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I always thought that novel!ZYL's father also knew what he did. This changes things a lot.
I somehow suspect that Zhu Yilong's acting did a lot for Shen Wei being nice and likeable in the drama. Novel!Shen Wei is much colder and darker and more obsessed (which maybe drama!Shen Wei might be, too, but they couldn't show it so one can always pretend it doesn't extend that far).
but in the novel the point is that the ghosts etc. most assuredly are N O T like humans, and novel!ZYL is not about sympathizing with the entities he's faced
I keep wondering how he ends up loving Shen Wei anyway. Is it explained in the novel anywhere? I wonder how much destiny and reincarnation is involved and if he even had a choice? (I also feel like novel!Kunlun couldn't really love the Ghost King, because he's just not on his level? So was that all one-sided obsession on Shen Wei's part then?)
I really should finish at least one of the canons to get a better grip of the characters. *sigh* Sorry for incoherently blathering at you.
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IA it was partly 1) censorship so drama!SW had to be nicer and 2) Zhu Yilong sold that diff characterization so well to the audience. We can def read more obsession into him but (esp. given our intro to young!SW & his motives) it could never approach novel!SW's level. XD
Re: novel!ZYL falling in love w/ SW when he just started off pursuing SW for SW's looks & his own fun--I think the novel strongly implies why but off the top of my head don't remember explicit statement, I'd have to reread again. Personally, I think he def had a choice, and destiny/reincarnation only plays a role insofar as the duty of being the Guardian over reincarnations shaped ZYL's growing up and thus his attitude toward people/relationships/the world and the way he reacts to SW's perception of him/love for him.
Re: novel!KL's love for the Ghost King--I think he never fully understood how much the GK loved him, that selfish want. Which makes sense, because = god, but the most he could give (the tendon, the soulfire, the 几分真心 "bit of true heart") wasn't what GK wanted. He loved as much as he could for a god (I mean, KL did form attachments to the other gods: Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong, plus Da Qing and later GK), but the extent of that "could" was limited. I think I once phrased KL's attitude as "I'm sorry, but you won't make me not leave you behind [for the sake of the world]"--so KL/GK was set up to be a tragedy at its core.
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