is that Chunsheng's injury is all about the second male lead.
Where is the scene filmed about Chunsheng getting injured? Doesn't exist. We only get to hear about that, which breaks the cardinal rule of show don't tell. But ML2 gets his moment. So why can't the supposed ML get his? No, instead we have to focus on the ML2 and the ML gets a sloppy retelling that didn't even make sense. Sorry but who is the male lead of this drama? Guohua or Chunsheng? Because the passive one is Chunsheng and the person getting all the focus is Guohua. Why can't the story first focus on Chunsheng, the consequences of what happened and then writers can add ML2'S decision as an additional low punch? That is not what they chose.
No, I don't want to wait in the most explosive moment of this drama for the screenwriter to feed ML2 and FL2 full and plump of milk from his tit while Chunsheng is used as a tool man in their story that should be his. I want the focus to be on the male lead right from the start. If you don't want to, that is fine, but I do.
I wrote above I am willing to wait and I will wait until tomorrow, that's it. But I don't believe anyone in the Chinese entertainment unless I see it. And giving the focus of this entirely to the ML2 when the audience is most pumped sure isn't making me feel any more positive. Like I said, we don't have to agree, you are entirely within your right to enjoy watching it all being about ML2 right now.
Just as I am within mine to not want to and to think it is bad writing.
He doesn't KNOW yet. It's an immense thing to have happened to him, but he's still in the processing phase. Let…
I want to see that. Not have everything revolve around FL2 and ML2. Is Chunsheng the ML of this drama or not? You can't tell me the focus is on him because it is very, very obviously on ML2.
I think the center is still XCS - it's just that people feel what has happened to him is unfair and that he deserves…
The problem, for me, is that he is passive. He is the center but only in the sense that the injury happened to him. But what are we all talking about, including myself? Guohua. What are you talking about in your post? Guohua.
It is not that I have a problem with that event, it is certainly a huge issue (I think Guohua will keep the honors and I agree with what you wrote in general) but it is overshadowing the injury of XCS himself. All the talk, and it is natural because it is the focus on screen too, is about what Guohua did and will or will not do.
What I want is scenes of Chunsheng being told he can't walk, his feelings and reaction to that, his thoughts on that. Instead we got his sister telling us the audience he might not walk instead of seeing a conversation between Chunsheng and a doctor.
I don't want his accident to be a plot point for the second male lead, which is exactly what it is at this moment. Chunsheng's big life changing moment needs to be about Chunsheng. Guohua is not the ML of this story.
One last thing about episode 18. I really need what happened to be about Xiao Chunsheng. Not about Guohua, not about Hongling.
This is a really big event but so far the focus is on Guohua. That for me is not how it should be. Even the conversation about the potential consequences isn't given to Chunsheng. It is given to his sister and friends. We hear it from them.
So where is the focus on Xiao Chunsheng and this giant earth shattering thing for his life? We get a funny scene with him but his sister tells us, the audience what is happening? Not how it should be. I am willing to wait but not for long. I hope the writer will do it justice but in such a way that it is more important for the actual male lead, not people around him.
He has a very short window of time to come clean, but consider this - some time has passed since XCS woke up.…
This is basically what Chunsheng and Amao talked about and Chunsheng already told us how he would be. Even if betrayed he would think it was worth it. I think it is not too difficult to figure out HHL but at least for me personally, Guohua is a bigger issue. Best childhood friends, brothers for life and then this? That is a knife straight to the heart.
Guohua also knows his father, his whole family and knows truly what it all means to Chunsheng so taking away the credit, even if Chunsheng agrees, is not something I could ever, ever justify.
This is solely about Guohua and his character now. It breaks everything or it opens a new door.
I have calmed down enough to say I could write some pretty terrible words about Guohua right now. It isn't just what is mentioned below in the comment by ShortCircuit, it was also terrible how he started talking about Hongling, talk about emotional manipulation.
But I am going to wait for tomorrow because this writer is known to flip things around. It wouldn't solve everything but it would solve some things. Come on Guohua, just for once in your life be a fucking human being.
OK so here is the video of XCS and FL. These are major spoilers so be careful. But it is coming so can we at least please pause the angst about the FL? Other huge things are coming for XCS
basically it is their wedding day so it has be some scenes like that, but most of the series romance will be platonic,…
There is much more than that, CCTV showed a whole video about these two. This is just one screenshot, the video was at least 30 seconds, I am sure someone recorded it.
There won't be anything steamy here but development is coming which is the more important part.
