Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

 nathsketch:

There’s a party in this thread and I’m only hearing about it now!! Even the clowns arrived early!

There so much Tan Jian Ci stuff going on today ... we better get a good announcement today.

Okay, so now I'm back at the desktop version of this fine website. It's not easy reading Jinger-regurgitated nonsense on mobile while being out in the street. It's a hazard risk. 

Well, it's not easy reading Jinger-regurgitated nonsense in any situation, but here we go. Not gonna lie, this is the opportunity I was waiting for after all these months. Fox idiocy in our own house? Hallelujah!

@blabla100

I didn't even think to tie CX & AN's wedding blessings for YaoJing back to the questions XL asked XY after the wedding robbery. Excellent detective work! I agree with your interpretation--the answer to the last question would be XL rather than FFB.

@HeadInTheClouds

I've been wanting to watch Till the End of the Moon, if for nothing else than to wash the "Jing" aftertaste out of my mouth. Maybe I'll like DW more after watching it. My favorite C-dramas so far (aside from Lost You Forever) are The Long Ballad, Lighter and Princess, and Love Like the Galaxy--so if you have any recommendations similar to those titles, let me know.

@littleloverboytsj

Welcome to the forum! My day job is computer programming and I'd like to show you a little programming hack to make your life easier. Just enter this into any command prompt and the output will replace any text (e.g. "Xiang Liu is Xiao Yao's soulmate") with "Jing is the greatest!"

> sed 's/.*/Jing is the greatest!/' <<< "Xiang Liu is Xiao Yao's soulmate"
Jing is the greatest!

You're welcome. Hope this helps!

 nathsketch:

Okay, so now I'm back at the desktop version of this fine website. It's not easy reading Jinger-regurgitated nonsense on mobile while being out in the street. It's a hazard risk. 

Well, it's not easy reading Jinger-regurgitated nonsense in any situation, but here we go. Not gonna lie, this is the opportunity I was waiting for after all these months. Fox idiocy in our own house? Hallelujah! 

Prepare for roasting!!!

Sweet, good-hearted  AH  always warned me about not entering that circle of hell they call "YaoJing's Happy Ending Whatever Blah Blah Blah Visual Monstrosity of Scrapbooking Nightmare" and I did indeed learn to preserve my mental health by avoiding that headache-inducing place. 

Yet here we are, on April 17 of all days, witnessing the monstrosity with our own eyes. 17 lol, there's no way that wasn't intentional.

I also remember sweet, good-hearted AH occasionally visiting that nightmarish place to try and shed some light on their doubts and correct some of their wrong takes (which were always abundant) in a very polite manner, much more polite than they ever deserved considering the well-wishes often directed to us.

Now you see my perplexity in finding the trash coming to us in such an aggressive manner. So much for supporting the "good guy" as they love to parrot as if that were some sort of badge of honor. Proving once more the kind of supporter that good boy Jing attracts. It's the same thing everywhere. Weibo folks also proved that very recently.

So I wonder which one of the usual suspects decided to create a pathetically weak account named as pathetically weak as her favorite character two days ago to vent this much noodle diarrhea after months of pent-up frustration. I already have some names in mind. The writing reminds me of some folks I dealt with in the past and that I hoped would have crawled back to whatever hole they came from. Guess not.

But, in case it's none of the names I have in mind and it is indeed a newcomer, well, even worse. Jingers are a stereotype of their own and it's a joy to see it first-hand like this.

To be continued...

 nathsketch:

Sweet, good-hearted  AH  always warned me

What a kind description, nathsketch. I'm touched. 

 nathsketch:

I did indeed learn to preserve my mental health by avoiding that headache-inducing place.

I'm glad nathsketch. Too bad there are still some who can't do the same and even feel the need to post headache-inducing comments and insults in this thread. 

 nathsketch:

AH occasionally visiting that nightmarish place to try and shed some light on their doubts

Ironically, littleloverboytsj  asked a question in that thread about references in the text that we covered in this thread last fall in much greater detail (and with supporting text references) than the response she got in that thread.

 AH :

Ironically, littleloverboytsj  asked a question in that thread about references in the text that we covered in this thread last fall in much greater detail (and with supporting text references) than the response she got in that thread.

Out of pure idiocy, I was curious as to what this discussion was about but was unable to find it. Lmao.

It's quite ironic that just yesterday, I was telling @windiaa041293 that I don't bother with the YaoJing threads as people will believe what they want to believe, when lo and behold, this happened.

@littleloverboytsj 

Have you read the novel in its original Chinese text? Did you read both the 2013 version and the 2019 revised edition? Do you understand the nuances of the original text, or is your understanding based on translations? If you actually read through all of our posts here, you will know that nuances can get lost in translation, or sometimes get wrongly translated. You will also know that the official description of Vol 1 of the 2019 revised edition says this:

小夭遇到了叶十七，也遇到了相柳和玱玹，属于他们的故事正是拉开了序幕，但一切都只是草蛇灰线，绵延千里。我们肉眼可见的真的是一切的真相？
 Xiao Yao met Ye Shiqi, as well as Xiang Liu and Cang Xuan.  The curtain to their story was raised, but everything was only "snakes on the grass, lines on dust" **, stretching out for thousands of miles. Is what we perceive with the naked eye really the whole truth?

** 草蛇灰线 "Snakes on the grass, lines on dust" is a common technical term used in reviews of ancient literature. It is a metaphor for vague clues and signs that are provided. The "snakes on the grass, lines on dust" is a method used in the plot structure of novels. Its metaphorical meaning is like snakes in the grass, or lines on top of dust, which appear to be unconnected but are connected, corresponding to each other. It skillfully manoeuvres the subtle relationship between characters and plots in the prose, often providing hints using undercurrents and elusiveness which are not easily discerned. 

In other words, there are nuances and hidden lines that are not as immediately apparent in the novel.

Even as YaoLiu fans, all of us have our own interpretations, and may not necessarily agree with everyone else's opinions on this thread, but that is the beauty of a discussion forum - to be able to discuss, present our opinions without resorting to maligning anyone that does not agree with us.

If you are interested to have a genuine, civil discussion about your interpretations, backed with your evidence, you are very welcome to join in. If your only purpose is to come in with a lot of aggression and sweeping name calling simply because our interpretations differ from yours, then do remember that this is a thread dedicated to Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao. Move on. You would be far happier spending time with like-minded people rather than conducting yourself this way.