The novel as whole absolutely was a lot more morally complex. The show made wwx the good guy and jgy & co the bad guys. The end. The novel wwx did a lot of f*cked up stuff instead of basically being framed (thou that happened too). Lwj even says when questioned that he doesn’t know if wwx's actions are right or not and that he simply doesn’t care. 🤷♀️ Like I get that the Chinese government doesn’t like morally complex characters but it’s still a loss. The novel had a lot to say about the nature of good and evil and presented wwx and jgy very interestingly as the two sides of the same coin. But then again the same effect can be seen with Word of Honor/farway wanderers where in the novel they are straight up pretty bad people whereas the show portrays them as people who have done bad things but are still ultimately good.
I really love your Untamed analysis videos, your vids + canary3d’s breakdowns just make me love the story even more than I already did
The novel as whole absolutely was a lot more morally complex. The show made wwx the good guy and jgy & co the bad guys. The end. The novel wwx did a lot of f*cked up stuff instead of basically being framed (thou that happened too). Lwj even says when questioned that he doesn’t know if wwx's actions are right or not and that he simply doesn’t care. 🤷♀️ Like I get that the Chinese government doesn’t like morally complex characters but it’s still a loss. The novel had a lot to say about the nature of good and evil and presented wwx and jgy very interestingly as the two sides of the same coin. But then again the same effect can be seen with Word of Honor/farway wanderers where in the novel they are straight up pretty bad people whereas the show portrays them as people who have done bad things but are still ultimately good.