smoky_topaz

Haha. True.

Oh, I don’t judge her for her actions. They make sense in my book.
With betrayal I ment how betrayed he probably will be feeling , if he learns of her OG intentions to approach him.
The scene with the hand print, while he was still in the sunken abyss, is still playing in my head. That left a mark on him.
But after today’s episodes, perhaps I am overthinking things. And the broken heart for the 23rd episode on the calendar has different meanings and reasons. 😅

I just wanted to write the same. 😁
That guy had so many layers to his personality, you had no idea, how he would react in the next moment.
His actor really did this character justice.

I loved the start of episode 18.
How he grabbed her gown? She starts to be his haven. His sanctuary. 🥹
And his hopeful look, that she was still there and quite obviously has feelings for him? Nearly killed me.
I would be more happy about it, if the next betrayal wouldn’t be on the horizon. When he learns, that she approached him because of the Golden Mullet like rest of them. That she - seemingly - only feigned interest in him for her personal gain. (My guess 🤷🏻‍♀️. It could play out differently.)
That hopeful look in his eyes tells me, it will hit him like a train, because he won’t have his walls up.

My eyes kept dry during the whole drama until he stood before the memorial tablets of his comrades. That scene got me.

I just finished and while I am deeply satisfied how fast and thoroughly they cleaned the treacherous bunch out (until today I didn’t know a close up of a fist in a face could be so nice to watch, hehe), the sister as Empress in the making? Not after betraying her country for a dude without blinking twice about that decision.
Her misery was the consequence of her decisions. Penance.
Nothing what would justify getting to sit on the throne.
The brother deserved the chance. I liked his style in the making.
So I am still processing too. 😏

That is so true. 🤣🤣🤣

True.
But Hou Minghao is a hot contender. He acted the h3ll out of his part in episode 13 of Love in the Clouds.

I like the character changes for him. Still a lot of layers but much more swoon worthy. 😅

I can put up with her ongoing lies, because she doesn’t lie for the fun of it or because she likes lying.
It is her learned skill to survive since childhood. A coping mechanism.
First because of her forced double life as a male fighter, and afterwards to get into his good graces. And her perceived impression of JBZ was that of a cold blooded lyer and trickster for full 2 ? month before he finally took her home.
So I get it - even if I don’t think it would’ve been necessary - that she still kept her guards up after the heart imprint thing.
And, how I stated in another part of this lively comment section, she has a staggering disregard for her own life, when people around her are in danger. That makes her honorable in my book, even though she is still lying.
But I can’t wait, until he finally knows the truth about her. 😅

Just found this on TT and remembered your comments.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd7Nm2Ww/
Has 2 seconds more than the x post. LOL

Thank you for your answer.
I have read snippets of the novel (mostly the last chapters, LOL, because I want to be spoiled), but not about that part yet.
What I read or - better - skimmed through so far, I guess some changes are good. I don’t think the OG character of JBZ would have been well received by the audience. 😅

When did he learn of her being poisoned in the novel?

For someone who uses all kind of tricks to get the antidote in time, she has a staggering disregard for her own life.
It makes her character honorable despite her continuous lying..

It seems that way.
But how he clocked the character of the courtier and (more or less) pressured to do said investigation was satisfying to watch.
The preview, the part where he confronts his mother, looks promising too.

Okay. Sorry to say this, but the actor for Xia Jing Chi needs some serious acting lessons.
He is handsome, yes. But where are his facial expressions???
Where are the emotions?
Bring it to the surface! Let your eyes speak,

Some random thoughts:
Did we really have 2 full episodes where only one guy got killed off? Or is my brain glitching?
That the brother obv faked his cluelessness was a nice surprise. I liked his style how he acquired the court official as his unwilling confidant. 😅👏👏

You have sometimes dramas, which are quite popular, but never cross the heat index of 10000. The Chinese media has its own dynamics.
Look here for example
https://site.v-pulse.com/

iQiyi suppressing numbers doesn’t make any sense as a possible explanation. Buzz is good for business. It brings subscribers and therefore makes money.

At the end o the day.
Don’t give some index numbers too much attention. They’re indicators but statistics never tell the whole story.

They’re such a letdown from my expectations, what that Alliance could have been about.
Judging everyone but didn’t even internalize the moral code of the storm alliance for themself.

I got the giggles watching the previews for tomorrow.
At this point everybody wants to kill everyone.
Any sanity left the premises.
🤣🤣🤣🤣