#a korean odyssey hwayugi

[jttwconfessions]

I'm getting so tired of people looking at shows like New Legends of Monkey and A Korean Odyssey and calling one of the main characters "not-Tripitaka" or "Tripitaka wasn't in this show, instead he was replaced by a random girl—" Please shut up. Just because the Tripitaka character was changed to be female doesn't mean that the character suddenly isn't Tripitaka anymore. Wukong in New Legends is barely a monkey, but no one calls him "not-Wukong". Bajie in Korean Odyssey is a hot kpop idol but no one says "Bajie was replaced by a random pretty boy". You guys like to genderbend Wukong all the time yet you still call him Wukong, so why is it when Tripitaka gets the same treatment you people suddenly treat them like it's a whole new different character?

[petrichorblue94]

I’m finally reading Journey to the west and remembering all the films, shows, kdramas, cdramas, anime, manga and manhwa that I love that were inspired by it and I’m just giggling annd kicking my feet cause Sun Wukong is just as funny, witty and charismatic as the characters that were styled after him. Like no wonder that in 99% of the adaptations the writers NEED to pair him up with someone (mainly the character styled after Tang Sanzang who has frequently been a woman to fit all the het fantasies the authors might have).

Also, I’m hell of surprised that something written over five centuries ago can be so relevantly funny and feel like a contemporary fantasy (I’m reading the Julia Lovell translation)

[hotasfahrenheit]

y'all help the MDL page for Hwayugi has this on it because it's based on Journey To The West i'm DEAD

[simsalabink-art]

My current favourite characters are all queer psychopaths. I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. This challenge was so. Much. Fun. 

(Instagram x)

[my-drama-heart2406]

You know why I expected more for Naksu/Cho Yeong?

Because Hong Sisters created them.

I expected more from the writers that created Jang Man Wol, Jin Seon Mi and priestess Asanyeo.

[satori-the-miracle-boy]

In this world the only person who can kill me is you. Because if you told me to die, I would die.

[two-hearts-beat]

finished A Korean Odyssey and My Country The New Age and the end of mctna was solid and dramatic and touching, but ako.... was it made during a writers' strike?? what was going on there

[roadxvirus]

Adding this guy from A Korean Odyssey - Hwayugi (2017-2018) to the list:

one of the best character types i think is insane man in a long fur coat

[aujguhlahn]

[jttwconfessions]

The k-drama film A Korean Odyssey and their portrayal of the Bull Demon is really funny because (i haven’t finished watching the show) he’s just a man that is part of the entertainment industry and seems more of a portrayal of Lucifer in Christianity than it is as JTTW. As well as showing his lover being the Queen Mother of the West (I think) and not Iron Fan and Redboy is under watched by Guanyin. I understand it’s not a fully authentic adaptation considering they have many additional characters and that it’s a silly spin off. I mean Zhu Bajie is a popular idol, Sha Wujing is a butler/housekeeper (??) and Tripitaka is replaced with this girl with special blood and replacing his monk staff with an umbrella. With Sun Wukong the circlet is replaced with a bracelet that will stab his heart if he doesn’t do as the Mc (girl with umbrella) says, or just in means to protect her. It’s a silly k-drama and I don’t really take it as seriously but I do want to introduce it to ppl for laughs.

[midnightrambles80]

Hwayugi or A Korean Odyssey is a show which started with so much promise but ended up being a bit of a disappointment. [Spoilers ahead]

My biggest gripes with the plot are (and these are only from the top of my head):

1. What was the relevance of samjang's death? She literally didn't do anything...

2. What about the all the premonitions that had been embedded in the plot such as the monkey will change fate or a human would save the world, nothing of the sort happened (if it had it would be so cool)

3. There needed to be more backstory on the characters especially secretary ma and devil king woo, furthermore the character of asanyeo was so paper-thin that she seemed to have no motivation for all the evil she was doing (except wanting the love of a man who was clearly unavailable and also completely uninterested)

4. Why did they do that to buja??? There's was not even closure neither to her mother's death nor to her relationship with PK

5. Same goes for Alice/Jade dragon, so much potential wasted

6. Why did Jin Seo-mi become more and more helpless as the show went on, she started out as a badass girl boss dealing with life's problems on her when Son O Gong's arrival suddenly turned her into a damsel in distress

7. I was not interested in the queen mother storyline at all as there was no backstory to be invested in

8. The villain was literally a caricature with nothing to make him stand apart

9. What reward did either samjang or the great save equal to heaven get for saving the world (conclusion: the spiritual realm folks are assholes)

Rant over... But I did enjoy the drama for the most part, especially Son O Gong who was a delight to watch and his bromances with the devil king woo and President Sa, I also loved the way he ended every sentence to Jin Seo-mi with because I love you in the early days, this all kept me interested so that I could watch the show till the end... But I must say the writers turned what could have been an epic show into a huge let down... Especially the last two episodes

[angstandhappiness]

DUDE, THIS SLAPS

“师父，你怎么此时纔来？” | “Master, why did you just arrive now?”

[simsalabink-art]

He’s an immortal, murderous bastard, but most importantly; He’s pretty and he knows it. Son O-Gong, Den Store Vismand som i Himlen for the six fanart challenge.

2 down. Who’s next??

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[my-drama-heart2406]

Now I want Song Joong Ki to start in a Hong Sisters drama.

Oh my brain 🙄😤

[annikashina]