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Lol... Kindness is not exclusive to Jing only. And for the record, this post wasn't meant as a mock to Jing or any of his fans.

My posts (previous and future) about Jing as a character have mainly stayed within the context of the novel and drama, filtered through my own experiences, of course, which is inevitable.

No worries, I usually steer clear of Jing posts because XL lives rent-free in my head.

But that doesn't mean I'm not going to stand up for my favorite character. I am also not going to just accept the invalidation of my experiences of the novel and drama as if there is only one right way to interpret it. I don't expect any Jing fans to put up with similar behavior from XL fans either.

🤣🤭 Lol. You absolutely correct. The novel readers are very mad all around. I'm even mad for XY and CX for what they do to thier most beautiful iconic scenes.

Yep, for me, because my receiving love language is acts of service, I interpret actions as love. XL teaching XY to protect herself is an action I perceive as love. Jing making a promise to marry her is only an idea until he follows through, so with it not happening until XY is forced to put her own dignity on the line to make it happen was not an act of love for me. Love shouldn't require me to lose my dignity; it should empower me.

No, no, no... I wasn't praising myself, just thinking out loud about how love languages affect the way we gravitate toward certain people and characters. One love language is not better than another; it's just how we interpret and perceive what love is. While some love languages require more emotional labor, others require more physicality.

I was genuinely curious about the type of love languages XL fans have, and if they gravitate toward him due to a common love language, or if Xiang Liu's love language speaks to them. Also, do our love languages shape the way we perceive other characters?

Honestly, I think it's wierd everyone thinks killing or letting the problem persist are the only options to TSJ problems. Obviously, I'm not TH so I can't write the options for him, but his inability to wrap his head around on how to deal with his brother and grandmother is oddly the biggest plot hole ever considering he will have to make harder decisions when he is clan leader.

Lmao....my distaste for Jing doesn't lie in his kindness. My distaste in him lies in his always moping around in pity, stalking XY, failure to follow through, and lack of character development.

I guess it depends on what you define as kind. Kindness to a point your are crippled by it or kindness with boundaries.

Jing fans think XL is vile and therefore incapable of kindness. XL fans find Jing unbearably crippled by his kindness and therefore weak.

So at the end of day, we just bicker on what kind of kindness is more valuable.

lol. No one wins.

Ahahaha thanks for your comment. lmao. It really made think about how love languages affected the YaoLiu communication styles. lmao.

Again, you are misinterpreting what kind of symbolism XL stands for in Confucian thought according to military idealism. It's not about him being the general of a resistance army. It about his loyalty, honor and patriotism. These are messages that is important. The fact that a police station made a XL parody to make a public service announcement about fraud is already proof that XL is a symbol of authority. If XL is such a terrible character, no public let alone government entity would use him in thier marketing and recruiting efforts. 😂

And your example of Jing, is like calling a bag of green apples with one red apple, and bag full of red apples.

And the lovers bugs never tuned into heart break bugs. lmao. There was nothing in the text that suggested it. At best, it had always been open for interpretation on TH's part. You believe what you believe, and I, of course, would believe what I believe.

Again with your misinformation. Everyone knows that JC-T Studios spent a lot of their own money and resources to promote XL. The JC-T fan club invests significant time and effort to promote XL. Many XTH fans contributed hundreds of dollars worth of time creating art, social media marketing tactics, and strategic communications to increase engagement across all digital platforms. The global fan club even organized activities before the release to create engagement for Xiang Liu.

In addition, the more you toot the more ingnorant you sound. What film industry doesn't have stakeholders from multiple media companies? What actor doesn't have socioeconomic barriers in the beginning of thier careers? Who doesn't have to deal with glass ceilings and gatekeepers?

Tan had nothing except his love for dancing, Michael Jackson and a loving family. He worked his booty off to get where he is. He didn't just sat around waiting for others to throw him a bone. In his lowest, he invested in himself through honing his skills by hiring tutors and coaches. He used his OWN money to prepare for his Xiang Liu audition. He had to prove to others he was worth the risk. He never once let his barriers define him. His artistry and work ethic defines him.

