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The Legends C-Drama
Oct. 21st, 2020 08:12 amWell, whatever plans I had for pre-signup Yuletide canon bingeing have pretty much fallen apart, but I'm signed up anyway, so it's all good.
I still have been messing around with watching canons from the tagset and, being in the mood to explore more c-dramas, I have at last hit upon The Legends and am finding it very fun.
It's a xianxia in a typically-undefined historical period (so yeah, more Cultivators Being Dramatic). The super-Extra female lead starts out wide-eyed and kind-hearted, but after being epically betrayed by a Lawful Self-Righteous type, she goes all "screw 'goodness'" and becomes the infamous Demoness whose name strikes terror into all. Just as she's about to claim the Super Demon Sword, she's attacked by her enemies, has the sword snatched before her eyes by a subordinate she thought she could trust, and dies. Years later, some hapless kid with a vendetta of her own accidentally brings the Demoness back from the dead (with some weird side-effects), and they're off to wreak vengeance or possibly bring peace and justice to the world after all.
That's the first six episodes.
What I really like about it is definitely a Mileage May Vary thing and could change as it goes on, but for me this show has the perfectly-balanced sprinkle of schlockiness to make it go down easy without spoiling the fun.
I mean seriously, in one of the male lead's first scenes, some thugs beat him up while he's trying to pet a puppy. Literally! It's so shamelessly transparent that I can't take it too seriously or be too stressed out by it, but it doesn't descend into being painfully or embarrassingly stupid. I'm still like "So I'm supposed to sympathize with this character; okay, sure!" (My only regret is that he didn't keep the dog. Aw.)
After some shows that were good in a really intense and absorbing way (lookin' at you, "The Untamed"), this is just pleasant. Like, the suspension of disbelief feels less like parasailing and more like being on a swingset: safely within reach of the ground, but it's fun to keep flying.
It's nice to find something I can just enjoy binge-watching without constantly pausing it to regulate my stimulation level.
I still have been messing around with watching canons from the tagset and, being in the mood to explore more c-dramas, I have at last hit upon The Legends and am finding it very fun.
It's a xianxia in a typically-undefined historical period (so yeah, more Cultivators Being Dramatic). The super-Extra female lead starts out wide-eyed and kind-hearted, but after being epically betrayed by a Lawful Self-Righteous type, she goes all "screw 'goodness'" and becomes the infamous Demoness whose name strikes terror into all. Just as she's about to claim the Super Demon Sword, she's attacked by her enemies, has the sword snatched before her eyes by a subordinate she thought she could trust, and dies. Years later, some hapless kid with a vendetta of her own accidentally brings the Demoness back from the dead (with some weird side-effects), and they're off to wreak vengeance or possibly bring peace and justice to the world after all.
That's the first six episodes.
What I really like about it is definitely a Mileage May Vary thing and could change as it goes on, but for me this show has the perfectly-balanced sprinkle of schlockiness to make it go down easy without spoiling the fun.
I mean seriously, in one of the male lead's first scenes, some thugs beat him up while he's trying to pet a puppy. Literally! It's so shamelessly transparent that I can't take it too seriously or be too stressed out by it, but it doesn't descend into being painfully or embarrassingly stupid. I'm still like "So I'm supposed to sympathize with this character; okay, sure!" (My only regret is that he didn't keep the dog. Aw.)
After some shows that were good in a really intense and absorbing way (lookin' at you, "The Untamed"), this is just pleasant. Like, the suspension of disbelief feels less like parasailing and more like being on a swingset: safely within reach of the ground, but it's fun to keep flying.
It's nice to find something I can just enjoy binge-watching without constantly pausing it to regulate my stimulation level.
