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Okay so basically the ML is smarter than me and my partner LOL because we are not getting it. We will hang tight and keep watching 😬I hope that the good stuff I keep hearing about future episodes keeps going. It’s been a LONG time since I picked up a show while it was still airing 🫣

So I watched the first 3 episodes or so and then decided to wait and start it over with my partner because I think it’s something both he and I would like aaaaand because he catches more details than I do. I am also LOVING IT a lot more the second time around than the first.

There is one thing that neither of us are quite understanding that I am hoping to get some insight into — Why does the Feng Suige care that someone wants Fu Yixiao dead? It has been said a couple times that the Battle of Pingling is “more complicated” because of the assassination attempt on Fu Yixiao, but we aren’t quite understanding the connection. They were in a battle, Feng Suige got shot by the enemy general… seems pretty straightforward? Why does he care that someone tried to kill her? And how would her attempted assassination make that battle more complicated? Keep in mind we are almost halfway through episode 3. Maybe we both missed something. Thanks 🙏

Oh dear on all those details 🤦🏼‍♀️Thanks for letting me know 😬

For those of you watching on IQIYI - does your screen have that annoying Toyota logo on the upper left corner?

Is there a love triangle? How annoying is it? Asking for a friend 🙃And how annoying at this point is the secret-keeping? Actually it doesn’t matter, I picked it up anyway lol

I really liked how up until the third arc, Sima Jiao more or less carried the burden of keeping everything in order, both in the immortal realm and in the demon realm (until TY took over). But after SJ became mortal and lost his memories, I LOVED how his allies in the immortal / demon realms stepped up and secretly helped their Grandmaster behind the scenes when he didn’t have his memories or his powers. I found that role reversal was incredibly touching. SJ was mortal and incredibly vulnerable, so seeing everyone come together to support him / protect him during the last stretch gave me all the fluffy feels. 🥰

And then I also had the thought this time around that modern day TY would be able to quit her horrible job and live a life of luxury and relaxation after she married modern world Mr. CEO Sima Jiao 😂 Like what kind of shitty boss would have their employee run across town immediately after being discharged from the hospital with a concussion? I really loved the ending, and wish we could have had more of them in the modern world.

Some other thoughts about the ending after my second watch —

I just watched the actress in The Sword and the Brocade! I’m excited for this one! I hope it’s good, and that there are no annoying love triangles… looked like there might be one from the trailer. Does anyone know if this is based off a novel?

I have had this show in my radar for a long time, but have hesitated in starting it because I’ve heard so many complaints about the FL and that she takes waaaayyy too long to trust the ML. Hmm. :/ The actor who plays the ML is one of my faves though.

I picked this one up for airplane travel last month. I was very happy for all of the uninterrupted time I got to get into it lol

“Dual cultivation” and “suppressed desires”… This one sounds like a steamy fest 🔥

Cool! You could very well like WDBtD then 😊 That one and The Prisoner of Beauty are my two favorite Asian dramas.

If you do pick it up I hope you like it! It has some tropes that people generally complain about, but I personally thought they were handled brilliantly.

Random, but your icon ♥️ Anne & Gilbert! One of my favorite fictional couples!

Yeah tbh I skipped through the last 30% of this show. The dad stuff pissed me tf off, and then it just became toooooo angsty with no moments of relief and payoff. I loved the first part so much up until the ML frisked her away to his realm. I hated the love triangle so so much, and it dragged on the whole show. Anyway, When Destiny Brings the Demon is a much better version of LBFAD in my opinion. It had all the wonderful elements that I liked about LBFAD- an edgy dark ML with a trauma history, a go-with-the-flow relaxed FL - and then improved upon it with no love triangles, LOTS of steamy kisses / skinship, a blend of humor with the angsty parts and excellent and open communication with the leads during the whole show.

Yeah and it became impossible for me to ignore it after the FL decided to meddle and pressure the ML and his dad to reconcile. Ooooo it makes me so mad 😡 lol

Uhhhhhh I don’t see how you could skip episodes and not skip backstory? Honestly if you’re bored after 8 episodes you may as well just drop it. The show doesn’t change a whole lot until much later on, but if you just skip to that part you’ll miss it all.

Hope so. The big stuff for me is communicating like adults, no noble idiocy (I’m gonna secretly go behind your back and do stupid shit for your own good) and no breakups. I haven’t started watching a show before all the episodes have been released in almost a year, but this one has been taking my feeds by storm so I figured I would risk it lol.

This was one of my BIGGEST gripes with this show. The dad was horrible and abusive, and the idea that “I am going to torture you for your own good BUT I LOVE YOU” is total gaslighty bullshit. Hated how that resolved in the show and it killed my enjoyment of this one. Hated how the dad was basically forgiven and understood. You don’t torture people you love. Period. I don’t care if you do it “for the greater good”. Fuck the greater good and choose your kid. Ok rant over.

You might like Wonderland of Love. Granted, WDBtD topped the charts for me, but WoL has a LOT of screen time with the couple, lots of kisses and skinship. The FL was not my fave at times, but it’s still a solid show.