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😂 If it’s like Princess’ Gambit, so you can point and say “clearly the problem was only age, not the writing/editin g”, except it probably backfired on them as CY was able to excel in the role despite the writing 😂😆

I feel like he likes acting too much to quit even if he did make a lot, but yeah, if he wants to retire then I hope he will have the savings to, and otherwise if he wants to keep acting forever then my hope is they’ll let him gracefully transition into support roles so I can see him for the next 30 years 😂😆

If we’re randomly gossiping and assigning blame without proof, my money on platform to blame would be on Tencent. They are the ones who are pushing to introduce an age cap on historical drama leads, and Princess’ Gambit also suffered from terrible writing and editing. Nearly the exact same style as in the 6-14 arc of “but actually they didn’t win/lose because 5 hours ago this happened” style 😆

Lmao don’t cut the music video, that song is so good despite the lack of narrative sense to have that scene at all, definitely cut the others you’ve listed out ahead of the wild swordsman theme 😂😆

We can not respond and just block them. They’re doing it for engagement and to incite fanwars, so just ignoring them will discourage them and annoy them most.

I think they mean that in a typical /wuxia quest, to some extent, it’s about levelling up— the quest is to unlock the next level up of your abilities, or cultivate your next amazing skill, with the goal of reaching the peak of possible fighting abilities. (like for the greater good or the greater evil, improving is important to the lead and also a struggle for them they only improve through overcoming difficulties or reaching near death.)

Here XQS already knows what abilities are going to be granted to him by the plot, so he isn’t stressing about how he can unleash new levels of awesome in himself as an end goal 🤣😆 Could be reading them wrong though!

I’m assuming they mean the Lost Tomb 2 and autocorrect ate a word

Form your own judgement I would say, I am on 38 and still enjoying it and wouldn’t say they particularly did that to him at all, so it’s a subjective thing.

he really is 😃

idk if it's highly-anticipated or not or will be 2025 or not, but Whispers of Fate should be wuxia? I'm anticipating it.

spoiler tag, for those of us still stuck on ep38 cuz it is not yet released in our region? ;-;

(but only semi-spoiler cuz with CY it's rarer to get a character who does live than one who does not. 3/3 CY, aim lower for ur next exam pls ;-;)

tbh, it is way more likely that the platforms were working with multiple locked cuts for stuff like subbing and dubbing (very normal) and that they didn't update to the final cut before airing or someone mislabeled a version. I think the blooper stuff was only WeTV one of the comments said? In that case, it would just be a WeTV staffer who messed up, not the whole show's editors for those.

The editing and pacing and writing being off is probably more to do with there being 4 producers and 7 screenwriters and 5 production companies involved and only 3 months total to shoot the whole thing than anyone intentionally sabotaging it. Overall it has still been super enjoyable to me despite the stuff you're flagging, and I feel like genuine sabotage would have resulted in a product that wasn't fun to watch, not just continuity issues ☺️

He is a gentle soul to be sure, at least at the start, and never really loses the soft heart he has for others. For me, the journey was about how the book can change the reader, as opposed to how the reader can change the book, so I was okay with it never being about the power level of our lead, but I can see how it's a totally different tone and feel to the ones you've listed for sure. Hopefully they make some series more in your style for you in the upcoming series lineups!

I kinda hope we don't, honestly, (though I've not yet seen it to know how bad it is b/c I gotta wait 3 whole more days ;-;).

The message of life isn't about how it ends but how you live it is not gonna hold up so well if we have two alternate endings so that we can pick. Having picked the ending they did, the writers should own it and stick to it. XD

👀 Infinity pill is what the XQS took with the snake/yang tablet, only 60 years’ worth of energy in it I think?

The voidheart codex lets you absorb power from others, kinda like what the masters gave XQS except you can take it even when they aren’t offering. Once Kaiyan absorbed some of his inner force, Crazy Yan not only lost it but Kaiyan gained it, so Kaiyan got proportionately more powerful and Crazy Yan less so. If you think of it as a battery, he is stealing all the power and Yan can’t recharge except actual time or else items that give you 60 years of power etc. (or at least that’s how I read it 😅😅)

ikr? On ep37 and still loving it. 🤩

He just got the soul nail out that was attached to his meridians so temporarily weakened i believe

Ahh, no, I was replying to the post asking about GotD heat index; no idea how this show’s going there but since no one’s posted about it yet I’d also assume it hasn’t 😅😅

Guardians of the Dafeng?

I didn't actually see it myself (as in, Weibo photos), I just assumed cuz of the article, but I wasn't watching while airing...

https://koalasplayground.com/2025/01/13/guardians-of-the-dafeng-crosses-the-vaunted-30000-heat-index-in-tencent-but-opens-with-a-low-5-4-on-douban-ratings/

It's shown later you can force them back with internal energy to hide them, but that they show when you expend your inner force on stuff. So most likely the battle with his family members depleted his inner force so he couldn't force back the rot anymore. (I think!)