Deirdre19

It takes time to develop... In he first few episodes you have an annoyingly childish FL and a stoic ML who barely speaks. There are some interesting side characters to keep you interested, though. The FL/ML interacting It gets better from episode 13 onwards and then quickly becomes very dramatic.

I agree, he is also one of the most underrated actors. Sadly due to the way the role is written in these first few episodes we don't get to see any of this acting prowess which is disappointing. I guess/hope he will make up for it in some of the later episodes.

We're not even half-way through the drama... so give it some time.
This one is different from Novoland in that he didn't get to do much acting in the first 12 episodes. It almost feels like a non-speaking role 😂

Yes, so did I. this tragic scene reminded me of the beautiful lines by Oscar Wilde (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol):
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!

I'd say there are some very very remote similarities... in that the FL has a demonic part and the ML as "god of war" for the immortal clan had to kill her. Otherwise, the setting, characters and relationships are quite different. In L&D the suffering of the FL/ML mainly came from a series of misunderstandings whereas in this one it comes from circumstances.

There wasn't much he could have done to help his friend after he became possessed by the sword. It all comes down to the philosophical point of view that everyone has their own destiny and there is only so much you can do for a person who as gone down the wrong path. Some people can't be helped until they actually hit rock-bottom.

Yep, the "new" FL is much less annoying, with a normal voice and (so far) without the stupid pouting.

While everyone (including JT) seems to scream "oh, how could he do this?" I kind of understand why the ML had to kill Chong Zi.
Saving the world may seem the most obvious reason, but I think it is only part of it. Having seen how much his friend Chu Bufu suffered after becoming a demon he probably didn't want his disciple suffer the same fate after she fell under the influence of the sword. Otherwise, why would she thank him for killing her?

Just finished watching episodes 13 and 14 - that was quite intense...

Oh dear... the ThornBirds 😂 😂 I'm impressed anybody still remembers this!

Or maybe he just had a Jeremy-Irons-moment 😂😂😂

When asked in an interview why he took the role in a particularly bad film (I think it was Dungeons & Dragons...) Jeremy Irons replied with brutal honesty to say: "You see, I had just bought this castle in need of renovation so I needed the money."

Or maybe he just had a Jeremy-Irons-moment 😂😂😂

When asked in an interview why he took the role in a particularly bad film (I think it was Dungeons & Dragons...) Jeremy Irons replied with brutal honesty to say: "You see, I had just bought this castle in need of renovation so I needed the money."

I think when actors don't admit they have a girlfriend it's not just that they don't want to upset certain fan-girls (I guess the majority of us couldn't care less...) but it is also to protect the woman from the extra scrutiny and harassment that inevitable follows such a revelation. It is very sad that women would do this to other women.

I keep telling myself there must have been something that he saw in this role... so still hoping for a chance for him to show us some decent acting...

I think it is quite obvious that YF disagrees with (and is even annoyed by) those other immortals. In some of their interactions he is rather rude to them, so it shows that he has zero respect for them and is only bound by his responsibility for the realm.
These old guys all rely on him to protect them and at the same time they want to command him around - no sane person would accept such a treatment.

Slow to develop... but promising.

Hang in there, I think it will get better over the next few episodes.
Given that they are teacher-student it's hard to show obvious chemistry without it being awkward. There are a few good scenes between them in episode 13.
Some of the weird plot turns are due to the changes that the scriptwriters made (someone explained this in detail in a post further down).
Given the role so far the ML didn't get many opportunities for real acting. All he had to do is look stern/indifferent and wave his hands in the air to cast spells, there are a lot of subtleties in his manners, but they are hard to notice when focussing on the plot. I trust the will be more opportunities for him in the coming episodes, otherwise it wouldn't be JT.

Nice songs, personally I prefer the 2nd one, but the ending theme still remains my favourite.

Whoever put the first one up on Youtube obviously didn't watch the drama, otherwise s/he would have noticed that the photo shows the wrong person... Poor Chong Zi, not even the people on Youtube do her justice... 😂

Zhuo Hao's theme is probably the best about this character... I REALLY REALLY don't like him and can feel zero sympathy for his childish infatuation.

To me he looked almost scared of what she might say... Those were some of their best scenes so far.

I guess they heard people complaining that it was slow going...