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sid_guardian2023-07-18 11:44 am
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Alternate ending that was deleted? Maybe a sequel planned but scrapped?
Just completed the series and the Feels is still breaking the heart. Not sure where I should be posting this? I'm slowly healing having discovered sid_guardian, and reading all the insightful meta-posts, re-watches, discussions particularly the ones that thought the ending fitting, so so so painful but ultimately true to the characters of Shen Wei and ZYL.
My first reaction to the final episode was purely hating it because they didn't both just die, one has to remain as a wick eternally. I had really hoped for a HEA, well-earned rest, domesticity, enjoying the sunshine while licking lollipops kind of thing. Thinking about it more, and again, reading through all these cathartic meta-posts, I think the ending was perfect.
I came across a couple other mentions that made me feel better too:
-apparently, there was an original ending that was leaked and not well-received by fans. That was replaced with the super-bittersweet ending that we now have. In the original ending, ZYL lived, and he had started a school in Dixing (Prof Zhou!!). As he was walking through the sunlit street, he met a pair of young twins (!!), of which one wore glasses (!!). They spoke and the show ended. It made me feel glad that the scriptwriters had originally intended for a slightly more hopeful ending.
https://www.facebook.com/GuardianChineseDrama/videos/true-guardian-ending/1509814542453770/
and
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8551028/trivia/
-Were there plans for an OVA, or something akin to a season 2?!
These seemed like hints -
CCG wrote in his journal towards the end "A new story will be written from today"
Opening song "the story will keep on going"
In 2020/2022, on MyDramaList website, a movie "Guardian" was listed with an entirely new set of cast playing SW and ZYL https://mydramalist.com/75211-guardian. Unclear what the status is. Presumably Z1L and Bai Yu are too committed to other projects now to resume their original roles. Maybe they don't even want to, because the ending for their characters is perfect as it was, pain and all, and anything "new" would probably spoil it.
Excuse me while I go back to moping (and re-watching eventually)...
My first reaction to the final episode was purely hating it because they didn't both just die, one has to remain as a wick eternally. I had really hoped for a HEA, well-earned rest, domesticity, enjoying the sunshine while licking lollipops kind of thing. Thinking about it more, and again, reading through all these cathartic meta-posts, I think the ending was perfect.
I came across a couple other mentions that made me feel better too:
-apparently, there was an original ending that was leaked and not well-received by fans. That was replaced with the super-bittersweet ending that we now have. In the original ending, ZYL lived, and he had started a school in Dixing (Prof Zhou!!). As he was walking through the sunlit street, he met a pair of young twins (!!), of which one wore glasses (!!). They spoke and the show ended. It made me feel glad that the scriptwriters had originally intended for a slightly more hopeful ending.
https://www.facebook.com/GuardianChineseDrama/videos/true-guardian-ending/1509814542453770/
and
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8551028/trivia/
-Were there plans for an OVA, or something akin to a season 2?!
These seemed like hints -
CCG wrote in his journal towards the end "A new story will be written from today"
Opening song "the story will keep on going"
In 2020/2022, on MyDramaList website, a movie "Guardian" was listed with an entirely new set of cast playing SW and ZYL https://mydramalist.com/75211-guardian. Unclear what the status is. Presumably Z1L and Bai Yu are too committed to other projects now to resume their original roles. Maybe they don't even want to, because the ending for their characters is perfect as it was, pain and all, and anything "new" would probably spoil it.
Excuse me while I go back to moping (and re-watching eventually)...
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CCG wrote in his journal towards the end "A new story will be written from today"
Opening song "the story will keep on going"
He knew about fanfiction!