#i mean they're like soap operas so they're not exactly realistic in the first place

[srirachaz]

one of my favorite stupid things about the shitty c-list cdramas i watch (and tbh it shows up in some of the nicer quality ones too) is when a character has some kind of incurable terminal disease that modern medicine is failing can be easily remedied with...

needles. like acupunture.

i think it's bc authors know jack and shit about medicine and can't be bothered/aren't paid enough by webnovel sites or drama producers to research specific illnesses and their treatments but it takes me out every time.

it makes sense in like...wuxia or xianxia, but when it's a modern drama it fuckin kills me. bonus points if the "modern" doctors are listening to wrist heartbeats to diagnose things like literal cancer or if there are magic chinese medicine pills that are complete cure-alls, OR if the "modern doctors" are surgeons (of all specialities, obviously) as well as general practitioners as well as specialists as well magically being renowned experts in chinese medicine and/or are like...nationally known but anonymous Secret Doctors or Magic Doctors or what-have-you.

#cdrama #cdramas #this is especially apparent in the vertically filmed youtube cdramas #those are my ultimate guilty pleasure but it's like they take place in an entirely alternate universe #i mean they're like soap operas so they're not exactly realistic in the first place #but PLEASE tell me why the MLs congenital brain/heart condition/poisioning/cancer/paralysis/epilepsy/whatever #are always magically healed with the FLs silver needle set #just watched one where the wheelchair bound ML recieved FL acupunture treatment and was walking not a day later #no muscle atrophy there! #and another where the FLs dad's tuberculosis or w/ever (coughing up blood condition LOLOLOL that's a whole other subtrope) was basically #CURED by the ML's friend's acupuncture #chinese medicine definitely has it's uses that's for certain but NOT with terminal hospice-inducing illnesses LMFAOOOOOO #UPDATE KEPT WATCHING THE 2ND ONE AND THE MLs FRIEND COULD ALLEVIATE THE DAD'S TERMINAL ILLNESS BUT CAN'T CURE THE ML AFTER HE WAS DRUGGED #WITH AN APHRODISIAC LMFAO MAYBE IT'S BC HE USED NEEDLES FOR BOTH AND IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A CURE ALL LMFAOOOOOO PLOT ARMOR PLOT ARMOR LMFAO