ASmith

Or he does but doesn’t care as long as he lives himself, just like he was happy drinking and only complained when YFS dragged him back to his day job. (lol I’m so mean to this guy, so mad at him lol.)

Is that the case for sons of the founding emperor though, or only established ones? 👀 (keeping my fingers crossed this realm has different rules 😂😂)

Not yet 🥶

Nah, if cripples can be generals than his bro can definitely lead a nation blind. Just needs a reliable guy to read his reports for him *cough* XHA *cough* Or maybe Grand Preceptor Pickles? and he’ll be fine. We already know he can fight blind no problem.

Or in this era of biotech just have Mr Nasty axe murderer give him his eyes (or whoever’s eyes) via transplant so he can see again.

He didn’t. Bro is alive.

He didn’t.

Agree with this 100%. He doesn’t care about what he did, he cares that he feels bad about it. To ask the parent whose kid was murdered to forgive him for stabbing his bro (who already forgave him, cuz he’s just that good of a big bro) suggests that what he wants is to get rid of his own guilty feelings, not to actually atone was how I read that kowtow. Consistent with his character but I hope he does not end up leading the nation.

But the problem is that the bro he’s stabbing could have turned that situation around. (United the army, led the troops, defended the people). Instead, he’s got an “alliance” with a guy who pretends to be friendly, while in reality locks troops in granaries progressively feeding them less and less till they murder each other. He’s not going to get his kingdom not murdered with what he’s doing, he’s just going to give his neighbours a strong foothold right next door, and when that isn’t enough for them either they’ll just take the other half. 😅😅 Like does he seriously just believe they’ll do what they are promising?? He’s betraying the only guy who can stop them because he is just expecting they’re honest and upright dudes because they are saying they are?? I’m so mad at him 🤬😤

I don’t understand lol.
He’s like a guy who gets told “I’m going to set off a bomb if you don’t shoot the only guy who can stop us from taking over the country.” And he’s just like. Welp. If you say I have no choice I guess I have no choice. Sure. Wait!!! I expected the guy who had lain in wait 20 years betraying and lying to everyone to keep your word!!! like, dude. The nation does not need such a leader lol.

That early indeed lol 14+ they are not happy b/c of Rumu/Alliance related angst and 19-29 they’re not together, ML screen time is reduced to 2-8 mins per ep lol while the FL acquires a clingy bro (“I’ll kill myself if you leave me, how can you be so selfish as to leave me when I’ve told you I’m going to die if you do it?? Don’t you care if I die? Don’t you love me at all?? Can’t you find room in your heart for me??”) << this for 10 eps and FL not only stays because “aww he needs me” but fails to realise it’s not platonic despite his dialog being like this. 30/31’s shaky since it picks up as if 19-29/30 never happened. 32+ we resume the plot but the romance is non existent between the leads, and the rush towards the finish line is a sprint 😂

So yeah. 13 for the last time they’re happy together 😆🤣

I will be so happy if YFS didn’t die, he’s got way too much charisma 😭 I think he is very dead though.

Yes to all of this. Ultimately he’s coming across as a chameleon craving validation; surrounded by moral, he mimics moral, surrounded by evil he mimics evil, and all the while whines expecting sympathy. Zero sympathy for him. The fact that he could be replaced by the fake kid easily and hasn’t been yet should tell him his bro is actually a threat to them. soooooo mad at him right now (doesn’t help I love his bro though.)

If this is your goal, you’re good to stop end of ep 13

Exactly, Netflix makes more sense if you’re watching a lot of shows or having family members on the same plan all watching multiple different shows, as it has Western and Asian content etc, but otherwise if just using it to watch the same shows as Youku or iQIYI only, the costs blow out to way more. I think the pricing for them both makes sense, but they’re both targeting different kinds of users. (Netflix’s pricing model makes sense for general audiences who want to watch a wide variety of content often whereas Youku makes sense for targeting fans of particular shows or actors.) Is how I see it. I’m happy and grateful to give Youku their fee as long as Youku keeps producing CY series for me to enjoy 😂🙏

also it can just be fame and excitement and hits, massive traffic to any site able to get it 1 day sooner I’d imagine given the cliff hangers. just the money then goes to them not the ones who put money into making & distribution of the show 🥶🥶

💯 I love his voice.

I don’t think of it as extortion myself, someone needs to pay for the streaming costs & server costs of watching the show, not to mention making it in the first place. It’s just an alternative model, iQIYI & Netflix hit you for fixed prices per month regardless of what you watch, whereas Youku’s more like a lower base and then a small extra to unlock every VIP package, of which there’s 1 or maybe 2 per show. As long as you watch under 2 shows a month Youku is still better pricing than the others in my region.

But yeah we all pick the battles 😂 I just feel for whoever was responsible for the leak, heads in some company or platform partner will likely roll.

I don’t. We’re talking a series Youku is translating, dubbing, and sending to post production houses to fix up stuff like editing, ADR. In combination with presumably needing to send it to the TV channel to be broadcast as well. There are so many sources of leaks on so many levels I doubt anyone has a clue how it happened.

Ignoring leaked content and watching on the official channel is the way to go though, at least for me I feel the more $$ the platform makes the more likely they are to give me more shows like this 😃😆

I mean I don’t think any show with CY can really be called a dark horse myself 😅😅 But it is a good show, each ep feels unbelievably short. it’s a good thing I’m watching while airing or I’d get no sleep that’s for sure 😂😂

Spoiler tags are also lovely for those who are just starting the show if you wanna pop one on :D