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yuuago+ Woke up early. Got stuff Done instead of messing around. Feels good!
+ Suddenly overcome with the desire to re-read The Count of Monte Cristo. I can't find my copy of it (how does one misplace a book that thick?) but that is a small obstacle. :V It's such a good novel! So much happens in it! ...I've forgotten most of it aside from the general premise! What.
+ Language Brain is all over the place lately. "I want to learn Polish. No, Dutch. No, Chinese. No, I want to get better at Norwegian. Actually, my English kind of sucks, and I should work on that". Settle down, self!
+ I've had Taylor Swift's Midnights album on loop for the last few... weeks. At some point I think I'll have to buy the damn thing instead of borrowing it from the library. ;V Not as expected! ("Mastermind" is so good. And "Sweet Nothing". And "The Great War". And...)
+ Suddenly overcome with the desire to re-read The Count of Monte Cristo. I can't find my copy of it (how does one misplace a book that thick?) but that is a small obstacle. :V It's such a good novel! So much happens in it! ...I've forgotten most of it aside from the general premise! What.
+ Language Brain is all over the place lately. "I want to learn Polish. No, Dutch. No, Chinese. No, I want to get better at Norwegian. Actually, my English kind of sucks, and I should work on that". Settle down, self!
+ I've had Taylor Swift's Midnights album on loop for the last few... weeks. At some point I think I'll have to buy the damn thing instead of borrowing it from the library. ;V Not as expected! ("Mastermind" is so good. And "Sweet Nothing". And "The Great War". And...)
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Date: 2023-01-15 04:00 pm (UTC)Re: NiF and CMC: I think it comes down to a combination of premise and execution.
Both CMC and NiF have: A guy with a previously good reputation, fucked over by the system in a huge way, who apparently dies - and then reappears years later with a new identity, loyal followers, and a genius plan to take revenge on the people who fucked him over. In addition to being geniuses, both Mei Changsu are charismatic and likeable, in-universe and to the audience.
And both works are on an epic scale and masterfully executed.
However - I haven't watched very many Cdramas, but it looks like some kind of betrayal + secret identity + revenge combination isn't terribly rare. So in some cases it could be people encountering this for the first time with NiF, and being like "Oh, this thing I like is just like this other thing that I like!", without realizing that it's more common than they expect.
BUT I dunno, I'm just spitballing here.