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He also could just walk away from them both.

I thought it would have been funny if one fragment turns into a man!!! 😂😂😂

Ironic and sad. I feel XZ told her Jingyan's story as a warning and he is also trying to tell her even powerful ancient gods have limited free will.

She sounded quite angry when she asked XZ why not he set her free!!!😅🤣

I don't think Shen Li is that resigned to marrying Furong. She would be perfectly happy with XZ or Furong breaking the engagement. She just accepts that she can't be the one to do it.

Well I guess once they split in two, from then on they each evolve into their own being. And maybe they will eventually make it a three-some. But I think since it was a forbidden love, maybe eventually he is supposed to give them both up to break the cycle.

Unfortunately I think the sequel of 晴雅集 will never happen. Bc the movie was pulled from theatres, investors lost a ton of money in it. They won't back his movies again for a long time and that is also why he has been making dramas, which of course are a lot less profitable for directors of his caliber. But personally I didn't like that one as much. It was too much acting in front of a green screen fighting an imaginery CGI monster. Its also the part of Shen Li I didn't like as much.

If you follow XZ's argument from fate , then each time he will inevitably choose the wrong one. But Shen Li argues that he has free will to change his fate and thus whoever he chose is his true love. I think it is deliberately left open to the viewer to interpret it but I have to be with Shen Li on this one. Otherwise our couple is also doomed if they cannot take control of their own destiny. Its an interesting parallel because it shows XZ does not believe he has free will to love SL but SL believes he does.

The most interesting c-netizen's explanation I came across which makes a lot of sense, is actually there is only one girl. It would not be fair to involve an innocent third party in this ill fated couple's endless cycle of punishment. So nature split her in two. Thus every time he makes a choice, he misses the other half and feels he lost something. That of course sounds super sad and cruel but it also kind of makes sense.

It depends on whether you agree with Shen Li's logic or XZ's. SL argues he has free will and thus the one he chooses is his true love.

No LYF2 should be able to air this year. The regulation just says 12 months between airing dates. And actually LYF2 should be grandfathered bc it was shot before the 12 month apart regulation came into play. I believe it was actually intended for the CNY slot but the real problem is the ad market in China is very weak. Tencent has a great content pipeline this year but most of it is held back bc they don't want to drop these expensive productions at a loss. If the market recovers we could get Jin Yong Universe, LYF2 and JOL2 this year which would be amazing!
I really love GJM's aesthetics and I think his storytelling is really good too. Its just too bad the Chinese netizens won't forgive his past misdeeds and downrate all his works even though they watch anyway.

Isn't the novelist one of the scriptwriters? Maybe she makes it more clear in the drama then.

If you liked MJTY you should definitely check out Wuliang, which is a 40 minute short movie on Youtube. It is in the same style also shot by Guo Jingming and the story is really good.
As for LYF it was the best costume drama I watched last year I can't really think of anything this year that tops it. Just wait for S2?

Not if he succeeds in breaking the cycle this time by choosing his true love. I didn't read the book but from what I can see, he always loved the same woman. But he was moved by the lotus demon's devotion and when he tried to use her, he owed her a cosmic debt. Which he repaid in the second incarnation by saving the lotus demon. This frees him to go after Jing Xi, his true love.

I agree completely. His best work prior to Shen Li is widely considered to be To Love.

Ye Shi in the first life and Jing Xi in the second life. They women swapped bodies in the second incarnation.. Each time he does not choose the poor lotus demon.

I thought that was an interesting speech. Shen Li does not believe in fate or nature's will. Or rather that man's will can prevail over that. And I am guessing XZ and her will be tested in a similar way.

If you haven't watched TBOY you should definitely wait until after you watch this one. It should come soon.

Yups - WuXin's father and the Brewmaster's story. And Furong from Shen Li is playing Wu Xin's dad. The only downside is we kind of know how it ends already.
https://mydramalist.com/698973-shao-nian-bai-ma-zui-chun-feng

He definitely recognized her and right away. But I suspect he is somehow forbidden by the natural law.

I think it is a bit of a foreshadowing that the natural law (or karma) is a bitch.