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Why did the FL kill the ML? How did it get to this point?

Question for those who have watched episode 39

If I remember correctly, The Untamed had 4.8 initially on Douban, then it went up to 8.6 and now it's 7.7. Almost 2 million votes.

The producer generally has the final say over the final cut, budget, casting and final script approval as they own the project and control financing.

However, the director has artistic control during filming, and top-tier directors may secure contractual "final cut" rights, allowing them the ultimate artistic decision over the finished film - for example, for Goodbye My Princess You have the regular version and the director's cut which has a extra scenes.

The screenwriter creates the script but usually loses control over the material once it is sold and goes into production, often requiring revisions by others.

No, like getting blacklisted or not getting as many opportunities to work in the entertainment industry. The plot, character arcs and directorial choices are so bad that they became the focus of the conversation and the people in charge cannot shift the blame to the young FL and the earrings scandal anymore.

Join me in watching Goodbye My Princess, if you haven't seen it already 😉

It the same show, the difference comes from how the episodes are cut. On Viki and WeTV there are 58 45min episodes. 67 is the TV cut.

Please mark this as spoiler. Can also tell me what is the reason the FL kills the ML?

I did use the spoiler tag when I discussed the ending of this drama.

Surely it is not a spoiler to say that people in China are unhappy about a show that was rated 3.2 on Douban before the finale aired, and that is currently at 3.0.

I'm sorry iQIYI and WeTV disrespected the international viewers of this drama and I understand your frustration, but I didn't do anything wrong.

Edited to add - this drama is a commercial and critical flop, viewership is low, sponsorships were lost and not only did it not make profit, but it failed to recoup the original investment. Someone will have to pay the price and I'm glad it will not be the cast.

Director: Lv Hao Ji Ji
Assistant Director: Zhang Yan Jie
Screenwriter: Wei Yi
Producer: Zhang Meng

Source: Dramawiki

You can read the novel, the ending is very satisfying.

Because I read about it on weibo? Even though I dropped the tv show, I still had a sliver of hope that things would turn around and if the ending was satisfactory, I would have picked it back up.

I really like LYR, he was the reason I watched PA before Rebirth started airing, but I had misgivings about the director... which were totally confirmed, by the way.

I don't have douban, but my favourite comment on weibo is "If Lü Haojiji can still find work, the winter in the Chinese entertainment industry is still not cold enough."

People on weibo are really unhappy with the ending and with the show in general (since the ending puts the whole drama into perspective)... thankfully all their anger is directed at the persons who deserve it - the director, the screenwriter and the producer.

In the TTEOM novel, TTJ gets resurrected after 1000 years, the show ends after 500 years, so we are midway through the waiting period. I'm not sure if it's canon or not, but I think he will become a god, just like the king in the story, who sacrificed himself to save the dove.

Goodby My Princess is very good and it's not an angst fest.

I conside Till The End Of The Moon to have a happy-ish ending? Tantai Jin is recovering in the heart scale that Li Susu has in her hand.

There are good dramas that end happily, and I usually stick to those.

I mentioned in a previous comment that I hate this director, he likes going for sad or inappropriate ending when there is no need.
The Double novel had a happy ending, in the drama it is implied WXY will get his head chopped off by the invading army, in PA novel it's a happy ending for the main couple. He pissed me off with the ending of Generation to Generation earlier this year.

I have just watched Till The End Of The Moon last week and I'm currently on Goodbye My Princess. I don't know what's wrong with me 😭😭😭

Check my comment below, I pasted an analysis of the ending I found on weibo.
Either way, people are not happy, the douban rating went from 3.2 to 3 after the finale aired. I don't have douban, so I cannot check if these events are related or not.

People discussing the ending on weibo seem to think it's sad.

"Zhuge Yue died in episode 39.

The scene in the final episode where he saves Chu Qiao from the fire is Chu Qiao's dying fantasy of Zhuge Yue. Therefore, Chu Qiao also dies.

Zhuge Yue and Chu Qiao having a son and a daughter, and Yan Xun taking Helian to celebrate the New Year, are all Yan Xun's fantasies.

Everything at the end is also Yan Xun's dying fantasy. He is the only one who truly survived. He fantasized about an elderly Zhuge Yue as king of the Western Alliance, about the two of them confronting each other again at the frozen lake, and about everyone having different happy endings. He fantasized about Zhuge Yue growing old like him, coming to the frozen lake to accompany him on his final journey. I think Yan Xun died at this moment.

Throughout his long life, Yan Xun wrote many letters to Zhuge Yue. He never sent a single one, not because he was shy, but because no one could receive them—Zhuge Yue was already dead. It's strange that after half a lifetime of infatuation with Chu Qiao, Yan Xun spent the rest of his life mourning Zhuge Yue. Zhuge Yue had been in his heart for many years: you can tell by how many letters he wrote to Zhuge Yue. He seemed to genuinely want this rival to live, to grow old like him. Even in his final moments, Chu Qiao was merely one of the many characters in his imagination, just like Li Ce and Chun'er, or even Eleven; the Chu Qiao in his imagination was only Zhuge Yue's lover, never alone in any particular situation. Conversely, Yan Xun felt his end was near when he saw Zhuge Yue, so he personally burned all the letters he had written to Zhuge Yue; then, carrying his likeness, he went to the frozen lake and died.

Don't ask me why this happened. That's what I saw."