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@Kokuto
Thank you! I've watched the drama four or five times and I haven't noticed this detail yet :-). How many times have you watched it already? Is this story the "Titanic" of the TV series? Feel like a classic that will last forever, haha! By the way, "Titanic" is Tan's favorite movie :-)
Well that figures. I think AH wrote her fan fic inspired by the ending of Titantic and XL.
I think I only noticed it because of plor20s story. Here's the video bookmarked at that point. Look up to the top right, at the logo. For a second the butterfly is covered by by the logo. But it lands on CX's hair ornament and stays there in the shot.
By the way, "Titanic" is Tan's favorite movie :-)
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I think it AH who wrote her fan fic inspired by the ending of Titantic and XL.Kokuto:
Orignally the concept for the fic was inspired by just the last scene of Titanic, but then it evolved after I rewatched the movie and ended up mapping to all the parts of the movie (beginning, middle and end) that involve the elderly version of Rose.
Edit: for fun, the parallels between Titanic and LYF + my fic:
Titanic | LYF / My Fic |
| A crew of treasure hunters led by Brock Lovett head to the ocean to conduct an expedition in the hopes of finding an invaluable object in the wreckage of the Titanic: a priceless diamond called the Heart of the Ocean. On one dive, the treasure hunters find a safe that has been sealed since the Titanic sank 84 years earlier. When the safe is cracked open, Brock unexpectedly finds a drawing of a woman: 17 year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater. It was the portrait of Rose that Jack had drawn of her on the very night that the Titanic sank. For the portrait, she wore nothing but her diamond necklace (the Heart of the Ocean). | Xian leaves Xuan Yuan and heads out to the ocean. When she arrives at her destination (XY's clinic), she seeks the antidote to a legendary poison, but encounters the big-bellied laughing doll, which has remained sealed since the events of XL's epilogue 2,000 years earlier. When the doll is forced open, XY is shocked to find the ice crystal ball that she made for XL hidden inside. The ice crystal ball includes the mermaid that represents her, the merman that represents XL, the figure that XL added, and XL's well-wishes for XY carved into its side. |
| An elderly woman named Rose Dawson Calvert sits at a potting wheel in her sunny home, which is filled with flowers, pets (some goldfish and a dog), photos and artwork from around the world that suggests a life full of adventure and extensive travel. Her granddaughter makes two cups of tea while the news plays on a small TV. The news story is about the Titanic expedition and Brock Lovett is telling the news anchor that everyone knows the story of the Titanic (the nobility, the band playing in the end, etc) but that he is interested in the untold stories. The secrets locked deep inside the hull of the ship. The news story catches Rose's attention, and she asks her granddaughter to turn up the volume just as Brock tells the camera to pan to the drawing of young Rose that had been locked in the safe. On the TV, Brock asks if the drawing should have remained at the bottom of the ocean for eternity, while Rose stares at the drawing in shock. It doesn't take Rose long to make her way to Brock's ship, which is anchored above the wreckage of the Titanic, where Jack died. | An elderly XY sits in the sunny courtyard of her clinic - a place where she built the life she wanted. Left Ear and Miao Pu are there, and she prepares sea urchins for dinner with her granddaughter. The pleasant scene is interrupted when Xian arrives (a blast from XY's past life in Xuan Yuan) seeking an antidote. When Xian opens the big-bellied laughing doll and reveals the ice crystal ball inside, XY is shocked. After the ice crystal ball is revealed, it doesn't take XY long to make her way, via Xian's ship, to the island where XL died. |
| On Brock's ship, Rose is told about the history and creation of the Heart of the Ocean. | On Xian's ship, XY has a dream where she sees the events of XL's epilogue, where he carves the big-bellied laughing doll, carves his well-wishes for her into the ice crystal ball, and hides the ice crystal ball inside the doll. |
| On Brock's ship (still anchored above the wreckage of the Titanic, roughly in the part of the ocean where Jack died), Rose tells her grandaughter, Brock, and Brock's crew about her time on the Titanic, including the story of meeting Jack and the experiences they had together before his death. How she had a rich fiancé, Cal Hockley, who she did not love. How a young man with no money or social standing (someone her family would never let her be with) helped free her from her engagement, inspired her to break free from the constraints of her family and restrictive life in order to live freely, and saved her life twice. The first time he did so by tying his fate to hers. "You jump, I jump." The second time was in the ocean, when the Titanic sank. He told her that she was going to survive. That she would go on to have many children and that she would only die many years later as an old woman warm in her bed. He made her promise to survive, knowing that he would not. And she kept that promise. Jack died the night that the Titanic sank and Cal died about a year later (more or less). But in the USA Rose created