Girl stop, imagine thinking Tan Jian Ci singing is something "horrible cringe worthy". Are you even serious? I…
Erm... I am just sharing my viewing experience... and clearly I am not alone in my reaction... whats your problem other than enjoying misleading others and mocking TSJ?
Yes people are cheering the new Dahuang Zither DJ... I just feel that it was really OOC for Xiangliu...
I was so excited last night about Season 2 that I hardly slept. Now I’ve watched the first two episodes and…
You are so right... the first episodes feel slow but also very rushed... its like years passed in drama but we got a few political scenes and nothing really substantial.. S1 was adapted well but I really hope S2 will live up to all that hype...
Not a surprise that they removed the scene that required CG little fox that allowed Xiaoyao entry into the gambling den, but forced inserted some horrible cringe worthy song that didn't even belong to Xiangliu from the novel... Guess that backfired on them... drama fans are having toe-curling reactions to the sudden out of character display 😆
That is yet another tired discussion brought up again and again. Didn't one of your yaoliu fans say decades is…
you misunderstand me "I never had the feeling XY kept Jing hidden, so many people knew about their relationship." XY didnt keep Jing hidden, I meant she kept her deep feelings towards him hidden to him. After their breakup, every time they met, she pretended to be cheerful and fine.
Well seeing how drama is airing tonight, lets just watch it and enjoy first lol We come back later to chat about it again! The bugs are just a connection, their hearts are also synchronised in beating. Does it really mean more than that? We shall see later.
That is yet another tired discussion brought up again and again. Didn't one of your yaoliu fans say decades is…
"the pain she felt when she heard about his death"
For me, this part actually made it really clear in the story, who was Xiaoyao's 'true love'. The lovers bug 'rule' was the two in love will be bound together in life or in death. Xiaoyao only ever showed this 'weakness' for Tushan Jing, this feeling that life is no longer worth living because her love is gone. She didn't need any bug to kill her, she felt like she couldn't live on.
What do you think about these two very different responses? She fell into a coma for a few days over Jing. She was ready to give up living, not even putting up a fight when the assassin came for her. But after Xiangliu died, she seemed perfectly fine to live out the rest of her life. If that was the level of true love she had for Xiangliu, isn't it very sad for him?
That is yet another tired discussion brought up again and again. Didn't one of your yaoliu fans say decades is…
Tian er and Chuanzi are just the story of a typical couple in life. There maybe nothing grand in their union but Tian er was satisfied and felt blessed with her life. I find it interesting that Tian er, as a mere mortal, was the one to advise the deity Xiaoyao about 'life' more than once in the story. Being a deity who had lived a longer life, Xiaoyao was still lost because she had thousands of years, but Tian er with her much shorter lifespan, was able to live well because she put her trust into the simplest philosophies. Its not that Xiaoyao didn't know the same philosophies, but she just didn't dare to 'invest' her thousands of years while someone with only a few decades dared to.
"even Jing mentioned a few times that he is aware that XY is affectionate towards him out of pity and kindness." This is exactly the part I meant from my previous reply, Jing never understood how much Xiaoyao actually loved him ( until the end, when he came back from his 'death' ). She had kept her real feelings hidden from him. She only told Cangxuan, and Xiangliu knew through their connection. This is just like how Xiangliu kept his real feelings from her. That was why, Jing thought Xiaoyao was over him very quickly. If he knew that she had hurt so much, they could have gotten back together much sooner. Now can you understand how Xiaoyao perceived Xiangliu? If one person hides their feelings, the other person can only guess, and the answer could be very different from the truth. Xiaoyao thought Xiangliu never even thought of her as a friend, much less dared to feel narcissistic to think he loved her.
Xiaoyao was more in love with Shiqi than she ever realized and she couldn't control her feelings and 'take it back' later on. I don't think she was ever portrayed to be in love with two men at the same time. In the novel Xiaoyao told her brother Cangxuan - that this was the 'first time that both she and Jing liked another person', and both of them made their mistakes along the way. Again, in the part you pointed out, Xiaoyao also realized that she failed to communicate with Jing, which was why I said TH wanted to emphasize this as something important in a relationship. Xiaoyao was just learning what it means and what it takes to love another person. To protect them in action and also be open with their words. She couldn't stop her feelings for Tushan Jing but she needed to learn what to do so those feelings and turn them into concrete action to show that love.
