Kill me , love me ! Wow ? the title suit this drama well

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IA-000  

I was not expecting the writing to be that cringy and pathetic ... where is the complexity, where is the deepness?? I still want to know the ending, but I'm struggling to finish the drama ...

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  eliteles1  VIP 

  I wouldn't say pathetic, but I understand what you're trying to say: You would like more suspense, a cat and mouse chase, and only later they discover love. But... (the elements that are in the drama) are actually following the book (softening the anti-hero) towards the possible HE ending, but that's how the book is written.
  What I miss is that in the book there was an arc a la Indiana Jones, where they entered a tomb, a sarcophagus and discovered some mysteries together. There was a moment when the two fell into a pit where the sarcophagus was, at another moment (in the darkness of the cave). I found that part interesting, (as well as the part in the stone forest).??
  Even when LXY mentions that MRJH is the trainer of the 100,000 ghosts, I was only reminded of the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
  (but I still think the 4 screenwriters are managing to capture the real meaning of the book).

• @Regina de Sá

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  Even when he sews gloves for her. He allows her to stay in the field working, but even then, he tries to soften things up for her, without saying: you are not capable of doing this. There are times when he bears the burden for her, when he picked up the basket of vegetables and carried them on his back.

  
  Regina de Sá 
  @eliteles1
  Hide SpoilerYes! And he doesn't stop her from going with the villagers to look for medicinal herbs. There is a huge difference between kindness and protectionism. He is kind! What woman doesn't like that? ?
  
  

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• TaliaToo  

  @PeachBlossomGoddess I read the book too and it's clear to me the change in tone and intensity in the drama of these "interlude" episodes versus the original author's voice throughout her book. Its cuteness is fun to watch and I was entertained, but definitely, the pudgy suitor, the mosquito moment in bed, etc., deviate from the absolute terror and urgency of the few days prior when they were close to death. I'm just critiquing from a writing/tone point-of-view. The acting is still stellar--both actors brought their A-game into their romance moments--and the cinematography is gorgeous.
  
  I think you mentioned a suspension of disbelief to someone before and yes, we have to do it to accept that our self-immolating, cynical, totally ruthless san wang-ye is a love-sick young farmer boy sewing gloves and that he and his assassin woman are cosplaying in a equivalence of a Renaissance Dressup Festival that will last for 2 weeks. Heh heh. It's all right. The kissing was good. I'm easy to bribe. LOLOLOL.

  
  eliteles1  VIP
  @TaliaToo ???
  
  

• eliteles1  VIP 

  @PeachBlossomGoddess I think the tone that was set in the drama is necessary for what I already said about the ending of the book to be maintained. (If the tone were different, definitely, in the minds of the Chinese fan, they would never accept it). This adolescent, romantic tone is mixed with such mature and inspiring speeches and attitudes that teach about love between a couple who truly love and respect each other.?✨??????????️??☘️

  
  

• TaliaToo  

  @eliteles1 Yes, I must admit the speech/dialogue is written well, especially during the quiet moments of our couple just talking. I'm hoping that they (and Writer #2 and #3) won't forget these conversations when the true test of their relationship comes in the next batch of episodes. Heh
  eliteles1  VIP
  I really hope so too, that there is a connection in the attitudes and feelings they expressed in the village with the turbulent times that will come next.?️??
  
  

PeachBlossomGoddess  

@eliteles1 I think you underestimate Chinese fans. From the comments I've read they are not all hankering for adolescent fairytales.

• eliteles1  VIP 

  I say this because of the comments I read during filming on the drama's Weibo page (they always mentioned it) that this character was trash, to use other terms, who would dare to accept playing him? And they always repeated that the book was crap, because the main male character, after everything he did, had a happy ending with the main female character.
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  So...especially for Morung Jing He from the book, there was a huge rejection against the happy ending presented by the book.
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  I think the 4 scriptwriters wanted this happy ending. And everything they did was to keep it that way. That's why the synopsis of the drama had 2 versions. One version that decimates as a final statement that they could not love each other. And the current one that does not talk about love in the last paragraph, but only about the issue of the "master of shadows", the crucial revelation to be discovered by the heroine in the drama.

  
  

• eliteles1  VIP 

  @PeachBlossomGoddess I hope the drama follows a path that makes sense with everything they've been building up to now and until the end. ??‍?️??

  
  PeachBlossomGoddess 
  @eliteles1 Well to me suspend disbelief and fairytale are all just code for don't make sense but go with it...

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    eliteles1  VIP 

    I love fairy tales, but let them convince me. This one is convincing me.