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there's an extremely detailed analysis of the show on tumblr based on the theory that the entirety of the show happens inside the 12th door. it's genious and makes a lot of sense. there are doors inside the doors and the 12th is about going all the way back to the start and doing the 11 doors all over again with no memory of the 1st time. the 30 (or was it 50?) years jiushi spends to meet lanzhu and his friends again is actually inside the 12th door, the very last scene is him finally finding the door and the way out of the game, he goes back to his younger self and everything and everyone (including lanzhu!!) is real. i guess we will never know if this interpretation is true but it's the one i'm gonna live with lol

finished ep36 and i have a question : do they ever explain how lanzhu can physically exist in the real world despite being a virtual character made up of big data? if not, can someone help me understand?

EDIT : never mind, i think i get it now

i can't stop thinking about jiushi being an earthquake survivor and they made him witness the love of his life being crushed to death by a collapsing building, it's so cruel

halfway through the first episode and the more everyone curses at the female lead the more i am on her side. i already hate them all

ah i see! well try this : on the discussion board, our friend LordFengCui posted a topic with a gdrive link to the subs. i haven't used them myself but try contacting them to get the files?

you mean the original broadcast with 78 episodes? i think they're still up on dramac00l tho i can't vouch for the quality of the subs, i didn't check them

censorship sucks but this was undoubtedly a romantic love story through and through. even without prior knowledge of the original novel, i would still see and understand what they had as romance because the show is so heavily queer coded you just can't interpret it otherwise. once again censorship sucks but characters don't have to kiss and f*ck on screen to call it love, there are endless other ways to still show that

so...episode 34 🥲

rip beautiful zaozao, you were the brightest star and the world is darker without your smile 😭😭😭

i think for the most part it's more stressful than scary tho for one episode i had to stop watching and resume during the day 😅

ngl that's always been a petpeeve with cdramas. i wish they would let them use their own voices at least, i firmly believe it's an integral part of acting. just like they use their facial expressions, eyes, body etc, the use of the voice for line delivery, intonation, etc is just as important in an actor performance and it's a shame to cut that out

same here, it's such a moving song. i first heard it when i just started the drama and didn't have much context for anything and it still made me tear up and now it hits 10000 times harder 😭

thank you for sharing! are the lines he says at the end from the drama? 🥺

they don't even try it's actually funny 😁

not yet, i just finished ep 27 and trying to recover from the pain by thinking about funny things 😭

lanzhu & jiushi : when we enter the door we're gonna pretend we don't know each other

lanzhu and jiushi as soon as they spot each other inside the door : 😍🤩🥰💕🤗😘

i thought the site was gone and i wouldn't have a place to cry over the spirealm anymore 😭😭

yes he was like i wonder how /my baby/ is doing 😁

don't be, i knew about it already so it's not your fault

i'm not to that part yet so i pretend it won't happen 😭

on the river god arc, lingling's first door alone and it's funny how he mentions lanzhu every 2 minutes. boy do you miss him that much already? but i understand, i miss him too on my screen