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100%. This story needed time to breath and a bit of nuance. It was all rather simplistic.

I 100% get the fast attraction and strongly being drown to each other without an explaination, especially with supernatural shit involved. I just think love takes time, you actually need to get to know a person, and they just didn't have the time for that.

My guess is that the romance is now gonna take a backsit and the Nour plot is gonna pick up again. But like, that's such a weird way to do it

They can be soulmates, reborn, fated and drown to each other because of that. But no matter the supernatural context, love takes time. You don't go from accusing someone of being a serial killer to love declaration in 2 scenes. It makes no sense.

Right? You cannot go from suspecting someone is a serial killer to that level of devotion in 2 scenes, no matter how good the sex was!

But what does that mean? If they're soulmates, the instalove is fine?

This series has a serious issue with pacing. The main romance went from situationship to declarations of everlasting love in 2 episodes, and while the actors are absolutely doing the most with what they have, it's not very believable. They also pretty much paused the Nour plot to speedrun the relationships. It's just a pity because it's good but it could have been so much better if the writers wrote a more cohesive narrative.

He didn't tell him so they could drag this out for 12 episodes 😂 look, I've seen things that a child who understands the concept of cause and effect could have written better, and still some people went 'omg this was so good' about it, so I have no answer for you. For me, this was probably the worst chinese bl I've ever watched🤷‍♂️

To me, Xiaofan's obsession was more understandable. When everyone you meet treats you like absolute shit, you would latch on anyone who sometimes shows you a bit of kindness, even if it's just scraps. Luqing truly baffles me tho. From start to finish, he treated Xiaofan like a slave and ordered him around costantly. He never defended him and just watched as people constantly abused him, to the point this felt like emotional torture porn to me. Also I genuinely don't get when or how he could have fallen in love, given that Xiaofan didn't show him even a hint of a personality for 10 episodes. He just lowered his gaze and went along with everything he said. Luqing was obsessed with a toy he had control over, at most. You actually have to talk to someone to fall in love. Sorry for the long answer, apparently this show left a very bad impression on me!

Yeah...the whole thing was just frustrating

Agree. The 'love' was all in people's interpretation, because surely it was not on my screen

I watched 'til the end because I hoped to see this 'love' everyone assured me was there and he does not, in fact, redeem himself. They just reunite, don't have a single conversation, and get married. Where was the love?? I like toxic yaoi sometimes, but it has to be well written and nuanced. This was just Xiaofan being tortured for most of the series by everyone, INCLUDING his so-called lover

That's what I'm saying! To love someone you have to know them, and to do that you have to actually talk to each other and these guys got married without having one single conversation

I barely even understand how they fell in love if they didn't communicate at all. For years! You have to know a person to love them

I made an account just to answer your comment because finally a like-minded person! I swear other people watched a different show! Xiaofan's so-called growth was too little too late, and when I genuinely asked someone who really liked the show why (I want to understand), they responded with statements about the 'amazing love story' and I'm like...where is it? The whole show was just 10 episodes of everyone abusing Xiaofan while he let them, and his love interest did nothing to stop any ot them. Luqing treated Xiaofan like a slave 'til the very end, you're absolutely right. He ordered him around constantly and never told him anything of what he was doing outside their house. Actually, I don't think they had a single conversation that was not about food or Xiaofan's horrible family. If they did, the series would have been very short, because the whole thing hinged on them refusing to talk to each other about anything real. How is that a love story, or even a relationship?