Raisins

Agreed! This is what I hate bout WeTV express packages. Other ones like on Youku and IQ are not like that and I can watch them on my computer.

I am really behind (at ep 12) due to work and it is frustrating because there is nothing I can fast forward! There is no way I can catch up without devoting some solid hours because this is some tight pacing and storytelling. It's very good. Also regarding the cliff rescue, I am convinced she truly believes that she saw her old master but she thinks she's covering up his existence to the ML by lying to him that she was the one who rescued herself but....that's actually the truth IMO. Just my theory and it shows that she has issues that she may not realize which is prob really scary for her.

This was great, a change in perspective drastically changes how you view the plot and you find that FL is actually an unreliable narrator. It reminded me of movies like The Others.

I don't think she is but she seems to fantasize/hallucinate maybe as a coping mechanism.

I could be mistaken but I think the empress was a Lishan alum and brilliant. She was a concubine who used her smarts and ruthlessness to become the Empress and put her son on the throne. It seems like Lishan didn't support her (?) so they said they're just closing the doors to write books and she put guards at the bottom so no one leaves.

Agree with this post 100%.

Also we see her making grass dolls and as she gets revenge and kills her target, each gets unraveled. The dolls could represent her Lishan family who can now "rest" or the villains who get destroyed.

I think everyone at Lishan is dead and YeLi lived alone which broke her and became her trauma. She mentioned to someone that her mother was doing fine and then when she met with Empress Dowager, she said her mother had died. I think her sole goal is to get justice for her Lishan family and those grass dolls represent her targets. But she really needs to heal and be her own person too.

Ughhh so good...why did I start this. 😭Express package here I come!

I almost skipped over this because I also read "demon sect" in the description and I'm kind of done with xianxia at this time. I'm glad I watched it because it's great.

I too have a weird brain. I didn't see any issues with editing or pacing heh.

I'm glad I gave this a shot because I ended up binge watching all the episodes. This gives such a angsty wuxia vibe I love it; the sins of the previous jianghu generation poisoning the lives of the younger ones, the FL just wanting to stay out of it all but can't because she's righteous like her aunt and can't turn away from injustice, the morally gray ruthless ML driven by revenge but will prob have to make a difficult choice. I also love how clever the FL is! The ML is also so good at playing a master manipulator (but can't hide how much he likes her).

I don't know how much of a romance this is because this seems so wuxia trope coded and these usually have endings that are bittersweet at best. Like one dies, the other mourns forever but the world is safe or they both die but the world is safe or open-ended they fade into the world, status unknown and we don't know if they live or not. Eh either way I'm here for it.

He has multiple wives but he doesn't get physical with them. He was infamous in the palace for avoiding women. The dongua didn't really go into how his son came to be but I believe it was...not with his consent which further broke his mind even more.

Xie Yonger is a character in the book Devil's Consort which both ML and FL transmigrated to. In this book Xie Yonger is a character who transmigrated into a book called *A Thousand Trees Blossom at Night " . She is not aware that she's actually in the Devil's Consort book and is a story character. So to her this world is "A Thousand Trees Blossom at Night " .

The metaphor was telling when the SML asked FL if it's too late if the foundation is already set and she said no. The SML probably feels like he is bound to his dad in whatever may come but this may be a foreshadowing that he will take a stance later on and not follow along his dad's destructive ways. During the materials tour, I think his focus on safety and doing things right is genuine and not just trying to put on a show for her.

I also don't think SML is really in love with her but I think this may be the first time he's getting candid answers from someone that matches his gut feeling (that his dad's not doing everything good) so he may be confusing a connection like this with love.

That awkward family meal told so much.
At this point it is obvs that Pei senior is a calculating, bad person.

When he said that the person who marries his son should be useful to him, it implied that he married ML's mom for her shares in the company (so he can prob own it all) and not really for affection for her. And who would say that in front of HER own son from the previous marriage?

The dynamic also showed why ML worked so hard, worked multiple jobs to support himself and go independent because not only is he investigating the past, but taking Pei Sr's money means total control over him. Pei Jr. couldn't even say anything challenging to his dad, not about finances, not about his supposed "love"; he is so cowed by him at this point.

Even if the ML wasn't romantically interested in FL and was just a friend, I feel like he would still try to protect her from his scummy step-dad.

One of the best way of dealing with a vague situation I've ever seen. She just went and...said it! Love her and love it! I can see PZ just taken aback and flustered with the honesty because he's probably never had anyone say the truth like that to him to his face.

I really like his "shameless but so charming you let him get away with it" roles. There is a scene in Ep 8 where they really push his puppy dog eyes look to the limit and it is pretty funny. I think the director knows how to bring out his best here.

I am unapologetically enjoying this show. Binge watched all the episodes. The crazy antics, the over-the-top dramas, the long list of unstable suiters, an amnesia arc that is somehow tolerable and the creepy creepy blind sister who is probably a mastermind of some sort and pulling strings which is so different from the traditional trope where the blind girl is good/naive/angelic. This show should advertise to bring the popcorn.

I need to catch up but I just wanted to comment that this ML actor is marvelous when it comes to roles like this fight choreo and wirework. Obviously he is very good looking but I'm always so impressed with his action sequences because he does seem to do the ethereal grace thing well. That's all I hope this is good. The first episode definitely grabbed my attention.

I will be honest that so far to me, this show is like a box of chocolate samplers. Some parts of it are just fantastic and my fav and there are some parts that I just don't care or even annoy me (like those chocolates with fruit filling, just why). I will keep watching though because it is entertaining and the actors are definitely putting in the work.