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happy ending! so far the drama is mostly following the novel with some minor changes, but removing the nsfw elements and toning down chi cheng's character.. like a loot, he's really crazy in the novel. so there will definitely be some angst in the drama, but they resolve it 🙏

I went and read the whole novel (even though the author told us not to, I will just say I understand why 😭🤣)

this is a weird link, but I found some fics under the novel title:
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/%E9%80%86%E8%A2%AD%20-%20%E6%9F%B4%E9%B8%A1%E8%9B%8B%20%7C%20Counterattack%20-%20Chai%20Jidan/works

I'm so anxious thinking about the introduction of Wang Shuo... 😔

you can really tell this drama was rushed, there are so many weird editing mistakes that could have been prevented with more time :(

oh for sure, I agree. they are focusing on quantity over quality. I think I've just especially noticed it with iQiyi because they've been so insistent on making these big budget xianxia dramas. seems like they're still trying to emulate the LBFAD success, but they can't quite figure out why that drama worked and why their other ones don't 😩

agreeing with this. iQiyi idol xianxia costume dramas have simply not been up to par in recent years, so people have lost interest in watching them 😅 I think it started in 2023 with Love You Seven Times, since that was a high budget project with lots of promotion, but it was just.. very mediocre. and then Fox Spirit Matchmaker just put the final nail in the coffin for them. they've got the production value from an aesthetic POV, but the scripts have not been good, and visuals can only carry them so far before people get tired of it. they've got to work harder to bring their audience back, since people seem to have lost confidence in them.

I wonder this too. especially when dramas deal with themes that make some people uncomfortable, they complain about being uncomfortable but then continue to watch it?? why are you doing this to yourself 😭

I think some of the set designs in this drama are seriously gorgeous. but, I'm also in the minority that isn't a huge fan of the more recent aesthetics iQiyi is using for their high budget xianxias, like those three you mentioned 😅 LIP isn't too bad though.

people complaining about the poster, but then there's me.. just happy that its the right orientation 😭🤣

these episodes were seriously sooo good 😩 I've been missing the more 'classic' style of xianxia, so I am really eating this one up. I wish I could watch all the episodes 😭😭

Lulu looks so beautiful at 9 minutes in episode 12, when she's laying on the ground. just had to get that out of my system 😭

I could be wrong, but I remember reading about a law change where the actors themselves are now forced to pay their own voice actors, rather than the production team paying them. so this is the biggest reason why more actors are doing their own dubs nowadays.

this drama was filmed in April through early August of last year. tbh I prefer these costumes over MM, for example. the styling in that drama was not really for me 😅

omg I didn't even think of this, but you are so right 😩

I checked earlier and was already surprised to see 8.5k up from 7.5k, but 9k? wooow, that's so awesome 😩

he's got a nice face but he's definitely not giving anything else 😭

and the times when the bg music just randomly cuts out.. 😩 there are definitely some noticeable issues with sound and editing, but it's not bad enough to annoy me yet. I'm also not a big fan of those goofy sound effects.

I have a feeling this episode is gonna piss me off..... gotta take a bit to mentally prepare 😔

probably restricted by her contract. I think if she does end up leaving, we'll find out within the next year, since (according to cnets) her contract should be up soon.