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Is what im saying! Who knows perhaps due to some censorship cuts to tone down some bloodthirsty scenes.

Literally words out of my mouth. I didn't want to engage except with this 😭how else would they portray someone dead with deattachment? Casting is THE one thing on point for both ML FL from novel...even reba's mole next to her eye was in novel as if the author wrote thinking of her...

Probably most similar feeling I had to this was watching Love between Fairy and Devil first 3 eps having read its novel. I feel like I made it out to be the most hyped thing with sky high expectations and got disappointed. I gave it a break and stacked the episodes to binge it and when I finished it I thought it was one of the best 3 xinxias out there and had withdrawal v bad haha. If u find it dull now ig maybe put it on hold. No point forcing yourself to push thru if u falling asleep in middle. Plus it might be more fun and dopamine satisfying if u find the explanation in next episode of ML backstory and world building.

He's not the real one. But love how close your speculation is. You are most certainly onto something.

Nope. Ling Qui is not Duan Xu. I think by ep15 his past will be revealed at the pace they r going. Who Duan Xu we see really is - is a big angst plot point we will find later. Related to his sad backstory

Really nice perspective. She is really OP...for now haha! Won't spoil it much but just gonna say the power balance between them is like cat and mouse during the 5 senses exchange plot points. I leave rest to your imagination. It will definitely be evil and entertaining i will say hahaha

It looks alright. But bit disappointed as I think it was dual sword concept in novel. This looks bit generic like every other drama :(
Maybe some future ghostly elements might change my opinion

I knowww righttt. I am obsessed with that tune and still looking for it! The direction was amazing. I dont remember the scene in the novel but the fact she was perched up goes to show how intentional directing was in the way she sits down. Mesmerizing.

HE. Healing eachothers trauma relationship where its tit for tat e.g if ML tries to take advantage of FL, she gets even with him and vice versa. I love the equal FL-ML perspective in novel and so far it seems balanced in drama too. But I maybe biased having read novel recently.

I saw that. Antis + bots is what im thinking. One comment even said she looks too white - i am like she's supposed to be dead bro??
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Exactly. Imo trying to be as objective as i can, its too early to call it a minimum 8 just for production and directing being top tier so far upto ep5 (would be a 9.5 for that). Like u said anything below atleast 8.4 is an insult for the quality shown so far. They would really have to fumble the plot and pacing badly (e.g. Our Universe) for it to go below 8.2 which they won't hopefully.

My only biggest complaint right now is why are the episodes so short at 35 minutes haha which is actually 32ish when u minus intro and ending. The pain T.T not being able to binge...

I would just ignore those. V early + bots antis could v well make the drama go to 7.9 by ep 20. Reba's LoTL was also massively down voted when it wasn't acc worth the 7.7 rating. Esp if Qing Luo has a 8.0 rating here (cue eye rolls). Big star productions r classically down voted moreso Reba's on MDL. Wait for the douban rating. I am rooting it crosses the 6.7 mark.

Good luck with your paper!

V good. Using angles to show off exquisite chemistry is done well here.

Haha weekend + obession + no life = reading it in one go. I dont even try the tragic ones. You are braver in that sense. I feel like having read novel first a lot of info for me is something already known or supplemented already. For someone with a drama standalone perspective it might be not that coherent is my current worry.

Np I am the same. I read spoilers first to make sure its HE before investing in the drama. I am just happy i get to discuss it this time. The novel is pretty short. Like 100 chs. I started yesterday and already finished.

All evil ghosts as explained in novel but not in drama yet are driven by desires. Yan ke's desire power. I love his entry kn drama and intro which is different from novel but im pretty sure he won't be an anti hero. No sympathies for his wish for the ultimate power which is in Simu/Fl's hand if u get the drift.

Nope. Its a temporary exchange. Once the couple of days limit is up she's goes back to no senses and he gets his (but its taxing which is a plot point).

One thing they did change is the timeline of ML's age when significant events started happening to gim. In novel he was 7 i think. Here i think they said 12. Which is also a tone down cz that was sadder tho. But it makes more sense imo cz no way a 7 yr old would ve survived what he did no matter how brilliant. They might clarify this more later so I might be wrong and they followed novel.