Arphenia

I started a full rewatch (currently on ep 4) and even took notes this time LOL. I think my biggest discovery so far was they spent way more time at the Wei Mansion than I initially thought. I was expecting maybe a week there but it seems they were there from Oct 28th til Nov 17th. Yes, I have no life.

Omg I forgot to add this part. Then she says "thanks Manman" and hes like ugh and she goes "sorry, I meant thank you Ji Ling"

I saw something on weibo last night but idk if it was a fanfic paragraph or actual script leak. But the scene takes place during the illusion arc where LWY was taking a bath, JL knocked and LWY said to come in. He is flustered that she told him to come in when she is bathing, but she said it was cause he knocked but didn't say anything, she thought he was a servant. Then LWY asks him to pass a basket of flower petals from across the room and he tells her to get it herself and she goes "but the floor is wet, what if I slip", but before she finishes the sentence he has already passed the basket into her arms, back towards her and looking away the whole time.

Either way, super cute scenario so just wanted to share 😂

Kinda more like different factions with different motivations but they all have similar goals so they temporarily work together and love forms during their cooperation?

I'm super romance-oriented when it comes to my shows. No offence to WuWu but they weren't super compelling to me. And at the beginning JiLu wasn't either. Then ep 8 happened and all of a sudden my JiLu interest shot up. The drama got so much better for me from then on lol

Ep 1-6 were a bit of a struggle for me too, I was on the cusp of dropping the show but only pulled through and kept watching because I had a day off and nothing better to do. By ep 8 I was INVESTED. Definitely give it a chance beyond the first 6 eps. If you're not hooked by the end of ep 8 then maybe the show actually isn't for you 😂

The last time a couple had me in a chokehold like this was love game in eastern fantasy so maybe give that a try if you haven't yet

Pretty central, especially for a GJM work. That said I don't think it overshadows the other themes (friendship, brotherhood, etc)

I've been listening to the songs so much I caught my 2 year old humming No Suffering yesterday 🥲

Was banking on the duet ver of 不苦 to maybe be released with the complete album but I don't think I see it on the setlist. We've been ROBBED!!!

Yes, I was quite disappointed by the special effects and general CG usage for the final boss battle with LWY/JY. The rest of the show was so beautiful.

it's all in chinese though, so if that's a barrier i wouldn't recommend shelling out the money for it

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Just ordered the official merch novel and artbook, was quite pricey... hope it's worth the money but its basically the only thing that can curb the empty feeling right now after this show ended LOL

Human JL told the child that demons don't exist in this world, so the implication is that its a different world

I'm assuming it went in and just got trapped in there. WSG's master did say if you couldn't get out you would just get flung into what is essentially a black hole. JL and LWY got out into a different universe.

I think JL just doesn't exist in this world anymore either. Otherwise why wouldn't Li Jie remember who he was looking for? I'm assuming without JL, either YWH or another demon hunter became Chiwen's "spirit vessel" and without LWY around, Chiwen's plan went off without a hitch and the world was saved.

There was a voice telling him to go and find someone. Maybe that someone is you. Isekai time!

I think part of it was that even with the bros around, he was still clearly depressed/lonely. They referred to him as the Dragon Deity and respected him and treated him as such. As much as he loved them and they loved him, there was a certain boundary that none of them were willing to cross. Additionally, how I see it is:

Baize is willing to die for JL, but I don't think his motivation is 100% out of love for JL. He said it himself in his final battle, something along the lines of the fact that their loyalty to the sect keeps a glimmer of hope and light in the world. At the end he is thinking of the good of the world as he dies to keep JL safe. He is the only demon of the 4 that was never swayed by evil, because he just loves the world too much.

YWH was chasing a ghost. At the end of his life, you see that his happiest moment and the people he wanted to see the most was his family and his real younger brother. He did love JL and grew obsessed out of guilt, but JL was never his #1. I'm sure deep down JL was aware too.

Li Jie doesn't seem to have been able to smell the loneliness until after he merged with YWH, so I think that is more of a moot point. Yes he would sacrifice for JL. JL loved LJ too but I feel like part of JL is scared to get too close because LJ is mortal, and also because they need to upkeep the appearance of the Dragon Deity. LJ never crossed any lines in that aspect.

LWY on the other hand, did whatever she wanted to. Even when she wasn't sure he was JL, she kept calling him JL and treating him as such. She crossed boundaries. She was the only person he could be Ji Ling with. He wanted to keep a distance from her like with all the others but she wouldn't let him.

There was also no other ulterior motive for her doing all those things for him. She didn't want to save the world, she didn't want to upkeep his reputation (especially when she was so ready to steamroll over his 100+ years of aura farming), she didn't see anyone else in him, he was just JL to her and she loves JL. Literally one of the first things she said to him as the Dragon Deity was "are you lonely", "do you want me to stay and keep you company", she saw right through him. She made his loneliness fade away when nobody else could. And I think that's what made her so much more special than the others.

ah ok you're right, I went back to check ep 13 and Tiandi appeared literally right after the hurricane ended. That's one question resolved I guess. But sad that we'll never know if MM loved DZ