a new life for herself under a new name. She married, had kids and grandkids, lived fully, and travelled extensively. But Rose says that she never spoke of Jack to anyone until just then. "A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me in every way that a person can be saved. I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now only in my memory." The only thing that she had that could even remotely be considered a momento of Jack was the Heart of the Ocean, which she had worn when he drew her portrait the night that the Titanic sank. | After arriving at the island where XL made his last stand and died, XY tells her grandaughter, Left Ear and Miao Pu the story of her meeting XL and the experiences they had together before his death. How she was engaged to the leader of the Chishui Clan, Chishui Feng Long, who she did not love. How a demon with no money who was her family's enemy helped free her from her engagement, inspired her to break free of the contstraints of her family and restrictive life, and saved her life twice (as far as she knew). The first time he was able to do so because he had agreed to tie their hearts, lives and fates together by accepting her poisonous bug. The second time was in the ocean, when the seagull demon locked her in a coffin and sank her into the ocean where she was nearly obliterated by a whirlpool. After protecting her from the whirlpool, he made her promise to survive in exchange for his help. Feng Long was killed by XL and then XL died about a year later (more or less). But XY lived. After leaving Xuan Yuan for the ocean, XY created a new life for herself. She married TSJ before leaving, had kids and grandkids, and lived the life she wanted to live. But XY never spoke about XL to anyone, until that point. And because he erased the memories that she had saved of him in her gorilla spirit mirror, she didn't have anything that captured his likeness. His image only existed in her memory, and the only momento she had (as far as she had been aware at the time) was the sea-map jewel that he gave her at the end of their journey by ship in chapter 43. |
| At night, Rose went out on the deck of the ship (still anchored above the wreckage of the Titanic) alone and looked at the Heart of the Ocean before tossing it overboard, letting it sink into the depths of the ocean where Jack had died. | At dusk, XY was alone at the heart of the island where XL died. At the edge of a dark pool (a remnant from XL's death), XY looked at each of the physical gifts that XL had given her (which each corresponded with a separate gift that XL had given her in order to address the things she told him she did not have the first night they spent together in XL's military camp tent) before thanking XL for them and letting them sink into the pool. (1) The silver bow that XL commissioned for XY represented the archery lessons he gave her so that she would have a means of protecting herself despite her low spiritual power. (2) The big-bellied laughing doll was a gift that XL gave to XY when she married TSJ. It hid the ice crystal ball, which XL had altered to include a message of well wishes to her. It also contained a mermaid (representing XY) and a merman (representing XL) that XY had added, plus a third figure of a man, which XL had added. The man was holding the hand that the mermaid had stretched out to the merman and was smiling at her. These gifts represented TSJ - the man that XL had brought back from the dead in order to be XY's life-long companion. A person she could rely on after XL was gone. (3) The sea map jewel represented the blood that XL had used to save XY's life, which transformed her and made the ocean a place that she would always be able to go. |
| After dropping the necklace in the ocean, Rose returned to her cabin and went to bed. Perhaps she went to sleep and dreamed. Or perhaps, as Jack had told her, she died as an old woman, warm in her bed. Either way, the image of elderly Rose in her bed on Brock's ship is replaced by the image of the wreckage of Titanic, which in turn is replaced by the image of the Titanic as it was on its maiden voyage before it sank. Back to the way it was when Rose and Jack met and had their romance. Young Rose, who is 17 again, climbs the ship's iconic main staircase. At the top of the staircase, Jack reaches out his hand to Rose and she takes it. When they are together at the top of the stairs, they kiss and everyone around them claps. There is nothing left that can keep them apart. From their kiss, the camera pans up to the bright light streaming through the atrium's glass ceiling. | After dropping XL's gifts into the dark pool, XY sang the song that she sang to lure out the Fei Fei. The song that XL heard her sing when they first met. A song about loving, longing, forgetting and remembering. Then XY lay down to close her eyes one last time. Following her death, XY's spirit emerged from the island and headed to the ocean. XY's granddaughter sees XY's spirit (young again, looking just as she did when XL was still alive) and XL's spirit on the surface of the ocean. XL extends his hand to XY and she takes it. He no longer hid his feelings and she climbed into the white clam shell where XL stood. When they are together, with nothing left to keep them apart, they kiss under the bright light of the full moon. |
For a moment, she really felt a bit like those depraved kings in ancient legends who lost their countries for beautiful bad women.
