Second time the charm? No? Wel, maybe third then? It's a cdrama, probably not.

[dangermousie]

You should have kept to this, woobies!



I am through 24 episodes of Chinese Paladin 3 and I have even ceased pretending I am invested or interested in anything except the secondary OTP. I've been skipping like mad to their scenes and probably missing important plot stuff but I don't care. I don't hate hero and heroine solely because they are played by Hu Ge and Yang Mi because objectively, oh boy, they are soooo annoying and immature, I want to literally smack some sense into them. Seeing that they haven't matured any in 24 eps, chances of character progress for the two of them are slim (whhyyyyyyy? Why would you get Hu Ge and Yang Mi and stick them in those roles, why????)

But anyway, each ep gets me more and more in love with the secondary OTP who are so very doomed and are enacting their own version of lesbiassparrow and calixa's drama about love that is wrong through multiple lifetimes and each time ends in more and more picturesque kind of death.

See lifetime N2.



On their second go-around, they are pretty dysfunctional and I love it. Cue angsty staring:




And really weird conversations:





And inappropriate bodily contact:









To make a long story short, he renounces his priesthood and marries her.



And they have one of the most adorable, romantic, chemistry-filled wedding nights out there (I keep laughing at the whole 'husband is a virgin this time' thing which is clearly going on but it just makes it extra cute).

































































Cute, huh? Well, that's basically the sole happy moment they get because she starts muttering the name of his past reincarnation in her sleep, he gets jealous, she won't explain due to issues, they have a huge fight and she leaves. And next time they see each other, she's about to be executed by rebels in her home town and he arrives to the rescue. It goes well. Really well.








Yeah, so basically he shields her with his body even though he thinks she doesn't love him and she doesn't even have time to correct him before he dies. Cheery, aren't they?




















Back in present day, he's recovered his past life memories and though he tries to push her away, to nobody's surprise, they decide to make a go at it again. Man, they must be serious masochists!

























They really should have stuck to this, shouldn't they?



Bonus Hu Ge because much as his character here drives me nuts, the man is fiiiiiine. Especially in the very rare serious moments.

Comments

[yuran3.livejournal.com]

Ah!!!!! This! Want! *g*

And why am I still watching epi 10?

orz

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Just skip all the non-secondary otp parts :)

[kitkat-cat.livejournal.com]

i am really curious about the daughter Qing-er that Zi Xuan has, but we never see her or are told much about her. Does this mean that Zi Xuan got cozy with another guy in order to fulfill her destiny of propagating the Nuwa line, or did her and MonkBoy strike it lucky the first time round? I need answers!

On the other hand, yah, i agree about the main OTP. The worst is, every so often, they'll throw us a bone, hinting at character growth. but that lasts for all of 10 seconds and we're back to childish squabbling again!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Qinger is supposed to be MonkBoy's and Zixuan's kid from that wedding night :) (Though I suppose they could have made out more than once on that wedding night, increasing their chances).

I think they are the grandparents of Crystal Liu's character in Paladin 1.

The main OTP is - ugh. If all the stuff they went through didn't change them, nothing will. I wonder who thought it was a great idea to have leads behave like a pair of 8-yr-olds.

[kitkat-cat.livejournal.com]

so, MonkBoy doesnt know about his child then? OMG, this OTP has just kinda become even more tragic!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Apparently he finds out at some point.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

MonkBoy and his lady are the grandparents of Crystal Liu's character.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That whole family seems doomed.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I would have to agree with that. The whole family is doomed.

[kikintae.livejournal.com]

Well give the main otp a chance. They did grow by the end of it. They also have a tragic ending of their own.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't mind them too much, I just can't seem to get invested. But we'll see how it goes.

[millie10468.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid to find out if third time's really the charm. Is it even possible for the cycle to end at this point?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

No, basically they are always doomed because she's supposed to be the earth guardian and he's supposed to be great monastic leader/future immortal who escapes the cycle of suffering. And being together interferes with that so the universe and the gods are literally both against it.

So what happens at the end is they don't die but things go badly enough (universe really doesn't want them together) that they decide to separate for the greater good. So they make a potion to forget all their past and drink it together but as they walk away you see neither has drunk it because they'd rather live in torment with their memories then lose them.

So, short version = alive but cannot have each other while always longing for each other.

Chirpy.

[(Anonymous)]

You summed it up perfectly lol Well at least you get your star crossed lovers.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup. And they are keeping me going with this.

[singing-tree.livejournal.com]

Lol, they're so doomed. Do you know how it ends?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup. This go-around they don't die but things go badly enough (universe really doesn't want them together) that they decide to separate for the greater good. So they make a potion to forget all their past and drink it together but as they walk away you see neither has drunk it because they'd rather live in torment with their memories then lose them.

So, short version = alive but cannot have each other while always longing for each other.

[cantfillthevoid.livejournal.com]

They are so good together, I actually never finished watching this drama, because I didn't want to see them not get their well deserved happy ending.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know! I really wish they costar again.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

MANGA ARTIST! He's disgustingly good looking, I don't want to watch this but I might skim over his parts after reading this siren of a post.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, is that a reference to the drama where he donates his eyeballs? Because that makes me LOL forever.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

YES. YOU SHOULD WATCH IT.