I cheated...
I totally cheated and watched the ending of The Outsiders 2. And of one portion of it I approve incredibly much. It certainly makes me happier than the ending of The Outiders. I know the ending of TO is not only inevitable but damn near perfect as far as drama endings go, but what can I do, I am a crazed shipper! Plus, this one is unlikely to make me bawl like a three-year-old who's just been told Santa does not exist.
SQUEE:
Oh, Yu Yen! It's just as well that you believe this now. Considering the misery that happens in second half of TO (which continues where TO2 left off).
Also, from a writing perspective, I love how Yu Yen's ending narration in TO2 contrasts with Danzi's ending narration in TO where he is wondering if Ah Hao and Yu Yen's love really was worth everything: whether the memories were worth all the pain.
Leaving aside the fact that at the end of TO more things happened that at the end of TO2, I really think it's because Danzi is a more objective narrator, an observer, not a participant in the love story: I bet even at the end of TO Yu Yen would say it was worth it, and never let herself doubt it, if for no other reason than to say it wasn't would negate all the pain and sacrifice she went through and that would mean it was all meaningless. And of course she got a son out of it, and she would never negate that. But objectively speaking...I have never been able to decide whether it was worth it or not, for either of them. If I am being hard-headed, probably not.
Oh, I love you, dramas!
SQUEE:
Oh, Yu Yen! It's just as well that you believe this now. Considering the misery that happens in second half of TO (which continues where TO2 left off).
Also, from a writing perspective, I love how Yu Yen's ending narration in TO2 contrasts with Danzi's ending narration in TO where he is wondering if Ah Hao and Yu Yen's love really was worth everything: whether the memories were worth all the pain.
Leaving aside the fact that at the end of TO more things happened that at the end of TO2, I really think it's because Danzi is a more objective narrator, an observer, not a participant in the love story: I bet even at the end of TO Yu Yen would say it was worth it, and never let herself doubt it, if for no other reason than to say it wasn't would negate all the pain and sacrifice she went through and that would mean it was all meaningless. And of course she got a son out of it, and she would never negate that. But objectively speaking...I have never been able to decide whether it was worth it or not, for either of them. If I am being hard-headed, probably not.
Oh, I love you, dramas!