Zhystel

i didn't know how else to describe it 😂

I KNOW RIGHT IT FIRST CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WHEN XY REFUSED TO LET HIM BITE HER NECK

I honestly think that even if the promise wasn't made, XL would still put barriers between him and XY because after all, he can't sacrifice the whole army for a girl. In this lifetime, there really isn't a way for them to be together because of the heavy responsibilities that XL has. Them being at opposing sides is the biggest setback of expressing their true feelings to each other.

THANKS

does anyone know the ost where it's like haAaaaah haAaaaah haAaaaah haaaAAaaaaahh i've been finding it since s1 but i really can't find it lol it played again when xy said in the ep earlier that they don't have feelings for each other

He's not necessarily THE bad guy, but he does commit some bad things later on (mostly brought by his obsession). CX does not end up with anyone (because the one he likes doesn't like him), though he has some wives that are just for political matters.

TSJ saying at the end that he's allowing XY to choose.

Meanwhile XL doing his very best so that XY won't even consider him as a choice by constantly lying to her and hurting her and so she won't know about his feelings ever 😭

What the drama failed to show us was how the blood sucking scenes actually turned intimate later on lol.

"There was no pain, only the frisson of cool excitement. Xiao Yao intently watched Fang Feng Bei but when he glanced over her she immediately closed her eyes docilely."

Same OST as S1, though so far there's one new OST sung by Tan Jian Ci. Not so sure if there will be more.

From the novel:

On the battlefield, when that all white figure appeared, he would capture the attention of every enemy and all the strongest attacks would be aimed at him. That would help save more of their troops as Xiang Liu took the brunt of all the enemy attacks. So at night in the camp, when the all white figure was spotted, no matter how near the enemy was, all the soldiers could still sleep soundly.

After burning one deceased comrade's body after another, the remaining soldiers finally understood even more why Xiang Liu wore all white - perhaps he really was that brash and arrogant, wanting the enemy to see him; perhaps he was the wisest General who wanted his troops to always be able to see him no matter how dark; no matter the real reason no soldier dared to ask Xiang Liu directly so why he always wore white became a topic that was forever debated but never concluded.

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Though I remember he also explained to XY once that he first did it to camouflage in the snow as he was being chased in one of his past experiences.

I KNOW RIGHT LIKE NO ONE NEEDED THAT OTHER CLAM SHELL TAKE IT AWAY

tushan jing

LMAO I couldn't see what the merman was doing too when I watched it, but that seemed to be the case. I was really confused because I expected the merman to be coldly facing away like in the novel— which probably would've been a more accurate depiction of what XY thought was XL's feelings and stance.

I thought it was just my internet 😭 Earlier, I've been refreshing the page repeatedly because I couldn't load the comments.

I literally waited for them to zoom in and show each and every detail that XY has created. Then I realized they were never going to do it, so I had to screenshot a few times and zoomed in myself yet a lot of the details were still a bit blurred— only the mermaid was seen really clearly.

It's really saddening. As of now, at least 4 of the scenes I've been looking forward to have either been changed as to reduce the depth and meaning, or just completely omitted. I particularly really liked the novel's version of the sequences when FFB was walking XY home after encountering TSJ and his friend. Such a shame that they changed it; I really wanted to see how Yang Zi would've portrayed how much XY did not want to part with XL and how the doors were already closing yet XY was still standing and staring at him, waiting for something unbeknownst to her own self.

I really wished they show the details of the crystal ball. I'm also disappointed at the way the drama downplayed how much time (which was YEARS) and effort XY spent in creating this gift. They made it look like the two experts did all the work when the truth is— the process was so long, laborious, and complex in the novel and that the miniatures didn't just magically shape themselves that way lol.

YALL KEEP LYING TO EACH OTHER IT HURTS SO MUCH but im glad at the way the drama revised this scene it brought more depth

XL: I've never had any feelings for you. So I don't worry at all.
XY: Right. We have no feelings for each other. That's for the best.

and there goes my hardest and longest cry in S2 so far

XY: Don't worry. When someone like you dies, I won't shed a single tear.

WELL LET'S SEE ABOUT THAT-