The one negative when it comes to watching asian dramas that were based off of novels is that often times things won't make sense and you just have to accept that.
Due to budget or time constraints or censorship laws, etc etc etc, things will inevitably have to be changed, modified, or left out, and often times things that would have made perfect sense in the novel will either be left unexplained in the drama, or be modified in such a way that it no longer makes any sense.
Probably one of the most obvious/well-known examples of this would be in The Untamed, when Wei Wuxian asks Lan Wangji to lend him his headband to use as a blindfold.
I don't think I need to explain why that sounded absolutely ridiculous to drama-only fans (myself included).
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Lee Joon Gi knows we’ve all been clamouring for this scene for YEARS so he’s thrown us a bone. At least now we get to see a little more of what could have been as a modern day Wang So (I’ve only ever seen the hand with the handkerchief tbh).
I think season 2 of Moon Lovers could be shown right now (how I wish) and we’d all be riveted yet again!
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Jan-Mar Reads: fics based on k-c dramas!
I was trying to stop re-watching dramas because it always lead to lot of time wasted rewatching the whole drama. Then it hit me, just read the fics!
Here are some fics based on Kdrama and Cdrama I read in the past three months
Seven Days Into Forever by Otterpuff31 | T, 34k words, modern AU | Being the only two single people at a couples' resort, Hae Soo and Wang So naturally gravitated toward each other, spending one of the best weeks of their lives together. But what happens when they meet again in Seoul, with the complications of work, family and something they might have brought back from their vacation fling?
As You Held Onto Me by evil_writer | T, 14.5k words, epilogue | Before: He sits with her until the sun peeks through that place where the earth ends and the sky begins. // After: Is it possible to miss people you have no recollection of? She’s living, breathing proof. Or; a stitched together, soft epilogue
[your love is like wine] by childlikeempress | E, 4k words, missing scenes | So x Soo oneshots that have our favorite couple in various compromising positions and states of undress.
Fate's Shadow by BubbleTurtle | M, 188K words, canon divergence | What if Hae Su's position in the palace had been different? A re-telling of Moon Lovers from Episode 6 onwards, with inspiration drawn from Bubujingxin and also how I wish things had worked out.
By the Moon and Sky by alice_time | M, 44k words, wolf AU | In which there are werewolves in ancient imperial China and Ling Buyi has at last met his fated mate, but must wait for her to mature.
水月鏡花 | mirrors, myths, mirages by hotaruyy | 37k words, M, face swap AU | Or, tragedy befalls the Chengs, and Cheng Shaoshang is taken in and raised by a common healer. Some things change. Other things stay the same.
Infinity by MoodyScorpio | 155k words, M, shaoshang wasn't abandoned by her parents AU | What if all the misfortune that befell onto Shaoshang had just been a series of nightmares Yuanyi had while she was pregnant with twins? What if they changed the course of events and gave Shaoshang a better life, happy life, life free of torment and heartache?
I would choose you in every lifetime by Apple_95 | M, 5.5k words | In which, Bu-yeon doesn’t need the egg stone to start to remember, only Jang UK. However, somehow her husband gets jealously of her past lover.
Consolation by Repeatinglitanies | E, 2.8k words | Jang Uk had an inkling Jin Buyeon would be dangerous. Which is why he took it upon himself to stay away from the Jang family compound for long stretches of time. Only to find, on the night he returned, that Jin Buyeon was waiting for him. In his room. On his bed.
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The "Bad Boys" that stole our hearts in dramas
Myul Mang- Doom At Your Service
Wang So- Moon Lovers Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Han Seo Joon- True Beauty
Vincenzo Cassano- Vincenzo
Mr. Gu- My Liberation Notes
Young Do- The Heirs
Lee Rang — Tale of the Nine Tailed
Baek Hee Sung- Flower of Evil
Kwon Shi Hyun- Tempted
Moo Young- The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
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