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Judging by the videos i've seen, it looks like they stayed quite close to the source material. I am anticipating this drama more and more. Still, I am trying to manage my expectations.

All I can say is, keep the same energy when other BLs come out this year, then. I guarantee you, every single one of them gonna get compared to SHL. Good luck.

Please, I watched AvenueX's latest livestream and people kept shitting on cql. Let's not act like any of the sides are better. At least have this much self awareness, people. You could have at least quoted the person you were talking about (and not drag a whole fandom) if you have a beef with them. It is gonna be a rude awakening for you
"how dare you compare a drama to a drama" bunch when HYX and FHLJ comes out and others will compare CQL and SHL to them.

I don't have twitter so I can't add it under the og tweet but they couldn't even spell "episode 1" properly. It looked like someone smashed their head on the keyboard lol

They stripped down the meaning with the bad translation. I've fansubbed Korean and Chinese dramas both and it just pisses me off extra because there are ways to work over it(the cultural differences) . It feels like these Netflix subbers are half assing. Couldn't they have find a more intimate way for WenZhou to address each other? Is it too much to ask for the Netflix translators to put heart into their work? I make subs for free and it took me 2 seconds to come up with a better idea. It is not the same but use "Xu" instead of Zhou Xu and "Old Wen" instead of Wen Kexing.

Wen Kexing calling Zishu as "Zhou Xu" instead of "A-Xu" in the Netflix subs like it is not one of the most important things in the drama. At least make Kexing call him"Xu" or something to make it actually sound personal.

Hope it is true!

I read in an article that youku might try to erase the ending so it doesn't seem like it got a happy ending. You know, because of censorship. BL couples can’t get a happy ending, sadly. Youku purposely made the special look like an mv and not an episode so they could counter censorship. I am not sure what is the truth but I wish they would add the special because everyone who watched 36 episodes deserves to see the real ending.

Yeah, I agree. Tbh I don't think she dared to change it, (even though I don't see what was the use to kill her in the drama. /other than that amazing hand touching scene. One of my favourite shots in the drama/ In the book it made sense because of Kexing's anger and revenge) it is a big part of the book.

I mean it is book canon as it happens in the book too but the scriptwriter changed so many things, wished she changed their ending too. She actually put an easter egg in the drama. When Wei Ning talks about his dream, that he died and waited for A-Xiang on the other side is their real ending in the book. They meet in the afterlife, reborn together and later in their next life they get married. I like to think it is their real ending in the drama too.

These new pics look great uhuhuuu

And good job to you too for shading people who try to at least stay optimistic in times like these. You must be fun at parties.

Yeah, totally. Now that you mentioned it, Chang Geng's mom was a goddess in the barbarians' eyes too and his aunt was witchey as you said.

I am trying to think if there is anything controversial in the book that would justify deleting 4 hours of footage. I am not sure if i can think of anything else but I am in the middle of re-reading it so I will pay extra attention this time. Hopefully it is some character or political plotline, maybe religious theme that was deleted.

Praying circle for the drama.

Same. These pics don't give them justice. I'd really thought that ZZH is mediocre at best but then I saw him in the drama..I am sure greek gods sculpted him. His face is way too perfect, this profile pic needs to go.

Netflix is notorious of having bad synopsis and subs. You should see how terrible the subs are in my language. Even SUPPOSEDLY seasoned translators translate like shite. I don't know what it is that makes them unable to understand and translate simple sentences on Netlix. I am so salty. The fansubs are so much better, it is embarrassing at this point. And the titles? They add the word "love" to most drama titles because ofc they translate that too. They would change WoH to Word of Love if they could (this one.. I would be okay with lol) but it won't be available in my country. That is another thing, we get less asian content and later than most. I can and will access to Netflix usa though and laugh my arse off when bossom friends comes up.

Thank you for the link! I could only find it in a compilation video.

Seo Inguk, the love triangle and Ailee's ost is the reason I am giving this drama 2 more episodes of chance. Loved the first episode, these last 3, not so much.

I love that bts video where they are shooting the scene when Kexing spits blood and then faints. It shows the teamwork between ZZH and GJ perfectly. GJ is getting into character and then gives a tiny nod to ZZH that he is ready and then ZH lets the staff know that GJ is ready to roll. If you haven't seen it, check it out.