Ooh, endings! I'm going to expand on what I wrote last post about The Smiling, Proud Wanderer so I'll just spoiler tag the whole thing
Highlight for spoilers!*First of all, I found the ending fitting and satisfying! So imagine my surprise when I went to tvtropes (why do I do this to mysef? idk) and found this:
Anti-Climax: This is a weakness of the novel with regards to its ending. After the deaths of almost every major player in the Five Swords Sects Alliance, Ren Woxing planned to conquer the orthodox sects and bring them under his control, and Linghu Chong was the only leader of the remnants of the alliance standing in his way. After hearing this threat from Ren Woxing, Linghu Chong and his remaining followers went back to prepare for their one last stand against the Sun Moon Sect, only to receive news some time later that Ren Woxing had passed away from illness. This ending is obviously deemed too anti-climatic to be a finale for a live-action TV or film, and hence all the adaptations always altered the ending for more drama and action.
I wonder if that's a common view of the ending or just a random tvtroper's opinion. Consider that before I got to the ending, I wrote "If blowing this guy up with an explosive chair actually works I will throw this book across the room" in my reading thread ... anyway I think this tvtroper and I have different priorities lol. See the thing is Linghu Chong *had* a chance to avoid this hopeless last stand situation, Ren Woxing liked him and was really hoping for him to just join the Sun Moon Sect! But that would have gone against Linghu Chong's character and everything he stood for and he knew there wasn't a viable alternate path but he refused anyway. I think if it wasn't hopeless after all that would take a lot away from his choice there. I don't mind a slight deus ex machina for the sake of staying in character. *
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Highlight for spoilers!*First of all, I found the ending fitting and satisfying! So imagine my surprise when I went to tvtropes (why do I do this to mysef? idk) and found this:
I wonder if that's a common view of the ending or just a random tvtroper's opinion. Consider that before I got to the ending, I wrote "If blowing this guy up with an explosive chair actually works I will throw this book across the room" in my reading thread ... anyway I think this tvtroper and I have different priorities lol. See the thing is Linghu Chong *had* a chance to avoid this hopeless last stand situation, Ren Woxing liked him and was really hoping for him to just join the Sun Moon Sect! But that would have gone against Linghu Chong's character and everything he stood for and he knew there wasn't a viable alternate path but he refused anyway. I think if it wasn't hopeless after all that would take a lot away from his choice there. I don't mind a slight deus ex machina for the sake of staying in character.
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