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List of Major Differences(小说和电视剧主要不同的地方）
我来贴一下吧
1. Sunjoon and Yoonhee are taken with each other basically at their first meeting. They were friendly to begin with (not so much a k-drama situation, so I understand why that was altered)--Sunjoon was impressed with Yoonhee's skills, and Yoonhee with Sunjoon. Yoonhee falls in love with Sunjoon basically at first sight, and wonders to herself if any man in the world could be as good as him (she almost tries to tell him that she's actually a woman), and Sunjoon finds himself drawn to her beauty even though he thinks that she is a man. And mostly everyone including Sunjoon believes her to be a man because of her writing skills, because no woman in that era could have been so educated.
2. Sunjoon does not drag Yoonhee into testing for Sungkyunkwan. First, she wants to take the exam (with each exam, a man coming into his age can promote his status), because she doesn't get higher paying gigs from the place she works at because nobody will trust a low-level/status 18 year old with literature and etc. She wants to earn more money for her brother, so she tries to higher her status, taking her brother's name, but with each exam she gets really excited (forgetting that her primary goal is money), and she does so well that she becomes one of the few (which includes Sunjoon) that gets directly sent to Sungkyunkwan by the king (and she can't escape that, unless she fakes Yoonshik's death or something.) But when Yoonhee tries to protest to the King, Sunjoon recommends Yoonhee go to Sungkyunkwan to get free medicinal care (he thinks taht Yoonhee is so skinny and weak-looking because of an illness).
3. Soondol is supposed to be like this crazy beastly looking giant manservant hahaha. It's supposed to contrast his very toddler-like admiration and love for Sunjoon.
4. There aren't men from the Byungpan (Hyo-eun's dad) after Yoonhee--She almost gets attacked because some people get angry that Soondol saved the best spot at the exam for Yoonhee and Sunjoon and they send their manservants to mess up Yoonhee, since she has no one protecting her. And Jaeshin shows up and saves her, and Sunjoon and Soondol come running to help, too. And in the novel, Sunjoon is the one to knock down the attacker while covering Yoonhee's eyes with his arm.
5. I keep talking about how Sunjoon is helping Yoonhee fight for her rights and a lot of the commenters tell me that I probably get that more from the novel, but actually Sunjoon is quite the overbearing protector in the novel. I like him quite a lot in the novel, but I LOVE how they changed his character to be such a party pooper in the drama because it makes so much more sense how he acts a catalyst for Yoonhee's character. The Sunjoon that I discuss in the debates is centered on the drama. I hope that in the drama that Sunjoon will soften as the novel Sunjoon does in the later chapters, but for now, I'm quite happy with the fact that the drama didn't start with Sunjoon as the saint he is in the novel.
6. I think a big part of my bias of being on Team Sunjoon is kind of unfair, to be honest. I'll admit it. It's mostly because when I read the novel, Jaeshin just came off as.... scary. The first time he is mentioned is when he is saving Yoonhee, but he is described much more gruff, and he doesn't even flinch when the attackers slice him with a knife. The men tell him it's none of his business and that he shouldn't involve himself, and Jaeshin is like "well, this kid is so pretty that I might want to have my way with him later, in which case, you messing him up is my business." lololol. But you see how the image painted of him would be much different when we don't have Yoo ah in's ever-so-awesomeness to imagine as the character (because I had started the book earlier than the drama).
UPDATE 9/25/10
7. Yoonhee is supposed to be pretty tall in the novel. It's not like she's as tall as the boys, but her figure is described more skinny and lanky whereas I think Park Min Young is a more cute glamorous type. Bodywise I imagined a Lee Yeon Hee type girl... I'm so glad for Park Min Young's casting though--she should be commended for how she commands the screen, that girl can act.
8. Chosun and Hyo-eun's personalities are basically switched. Chosun is this superficial attention-seeking Gisaeng that only takes interest in Yoonshik (Yoonhee) because "Yoonshik" doesn't seem interested in her like the other guys. I think her feelings develop more later when Chosun is charmed by Yoonhee's genuineness, but initially it was a matter of pride for her. And Hyo-eun is quite the calm, reserved, well-mannered lady, even though she does get pretty upset when she's rejected. But she apologizes the Sunjoon for what he had to go through, getting imprisoned... Generally she acts the part of a nobleman's daughter. I think in the novel it makes more sense how those roles are because Hyo-eun is outlandishly improper in the drama for her time. But I think it was switched to make a better dynamic for the drama.
9. Insoo doesn't exist in the novel. One of his minions, Im Byung Choon, is named in the drama as leading the constant sabotaging of Yoonhee because he blames her for taking Sunjoon away from Seojae (the west dormitory occupied by Norons). Although I think Insoo makes for a good addition to the drama (more conflict for the main four to deal with together), it's a little unnerving how much air time the Ha family is taking, especially since they were mostly a very minor part in the book. I just hope the writer will work it out for the best...
10. Yoonhee, even though she is against it really, suggests that she does get married into some family as to be able to provide for her mother and her brother, and her mother and her brother are the ones to stop her. Her mother's character in the drama is the one to suggest she gets married (not for the sake of the family but so that Yoonhee could lead a better life), and I think that makes more sense with the times, since I imagined her mother to be somewhat conservative.
UPDATE 9/26/10
11. Sunjoon's father is not as... hmm, charismatic(?) as he is in the drama. (This might just be coming from me, because Kim Kap Soo is awesome) When I read the novel, Sunjoon's father's personality is a little less serious--kind of like how the Byungpan (Hyo-eun's dad) is in the drama. He's more concerned with his status and power more than the hold the Norons have over the king. Well, he might be concerned with it, but it's much less than it is in the drama, and I doubt that Sunjoon's father is going to let him marry Yoonhee as easily as he did in the novel, as you will read in Scene L. |
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发表于 2010-11-12 12:53
发表于 2010-11-12 13:48