I say this in the nicest way possible, because I can tell people are divided.It's okay to not have XiaoMei be…
How do you know she isn't going to have it though? This drama is very clearly talking about youth and maturation and we see things through XCS's perspective.
At the moment, Xiaomei is just a friend to him while Hongling is the girl he loves. If the writer keeps to the pattern we will switch the focus from one woman to another as he does. Two loves, one in youth, one in adulthood. If the writer doesn't flesh out Xiaomei's character that will be troublesome but we don't know yet. There is plenty of time for it.
I understand people may not be used to or simply don't like multiple partners for a lead in a drama. Let's be honest it isn't just about character development, it is about this too. That is of course everyone's preference but this show is trying to be as realistic as possible and people drifting apart from their friends, and lovers, from youth is something most of us go through. Anyway, if it is about character development, let us wait and see what happens. There is always the option of pausing the show and checking in later to see if it happened or not, therefore avoiding wasting time if romance is truly that essential to someone.
I don't think it is possible to conclude anything right now because this writer likes to flip things on its head.…
They are changing and I think it is apparent by now that their world views are fundamentally different. There is also that plot coming up in ep 17 where she needs a lot of money for her mother and Guohua is probably going to be the one to provide.
There doesn't have to be a bad guy in this break up. Sometimes it simply doesn't work out and that's ok. I can't wait to see it though I am more interested in the Guohua situation as I believe this is the key point of why they drifted apart.
Watching the previews, Iām a little confused on what HHL thinks happened during the incident. Iām guessing…
I don't think it is possible to conclude anything right now because this writer likes to flip things on its head. The same problem is with Guohua, what happened and what happens with the merits Chunsheng wants to give to him. We have to see the episodes themselves. Knowing XCS's character though, I find it highly likely he is the one who breaks up with her because he doesn't feel a disabled person can give her everything she deserves. Of course, then there is the issue of her going along with that but really, we have to see it first.
I don't know why so many people keep using the reason of the main actress' quarantine to justify her character…
It is not shoddy writing because you are not getting the romance that you wanted.
This drama is about real life, not immature fantasies where people marry their first loves and never look back. If that is your preference then you can watch a million other dramas in existence that have this as a topic.
This is a drama about Xiao Chunsheng, his life, overcoming obstacles and succeeding in the changing times in China. Romance is a small part of it all. Deal with the fact the FL isn't the focus of this drama or walk away. It is insulting to see this amazing piece of art reduced to a mere issue of a couple.
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XCS gets equal focus during the accident. The impact is brought up right away, it is a spinal injury, it doesn't take a genius so it is perfectly believable. Chunsheng gets his moment while the story is hottest. Then comes the low blow of what Guohua did, when he is at his most vulnerable. This is all making Chunsheng the active party.
That is a story focused on the ML. I agree with you generally in terms of what the idea of the story is. I just think the execution is terrible, the focus and attention went to ML2 and as far as I am personally concerned that is not what I am here for. It also doesn't make me optimistic about the future because as writers, determining the focus and who is active and who is passive in a story, thereby deciding who the story is about is fundemntal. And right now, the story is actively in ML2's hands. So how am I supposed to believe they will give Chunsheng justice? Is the focus deliberate and if it is then that just makes it worse. We agree on the generalities, I just don't like the execution, not one bit.
I don't agree at all that this is about Chunsheng. It will be later on, to what extent we shall see, but as I wrote below the most explosive moment of this drama gave the focus to ML2. All the talk is about *his* decision, *his* choices. What *he* did. The screenwriters could have focused on XCS first and the consequences first and then made it worse by punching low with ML2 choice of stealing credit. They didn't and focused right away and fully on ML2.
I am not interested in that. I want to see focus on the ML right from the start in the crucial turning point of his story, not endless scenes about ML2 and what he chose and will choose in the future. FL2 had more about it than Chunsheng and of course again with ML2. Hell even the accident, so to call it, was focused on ML2, not on Chunsheng who didn't even get his own scene afterwards about what happened but a short nonsensical retelling.
The screenwriter can feed ML2 but I am not interested in that as I said, even less so when he uses Xiao Chunsheng as a tool man to do it. If he wants to do that, make the story clearly labeled as Guohua the ML and then I don't have to bother with it and post about it because I won't watch it in the first place.
We don't agree and that is ok but this is how I see it and what I wanted and want to see.
