Man, how toxic can XW be? And why do I still like it even when he's so toxic XD

 sam:

Man, how toxic can XW be? And why do I still like it even when he's so toxic XD

I was prepared for your post to go in another direction, until I read your last sentence lol.

Because we hardly ever get to see such an antihero get away with things and get the girl in period cdramas. So we cheer him on in the drama because he's more passionate, vivid,  alive and vulnerably human (with all his flaws) than all the others. Also it's a drama, something to entertain us, and which allows us to entertain different thoughts and realities. In real life, we may perhaps be more sane and decide that a Yan Lin/Zhang Zhe/Tushan Jing would be a wiser choice. 😄

@LanLan
:-D
Ditto

i thought this was going to be a rant about his crazy behaviors, but i ended up finding someone who enjoyed his toxicity as much as i did <3 lol

@nathsketch ROFL 

"The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can."

That's why we love him.  And I think some people have made a very good case for why he's not really thaaaaaaat toxic.  Think about it.  Was the only times he was toxic toward her, when it was snowing outside?  If you take his whole personality, MINUS the parts where it's snowing out, that person isn't really truly toxic.  And the other crazy stuff he does is because he has some mysterious ptsd thing going on.  His malady.  Whatever it was, idk.

Actually Xie Wei is a very pitiable character with a traumatic childhood- he had lost his entire family and grew up as a prisoner. It is a wonder that he was not brainwashed and became fully evil. He actually is a good man who is loyal to his emperor and childhood friend inspite of the circumstances and he loves his woman unconditionally.  Yes initally he was not gentle to her but o don’t think he knew better. A lot of it was also frustration with how Jiang Xuening was.  But he let her use him and gave her everything she wanted. So he was not toxic really