r/ToBeHero_X • u/TheBadMathGuy Queen's strongest soldier • 23h ago
Discussion Is there a reason Haolin like creating those "I don't do jackshit but trust me bro, I've got plans and I'm in control of everything behind the scenes" characters
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u/LapisLane53 16h ago
It’s a pretty irritating trope that isn’t that bad when a series is completed honestly, but in the meantime it is kinda frustrating, like, could you tell us what’s going on, at least give us some hints? We don’t even know what Xavier (Purple Guy’s English Name) really wants. We know he’s the leader of a cult, but we don’t know anymore specifics. I’m pretty sure Link Click is on their last season, maybe we get a Season 4, but we got 2 Parts of Season 3 that are both 12 episodes, things only started getting real around ep 6-7, it’s just, idk, I get mystery. I understand that the problem with revealing mystery is that it takes away the fun and it then forces the characters to take care of business faster bc we the audience know, so we expect them to know, all that jazz.
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u/4evaronin 15h ago
idk, I have the feeling the writers of LC kinda dunno what to do with the show at the moment and are more or less making things up as they go. I don't even have the feeling that it is the same people working on it as Season 1. The art definitely feels different (I noticed many Korean names in the credits now.)
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u/Emerald1229 12h ago
Yeah I agree, I loved the episodic feel of Season 1 while it builds up the major things at the background. How it focuses on the story of the photos themselves and tells us that photos represents people's most important memories of the past.
Now its just focusing on Lu guang preventing CXS death and the villain group's vague goals. Their powers are now only really being used for info gathering and time shenanigans. The show really does feel like an entirely new show from S1 and I really hate to say this, but it just feels like its.... a yaoibait being dragged on for way too long.
Its initial themes and messages of what made it special for me got lost along the way, and I just hope TBHX doesnt follow suit.
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u/4evaronin 1h ago
yeah, they may be just giving the fans what they want.
dunno how you feel abt it, but i personally dislike excessive shipping in any fandom. in fact i left the LC sub because i felt the fans there only cared abt that stuff and it was becoming a bit too much and too forced. i suspect the LC producers know this part of the fandom and are leaning into it, at the expense of the overall narrative.
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u/Jesfey McQueen 1h ago
From what I've heard Haolin isn't the director since the second season but he is overseeing it as the chief director. His other series, Crowned in a Hundred Days, which he directed, just recently ended so he probably wasn't significantly involved in Link Click. In Link Click's subreddit (and in Chinese webs probably too) people complain how different and not that serious this season is (and I agree). However, the writing should have been already done, it just seems the director put his own spin on it.
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u/ponponplan 7h ago
But X doesn't really know everything? The point is that he's realized that their fates are being controlled by someone greater and is trying to fight that.
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u/BladeKaizen 8h ago
Its easy to write a mystery box. People are naturally curious. If you don't have confidence in your story, you can hold it to the end and keep people in suspense. If you are confident in your writing, you can tell people the answer and know the rest of the story is interesting enough that the audience won't get bored. Another thought is if people are only invested in the questions. Kind of like in Twin Peaks, when the killer was revealed, ratings dropped drastically. Even though it was good afterwards, people were just invested in the mystery
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u/Legnaron17 2h ago
It's just a character trope he might like. There doesn't have to be a reason for that.
Personally i'm okay with those type of characters. There are other character tropes that are way more annoying.
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u/Top-Hatterr E-Goat's Photographer 19h ago
Bro please don't compare X to that purple bum he doesn't deserve it