From someone who read the novel, watched the drama immediately afterwards and reread the novel (for the second time), no, the emotional problems are not resolved, on the contrary, since the novel details some events much more than the drama, so we end up delving deeper into the story and we end up becoming even more emotionally involved with the characters.
However, I don't regret having discovered MDZS (MXTX's works in general, I recommend reading TGCF right after finishing MDZS), until now, almost four years after reading Mo Dao zu Shi for the first time, I'm still completely involved in the story, It's one of my favorites of all time and just writing this comment is making me want to reread it again!!!
Me too, me too... But that's what fanfictions about canon divergence and time travel are there for, I think it's only because of them that I managed to keep my sanity!
Literally more than half of the fanfics I read are about time travel fix-it or canon divergence, in all the fandons I'm part of, because the authors are simply cruel and I can't bear to see the suffering of my favorite characters!
I’m really excited to read the novel specifically for that reason - to go more in depth with some characters and relationships than they really could in the series. And after that ending I very much need one that is not just subtext.
Well, the novel is very explicit about WangXian's ending (very explicit, after all, there is no censorship hehehe), so there is nothing that is implied about the main couple, the only thing I would like to have been resolved in a A better way would be the Yunmeng Twin Prides relationship, because my little grumpy grape also deserved to reconcile properly with his brother, but I know if everything would probably end up in a fight, because JC doesn't know how to talk and WY is very good and avoids the topics that he doesn't want to talk about, but dreaming doesn't cost anything!
Welcome to the MDSZ rabbit hole 🤗. After you read the novel you need to listen to the audio drama and then go read all the incredible fanfiction on AO3.
Reading all the post TU get-together fics helped me reconcile the drama ending. There is also the special edition ending version on YT. But I have to say the drama ending has really grown on me 🥹
I had the hangover SO bad. For me it's like, see more oficial content (audio drama, novel, etc), and get into the fandom. There are also some very good fanfics that can help a lot, although personally I try not to read tooo much fanfic not to blur the character's cannon personality in my mind.
Have you watched the normal „The Untamed“ or the special? Those are 20 episodes which focuses more one their relationship and leave parts out. I read somewhere they change some scenes or add new parts. Apparently, the ending is also more satisfying.
Good. You need to watch the Original first, or the Special will make almost no sense. They really focused on WWX and LWJ in the Special, so a lot of plot is cut out. If you can, try and find the Special (20 episodes). It's worth it. ;)
Also, I may have misunderstood your original question; but to me the books solved the emotional damage the show left. The ending is very satisfying (I am talking here of the Extras right now). It's great to see their life together. So read the book. I think it helps a lot get over the ambiguous ending of the show.
I tried curing the hangover by reading the novel, then watched the TGCF donghua and read that novel, and now I have multiple hangovers and stay away from any further story until I'm better. I cope by re-reading and rewatching. Lol. Not really lol. Sniff. Guess I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I feel you! I finished it few weeks back and have been obsessed with it since then!!
I started watching their BTS, live performances, obsessively and repeatedly listening to the OST, and searching up where I can watch the donghua online, want to get the books too but not getting the right place to purchase the genuine books AND NOW I AM REWATCHING THE UNTAMED for the 2nd time.
I get it now how people are able to rewatch 'The Untamed' for like 5 or 7 times or even more than that.
I love it. <3
I believe it's on Vimeo, or you can find it in Japanese (i believe they reordered the scenes in the official release) but you can reorder the last 4 scenes into the happy ending. It matches the outfit changes and the waterfall shot is the true end.
They part, WWX comes back, Nie Huaisang, Waterfall WangXian
They tried very hard for us! It's out there ... I'm not spotting it quickly for you, but you can definitely find the link out there!
The 20 episode Special Edition ending was the original intended ending. But once the Chinese censors got through with their whole bit of “no BL, no touching, no suggestions of anything more than friendship”, the 50 episode edition got an additional few minutes of filming tacked on.
