Windchime

I need that duck and rabbit plushie in my life. I also need that candle so I can go back in time to stop myself from eating expired strawberry jam. And lastly, I need Chen Feiyu—

Ah I was going to discuss it in the pms to begin with. I was asking because if my dumbass went and accidentally left a spoiler in the messages without knowing what chapter you're on, I'll regret it for the rest of my life 💀

Omg that's great! Thanks for being so nice. I enjoy reading novels more when I have someone to discuss them with, and it's even better when the novel is going to get adapted so we can talk about the drama on top of it too (plus I remember that we both like Chen Feiyu, we once talked about him before). What chapters have you read yet? I just started the novel today after seeing your reply so I'm still in the beginning.

Loved her in fengshen. I didn't knew she was actually Russian-Mongolian, I initially thought she was of either Hui or Uyghur descent, her mandarin is so good and apparently it took her 8 months (of hardwork) to master it! I'm a bit jealous, I need her brain lmao.

I also liked that she focused on studying fox behaviours instead of portraying her fox spirit character as simply a seductress, you could actually buy that she's a fox spirit. She sticked close to how fox spirits are written in mythological works, charming yet cruel, otherworldly yet feel close to you, predators that appear like a prey.

[confused screaming]

Wang duo has absolutely no right to look this ethereal. This man is a banished immortal wandering among us mortals or something?

I'll have to agree with this. Zhou Xun almost convinced me that fox spirits are real and she's definitely one of them. Her performance as Xiao Wei is always going to rank 1st.

I also liked how in the beginning, when they described the creation of world, it started with a mural that looked like an eye. And when it cuts off to the actual movie, it also starts with an eye... but that of a soldier lying in the battlefield, an atmosphere that's filled with death. Afterwards, the conflict started with a greedy son killing his father and the movie ended with two sons being willing to sacrifice everything for their father and another one wrapping him into a bundle to take him home, just like the way that man once treated him despite knowing he was not a human child. "Full circle" indeed, life and death, light and darkness, good and evil, are intertwined and something that manages to exist in all humans. Now, whether they choose to be good or bad, all depends on themselves.

In case anyone missed it, there's two post-credit scenes that begin after 2:19:09 and 2:23:40 mark in the movie.

I need him in more historicals. He's good in modern works too but long hair and robes on him are just *chef's kiss*

I wish I had seen this in the theatre. The fox spirit here was actually so eerie yet enchanting. Like damn, I would've fallen for her too. I loved the way this movie portrayed deities and mythical creatures, the visuals and worldbuilding was also on-point (as expected by the fact that it's adapted from that masterpiece of a novel). I can't wait for part 2!

Baihes are so goddamn poetic like look at the title and the description, it's beautiful.

I know there's only a few hours left until it drops but holy shit I just can't wait. I need it. NOW.

This drama has absolutely no business being so goddamn addicting. Once you start it, you want to watch it all.

Btw is anyone reading the og novel here? I'm thinking of starting it because I've already read 'Her Mountain, Her Sea' (a baihe/gl) by the author and loved her writing style, although adaptions sometimes turn out to be quite different than the actual work (Till the end of the moon for example, even though I didn't dislike the drama either). So, in case someone else's is also currently reading it, we can discuss the novel and stuff :D

Feiyu in costume dramas is the only thing that can help me cope at this point. If hyx isn't dropping, I'm just going to become delulu and act like he's playing Moran from some alternative universe in every single historical of his 😌

Aww apparently he got married and has a daughter now! Glad to see him happy, he posts about his daughter all the time on insta and it's the cutest thing ever. He's such a proud dad and his daughter's got his smile.

I'm never getting over this poster. It's gorgeous.

"Stop being melodramatic in my house" 💀

Ah, my comment wasn't referring to whether they had survived or not. Since the ending is open to interpretation and there's a slight chance that they indeed made it out alive. Because the director once said that he made the ending ambiguous on purpose as he wants the adults to fear the fact that they could be too late in understanding their kid's problems (this makes even more sense when you remember that one scene where it seemed like one of the kids jumped off the balcony and his mom was worried - it's a pattern, this entire movie's visual storytelling follows a very specific pattern) but he also wants to show kids that, with courage, they can be happy. I don't remember the exact interview it was from, but I'll try to find it.

That aside, I was saddened by the train in my comment because it was their safe space; it was that one place where they could be themselves, it sheltered them, it meant a lot to them and probably didn't survive or could be used the same way because the mountain 'collapsed' (no idea what other word to use for it, English isn't my first language).