MimiLy:
Heck,they didn't even bother explaining that jing guards were the TOPS and how cautious he was. How he purposely chose a place near the water so he had a chance of survival.Not that he "coincidentally"got knocked into the water lolol. All the lines and scenes that showed off Jing's cleverness is gone.
They may still explain this more in detail later (regarding picking the location near water), but I'm not getting my hopes up at this point. Grandfather alludes to Jing's abilities though - he and XY come to the same conclusion, that Jing is careful and had taken care of Hou already. Jing had brought his guards, and they were all killed by this mysterious faceless group of assassins. There was no other way for Hou to get back at Jing like this without someone powerful helping him.
MimiLy:
At least they showed XY being sad and didn't glance over her love. I cried so much over her crying scene. AND THE FACT That someone said they're going to change the whole thing into a DREAM and that CX didn't actually kill TSj and it was Xingyue so that CX wouldn't get hate from the audience....please someone tell me that is just a rumor and not true because that is SO BAD
I don't usually cry often when watching dramas, but I certainly did when she was shouting at the ocean for Jing and then at the end of ep 18 at CX. Just pure chills.
One of the things that is lacking this season is the visuals/CGI in this season. First it was with XY meeting her Mom and now it's the fight between the brothers. I expected Hou to utterly crush Jing in that fight because Jing is not a fighter, but there could be have been a few cooler-looking moves and CGI to enhance it before Hou finally smacks him around.
This is just my guess, but I think with this being filmed all at one time, perhaps the production team did not anticipate how well-received Jing would be after S1. And unfortunately, it was too late to fix the script and re-film things to include more of what he was and did and said in the novel. But they should have realized it was pretty perfect in the novel and stuck to it lol. Oh well, I still enjoyed 17-18, much more than the previous 4 episodes.