Instead of spreading negativity towards those who are celebrating their favorite actors and characters' success by sharing misinformation and unproven opinions, why don't you busy yourself promoting your favorite? Go write some poetry, paint, draw, make art, create video edits—whatever it is, as long as it's positive and uplifts your favorite. Entering these spaces to spread such negativity only makes your favorite look pathetic and salty in light of others' successes.

So why don't you stop scapegoating others and use your time to strategically support your favorite actor through logical and proven methods, instead of trying to destroy other people through unfounded rumors and defamation?

Probably for the childhood love arc. They made promise to have each other's back, and be with eachother forever. They lose eachother and reunites. They held eachother up in tough times. It's a beautiful story too.

Lol. This post was just one made out of curiosity of XL fans, it was never meant to be an insult. No need to be so pressed. haha.

I wish they kept the beautiful momentum. The beautiful passage of time montages...and the slice of life feeling through out season one. I was so heartbroken not able to see those.

Wow...you really are full of misinformation. LMAO....if your not touting XL villainy, you are tooting corporate conspiracy.

XL is a fan favorite from the get-go. He will make or break the drama. From a producing and marketing strategy, he will need to be carefully thought about.

BTW, XL had over 100 scenes cut out, a MAJORITY from season 2. It's not about the screentime. In all character led stories, the character arc carries it. XL's character has some of society's most ideal concepts packed into him (loyalty, honor, patriotism, bravery, unspoken love, unconditional compassion), he is going to speak to people who hold these ideas close to their hearts. These paired with Tan Jianci's performance was impeccable. Plus, censorship is going to drool over XL's character because he basically a walking billboard for Confucian thought.

It's not anyone fault, Jing's character lacked these concepts...he wasn't built like that from the get-go in TH writing. If you have beef, go beef with TH.

As for added scenes of XL, we would trade those useless scenes for the ones that were censored out ANY DAY. WHY? Because it would go to show YaoLiu more powerful and intimate, and goes to show XY's true love was always been XL.

BTW...the translation is not biased towards XL or YaoLiu. Jingers are always finding conspiracy somewhere. Aside from glossing over some details, and more nuanced Chinese idioms, the fan translation is pretty decent, even the google translate (which is super literal translation) follows similarly. I can send you the chinese version and you can use the google lens to read if you like...but, the issue with google lens is that it sometimes get names incorrect.

Season one, there were 39 episodes, and his screen time was very little. There was one episode, he was in it for like 1 minute, before they left us on a cliff hanger...which LYF does pretty well using XL for. hahaha.

Grandpa Xiyan is just trying to attune for all his sins by letting XY do whatever she wants. He's the biggest Jinger of them all. Lmao.

OoO! So exciting!

Someone, several comments ago, asked if what XL did for XL could be considered love, even though he would never let her know. Another person replied yes, because his love language is Acts of Service.

My primary love language (both giving and receiving) is Acts of Service, so I understand everything XL has done, even his reasons. I am generalizing, but I assume most people who love XL probably have Acts of Service as either their primary or secondary love language. Acts of Service people don’t expect payback; we simply do because that’s how we show love. We are also prone to being taken advantage of because we don’t voice our needs like people who are attuned to other love languages.

If you are curious about what your love language is, you could probably Google a free test. I wonder how many of us in XL Nation are also Acts of Service people?

I fought a lot of battles on this matter. TH had always been very vocal that everything started with XL, and though she abandoned XL's origin story, XY's journey to a peaceful life was built around it.

Despite TH saying that CX is the male lead, from one artist's perspective to another, it always felt like TH was experimenting with the idea of a male lead. There is a reason why XL has the most iconic romance scenes, more romantic tropes, and the strongest one-liners.

LYF was more than just XY's entanglements and how her trauma shaped her decisions. It was also XL's journey to his demise through XY's eyes.

And for a character with less than 20% of screen time and the least amount of lines, he is the only character that has gone viral because TH poured her heart and soul into him. No words were wasted on XL. An artist only does that for the main character.

You are my media literacy soul mate ( TДT)

OMGAD! I been saying this FOREVER!