lemonade-of-gods
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This ruined every other cdrama for me help
I came in for the BL...
... stayed and cried for Yunmeng bros and Xiao Xingchen...
... ended with listening to Jiggy rapping on repeat.
(Yes, I know Zhu Zhanjin isn't the one singing, but HIS CHARACTER SONG THO)
It's actually my first wuxia/xianxia drama! I actually read the manhua instead of the novel (Scum Villain is the first and current novel of mxtx I'm reading right now, but that's for another review), but I've seen the novel spoilers on tumblr and twitter (not that there's much of a difference) so to quote that one tumblr user,
"CQL/The Untamed is basically two guys falling in love, breaking up and getting back together while playing detective. MDZS is basically Pride and Prejudice in comparison."
For novel/manhua/both readers it's an adaptation that takes a few liberties, but mostly stays faithful to the novel. For newbies tho, rest assured, I watched the drama first and it's enjoyable on its own. The romance between the two is subtext, and somehow they upped the gay and got that past the radar, all the while presenting WangXian as "two bros standing on a staircase, two feet apart cuz they're not gay :)"
Firstly, kudos to the writers for handling the murder-mystery plot and the relationships properly. And a big kudos to the actors too. Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo gave life to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, and I was especially impressed by Yibo making a whole ass meal out of the few lines he was given to portray a stoic character with his expressions and body language. Xiao Zhan's portrayal of WWX going from carefree young man to Screwed Over By The Universe to Back Again With A Bang was so natural and so good, you wouldn't believe these two are rookie idol actors.
From the supporting cast, Zhu Zhanjin (Jin Guangyao), Guo Cheng (Lan Jingyi), Wang Haoxuan (Xue Yang) and Wang Zhuocheng (Jiang Cheng) really stood out. The supporting cast as a whole really played their part well, if you can overlook the occasional bits of overacting (Wang Yizhou's especially, though he did Nie Mingjue well).
The drama was directed so well, seeing the death of the characters we KNEW were dead in the beginning still sucker punched me in the guts. Guys, there's a whole roster of character songs too, please listen to them and come cry with me over Yi City once you're done T_T
... stayed and cried for Yunmeng bros and Xiao Xingchen...
... ended with listening to Jiggy rapping on repeat.
(Yes, I know Zhu Zhanjin isn't the one singing, but HIS CHARACTER SONG THO)
It's actually my first wuxia/xianxia drama! I actually read the manhua instead of the novel (Scum Villain is the first and current novel of mxtx I'm reading right now, but that's for another review), but I've seen the novel spoilers on tumblr and twitter (not that there's much of a difference) so to quote that one tumblr user,
"CQL/The Untamed is basically two guys falling in love, breaking up and getting back together while playing detective. MDZS is basically Pride and Prejudice in comparison."
For novel/manhua/both readers it's an adaptation that takes a few liberties, but mostly stays faithful to the novel. For newbies tho, rest assured, I watched the drama first and it's enjoyable on its own. The romance between the two is subtext, and somehow they upped the gay and got that past the radar, all the while presenting WangXian as "two bros standing on a staircase, two feet apart cuz they're not gay :)"
Firstly, kudos to the writers for handling the murder-mystery plot and the relationships properly. And a big kudos to the actors too. Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo gave life to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, and I was especially impressed by Yibo making a whole ass meal out of the few lines he was given to portray a stoic character with his expressions and body language. Xiao Zhan's portrayal of WWX going from carefree young man to Screwed Over By The Universe to Back Again With A Bang was so natural and so good, you wouldn't believe these two are rookie idol actors.
From the supporting cast, Zhu Zhanjin (Jin Guangyao), Guo Cheng (Lan Jingyi), Wang Haoxuan (Xue Yang) and Wang Zhuocheng (Jiang Cheng) really stood out. The supporting cast as a whole really played their part well, if you can overlook the occasional bits of overacting (Wang Yizhou's especially, though he did Nie Mingjue well).
The drama was directed so well, seeing the death of the characters we KNEW were dead in the beginning still sucker punched me in the guts. Guys, there's a whole roster of character songs too, please listen to them and come cry with me over Yi City once you're done T_T
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