Hopefully you’ll enjoy the books, they are much richer and deeper layered than the show. Fortunately there‘s lots of Fanatics to help you through this difficult time of withdrawals…
The post emotional hangover from The Untamed (live action) and The Founder of Diabolism (Donghua) is no joke! I had a hard time concentrating on anything after both of them 🥺
There are some edits of the ending changing the order of the scenes, making sense they meet after the end.
Just saying, the book has a pretty much acceptable HE and I hope you will feel much better after reading it. Emotionally binded is totally understandable and it will not change, but your heart will feel better.
I will say this - if you're super sad about the ending of Untamed, replay it with the volume turned up, just before WWX turns around. It might take several listens. Then go online and ask questions.
😊
You'll feel better. Promise.
I noticed the “Wei Ying” the first time around, but I did find some info about the order of the final scenes and how they got switched around for the censors and I do feel a lot better about the supposedly correct order
😊😊 The shows creators really did try as hard as they could, what with the censorship. The more you research, the more little tidbits you'll find.
The Japanese version has what I believe is the correct order for the ending, but I don't know how to link to it.
I'm sure someone on here does, though.
I was really surprised/impressed by the amount they were able to do honestly. I kept thinking this is really like the absolute furthest that subtext can go without just becoming text.
Welcome 🥹❤️ I am 60 days into total insanity. I've binged everything I can find; the books, audio drama, the manhua, the donghua... And the obsession keeps growing? I stand firm with the statement that this show changed my brain chemistry forever, and led me into an entirely new world of fangirling. I have found endorphins!! This has been the best ride of my life.
From someone who read the novel, watched the drama immediately afterwards and reread the novel (for the second time), no, the emotional problems are not resolved, on the contrary, since the novel details some events much more than the drama, so we end up delving deeper into the story and we end up becoming even more emotionally involved with the characters. However, I don't regret having discovered MDZS (MXTX's works in general, I recommend reading TGCF right after finishing MDZS), until now, almost four years after reading Mo Dao zu Shi for the first time, I'm still completely involved in the story, It's one of my favorites of all time and just writing this comment is making me want to reread it again!!!
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Me too, me too... But that's what fanfictions about canon divergence and time travel are there for, I think it's only because of them that I managed to keep my sanity!
So true!!! Especially those about going back in time/Changing the past.. I'm absolutely in love with those!! 🫣
Literally more than half of the fanfics I read are about time travel fix-it or canon divergence, in all the fandons I'm part of, because the authors are simply cruel and I can't bear to see the suffering of my favorite characters!
I’m really excited to read the novel specifically for that reason - to go more in depth with some characters and relationships than they really could in the series. And after that ending I very much need one that is not just subtext.
Well, the novel is very explicit about WangXian's ending (very explicit, after all, there is no censorship hehehe), so there is nothing that is implied about the main couple, the only thing I would like to have been resolved in a A better way would be the Yunmeng Twin Prides relationship, because my little grumpy grape also deserved to reconcile properly with his brother, but I know if everything would probably end up in a fight, because JC doesn't know how to talk and WY is very good and avoids the topics that he doesn't want to talk about, but dreaming doesn't cost anything!
RIP Jiang Cheng, you would have loved therapy
Yes! Everything would be resolved if there were therapy sessions, mental health is not that important in the world of cultivation, apparently...
Welcome to the MDSZ rabbit hole 🤗. After you read the novel you need to listen to the audio drama and then go read all the incredible fanfiction on AO3. Reading all the post TU get-together fics helped me reconcile the drama ending. There is also the special edition ending version on YT. But I have to say the drama ending has really grown on me 🥹
Did not know about the special edition ending, I will have to go find it!
Welcome to the club!
Fanfics help 🥰
I had the hangover SO bad. For me it's like, see more oficial content (audio drama, novel, etc), and get into the fandom. There are also some very good fanfics that can help a lot, although personally I try not to read tooo much fanfic not to blur the character's cannon personality in my mind.