I had a good laugh over this. So is Xiang Liu 杨玉环 Yang Yuhuan to Xiao Yao's 李隆基 Li Longji? Or 妲己 Daji to 纣王 King Zhou?
went to the yard to dig up the Polygonum multiflorum she planted here ten years ago.
何首乌... is she preparing hair dye for him so that he can continue to be Fangfeng Bei when he regains his human form? She is not planning to use hibiscus instead, which Xiang Liu apparently used to dye his hair each time he takes on his Fangfeng Bei persona?
I hope you will not take this the wrong way, but why do I feel that Xiang Liu is being treated as a pet, rather than an alternate, smaller incarnation of his form? Currently, my impression is that he is more childish and petulant, and she is baby'ing him. I can't imagine his personality would have changed that much despite the unusual circumstances...
Do you have any plans to come here to see Tan?
Not in the immediate future. I don't see myself travelling for celebrities even if I am a fan, though I would travel for concerts and stage performances if the situation permits.
@AH
You finished it so early!
At the time it felt like it took a while to write, but looking back at it now... Elise shared the comment that inspired the fic on October 3rd and I posted the completed fic on Ocotober 19th. So not a super long time I guess.
But it's not a long fic. Just four short chapters really, and almost all of it is adapted or inspired by something else (parts of LYF, parts of Titanic, etc.). Not much in the way of original concepts or characters. ^^
The word count and chapter count are misleading. The other "chapters" (and a big portion of the word count) are things like excerpts from the novel to help refresh readers' memories, some credits and comments at the end, and a table of contents at the beginning.
Plus I wasn't writing in a second language, which would be beyond my skill level. Super kudos to you for writing a fic in a language that is not your mother tongue.
I saw a lot of likes for this fanfic, it must be well written, I have saved it :-).
Oh, thank you!
Do you want to post it to this thread? Super welcome sis!
Kokuto kindly included a link to the fic in this thread. I think that makes the most sense. If I ever need to fix anything, I only have to fix it in one place.
After seeing your fanfic, I took a nap and I heard "My Heart Will Go On" in my dream! I suddenly realized how suitable this song is for Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu, every single sentence...
Lol, totally get that. I had a similar feeling with "I Will Always Love You" back in September.
If I go to Shanghai, I will definitely go see the wax figure of Tan, but at least now I have no plans to leave Wuhan. Did he say that he is now preparing to hold a concert? Maybe I'll go then. But actually I prefer him to focus on acting. As a singer, he is excellent, but not irreplaceable. But as an actor, he is unique and can only be said to be a genius. I read the news and it seems that China has recently launched a series of visa-free policies. Many foreigners are coming to travel. Do you have any plans to come here to see Tan?
Going to see a wax figure sounds foolproof - you can't miss him! ^^
My sister has a knack for it, but I am very bad at spotting celebrities "out in the wild". I feel like most of the time they could walk right by me and I wouldn't notice. When I lived in Shanghai I only ever spotted one, when David Harewood from Homeland was seated at the table next to mine. But he stood out from the crowd and was easier to notice.
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