Xiaoyao and Xiangliu, I understand many people really want something more for them. But I really cannot see it, because its like a flower bud that never bloomed. So where is that flower of true love? For me, in Xiangliu, Xiaoyao wanted a companion. If she really left with him, they would be the ones who roam the world but as best friends. I have never seen Xiaoyao being attracted to XL physically yet. All the physical moments some fans attach to the moment, are actually just physical action. There is nothing romantic behind the action, except perceived by willing audience. To be blunt, CPR is lip to lip. A real kiss you take air, you don't blow air.
The two of them were in Qingshui town for a month, and Xiaoyao remained cold to Xiangliu. But she just met Tushang Jing again and she was already crying in his arms. I think there is a big difference in the kind of reliance she seeked in either man.
You are looking for parallel but you may actually be looking in the wrong place.
The Yellow Emperor said that, Xiaoyao is like her mother, Ah Heng. She always wanted to roam the world with her beloved. The White Emperor too, later would think, your daughter did what you could not..
"What do you make of the crystal ball and what's your take on the fact that XY was able to answer yes when XL asked her if she is willing to marry shiqi, but she resisted saying the person who she most wanted to spend her life with? To me willing is more like a compromise, while wanting is something beyond that."
I actually wrote another post on this, because Ye Shiqi and Tushan Jing are two different people. One is free but the other is not. Xiaoyao makes a mental note of this to herself many times as we have seen in the story. She had zero hesitation when asked if she wanted to marry Ye Shiqi, but she was struggling in pain because at the time, she thought she lost Tushan Jing forever. So how could she allow herself to want to marry Tushan Jing? All the narration about her lovesickness in the novel, she was sad over Jing, because she thought they would have nothing to do with each other anymore, out of each others' lives. I really can't see her 'settling' for Jing, when to me, she viewed him as her first 'choice' all along.
The crystal ball part will be shown in the drama, although I don't know if it will satisfy you. Maybe we can come back to it when the ep airs. From novel, it was like a final farewell. It was also an SOS to Xiangliu. She was communicating to him that she was ready to be a companion but he was the one uninterested? She tested Xiangliu many times during her breakup period, to see if he would offer her a future, but she also knew he wouldn't. Xiaoyao went to Qingqiu to look for Tushan Jing first. Unfortunately, Xiangliu was always the backup here. She was depressed and very vulnerable during that period. Deep down she knew she didn't want to marry Fenglong, but she can't bring herself to break her promise and because she can't see another better choice either. Her family gave her every opportunity to break it off, she just continued on because on her road, she saw no other path.
Have you ever considered the parallel you were looking for could be between Xiaoyao and her own mother. Both wanted to roam the world. Both fell in love with men who loved them and would give them their everything, including their hearts. They also would give their men their everything. Except Ah Heng couldn't break her ties in the end. Only Xiaoyao got her happy ending to live out her life with her love.
8 hours more to LYF S2!! Looking forward to it so badly!
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Yes people are cheering the new Dahuang Zither DJ... I just feel that it was really OOC for Xiangliu...
Guess TH really wants us to think hard about that 😋
Guess that backfired on them... drama fans are having toe-curling reactions to the sudden out of character display 😆
But season 2 really feels sooo rushed
"I never had the feeling XY kept Jing hidden, so many people knew about their relationship."
XY didnt keep Jing hidden, I meant she kept her deep feelings towards him hidden to him. After their breakup, every time they met, she pretended to be cheerful and fine.
Well seeing how drama is airing tonight, lets just watch it and enjoy first lol We come back later to chat about it again!
The bugs are just a connection, their hearts are also synchronised in beating. Does it really mean more than that? We shall see later.
I hope you can still enjoy S2!
For me, this part actually made it really clear in the story, who was Xiaoyao's 'true love'.
The lovers bug 'rule' was the two in love will be bound together in life or in death.
Xiaoyao only ever showed this 'weakness' for Tushan Jing, this feeling that life is no longer worth living because her love is gone. She didn't need any bug to kill her, she felt like she couldn't live on.
What do you think about these two very different responses? She fell into a coma for a few days over Jing. She was ready to give up living, not even putting up a fight when the assassin came for her.
But after Xiangliu died, she seemed perfectly fine to live out the rest of her life. If that was the level of true love she had for Xiangliu, isn't it very sad for him?
I find it interesting that Tian er, as a mere mortal, was the one to advise the deity Xiaoyao about 'life' more than once in the story. Being a deity who had lived a longer life, Xiaoyao was still lost because she had thousands of years, but Tian er with her much shorter lifespan, was able to live well because she put her trust into the simplest philosophies. Its not that Xiaoyao didn't know the same philosophies, but she just didn't dare to 'invest' her thousands of years while someone with only a few decades dared to.
