Fixed That For You Prompt: WWX & Dogs

I wasn't pressuring myself, but I thought of something I wanted to throw in on the fixedthatforyou_fest Prompt Submission Post:

The Untamed or Mo Dao Zu Shi, Jiang Cheng & Wei Wuxian (and optionally any other characters you want to include), they got Wei Wuxian some good exposure therapy instead of getting rid of Jiang Cheng's dogs. [Opt in: art] (link to original comment)

MDZS Season 2

Just finished re-watching the Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua's second season. I had been following yhlee's reactions to Season 1 (their attempts to map MDZS onto Legend of the Five Rings were fun to watch even though I know nothing bout L5R), but it's been long enough without an update that it's not fair of me to keep depending on them, so I thought I'd finish the donghua re-watch on my own.

The donghua was actually the first version I saw, and it was enough to get me hooked, but it ended up being my least favorite compared with the drama and novel, and Season 2 (eps 16-23) is probably where a lot of the reasons lie. I remembered it being confusing, and now having seen the story in a couple of complete forms, it seems if anything more unnecessarily confusing than it did the first time. I can see how they're trying to establish important elements, but it's too much, too haphazardly. Say what you will about the drama's long-ass flashback arc, at least it kept things in some kind of sensible order.

( Spoilery character design notes... )

Damned if the donghua isn't cool looking though. It also gives good alternate takes on the characters and doesn't have some of the drama's weird bowdlerization hangups.