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Mostly Romance of Red Dust
Nov. 24th, 2007 12:55 am Hmm...so, if your post your fanfic to a community, and outside the cut you stay one of the leads is a character who hasn't appeared or even been mentioned yet in what's been released in the US, then you state that the fic has spoilers for what hasn't been released yet as a disclaimer, aren't you basically saying "Here's a spoiler. Oh, by the way, there are spoilers."
(granted, I'm not sure anyone who pays attention to Bleach could NOT know there's a character by that name in upcoming volumes, but still...)
In other news, I've started watching The Romance of Red Dust. To be blunt, the leads have absolutely zero romantic chemistry at this point-or at least, not the kind they should have, as this is billed as an epic romance wuxia. I can easily see them as the idealistic revolutionary and his more world weary, buttkicking second in command where you KNOW they'll get together after it's all over, but it's not a focus(and in fact, when their chemistry works, it's when the scenes have an approach closer to that.) I do still like it, though. Largely because both leads are very likable, and for the gender reversal. The cute(as in adorable), spunky, smart one with good but not great kung fu but who's a genius at strategies is the hero, Li Jing, and the buttkicking, ruthless, hardened assassin with a dark past discovering their inner good person is Hong Bi, the heroine. Here, she's the hero and he's the heroine.
Aside from the absence of the kind of chemistry they should have(seriously, if they weren't playing it as romantic at all at this point, just friends, I'd probably be shipping like crazy, but playing it romantic this early and as they're doing it just makes me shake my head) the only problem I have with it is that THERE ARE SO MANY FLASHBACKS ABOUT HONG BI'S PAST! As long as they largely keep them to the beginning(I'm only on ep 4) it should be OK, but if it last the whole series, it'll get irritating.
Also, Shu Qi's(Hong Bi) voice is dubbed(I think) with the same voice as the lead actress of Patriotic Knights. Now, I think it's an excellent wuxia heroine voice, but it's a bit disconcerting, esp. as it obviously isn't Shu Qi talking.
Hmmm...this actually probably sounds more critical than I intended, as I am enjoying it...I doubt it'll be a favorite wuxia, but I like it.
(granted, I'm not sure anyone who pays attention to Bleach could NOT know there's a character by that name in upcoming volumes, but still...)
In other news, I've started watching The Romance of Red Dust. To be blunt, the leads have absolutely zero romantic chemistry at this point-or at least, not the kind they should have, as this is billed as an epic romance wuxia. I can easily see them as the idealistic revolutionary and his more world weary, buttkicking second in command where you KNOW they'll get together after it's all over, but it's not a focus(and in fact, when their chemistry works, it's when the scenes have an approach closer to that.) I do still like it, though. Largely because both leads are very likable, and for the gender reversal. The cute(as in adorable), spunky, smart one with good but not great kung fu but who's a genius at strategies is the hero, Li Jing, and the buttkicking, ruthless, hardened assassin with a dark past discovering their inner good person is Hong Bi, the heroine. Here, she's the hero and he's the heroine.
Aside from the absence of the kind of chemistry they should have(seriously, if they weren't playing it as romantic at all at this point, just friends, I'd probably be shipping like crazy, but playing it romantic this early and as they're doing it just makes me shake my head) the only problem I have with it is that THERE ARE SO MANY FLASHBACKS ABOUT HONG BI'S PAST! As long as they largely keep them to the beginning(I'm only on ep 4) it should be OK, but if it last the whole series, it'll get irritating.
Also, Shu Qi's(Hong Bi) voice is dubbed(I think) with the same voice as the lead actress of Patriotic Knights. Now, I think it's an excellent wuxia heroine voice, but it's a bit disconcerting, esp. as it obviously isn't Shu Qi talking.
Hmmm...this actually probably sounds more critical than I intended, as I am enjoying it...I doubt it'll be a favorite wuxia, but I like it.