TheMoonEmpress

Hehe sounds interesting.

I also like their scenes and chemistry together and I'm sure he's perfectly suitable for his role. People, especially on the chinese internet sites, have made such a big to do about it. I think they're cute together. Most importantly they're believable together as a couple.

And anothet bald guy who is popular among Luo Luo shippers (who aren't happy with the casting choice of the drama) is this guy:
【“ 这才是我会心动的和尚，这才是我会磕的cp ”-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/h1fHnhv

Oh man, this guy is an uber popular choice. There are pages upon pages of their edits on bili bili.

Yes, that's him. Actually they've even made edits with him as a bald guy:
【导演，你是不是和这只扑棱蛾子有仇，请问为什么给她安排一个把鸡爪子插头上的对象！-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/yh3mWB9

Wow!! Thanks for the info and link.

Oh yes, I also love discussing it with like minded people. But I find it very torturous to wait for new episodes hehe. Hence, I always make it a rule to wait for the drama to finish airing before watching it. I only broke that rule for 1 drama and oh, it was such a pain to wait for the new episodes. Never again lol.

I haven't seen that drama but yes, ZYC is another amazing actor who acts with very expressive eyes.

【听 说 有 人 想 换 个 空 明 ？？-哔哩哔哩】 https://b23.tv/aO0OKhm

What sorcery is this? It fits so perfectly! Lot of people in China wanted this actor to be Kong Ming and have made cp edits of him and HYX.

Yup, no subs yet even for part 1. Have been waiting the longest to see HYX again in period costume. She is super adorable in this drama but unfortunately we'll have to wait for thr subs.

How does it start in the novel? How is it different in the drama and which do you prefer?

Better than others but not as good as Ancient Love Poetry, if you've seen that drama.

His eyes are very expressive hence the absence of dialogue was not felt.

I'm a serial binge watcher myself. I much prefer that over chasing the drama as it airs, because I'm very impatient. I get notifications for this page so I only return here for those.

Kong Ming looks like a big teddy bear in the petite Luo Luo's arms lol

He was really good in emoting without dialogues! You could really understand his emotions and responses even without spoken dialogue. He's done a great job with that 👏🏽

BTS shows active participation of the director in the early scenes/episodes too. Actually TLB has been directed by the same director and I liked his direction in that drama better.

Also, I'm not completely happy with the way HYX has been filmed in many scenes. Her side profile shots have been used at pivotal points, missing out on her expressive acting and microexpressions completely. Even lower budget productions have filmed her better and thereby have made full use of her capabilities, showcased them favorably too.

Even I have reservations about the direction and editing. The wide shots are so wide that you can only see the dark set around the actors and can't even see the actors' face clearly thereby missing out on their microexpressions. Also, cuts between each character are quite abrupt, not letting the expression of the actors truly set in. This I've noticed in the first 6 episodes which have subbed by avv. Especially with actors like HYX, Reba and Ci Sha, who are very emotive and take their time to set in an expression, before the expression can truly make an impact in relation with their dialogue, the scene switches to another actor. Maybe this improves in the later episodes. Kind of understandable too since they had to cut down from the original length quite a bit. But it does affect the storytelling.

But he's also supposed to be very powerful and a demon whose taming is supposed to be difficult. That powerful aura does not always reach. However, I've seen that subs make all the difference. So maybe his power will be communicated once we understand what he's saying. Plus as someone said in another comment, he doesn't look particularly 'tortured' when he's being tortured in the earlier (fan subbed) episodes. But that can also be attributed to the direction.

Haha funny. I don't think Allen Ren is miscast and he does the cold face smoulder really well in latter parts, but he doesn't look dangerous per se. So I agree with the creator there.