"even Jing mentioned a few times that he is aware that XY is affectionate towards him out of pity and kindness."
This is exactly the part I meant from my previous reply, Jing never understood how much Xiaoyao actually loved him ( until the end, when he came back from his 'death' ). She had kept her real feelings hidden from him. She only told Cangxuan, and Xiangliu knew through their connection.
This is just like how Xiangliu kept his real feelings from her. That was why, Jing thought Xiaoyao was over him very quickly. If he knew that she had hurt so much, they could have gotten back together much sooner. Now can you understand how Xiaoyao perceived Xiangliu? If one person hides their feelings, the other person can only guess, and the answer could be very different from the truth. Xiaoyao thought Xiangliu never even thought of her as a friend, much less dared to feel narcissistic to think he loved her.
Xiaoyao was more in love with Shiqi than she ever realized and she couldn't control her feelings and 'take it back' later on. I don't think she was ever portrayed to be in love with two men at the same time.
In the novel Xiaoyao told her brother Cangxuan - that this was the 'first time that both she and Jing liked another person', and both of them made their mistakes along the way.
Again, in the part you pointed out, Xiaoyao also realized that she failed to communicate with Jing, which was why I said TH wanted to emphasize this as something important in a relationship. Xiaoyao was just learning what it means and what it takes to love another person. To protect them in action and also be open with their words. She couldn't stop her feelings for Tushan Jing but she needed to learn what to do so those feelings and turn them into concrete action to show that love.
Xiaoyao and Xiangliu, I understand many people really want something more for them. But I really cannot see it, because its like a flower bud that never bloomed. So where is that flower of true love? For me, in Xiangliu, Xiaoyao wanted a companion. If she really left with him, they would be the ones who roam the world but as best friends. I have never seen Xiaoyao being attracted to XL physically yet.
All the physical moments some fans attach to the moment, are actually just physical action. There is nothing romantic behind the action, except perceived by willing audience. To be blunt, CPR is lip to lip. A real kiss you take air, you don't blow air.
The two of them were in Qingshui town for a month, and Xiaoyao remained cold to Xiangliu. But she just met Tushang Jing again and she was already crying in his arms. I think there is a big difference in the kind of reliance she seeked in either man.
You are looking for parallel but you may actually be looking in the wrong place.
The Yellow Emperor said that, Xiaoyao is like her mother, Ah Heng. She always wanted to roam the world with her beloved. The White Emperor too, later would think, your daughter did what you could not..
"What do you make of the crystal ball and what's your take on the fact that XY was able to answer yes when XL asked her if she is willing to marry shiqi, but she resisted saying the person who she most wanted to spend her life with? To me willing is more like a compromise, while wanting is something beyond that."
I actually wrote another post on this, because Ye Shiqi and Tushan Jing are two different people. One is free but the other is not.
Xiaoyao makes a mental note of this to herself many times as we have seen in the story.
She had zero hesitation when asked if she wanted to marry Ye Shiqi, but she was struggling in pain because at the time, she thought she lost Tushan Jing forever. So how could she allow herself to want to marry Tushan Jing? All the narration about her lovesickness in the novel, she was sad over Jing, because she thought they would have nothing to do with each other anymore, out of each others' lives. I really can't see her 'settling' for Jing, when to me, she viewed him as her first 'choice' all along.
The crystal ball part will be shown in the drama, although I don't know if it will satisfy you. Maybe we can come back to it when the ep airs.
From novel, it was like a final farewell. It was also an SOS to Xiangliu.
She was communicating to him that she was ready to be a companion but he was the one uninterested? She tested Xiangliu many times during her breakup period, to see if he would offer her a future, but she also knew he wouldn't.
Xiaoyao went to Qingqiu to look for Tushan Jing first. Unfortunately, Xiangliu was always the backup here. She was depressed and very vulnerable during that period. Deep down she knew she didn't want to marry Fenglong, but she can't bring herself to break her promise and because she can't see another better choice either. Her family gave her every opportunity to break it off, she just continued on because on her road, she saw no other path.
Have you ever considered the parallel you were looking for could be between Xiaoyao and her own mother. Both wanted to roam the world. Both fell in love with men who loved them and would give them their everything, including their hearts. They also would give their men their everything. Except Ah Heng couldn't break her ties in the end.
Only Xiaoyao got her happy ending to live out her life with her love.
8 hours more to LYF S2!! Looking forward to it so badly!