Disclaimer in advance
The dramas and actors mentioned in this video
are only used as examples for objective analysis
I am not saying one drama is better than the other by any means
I am not intending to start a war by any means
Neither am I shipping the real people
nor bashing any actor by any means
*Sighs*
Making videos these days even needs disclaimers like this to survive
Such a headache
Hi, babies, I'm your Wa Mei Sweetie
Dramas adapted from novels, especially BL novels
are always a pain for all the novel fans
BL novel based dramas are becoming a trend nowadays
A bunch of novels are being made into dramas
For example, has already been filed
Instead of rejecting drama adaptations,
we should let the producers pay attention to our opinions
So here is Wa Mei's passionate speech
How to make a good BL novel based drama?
First step
Don't add a female lead!!! X3
Don't add a female lead between the two male leads!
Don't change BL into BG!
This is the baseline for BL adaptations!
Because of some unavoidable reasons,
BL is changed into brotherhood to pass inspections
Why are you so good to me?
Because
Because you look like my brother
If you die,
I won't have a brother anymore
What did you say?
What am I to you?
I used to consider you
as my soulmate
I still am
But the producers think of a method to stay safe:
changing brotherhood into BG
Emmm...safe but
*whispers* stupid *whispers*
If you add a female lead, then this drama is screwed
Because you will lose the core audience of the drama:
novel fans and the fujoshi market with huge potential in the back
A lot of popular online novels have been examined by the market
If a producer bought this IP
he should reasonably utilize its value
If you bought the rights to re-write a BL novel
of course your main audience would be fujoshis
In order to successfully adapt it to a drama
you only need to think about why it was successful
what was so attractive about the book
and why so many people like to read it
Then why so many girls like BL?
Because we like to see
guys doing guys
We like to see brotherhood
the connection between guys
that friendship, you know?
The unaired was remade based on manga
It added a female lead
turned the side couple into BG
and it lost loads of novel fans because of this
But the good thing was the producer took the remake quite seriously
was even worse
It was the pioneer in developing both BL and BG lines
LinXuan was just YunXiu's sister in the novel
A minor character with very few parts
She was upgraded into YunXiu's goddess in the drama
In the drama, YunXiu is flirting with FengJing
while being in a relationship with his goddess at the same time
In the last episode, YunXiu chased after LinXuan
FengJing used his own body to block off the reporters for him
We could only see the loneliness in FengJing's eyes when he turned around
YunXiu became a big asshole
If didn't delete scenes
then WeiWuXian is very likely to become the next asshole
Before airing, CQL's discussion topic on DouBan was
which added scenes are the most memorable for you?
How come?
The producer seemed to know very well what the fans like
They even used lines from the novel for promotion
Novel fans were worried it would be changed into BG
MengZiYi, who played WenQing, said in a broadcast that
The drama really respects the novel
I hope all the MDZS girls won't worry
We will do our best to give you the CQL you want
I really want to say 'relax, I only have very few scenes'
Don't worry, I have pathetically few scenes
But the filming schedule was posted online
It could be seen that a lot of scenes that were not from the novel were added
Especially scenes with WenQing and WeiWuXian
For example, the rabbit scenes for WangXian
was changed into WenQing and WeiWuXian fighting for the rabbits
Some said this schedule couldn't be proof of adding scenes
Then here's more evidence
You can see in the BTS video
the novel scene where WeiWuXian got branded in MianMian's place
was filmed into
WenQing trying to block the branding iron for MianMian and WeiWuXian saving WenQing
oh god, is there a WeiWuXian and WenQing loveline?
Are they forcing in a female lead between the bros?
Is WeiWuXian flirting with the female lead while having bromance with LanWangJi?
Some might say adding a female lead is essential for passing the inspection
My eyes rolled up to the sky after hearing this
had no problem at all without a female lead, OK?
Look at our ZhuHong
ZhuHong liked ZhaoYunLan so she pursued him bravely
She gave up as soon as she got rejected
Such a good girl
And her 'f*cking gay' face is really funny hhh
What's more, WenQing is even more lovable than ZhuHong
She's kindhearted, honest, and loyal
When she first appeared, she allowed WenNing to provide shelter for WeiWuXian and JiangCheng
Proud as she is, she begged WeiWuXian for her brother
To prevent WeiWuXian from getting caught, she was burnt into ashes in the end
She is a very tragic character
If you just film everything based on the novel
WenQing can really get a lot of fans and make many cry
Such idiots!
Screwing up the game with a handful of good cards
And this acting really emmm
Did you learn acting from XX
And if you really want to add a female lead to pass the inspection
according to the novel, Shi Jie should be more important than WenQing
I couldn't even get enough of the JinZiXuan X ShiJie line in the original novel
If the drama adds scenes for this couple, I agree with both my hands and feet
Anyways, novel fans questioned furiously on Weibo last year
CQL official account denied the rumor
There were 20K reblog and 370K comments, all criticizing
Ever after that, everyone kindly calls CQL official 'Dog Ling'
Dog Ling didn't post anything for nearly a year after
A lot of people said they refused to watch CQL because of the addition of the female lead
But don't worry, everyone. MengQing's parts won't affect the main storyline
What needs to be deleted were all deleted and there's no added scenes
The rumored lovelines with both male leads are gone
The hugging in the XuanWu cave was also deleted
WenQing will soon be burnt into ashes
I think the storyline after will be based on the original novel
Everyone can relax and enjoy
Of course, if they really add a female lead after
then let's bomb their comment section again!
