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schneefink) wrote2021-01-05 05:47 pm
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Cdramas
I have not completely forgotten about the December talking meme questions (though I should have known from the start that I would not manage to answer them all in December.) eglantiere wanted to know if there is something in specific I like about cdramas/donghuas/webnovels etc, as opposed to western media.
I haven't watched any donghua, and I only read one webnovel but it was a (comparatively) short one and good but not outstanding in any way, so I'll talk about cdramas.
My introduction to cdramas was Nirvana in Fire, which is one of the best TV shows I've watched period, with a fantastic plot and wonderful characters and so pretty. Next was Guardian, which is wonderfully tropey and has great h/c and has several technical flaws but the character stuff is mostly excellent. And lastly, The Untamed, which has a good plot and character stuff and exciting action and is also very pretty. Oh and I almost forgot Oh My General, which I only watched halfway because we lost interest but most of the episodes we did watch had fun tropes and were entertaining.
Overall I think I was lucky in my choices, but there are some common elements that I enjoy a lot when contrasted with western media. For example, the format: one long ~50 episode drama has distinct pacing advantages over TV shows split into several seasons, especially since it's often not clear from the beginning how many seasons there will be.
The cdramas I've watched and many I've heard about have a great mix of tropes and genre and story elements that I love, like h/c and loyalty kink in various forms and plotting and often fantasy elements etc. Though that could be because I usually hear about them from fandom friends who have similar interests ^^
For NiF and The Untamed in particular, and to a lesser extent Guardian and Oh My General, I love the costumes and action scenes. I also love those in Western period shows but I'm a lot more used to those and maybe because of that often find them less interesting. In NiF and The Untamed and Oh My General the settings are also very pretty.
I think I also simply appreciate the variety. I've watched a lot of Western and especially American and British TV and movies over the years, it's just nice to watch something different. (I also used to watch anime, but that's different from live-action. In Japanese live-action I watched Gokusen 2, which was nice but not really my favorite genre.) Every once in a while I hope to stumble upon something to watch in Russian too, for example, but so far no luck (though I haven't looked that hard), and I'm open to things from other countries as well, as long as they have decent English subtitles. Though cdramas do have the big advantage that DD can translate and explain all the Chinese background that I would miss, that is very convenient and often interesting.
My favorite cdrama is definitely Nirvana in Fire. I'm not always in the mood for it, and nowadays I read more The Untamed fic because they often take less emotional energy for some reason, but NiF is just so good.
eglantiere wanted to know if there is something in specific I like about cdramas/donghuas/webnovels etc, as opposed to western media.I haven't watched any donghua, and I only read one webnovel but it was a (comparatively) short one and good but not outstanding in any way, so I'll talk about cdramas.
My introduction to cdramas was Nirvana in Fire, which is one of the best TV shows I've watched period, with a fantastic plot and wonderful characters and so pretty. Next was Guardian, which is wonderfully tropey and has great h/c and has several technical flaws but the character stuff is mostly excellent. And lastly, The Untamed, which has a good plot and character stuff and exciting action and is also very pretty. Oh and I almost forgot Oh My General, which I only watched halfway because we lost interest but most of the episodes we did watch had fun tropes and were entertaining.
Overall I think I was lucky in my choices, but there are some common elements that I enjoy a lot when contrasted with western media. For example, the format: one long ~50 episode drama has distinct pacing advantages over TV shows split into several seasons, especially since it's often not clear from the beginning how many seasons there will be.
The cdramas I've watched and many I've heard about have a great mix of tropes and genre and story elements that I love, like h/c and loyalty kink in various forms and plotting and often fantasy elements etc. Though that could be because I usually hear about them from fandom friends who have similar interests ^^
For NiF and The Untamed in particular, and to a lesser extent Guardian and Oh My General, I love the costumes and action scenes. I also love those in Western period shows but I'm a lot more used to those and maybe because of that often find them less interesting. In NiF and The Untamed and Oh My General the settings are also very pretty.
I think I also simply appreciate the variety. I've watched a lot of Western and especially American and British TV and movies over the years, it's just nice to watch something different. (I also used to watch anime, but that's different from live-action. In Japanese live-action I watched Gokusen 2, which was nice but not really my favorite genre.) Every once in a while I hope to stumble upon something to watch in Russian too, for example, but so far no luck (though I haven't looked that hard), and I'm open to things from other countries as well, as long as they have decent English subtitles. Though cdramas do have the big advantage that DD can translate and explain all the Chinese background that I would miss, that is very convenient and often interesting.
My favorite cdrama is definitely Nirvana in Fire. I'm not always in the mood for it, and nowadays I read more The Untamed fic because they often take less emotional energy for some reason, but NiF is just so good.
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