It is not trust, but the common predicament, interests and goals that allow Longyou State to be restarted.
I feel that my tears are getting lower and lower, and I can see tears streaming down my face when watching cartoons.
Three emotions after watching "The Legend of the Dragon":
1. The themes of "trust" and "unity" are simply too appropriate in the current global epidemic situation~
2. Strong Southeast Asian style, I really want to drink Tom Yum Goong soup
3. This is a fairy tale for adults, and it is not recommended for children, especially girls, to watch it alone
What is a fairy tale?
Cinderella meets a fairy and transforms a costume for her, turns a pumpkin into a carriage, and a mouse into a horse... Everything is absurd. It is for children. This is a fairy tale.
Why is "Legend of Looking for the Dragon" a fairy tale for adults?
It's not just that adults know that "dragon" does not exist, but that "Longyou Kingdom" does not exist, and even the core of the story "trust changes the world" is difficult to land in real life.
Are you willing to give the initiative to someone who has hurt you? Are you willing to trust your enemy?
I won't, and I don't want my kids to do it.
But this does not prevent me from being moved by this story.
"The Legend of the Dragon" tells the story of a woman leading her partners to save the world.
The young Dragonheart City princess Raya once believed credulously the princess Namali of another tribe. After being mercilessly betrayed, the crystal ball that guarded the world’s tranquility was broken. As a result, Ya lost her father and family, and was forced to embark on a journey of searching for a dragon, hoping to save the common people.
A few years later, she finally found the Shenlong Xisu, but the dragon told her: If you want to break the game, you must work together, and the prerequisite for cooperation is unconditional trust.
The dragon girl Xisu encouraged Raya: "After being disappointed, you still have to choose trust, and use absolute trust to influence the person who hurt you."
——Yes, for the enemies who have hurt Raya, Sisu asked Raya not only to forgive, but also to trust, and even to win the trust of the other party, he must first surrender himself and put himself in a passive position.
Raya passed through all the way and met a companion who trusts each other and can fight side by side, but she still cannot trust the enemy who has hurt her. In the process of negotiating with Namali, in order to protect the Shenlong, she accidentally caused the Shenlong Xisu's die.
The ending of the story is of course that Raya was enlightened by the death of the god Dragon Xisu, realizing that only cooperation can win the life at the moment when the black devil is about to destroy the world.
So, she led her friends to entrust the crystal that could frighten the Dark Demon to Namari, the enemy who had betrayed her, and entrusted her with the mission of changing the world. After handing over the crystal, they were swallowed by the Dark Demon one after another. As a stone statue...
Witnessing the sacrifice of Raya and others, Namali, who was hesitant, finally lived up to the expectations, gave the crystal in her hand, and chose to sacrifice with everyone.
As everyone expected, the world was restarted under the cornerstone of "trust", the black demons were sealed again, the tribes turned into stone statues were awakened one by one, Raya's father was resurrected, and the tribes that had once mistrusted each other finally became united and stopped each other. Suspicion, everyone smiled and returned to the Longyou state, happy ending~
Sitting in the dark movie theater, I cried silently from the moment Raya decided to sacrifice the crystal and sacrificed myself. I was moved until the end of the film, and waited until the end song was played for three rounds before I left the theater reluctantly. (Friendly reminder : No need to wait, no easter eggs.)
This is probably the happy ending that adults like most?
As long as you are brave and hard enough, everything can be restarted-lost loved ones can be resurrected, and past regrets can be made up for.
Lovers, friends, cute pets, and your family forever... As long as you believe in truth, goodness and beauty, life will have a happy ending.
But then I thought about it again: Is it really because of Raya's trust that Namali was able to be probated and was willing to give up the chance of escape to save the world?
If her mother and her people were not swallowed by the Dark Demon, would she still choose to die with Raya and them?
Suspicion can hurt both of us, but trusting someone who might hurt us won’t hurt us?
I believe that every adult with some social experience probably has his own answer in his heart.
In the film, Raya discusses the importance of trust with Shenlong Sisu.
Raya said: "Because the world has changed, people will not trust each other."
And Shenlong Xisu believes: "Because people don't trust each other, the world will go bad."
Rather than saying that this is a question of "chicken laying eggs" or "egg laying chickens", it is more like a paradox between "projection" and "projective identification":
"I was hurt by you, so I don't trust you."
When the other person feels your doubts and distrust, they will show more hostility towards you.
Laya is kind by nature. When she met Xiao Nuo, a crying and helpless baby sitting on the street in Longzhaowan, she decided to step forward to comfort her despite hesitation. The "distrust" she insisted on was purely because The insecurity in her heart was because she had inflicted a terrible price on her tribes and loved ones because of her credulity.
The "trust" and "friendliness" advocated by Shenlong Xisu are more like a kind of innocence. The reason why she can be so innocent is more because she is a dragon. It has never tasted all the taste of betrayal. ——Compared with Raya, Sisu belongs to the privileged class. She can easily gain the respect of thousands of people. No one will hurt her. She has the capital to trust others.
And "partial head" Namali was finally willing to give crystals and choose sacrifices with everyone. It was not entirely because of the acceptance and trust of Raya and her partners, but because her tribe was facing extinction. Her mother was also swallowed by the black demon and turned into a stone statue. At this time, her fate was the same as that of Raya and everyone, and they all shouldered the heavy responsibility of saving their relatives and people.
This is why I think this animated film needs adults to guide children to watch it.
If I have children, especially if I have a daughter, I hope I can help her to see a deeper level of humanity through superficial harmony: having a common goal or situation is a prerequisite for alliance and cooperation.
This world is very beautiful, but sometimes it is also very realistic and cruel. We are all ordinary people and don’t need to be so great. If a person has hurt you, the first thing you have to do is to protect yourself, rather than blindly sacrifice and influence others—— Especially there is no need to influence someone who has hurt you.
"The true feelings and sincerity should be reserved for the person who is worthy, and whether this person is worthy requires your patient observation, not blind trust."
It is not trust, but the common predicament, interests and goals that allow Longyou State to be restarted.
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