"Jade Bone Haruka": It is not so much a "fate and a long fortune" as a good choice
"Jade Bone Yao", which received high attention as soon as it was broadcast, tells the story of Shiying (played by Xiao Zhan), the lonely and cold crown prince of Kongsang, and Zhu Yan (played by Ren Min), the county lord of the Chi ethnic group, who forged a "fateful fate" because of the grace of a flower, from knowing each other to loving each other, and protecting the world together.
"Jade Bone Haruka" poster
"Fate and Fortune" is the core of the relationship between Shiying and Zhu Yan. In layman's terms, Shiying can only save his life if he wants Zhu Yan's life, otherwise he will be killed by Zhu Yan in the future because of the "fate robbery". But after Shiying recognized Zhu Yan's identity, he did not kill Zhu Yan, and a deeper connection occurred between the two, and even had feelings.
Shi Ying (played by Xiao Zhan)
Zhu Yan (played by Ren Min)
There is a "fate robbery fate" between the protagonists, which is a classic character structure in fantasy stories, but in some previous works, "fate robbery and fate" has become a self-evident premise, lacking the necessary logical foreshadowing, and the direction of the plot is easy for the audience to have a sense of fate for fate, emotion for emotion, and abuse for abuse.
"Jade Bone Haruka" received high praise after it was broadcast, an important reason is that it did not make "life robbery" an empty premise, but paved with meticulous logic, so that "life robbery" became the result of the character's "good choice".
First of all, where does the "fate of life" come from? It is not an artificial setting, and the play paves the necessary "antecedents" as a "fateful calamity".
When they were children, Shiying and Zhu Yan had already met. At that time, Shiying, who was the son of the world, saved Zhu Yan in the palace, but he offended the concubine Qiushui in the palace. Qiu Shui set up a conspiracy and led the shadow of time into the urn. In order to protect Time Shadow, Time Shadow's mother set fire to her disfigurement, and the back position was stripped and sent to the cold palace, and Time Shadow also pretended to die in the fire, but actually fled the palace to save his life.
The "grace of a flower" for Zhu Yan when he was a child
Just when "when the whole country scolded me, spit on me, and disliked me", there was still Zhu Yan who firmly believed in the shadow of time, wept for the shadow of time, and paid tribute to the shadow of time, and Zhu Yan's tears slipped down Xue Hanwei, which actually made Xue Hanwei flash into her forehead. The "fate robbery" of the two people comes from this - when the yin and yang meet, the glazed flowers appear, and Time Shadow must kill Zhu Yan, otherwise Zhu Yan will become the person who takes Time Shadow's life.
"Fate robbery" from this down
This is the beginning of "Fate Robbery", and the screenwriter has laid out the relationship between the two since they were young. Whether it is Shiying or Zhu Yan, they both approached each other because of the "good choice": Shiying helped Zhu Yan, and Zhu Yan always believed in Shiying.
Although the "Life Robbery Fate Origin" is activated, if Shi Ying and Zhu Yan do not reunite when they grow up, or after the reunion, Shi Ying really kills Zhu Yan ruthlessly, then the "Life Robbery Fate Fate will naturally end".
But why be wary of everything, the two will still meet again? And after the reunion, why can't the shadow get rid of Zhu Yan?
Everything is still dominated by the character's "good choice". For so many years, Zhu Yan has never forgotten the "grace of a flower" that Time Shadow has given her. She has always been eager to learn spells that can revive the shadow of time. Under various circumstances, she finally "reunited" with Time Shadow.
At this time, she did not know that the man in front of her was the son of the world she wanted to be resurrected, but Shiying soon suspected that Zhu Yan or his "fateful calamity" person. The divine bird Chongming (played by Li Mingde), who has been guarding Time Shadow, immediately let Time Shadow kill Zhu Yan.
Chongming let Shiying kill Zhu Yan
At first glance, people do not die for themselves, not to mention that Zhu Yan is the one who will kill Time Shadow in the future. But Time Shadow did not do this, not because he did not believe in "fate", but because he has always been a gentle person, and what he does is still a "good choice" - how can he kill innocent people for self-preservation?
Shiying decided that Zhu Yan had just broken into the forbidden place by mistake, and the two would not meet again, and the "fate robbery" would not take effect.
