#9 - 命中注定我爱你 (fated to love you)

Okay, so I've decided to write blogs on topics that I enjoy. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, there's a great drama called Fated to Love You (it's in mandarin, but their are english subs), and it deals with the concept of destiny and fate differently than SH5.

What bothers me a tad is the way Vonnegut expresses his opinions about fate. I understand that it's an anti-war novel, and it's not suppose to be blithe, but doesn't suffering contradict his message of "accept and move on"? Many parts in the book, Vonnegut mentions how Billy does things he knows will end tragically, but it never mentions Billy doing something because he knows it'll end perfectly. For example, his own death death, the plane crash, his wife's death, his abduction (abduction is not good), or Edgar Derby's death.

It doesn't have a passage like: Billy knew it was the night he was going to be abducted, but he felt satisfied knowing that his daughter would live a happy, married life.

But no. Instead, Vonnegut doesn't even mention a connection between the wedding and Billy save that it was his daughter's. In fact, Vonnegut leaves Billy and his daughter's relationship to merely the words "father and daughter". There's no description of how close they are. Billy is so detached.

I mean, I understand that he's some pretty gruesome things, but must he live through life as if he's a zombie? He doesn't have any connections with the people around him and BAH, his indifference severely bothers me.

So, how does this relate to Fated to Love You? Well, this drama deals with fate in a much more lackadaisical mood. It's a about a series of coincidences that the show mentions is fate, but the characters themselves do not accept this fact until the end. And since this is a drama, plenty of nasty things happen to them (maybe not flying body parts, but still pretty nasty in terms of blood and loss), and in the end, when they realize that it is fated for them to be together, they are happy despite the obstacles that they had to face. They are actually grateful. Billy just settled for letting no emotions out because he doesn't know how to look at things from an optimistic point of view.

I can't help but think that if one were to ask Billy if his cup was half full or half empty, he'd be too scared to admit it was half empty, but wouldn't dare to believe that it's hald full.

-Ceci