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I'm still trying to figure out why I love HIStory 3 - Trapped so much, and I have to conclude that it's at least some (or all) of these things:
1. Adults. I'm tired of high school romances. I like how Meng Shao Fei is a police detective with some years under his belt and Tang Yi has been leading the gang for a while.
2a. Brash police officer falls in love with stoic gang boss. C'mon, who doesn't like that!
2b. Gangster with a past falls in love with sweet and innocent police officer. Ditto.
3. Birth secret. It's very Korean-drama-ish, but Korean dramas don't have a monopoly on birth secrets. This one ties up some loose ends nicely, so I actually like it.
4. Said gangsters are in the process of cleaning up their dirty work. The corruption is rooted out. Restoration of law and order, which my stodgy soul enjoys. All those screen imaginings of crime sprees, heists and career criminals have always made me side-eye them. Law and order: there's an institutional charm about them.
5a. Dates in teahouses. Also, they actually eat the food unlike in Korean dramas where no one ever finishes their coffee.
5b. Look, even gangsters give an ultimatum with tea (i.e. Tang Yi meeting Chen Wen Hao).
6. Mystery: who killed ____? Ok, it turned out to be quite a straightforward mystery after all, but there were only 10 episodes and you needed to squeeze in the main romance for pairing A, the sweet romance for pairing B and the angst for pairing C, all in the context of a gang setting.
7. Not to mention the cliches of (a) car fights; (b) being handcuffed together; (c) impulsive rescue of adversary; (d) terrible first-aid; (e) heart to heart talk by the campfire; and (f) overnight mountain trips. And that was only in the first five episodes. As they say, it's not the cliche, it's the execution, and I enjoyed the execution a lot.
Wrote a few fics. I think too many WIPs, but ideas keep bubbling up.
Asides, WIP, aka the further adventures of Tang Yi and Meng Shao Fei on their accidental M&A journey.
Till we meet again, WIP, AU about how Jack finds that he needs to woo Zhao Zi properly
How Tang Yi got his name, WIP, aka AU about Tang Yi meeting his mother before the events of the series.
Jailhouse, all the free time you ever wanted, WIP, aka how Tang Yi spends his time in prison.
I should have met you then, missing scene
By the way you have grandparents, excuse for them to cuddle on the train
1. Adults. I'm tired of high school romances. I like how Meng Shao Fei is a police detective with some years under his belt and Tang Yi has been leading the gang for a while.
2a. Brash police officer falls in love with stoic gang boss. C'mon, who doesn't like that!
2b. Gangster with a past falls in love with sweet and innocent police officer. Ditto.
3. Birth secret. It's very Korean-drama-ish, but Korean dramas don't have a monopoly on birth secrets. This one ties up some loose ends nicely, so I actually like it.
4. Said gangsters are in the process of cleaning up their dirty work. The corruption is rooted out. Restoration of law and order, which my stodgy soul enjoys. All those screen imaginings of crime sprees, heists and career criminals have always made me side-eye them. Law and order: there's an institutional charm about them.
5a. Dates in teahouses. Also, they actually eat the food unlike in Korean dramas where no one ever finishes their coffee.
5b. Look, even gangsters give an ultimatum with tea (i.e. Tang Yi meeting Chen Wen Hao).
6. Mystery: who killed ____? Ok, it turned out to be quite a straightforward mystery after all, but there were only 10 episodes and you needed to squeeze in the main romance for pairing A, the sweet romance for pairing B and the angst for pairing C, all in the context of a gang setting.
7. Not to mention the cliches of (a) car fights; (b) being handcuffed together; (c) impulsive rescue of adversary; (d) terrible first-aid; (e) heart to heart talk by the campfire; and (f) overnight mountain trips. And that was only in the first five episodes. As they say, it's not the cliche, it's the execution, and I enjoyed the execution a lot.
Wrote a few fics. I think too many WIPs, but ideas keep bubbling up.
Asides, WIP, aka the further adventures of Tang Yi and Meng Shao Fei on their accidental M&A journey.
Till we meet again, WIP, AU about how Jack finds that he needs to woo Zhao Zi properly
How Tang Yi got his name, WIP, aka AU about Tang Yi meeting his mother before the events of the series.
Jailhouse, all the free time you ever wanted, WIP, aka how Tang Yi spends his time in prison.
I should have met you then, missing scene
By the way you have grandparents, excuse for them to cuddle on the train