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Yes. Baidu is basically Wikipedia lmao. 😒 and I'm not that interested in terrible translated versions of Tong Hua's interviews because so much is lost in translation.

Plus, from what I've read, the questions and answers doesn't delve enough into her creative process. It's too surface level--which is understandable. No author wants to give away the details of thier best work.

Citing to equivalence of Wikipedia is not credible. Thank you, come again.

Have you ever read Shakespeare? Because if you did, you would understand what a tragedy is. TH meticulously wrote a tradegy, and disquised it as a "everyone gets what they wanted " kind of deal. Shakespeare comedies are dark commentaries about medival life and human nature. TH didn't write a comedy, but her novel delves into some deep thoughts about trauma and how it affects the human condition. It is only a happy ending those who think TH wrote a cheap romance novel/drama.

Have you seen Back from the Brink? FL is very straight forward and not only chases the ML, she saves him too.

ML-coded all way. When TH gave XL lines like "Feed me." There is no more room for argument. Haha.

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Ikr. One my fav. Portraits of him.

It's a tradegy disquised as a cheap romance story. So if you love great character led stories, you will enjoy it. You will also enjoy it too if you like cheap romances. This drama does a good job of showing different kinds of loves--from unspoken love to childhood love.

The production decisions couldn't sell the show. So the marketing team shifted gears and started using YaoLiu and Xiang Liu to sell. I remember all the previews were predominantly YaoLiu and Xiang Liu. Haha!

LYF doesn't fit Xuanhuan either, there are no adventure/leveling to attain something with your own strength. CX journey to the throne nor XY determination to protect herself doesn't really fulfill this genre's unique feature. So I think it's more Xianxia than Xuanhuan, despite no clear bounderies between the realms of the gods, humans and demons, as they all are coexisting together in Dahuang.

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Tan Jianci was the only saving grace in this drama. You can skip an watch only his scenes, and feel satisfy. Lmao.

There a lot changes and scene cuts predominantly to YaoLiu's romance. In season one, they deleted XY dream about ocean stars while sleeping in XL's shell, pond scene where Jing refused to kiss her because "she didn't have him in his eyes", deleted XY laughing at Jing when he asked her for the oath, bed scene when she found out FFB IS XL (XY was too cold, but she was worried in the novel), XY napping with FFB|XL taking care of her and all the times they went shopping together and he will spoil her.

Polynormous, I guess, in a Western concept, is not quite the right word. Lol.
In my language, we have a term for people like XY - 'neeg siab coob.' It literally translates to someone who has many hearts. It doesn't carry nor have the same kind of vibe that the word 'polynormous' does. It carries a deep cultural stigma as someone who is selfish and insecure; therefore, they throw their hearts around and keep their options open. Someone who is 'siab coob' only cares about their needs and wants and how their romantic partners can fill their voids.

So Winny interpretation of XY is misleading, because XY fits the bill of a person who is siab coob. Lmao. Maybe in her culture they don't have such a concept and therefore, makes it hard to grasp that XY could possibly be so fickle hearted.

I have a more sarcastic outlook on this: simply becuase Jing doesn't pose a threat to him . So no point in hiding. Haha.

Lol...yeah, I know but sometimes one has to simplify things. Complex ideas and critical/abstract thinking are not everyone's forte. 😉

😂 understandable.

Lol...character development is not important...haha...that was a good laugh. 😂 She didn't choose YaoJing as her favorite romance (never heard such blasphemy from Tong Hua) to conclude the story. She merely used it as an alternative ending to her other body of works.

When she becames a princess, her worldview narrows and her insecurities as well has her codependency becomes her personality. 😩

Please...XY is a polynormous heart, she never outright reject anyone. Her refusal to kiss XL after she became a princess was just her insecurities and her trying to keep her oath to Jing...but on land she half rejected and half confessed hoping XL would be the one to make the first move. To her dismal, he backed out instead. Who cares if TH wrote TSJ as endgame, she did it as creative choice to offset her other works--we call that kind of gimmick, a plot device. Plot device are important for only one purpose--to wait for other more important characters to make decisons about it's fate. 😂