Where is the scene filmed about Chunsheng getting injured? Doesn't exist. We only get to hear about that, which breaks the cardinal rule of show don't tell. But ML2 gets his moment. So why can't the supposed ML get his? No, instead we have to focus on the ML2 and the ML gets a sloppy retelling that didn't even make sense. Sorry but who is the male lead of this drama? Guohua or Chunsheng? Because the passive one is Chunsheng and the person getting all the focus is Guohua. Why can't the story first focus on Chunsheng, the consequences of what happened and then writers can add ML2'S decision as an additional low punch? That is not what they chose.
No, I don't want to wait in the most explosive moment of this drama for the screenwriter to feed ML2 and FL2 full and plump of milk from his tit while Chunsheng is used as a tool man in their story that should be his. I want the focus to be on the male lead right from the start. If you don't want to, that is fine, but I do.
I wrote above I am willing to wait and I will wait until tomorrow, that's it. But I don't believe anyone in the Chinese entertainment unless I see it. And giving the focus of this entirely to the ML2 when the audience is most pumped sure isn't making me feel any more positive. Like I said, we don't have to agree, you are entirely within your right to enjoy watching it all being about ML2 right now.
Just as I am within mine to not want to and to think it is bad writing.
It is not that I have a problem with that event, it is certainly a huge issue (I think Guohua will keep the honors and I agree with what you wrote in general) but it is overshadowing the injury of XCS himself. All the talk, and it is natural because it is the focus on screen too, is about what Guohua did and will or will not do.
What I want is scenes of Chunsheng being told he can't walk, his feelings and reaction to that, his thoughts on that. Instead we got his sister telling us the audience he might not walk instead of seeing a conversation between Chunsheng and a doctor.
I don't want his accident to be a plot point for the second male lead, which is exactly what it is at this moment. Chunsheng's big life changing moment needs to be about Chunsheng. Guohua is not the ML of this story.
I really need what happened to be about Xiao Chunsheng. Not about Guohua, not about Hongling.
This is a really big event but so far the focus is on Guohua. That for me is not how it should be. Even the conversation about the potential consequences isn't given to Chunsheng. It is given to his sister and friends. We hear it from them.
So where is the focus on Xiao Chunsheng and this giant earth shattering thing for his life? We get a funny scene with him but his sister tells us, the audience what is happening? Not how it should be. I am willing to wait but not for long. I hope the writer will do it justice but in such a way that it is more important for the actual male lead, not people around him.
Guohua also knows his father, his whole family and knows truly what it all means to Chunsheng so taking away the credit, even if Chunsheng agrees, is not something I could ever, ever justify.
This is solely about Guohua and his character now. It breaks everything or it opens a new door.
But I am going to wait for tomorrow because this writer is known to flip things around. It wouldn't solve everything but it would solve some things. Come on Guohua, just for once in your life be a fucking human being.
Actually if one looks closer there is a hint of a big plot point for the FL, non Chunsheng related.
https://twitter.com/bunnyboxz/status/1666782129206988801?t=r5shUzVUQh321Lmxh3vCpQ&s=19
There won't be anything steamy here but development is coming which is the more important part.
EDIT it is posted above
At the moment, Xiaomei is just a friend to him while Hongling is the girl he loves. If the writer keeps to the pattern we will switch the focus from one woman to another as he does. Two loves, one in youth, one in adulthood. If the writer doesn't flesh out Xiaomei's character that will be troublesome but we don't know yet. There is plenty of time for it.
I understand people may not be used to or simply don't like multiple partners for a lead in a drama. Let's be honest it isn't just about character development, it is about this too. That is of course everyone's preference but this show is trying to be as realistic as possible and people drifting apart from their friends, and lovers, from youth is something most of us go through. Anyway, if it is about character development, let us wait and see what happens. There is always the option of pausing the show and checking in later to see if it happened or not, therefore avoiding wasting time if romance is truly that essential to someone.
There doesn't have to be a bad guy in this break up. Sometimes it simply doesn't work out and that's ok. I can't wait to see it though I am more interested in the Guohua situation as I believe this is the key point of why they drifted apart.
This drama is about real life, not immature fantasies where people marry their first loves and never look back. If that is your preference then you can watch a million other dramas in existence that have this as a topic.
This is a drama about Xiao Chunsheng, his life, overcoming obstacles and succeeding in the changing times in China. Romance is a small part of it all. Deal with the fact the FL isn't the focus of this drama or walk away. It is insulting to see this amazing piece of art reduced to a mere issue of a couple.