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OMG this is a must watch... But uhm... don't Yang Mi and Tang Yan hate each other??? Hope the wrong kind of sparks don't fly in this one!

Excellent article! I am a huge fan of Hu Ge. I just wish I had seen more of his shows before watching my all time favorite Nirvana in Fire. He just hasn't topped that role in anything else so I am almost always a bit wistful afterwards. I hope he gets some comparably awesome roles soon. He is such a phenomenal actor! I am definitely going to track down that movie of his that caught Tarantino's eye next.
PS : the fun fact about the 5 cats cracked me up. Its so eccentric.

Yes agree completely. But this is just a romance drama - many cliches and plotholes but in this genre that is what works. Some will complain about them but if you try to do something non-cliche - all hell will break loose and the drama will fail miserably!!! Ultimately its about the OTP, if they have good chemistry it is all good.... Because of that I really like this drama. But if you want to pick on it, there are a lot of flaws and plotholes. As you rightly pointed out both YT and JX are mega plotholes... but the show still "works".

Because of JC. She always had a childhood crush on him but he never noticed her. After he came back, he praised her achievements and she was obviously trying to attract his attention. But he only had eyes for LX. She blamed LX for the exposure of her family's shame, her mother's suicide and her own downfall mostly out of jealousy and unrequited love for JC. It is not completely unfair - LX was the catalyst to the truth coming out but she did try to kill LX. Yeah totally deranged. This is not a well written character and it is quite unbelievable how much sh*t the celestials let her get away while they were totally merciless towards LX for doing nothing wrong.

They are textbook cliche costume drama villains that throw a bunch of obstacles in the path of the OTP. I particularly disliked JX but without them, this drama would definitely cross the line between uneventful and boring. This is not from a book but a screenwriter written story - although they got many things right, they just didn't bother to take the time to make the villains that complex or layered.

Yes, its a good ending.

I really enjoyed it but if you need subtitles you may want to hold off. The last 4 episodes are hard to find and not subbed. Until Amazon and Viki get all of it, you may not be able to watch or understand the ending. If you do understand Chinese then go for it.

Dijun maybe good looking but Vengo Gao is only a so-so actor. Anyone can play a stony faced rock. Let's see how he does in the Pillow Book where the role is more demanding... I hope he can pull it off but it is my secret big fear he is not up to it. Chang Chen on the other hand is a very talented and internationally recognized Chinese actor with wider range and intensity. While his role in L&D did not ask as much of him as many of the movies he has been in, there is simply no comparison between him and Vengo.

OMG how bad is she? You mean Yang Zi right? Why does she even get work? Should I avoid this show? I really detest her.

I am thinking about this but just one question: how is Yang Zi in this? I think I am seriously allergic to that actress after AOL. I truly can't stand her but I hear this is a really good drama... Is she a character I can pretty much ignore or is she front and center all the time?

It cracks me up that everyone that didn't like Untamed is coming out of the closet on the L&D chat... Excellent survival instincts peeps!!!

Tyvm, I didn't realize its translated. I was going to look for the Chinese version. :)

Sadly this role was miscast IMHO. Another bad actress that messed up a great role and who has since gone nowhere.

I will check it out but I need to find a good kindle like e-reader for Chinese e-books first.

Yeah I agree. This ended where it should have and appropriatel.y so.

The PCCD group on FB is a private costume drama fan group that is very easy to join. If you ask to join your request will be accepted very quickly. However if you want access to L&D with subtitles you have to pay. It is not free and don't know how much it costs or translation and video quality.

Viki's overall translation is notably better and more complete than Youtube's. However the titles/rankings of the deities while pompously accurate are cumbersome and a real mouthful in English. It is a small and unnecessary irritant.

Its on Viki, I just started it.

To me, Chang Chen is one of the most handsome Chinese actors. That said, they did not do proper justice to his looks in L&D. Whereas they made Mark Chao look way better than he normally does in TMOPB.

There is an alternate ending but the original ending and novel ending is the same.

https://talesofathirdworldnurse.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/the-unofficial-nirvana-in-fire-ending-youve-never-seen/

I believe Lin Chen promised Mei Changsu he would take care of Fei Liu so I assume they returned to Langya Hall together. Lin Chen is still the master of Langya Hall in NIF2. I think the books probably have more details but I know the stories already so I have been a bit lazy about reading them.