Xiang Liu and You (Yes, You)

 nathsketch:

Please! I want to roast Elena. It's the one Jinger I can roast to my heart's content ahahahahaha

Well it looks like my old ones got overwritten :D

Maybe the ones Elena made after XY became the princess again are still there.

 HeadInTheClouds:

I know that people see things differently and YaoJing's fans obviously don't see this as an issue, but I'm really curious to know what their reasoning/take on this major point of Jing's character. I don't venture into the YaoJing thread, so can some of you ladies enlighten me on this point?

If I was still a Jinger, I would say he's the one that got to XY first and saved her body from the fire. Like XY, some people find it admirable if their lover died with them instead of living on without them *barf*

I wish there was a feature on Viki which showed all the comments we made. It's hard looking through them all. Some of the comments others made are kinda annoying ngl lol.

 Elise:

The comments are very entertaining

"You're supposed to wait and say that to her when you first make love to her"

"You're body is a treasure? s-s-sirrr :0 "

"He looks like her blood is ecstasy to him"

"I see a hickey mark"

"Turned into a hickey xD"

LOL!

Dude, it's a metaphor!

At least the others seem to get it. ha!

One of my favorite lines and scenes.

 HeadInTheClouds:

The Love My Voice set up looks like it's an older male lead, with a young, naive female lead. If not done well, it could come across as paternalistic- not something I personally like in my romance. 

I also find, Wang Chu Ran more interesting in terms of look and "vibes" compared to Zhou Ye. 

This will be TJC's first romantic lead role. Hopefully, it will be a success for him.  The problem won't be his acting,  but whether ther plot can sustain interest and if there is good chemistry to carry it through the 30 something episodes if the plot is weak.

Hmmm.  I didn't see it that way, but yes, it the usual 'older man and younger woman' trope.  It can work, but like you said, it very easily can fall into the worst aspects.

I don't think Wang Chu Ran plays many young naive women.

I hope it will be a great success for Tan Jian Ci, so it will open more doors for him.  Watching one clip, I can see why he may have picked this role, as the voice dubbing aspect is different and right in his wheelhouse.  I think there's also a virtual world / game aspect too.

Yes, the plot.  I was wondering how they were going to go 33 episodes, if there's no angsty obstacles.  But then I saw all the other people in the trailer.  I guess we'll be getting their romances too.  I can see I'll be fast forwarding a bit.

 nathsketch:

Imagine that?!

Toes curling.

I don't know why Tong Hua hasn't tried to get Tan Jian Ci to do it.  Maybe after Filter.  Actually, I don't know why Tong Hua herself hasn't done an English translation of Lost You Forever.  I mean, she speaks English, doesn't she?  I know she lives / lived in New York City.  Or at least try to get an English translation.

 nathsketch:

I'm somewhat concerned about this. I wonder what the plot is. All these clips are super cute but will they be staring at each other during 33 episodes? People usually complain a lot when the plot is Jing. I mean weak.

 MengXiang:

Woah. That's too long for modern romance.... I can only take about 20-25. I do better with fantasy.

I am also happy if people just make nice gifs for me to look at to be honest. Hint hint wink wink

I didn't even realized that it was that long, but I agreed that 33 episodes are a lot. That's the problem with many of the modern C-romances: paper thin plot, padded out with fillers and secondary characters. Given what she saw from the trailer, what will be the conflict that can keep the story going for 33 episodes?  I've noticed lately that they are getting more frequent and explicit with the intimate scenes in C-Drama; maybe we'll get endless kissing scenes to pad out the plot :-)

Fingers and toes crossed for TJC's sake. I'll give it a shot, whether I stick with it remains to be seen. Maybe with a lot of fast-forwarding :-)

 nathsketch:

LMAO the comments on those pics of That Other Dude™ with a white wig saying he would make a good Xiang Liu. Well, it would finally make me happy with his ending LOLOLOLOLOLOL

I did see comments that Deng Wei could have played Xiang Liu, but that JTC wouldn't have been able to pull off Jing. 

Look, this suitability thing is tricky. However, between the two, JTC is, objectively the stronger actor. I think he could handle the acting side of things. Maybe it's the way that I see Jing - furtive in his calculation; struggles between living up to his gentlemanly image and his real, calculating/weak self - so I think a stronger actor might have been able to add some nuances to him. Like how JTC didn't just play Xiang Liu as blank-faced and cold.

 I find DW's Jing a bit one-note; there's a strong emphasis on the "perfect, elegant gentleman" who's super devoted (in this case weepy :-)), but not much else. But people who like Jing probably don't see him the way that I do and maybe the production team wanted this particular Jing, so the casting worked out perfectly in the end and Deng Wei did his part well.

 Elise:

I'm wondering if I should post the comments my evil twin Elena made. Absolutely clown behavior.

Do it, Do it, Do it! nathsketch already showed us her dark past, it's your turn now. 

You're amongst friends here, we won't hold it against you ;-). You'll just need to keep those gifs coming as penance

 Elise:

The comments are very entertaining

"You're supposed to wait and say that to her when you first make love to her"

"You're body is a treasure? s-s-sirrr :0 "

"He looks like her blood is ecstasy to him"

"I see a hickey mark"

"Turned into a hickey xD"

The YaoLiu fans showing their "lewd and lecherous" side, again :-)

Be honest, besides Elise and nathsketch, which one of you ladies is over at Viki, leaving these kinds of comments???