Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

 AH :

My intrusive thought of the day: it's too bad XL didn't eat the ice crystal ball. XY went through so much effort to obtain the best quality poisons to make it!

Of course I don't actually think he should've eaten it. But it feels a bit like when someone makes a beautifully decorated cake and it's too pretty to eat, but also you don't want the food to go to waste ^^"

Is it too bad if I say he’s also like a beautifully decorated cake, too pretty to…erm, but it’s such a pity to let it go to waste? Asking for a friend.

 Elise:

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No, but seriously though. People making passive aggressive remarks to those who are just stating their opinion on the show (not the novel) are spoiling the whole mood. Some of those people don't even know how it ends so those who say stuff like "keep dreaming" or "keep hoping" are kinda spoiling it because it shows it's never going to happen (which is true but still it's spoiling lol).

Also, I draw the line when they start coming after real people. Like nathsketch said, it's toxic. I don't mind when people go after Xiang Liu because he's a fictional character. However, I saw comments on the main thread and the other forum making fun of us for some of the stuff we said the past few days. US, real people. I know they read our forum (HI JING FANS :) ) 

I said what I had to say because it gradually starts to become a nuisance and just downright offensive after a while. There are all kinds of name calling, and somehow the “XL fanatics” are the ones responsible for turning the main comment section toxic? I swear I have never read a comment coming from a YaoLiu calling real people who happen to be a Jing fan something like “a doormat lover”, for example (I just came up with that), but there’s always someone saying that XL fans support the abusive one, or that they can brush off and justify “domestic abuse” (in what universe is there anything remotely comparable to domestic abuse in a show like this one?), diminishing and mocking something criminal and traumatic that happens to women and men alike on a daily basis. I have the receipts and I’ve scrolled that comment section more than once from top to bottom, going as far as the very first comment, 4 years ago.

I’m sorry if a large number of people empathizes with a character they find abhorrent. I’m also very sorry if the character they like happen to not resonate with a lot people, and no, not just the “12 year olds”. If there were only two or three people rooting for XL, I’d be inclined to think we were in the wrong, but since there are millions across every country imaginable (I have a friend in Bulgaria who’s inconsolable), not to mention how people are now dropping this drama in droves after knowing what’s going to happen, I guess we are not so wrong after all.

 AH :

My intrusive thought of the day: it's too bad XL didn't eat the ice crystal ball. XY went through so much effort to obtain the best quality poisons to make it!

Of course I don't actually think he should've eaten it. But it feels a bit like when someone makes a beautifully decorated cake and it's too pretty to eat, but also you don't want the food to go to waste ^^"

Maybe he licked it.  Just once.  I mean, there was probably a flaw once he shoved in that figure that needed to be smoothed out.  Yeah.  That's the ticket.

Darn it.  There's that gutter again.  I just can't stay out of it.

 AH :

I'm already picturing, a year or so from now, an illustrated version of the novel coming out with that previously mentioned Brazil-based ending. Is this another prophetic vision?

I'm not kidding, but I inserted something in the book I'm currently illustrating, very subtle of course, considering the book has nothing to do with any of this. But if it passes the review, I'll let you know once it's published, so you can all go and scream at your local bookstore. Yes, I'm that deranged lololol

 AH :

That's amazing! I'm picturing a silver bow.

Do you ever do fanart? Like the ones that have been posted in the photo section?

It’s a bit more than just a bow ??

I do! I’m dying to do some, but I’ve had zero time for my personal art since April. I’m hoping to wrap up everything I have to deliver to my bosses asap so I can finally get back to my own stuff. I also need to resume working on my visual development portfolio so I can send it to Netflix, Sony Animation, etc. and obviously the theme will be very much Asian ?

 AH :

Something very subtle but more than just a bow... a silhouette of Chubby flying in the sky with XL on his back?

Hope to see some of it someday when you have time ^^

No spoilers for now ??

Absolutely! 

 AH :

Lol, alright. Patience, patience. 

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I’ll message you tomorrow! Like, a message message, not here ??