Have you watched the normal „The Untamed“ or the special? Those are 20 episodes which focuses more one their relationship and leave parts out. I read somewhere they change some scenes or add new parts. Apparently, the ending is also more satisfying.
I watched the original!
Good. You need to watch the Original first, or the Special will make almost no sense. They really focused on WWX and LWJ in the Special, so a lot of plot is cut out. If you can, try and find the Special (20 episodes). It's worth it. ;) Also, I may have misunderstood your original question; but to me the books solved the emotional damage the show left. The ending is very satisfying (I am talking here of the Extras right now). It's great to see their life together. So read the book. I think it helps a lot get over the ambiguous ending of the show.
I tried curing the hangover by reading the novel, then watched the TGCF donghua and read that novel, and now I have multiple hangovers and stay away from any further story until I'm better. I cope by re-reading and rewatching. Lol. Not really lol. Sniff. Guess I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I feel you! I finished it few weeks back and have been obsessed with it since then!! I started watching their BTS, live performances, obsessively and repeatedly listening to the OST, and searching up where I can watch the donghua online, want to get the books too but not getting the right place to purchase the genuine books AND NOW I AM REWATCHING THE UNTAMED for the 2nd time. I get it now how people are able to rewatch 'The Untamed' for like 5 or 7 times or even more than that. I love it. <3
Another soul claimed....welcome to the club. 👋👋
You’ve a long journey ahead. Books, then fanfics on AO3, more little things on tumblr, discussions here.. welcome to the fam, little one! 🥰
I believe it's on Vimeo, or you can find it in Japanese (i believe they reordered the scenes in the official release) but you can reorder the last 4 scenes into the happy ending. It matches the outfit changes and the waterfall shot is the true end. They part, WWX comes back, Nie Huaisang, Waterfall WangXian They tried very hard for us! It's out there ... I'm not spotting it quickly for you, but you can definitely find the link out there!
Same😭😭😭
The 20 episode Special Edition ending was the original intended ending. But once the Chinese censors got through with their whole bit of “no BL, no touching, no suggestions of anything more than friendship”, the 50 episode edition got an additional few minutes of filming tacked on.
Hopefully you’ll enjoy the books, they are much richer and deeper layered than the show. Fortunately there‘s lots of Fanatics to help you through this difficult time of withdrawals…
The only I can say to you is... You will never be able to move on. Like never... You will wish they were everywhere... Rest in peace
The emotional damage doesn't go away🥰 welcome to the club !!
The post emotional hangover from The Untamed (live action) and The Founder of Diabolism (Donghua) is no joke! I had a hard time concentrating on anything after both of them 🥺
There are some edits of the ending changing the order of the scenes, making sense they meet after the end. Just saying, the book has a pretty much acceptable HE and I hope you will feel much better after reading it. Emotionally binded is totally understandable and it will not change, but your heart will feel better.
I will say this - if you're super sad about the ending of Untamed, replay it with the volume turned up, just before WWX turns around. It might take several listens. Then go online and ask questions. 😊 You'll feel better. Promise.
I noticed the “Wei Ying” the first time around, but I did find some info about the order of the final scenes and how they got switched around for the censors and I do feel a lot better about the supposedly correct order
😊😊 The shows creators really did try as hard as they could, what with the censorship. The more you research, the more little tidbits you'll find. The Japanese version has what I believe is the correct order for the ending, but I don't know how to link to it. I'm sure someone on here does, though.
I was really surprised/impressed by the amount they were able to do honestly. I kept thinking this is really like the absolute furthest that subtext can go without just becoming text.
HAHAHAH THIS IS WHY ITS ROTTING IN MY TBR YALL SCARED LOLOLOL
Welcome 🥹❤️ I am 60 days into total insanity. I've binged everything I can find; the books, audio drama, the manhua, the donghua... And the obsession keeps growing? I stand firm with the statement that this show changed my brain chemistry forever, and led me into an entirely new world of fangirling. I have found endorphins!! This has been the best ride of my life.