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It’s dubious because they villainized a self-proclaimed “feminist” character to critique voluntary sex work. There are ways to explore the addictive and destructive nature of self-commodification for validation, but how episode 4 chose to do it comes dangerously close to reducing sexually-liberated and body-positive women to tragically misguided girls who just don’t know what’s best for themselves. Plus, when you take the whole franchise metanarrative into consideration, having Nanno target Blossom likens the actions of (basically) an OF creator to the crimes of rapists, pedophiles, and murderers. Which is just…. a grossly imbalanced and tactless comparison, intentional or not. Personally, I resent the insinuation that a woman’s salacity is a sin as severe as abuse, predation, and lethal violence.

See, yes. If that’s the case, I can accept that. Absolutely power corrupts absolutely and all that.
I just find it crazy that we’re sitting here, this far in, and all we have is speculation lmao

Okay, yeah. Ji Bozai’s GMD was the only GMD in existence. Cool.
Why do half these characters care, though? Especially those who already have spiritual veins.
Situ’s motivation makes sense—he wants to grow spiritual veins. Ming Yi’s motivation also makes sense—she’s been poisoned by HG, and GMD is the cure.
There’s a brief mention that the GMD can help an immortal ascend to the next cultivation stage. Is THAT why so many people want it? Is there an immortal out there who has ascended to the final stage before godhood and they need the GMD to help them become all-powerful, or something?
Or maybe the antagonists want the GMD to destroy it, because if anyone obtained it and managed to reproduce it wholesale, that would topple their world order. That would make sense and also make for a fun twist.
My point is—based on what we’ve been told about HG and GMD up until now (I’m up to date on the Netflix releases. If there are more episodes out elsewhere, I haven’t seen them yet), the GMD just doesn’t sound enticing enough to warrant how many different factions want it. If anything, HG sounds the most attractive because anyone who secures a monopoly over it can use it to sabotage their opponents and seize power. It’s the ultimate trump card, but no one seems half as interested in HG as GMD.
Whyyyyyyyy??????
If GMD is that overpowered, tell us what makes it overpowered. If it’s actually NOT that overpowered, the protagonists should question what their enemies want to use it for, no???
I feel like I’m missing something 😭😭😭

Imma be honest y’all, I do not understand why the GMD is such a big deal. What exactly does it DO beyond grow spiritual veins and cure Heavenly Grief? What do spiritual veins enable someone to do that they cannot do without them? We’re told Situ doesn’t have spiritual veins, but we also see him use some type of magic on numerous occasions. Where exactly is the line between what someone can do without spiritual veins vs what they can do with?
And if Heavenly Grief has already been circulated and presumably done damage, would that damage not be cancelled out by circulating GMD wide-scale? By enabling everyone who wants spiritual veins to grow them, would it not end the classism? If someone dangerous tries to abuse their newfound powers, could they not put those nail things in them that suppress spiritual veins?
It feels like the mundane analogy for this situation is formulating a virus and its cure, the virus causing an outbreak, and then the virologist responsible going “Well, the virus broke containment. Guess we gotta destroy the cure now.”
HUH????????
I’m so confused.
And what’s the significance of it being it being called the Golden MILLET Dream? Does it look like a millet seed? Is it culturally symbolic?? Please explain.

(I’m on ep 23 btw)

“And then everyone dies” HAHASDFGHJKLHHHH THAT HAD NO BUSINESS BEING THAT FUNNY

(But ty, I’ll hold out for the next arc)

Okay, y’all. Can someone do me a solid and let me know if/when the leads stop acting like a couple of teenagers? Cause as cute as puppy love can be… I just don’t find it cute when all involved parties are literally thousands of years old.
And please tell me the FL grows out of this stubborn/clumsy/quirky phase. I’m so burned out on that character archetype rn. I just need to know if these elements mellow out enough to keep watching

There probably won’t be one. After the voting manipulation scandal, the PD franchise has likely come to end. Mnet tried to redeem themselves with Girls Planet 999, but it was lower budget, featured even MORE evil editing, and failed to attract even a fraction of PD48’s viewership. Supposedly there’s going to be a Boys Planet sequel, but unless it completely blows up, I suspect it might be Mnet’s last survival show for a while. Even without the scandal, the Korean public is losing interest in this genre due to over saturation.

On the bright side, Chinese survival shows are taking off. In fact, one of my favs is Youth With You (season 2 is the gg version). If you haven’t seen that, I highly recommend!

A question for those who have finished this:
But first, a quick explanation… Back in the day, I dropped more dramas than I finished. Sometimes I wasn’t impressed or lost interest, others I just got distracted by a new shiny thing and never came back to what was left unfinished. These days, I’ve done a complete 180. I force myself to finish nearly everything, no matter how much it makes me want to trip over a knife.

I’m trying to find a happy medium.

I started The Untamed last year but stopped before halfway because I noticed I was having to force myself to continue. Does it improve in the second half, or should I just cut my losses and accept that this one just isn’t gonna do it for me?

I believe you watched one of the episodes from the prequel, “Hesitation Before Going to School.” It’s linked under related content.

They don’t air with subs. It takes between 1-2 days for the subs to drop.

They definitely could’ve offered the S&F’s a better song than “Hot Sauce,” but given that pitting “Décalcomanie” against “I” was also unfair, I think it sort of balances out. Not only is “Décalcomanie” a much higher energy song than “I” on sound alone, but “I” is a stationary song. Not even Taeyeon herself performs choreography to it. I mean, it’s technically pop-rock, but she delivers it like a ballad. In the end, whatever team selected these songs sabotaged both alliances.

Pretty sure it’s been years since I finished this and the ending still has me messed up. So... yes. Prepare yourself well.