So we all should really thank the novel fans who fought hard
Seriously, this brat just has to be scolded
he's never on the right track until you beat him up
Without novel fans bombing the producers last year
where could this beat up producer have come from?
I want to take a person back to the Cloud Recesses
Take a person
back to the Cloud Recesses
There's no way he will say the line after that
Take him back
and hide him
You only need a famous scene to go from Dog Ling to Daddy Chen
See, as long as you remake based on the novel
novel fans are very forgiving
According to what we've seen so far, I really look forward to the scenes at the GuanYin temple!
Hold on! I have a question all of a sudden
If this can pass the inspections
then why can't you remake based on the novel???
I...*beep*
Surely some might say things like fujoshi are misogynists, etc.
Emmm if I take an example
Adding a female lead in a brotherhood drama
If we compare this to harem novels
it's like the male lead's harem falling in love with a supporting male role
Take for example, it's like ZhangXiaoFan's two harems BiYao and LuXueQi
flirting with LinJinYu and ZengShuShu
In romance novels, it's like
the male lead who only loved the female lead falling in love with the supporting female role
Like LiChengYin in says 'people are not plants'
See, will you be happy to see your favorite novels getting rewritten like this?
Can you feel our pain now?
Can you feel your blood pressure suddenly rising?
Of course, even if you're mad, you should reasonably express your dissatisfaction
The last thing you want to do is personal assaults
The second step: choosing actors
A lot of people simply think
fujoshi will scream as long as it's two guys being together
The first type of people is stunning beauties
who can use their beauty to treat others
stunning beauties
beauties
Fujoshis are also picky, thank you
If I make it clearer
what we like to see is
hot guys doing hot guys
What is Danmei? 'The worship ("dan") of beauty ("mei")'
Do you understand!
You need hot guys! Hot guys! Hot guys!
Yeah we are just shallow like this
The actors' faces decide whether I will watch the drama
and acting decides whether I will keep watching
It's best if the actors are both good-looking and good at acting
But it would be a little difficult to find
Even if the acting is not as good, it's still acceptable as long as it's natural enough
But! If the face is all you have, then Bye
Good-looking is not enough. Matching with the character is even more important
You need to let the novel fans think
Aiya! This person looks like he came out from the book
Let me mention something real quick
I'm only talking about the compatibility between the characters and actors!
I'm not saying who's better, bashing anyone
I'm not shipping anyone, nor am I seeking attention by talking about them
Please don't hate me, I'm begging you people!
One of the main reasons why was successful was
The casts of ShenWei and ZhaoYunLan were too freakin great
Priest's novels normally confuse people with who tops
Take as an example
A gentle and introverted top and an irritable bottom who thought he was the top
Here once again a huge kudos to the casting directors
You are such a f*cking genius
The drama even showed us this top/bottom confusion
Who can imagine Prof Shen who's normally gentle and harmless
got so manly later?
Who can imagine a rough guy who looks like a gangster
is such a sweetheart when he acts cute?
This pairing can have uncountable chemical reactions as soon as they get in contact
Yes! It's called good chemistry
WangYiBo himself looks cold to start with
The scene where he went to QiShan makes you want to kneel down and call him daddy
This white robe is my favorite
And XiaoZhen, he doesn't need to do anything
because he's too f*cking handsome
I'm just normal good-looking
The WeiWuXian acted by XiaoZhan has the boyish charm, making you fall as soon as he smiles
Captured not only LanWangJi's heart
but also melted our hearts
Who doesn't like watching a cold heart melt?
The couple in
GaoHanYu who is strong and vigorous
with JiXiaoBing who is gentle and soft
The bad example is
Only XuHaiQiao was successful
He got the hairstyle from Hanawa
Although it's nothing like the long-haired FengJing
he got the emotions right
and lets everyone accept his haughty, sharp-tongued queen character
But the cast of YunXiu emmmmm
Even when the story asked them to hug each other
the audience can feel no chemistry between them
At least
I'm still by your side
Now
give yourself to me
Sorry for interrupting
Now here are the important points
If we summarize
the casts need to be good looking, can act and have chemistry
The third step is the storyline
Many think BL = vulgarity
the most typical being
I still can't forget this line up to now
You will also open your legs for me
It was very gross
BL was used as a marketing gimmick
This also reflected an issue
Many directors don't understand BL
They want to get money from fujoshis
but they don't want to understand
Now demand is much bigger than supply
and the quality of what's on the market varies greatly
The main conflict is
the conflict between fujoshi's growing need and the outdated BL adaptations
This also causes novel fans to strongly refuse
whenever they hear their favorite novels are getting remade into dramas
To be honest
marketing is only a supplement
What a popular drama really needs is fans
Love is the no. 1 productive force
If you understand the audience for the drama is fujoshis
try your best to respect the novel and choose casts well
Keep the famous scenes to the utmost while passing the inspections
Really, you don't even need to promote
A bunch of free labor will help you advertise wholeheartedly
We all understand the difficulty of remaking
Novel fans are really not as harsh as people think
Wa Mei really hopes
all the investors can think deeply
Don't just buy popular IP blindly
Instead, think about how to make a good drama and how to impress the novel fans
Call over a few fujoshis to discuss the script together
This is a win-win for both novel fans and the investors
I want to emphasize for a 100 times here
Novel fans are not dumb
We can see whether or not
you took the remake seriously
If you make a good drama, we advertise for you for free
But if you look down on BL, thinking low of it
while still wanting to make money out of novel fans by using it as a gimmick
Then thank you, goodbye
BL can never be popular just by acting gay
Alright, Wa Mei will stop here for today
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