Parting Sorrow

Set out from the place where things should have ended,

then return to where the journey began to end.

Those we meet and those we miss,

those we've loved and those we've hated,

what we've gained and what we've lost.

Everything is full of meaning and utterly meaningless.

So there's no need to seek anything,

no need to cling to anything.

We are but specks of dust,

we are but duckweed on the water.

Fate begins and fate ends,

and in the end, only parting sorrow remains.

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Why must the male and female leads always be a handsome guy and a beautiful girl? Because that's what the public finds attractive...

Why is the heroine always so silly? Because that's what makes her the ideal sweet, dependent girl...

Why is the hero always some lofty prince? Because that caters to the machismo of young men...

Why are there always love triangles? Because handsome men and beautiful women are vain...

Why is the hero always at odds with his family? Because it shows how kindhearted the heroine is...

Why are there always a few people you just want to beat to a pulp? So the hero can rescue the beauty at just the right moment...

Why is the plot always so melodramatic? Because life is made up of just a few things...

But as a staunch feminist, I've decided to switch things around... though I still can't help slipping back into the old roles...

So the leads here are still handsome men and beautiful women, simply because I have a little weakness for beauty...

So the heroine here is a genius with an IQ of 200, but she just doesn't like to show it...

So the hero here only acts like a prince when the moment calls for it, simply because the heroine is too self-centered...

So there are still plenty of love triangles here, simply because real life doesn't offer a world of love for just two people...

So the families here are still at odds, simply because truly harmonious families are rare in real life...

So there are no truly wicked villains here, simply because I think people are all wonderful...

So there are still plenty of melodramatic plot twists here, simply because all our predecessors were so prolific that they've already used up every idea...