Shiying tells Chongming that he will not meet Zhu Yan in the future
What can pull them together again seems to be "fate", but in fact it is still the choice of the protagonist.
Because his mother killed himself to protect himself, Shiying was grief-stricken and gave birth to great anger and hatred for the world, and he also went crazy. At this time, Zhu Yan reappeared and saved Shiying and Chongming.
Especially in front of Shiying's mother's crown tomb, Zhu Yan woke up Shiying: your mother protects you so much, not to let you be born in the world, but to live dignifiedly, "If you delay yourself and distort your heart because of a momentary anger, it is what makes your mother most sad, and it is also those who bully you who want to see it the most."
Zhu Yan enlightened the shadow of the time
It was also here that Time Shadow really determined Zhu Yan's identity and determined that Zhu Yan was his hit "robbery". This time, he still faced a choice: should he kill Zhu Yan?
Shiying did not make a move, his starting point has always been "good" - killing the only person who trusted him in the past and sacrificed him is immoral and contrary to conscience, not to mention that this time it was Zhu Yan who helped him guard the bottom line and protect himself. Therefore, when Chongming wanted to kill Zhu Yan for him, he instead stood up to protect Zhu Yan, "If you want to kill her, kill me first."
Time Shadow protects Zhu Yan
In order to avoid the occurrence of the robbery, Shiying could only be ruthless, deliberately letting go of cruel words to Zhu Yan, so that Zhu Yan gave up the idea of resurrecting the son of the world, and "did not owe both" with Zhu Yan.
On the eighteenth birthday of Shiying, Shiying officially became the young master of Jiujiang Mountain. One of the duties of the young master is to open the mountain and accept apprentices, those who pass the examination can become the named disciples of Shiying, and the most outstanding in the examination will become the first disciple, and they can stay in Shiying for a long time in the future.
At first, Zhu Yan did not know that Shaoshimei was Shiying, so she ran for election, and learned that Shaoshimei was Shiying, and she had the intention to retreat. But because there were others behind the exam, Zhu Yan was also "used", first chased and killed by the monster Qiqi, and then fell into the chaos condensed by resentment, and once swallowed by chaos, the bones would be gone.
If Zhu Yan dies in chaos, then this is only her life, not the shadow of time. But at the critical moment, Shiying chooses to save Zhu Yan - he can't do this, he does this to save the person who killed him in the future, but he still does it.
Shiying once again saved Zhu Yan
It's because of goodness, because of compassion, because of feelings, and because of emotion. The heart bridge in the chaos of episode 8 of the plot can be said to be the most colorful clip since the beginning of the series, which expresses the beginning of the heart of the time shadow in a subtle, aesthetic and romantic way.
The hope, trust, and joy in people's hearts will regenerate the heart bridge and help them to the other side, while the suspicion, doubt, lies and other evil thoughts in people's hearts will destroy the heart bridge. Zhu Yan brought out the happy things in her heart, even the things about her encounter with Shiying. I thought that this incident would destroy the Heart Bridge, but I didn't expect that the Bridge of Good Thoughts would blossom and extend forward all the way, and she and Time Shadow walked hand in hand to the other side.
It turned out that the acquaintance between Shiying and Zhu Yan was also a happy thing in Shiying's heart. This is the bridge of good thoughts, and it is also the bridge of the heart of the shadow of time.
At this point, the "fate of life robbery" has become more and more difficult to solve, because this is not only the choice of Shiying and Zhu Yanshan, but also the choice of his heart.
This is the brilliance of "Jade Bone Haruka" in the construction of character relationships. It is not a concept, does not seem empty, but runs through with meticulous logic, everything is not the "accident" of fate, but the "inevitability" of character choice. It is also because of this that the behavior of Time Shadow and Zhu Yan approaching each other again and again is so believable and empathetic to the audience.
Moreover, because the characters always make "good choices", their love for each other will also extend to love for all living beings and love for the living beings, which also lays a convincing foreshadowing for the two to work together to protect the lives in the future.
From this point of view, although "Jade Bone Haruka" is a fantasy drama, it has a solid realistic character in character shaping and logical motivation, and the quality is good, which is worth watching.