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🔥Princess and "Meng Xuan's" story
It was obviously wrong of her to kill his wife and unborn child, but do I feel bad for him? No. She told him from the get go that she would be next to him in life and death unless he betrayed her. And what did he do? He betrayed her! And the worst thing is, dude truly cared for her supposedly! Like my man, you deceive a woman to save your family, but you care about that woman and basically cheat on your dying pregnant wife? Like, okay, princess should have just killed him (*sad for the actual wife and kid)...
(I am not sure if saying he cared for her is even accurate cause dude barely has a heart)

🔥 The moment WX stood up, it was obvious she showed them something, so I didn't really believe what happened -I did semi-believe it in the preview though, so sorry YL-.

🔥 PSJ was so freaking relatable! Girl was so anxious, cause she knew she could not act, that would be so me!

🔥 ZYC not seeing WX's instructions 🤣🤣🤣
At first I thought he did see them or it was just a mistake from the director -or I was just seeing wrongly-, but no, dude was about to hurt people, if they took that core! That was so hilarious and embarrassing 🤣

🔥 Really liked the "monologue" of WX about demons, humans and choices cause it sums up what the drama is about. And we didn't see the kiss. I am not sure if it was intentional cause the series is just not romance-based and he is not really willing to show a kiss at all -and well we have seen that happen in other Cdramas- or he wanted to show a more impactful kiss between the two of them in future eps.

"All of us are walking on the same ground, called destiny. Life is like drifting fallen leaves, blown together by winds from all directions, gathering, then separating."

Wow, really? Well, only problem I'll never have, cause no one ever comes here lol

Oh, that is so nice of you 🥰
*whispers* it was intentional

100%

I understood that from the english translation, but I thought there was another implication I didn't get.

Thank you for explaining!

Everyone is beautiful ah, but Bing Yi...

Like, I'm sorry, but he is so ethereally beautiful, I genuinely find it hard to concentrate when he appears.

-> This interaction did not just happen!
ZYC: I think I have it *holding abdomen*, *pause* The inner core! I mean I have the inner core! *frustrated
WX: Zhuo, congratulations 😂😂😂
I may not be that fond of WX's character, but girl has some pretty awesome lines sometimes!
*plus if someone knows Mandarin and there was an implication that I couldn't get, please tell me I'm curious!

-> And obviously that was not enough!
PSJ to ZYC: (Your real form) should be a dragon
ZYZ: I say you're a mule, a stubborn mule
ZYC: Better than being a monkey *walking away
ZYZ: I'm a white ape! I've told you 10.000 times! *following him
(They are acting like 5-year-olds 😂)

-> Did it end there? Nope!
ZYC: Your good nose is such a great help, Ying Lei. You're indeed a mountain god *ZYZ starring like he can't believe what he is hearing
YL: Mr. Zhuo, did you just praise me? *ZYZ looking at YL still unable to believe it
ZYZ: After visiting the forbidden area of the Bingyi Clan, Mr. Zhuo became even better at sarcasm * Apply cold water to burned area 🤣🤣🤣

Well at least we can choose doing group therapy sessions 😂

True! It seems they have changed some of his characteristics! (Plus according to reddit, "it seems that the drama elevated ZY to be a much more important creature).

Yeap, same...
It felt so out of character that I truly won't believe it till I watch the whole ep. tomorrow!

😂😂😂

(Btw, fan fact, ZYZ's true form according to mythology (and reddit): "A beast that is like an ape with a white face and red feet. It is said that when it appears, chaos and war would reign over the world".)

It got even worse when ZYZ was hugging WX and ZYC was looking at her and then at him while PSJ was looking at WX 🙃

Ying Lei better actually be Ao Yin in that preview cause what the actual f#ck?

I was about to scold ZYC for mentioning they were five instead of six, but now I'm having second thoughts 🙃

Yeap! WoH, same thought! It was the first thing that came to mind when I read that comment, and I am actually impressed by the fact I never really noticed it myself!

Very well said, I agree! Plus, that scene in the last episode did remind me a lot of that one "turning white hair of WKX" scene in WoH.

Exactly, me neither. Unfortunately, it's so underdeveloped and all the important and big scenes are not really between WX and ZYZ to a point that I would even call their scenes unnecessary.

I agree. I think that if there was no romance at all, even with her character still in the series as a supporting role, like PSJ, it would be a much tightly written series.

Yeap, true. Didn't know about the original intention of BJ being older. Since BJ is a kid -both the actor and the character- I simply took that as another gay reference.

I did see the princess carry. When did the other thing happen?
Honestly, I didn't pay attention to the promotions, since I'm unfamiliar with Cdrama promotion techniques in general. I don't really search or watch videos about it, cause I am rarely this obsessed with a series (but I have seen similar scenarios in other non chinese dramas).

I feel that if GJM could, he would actually make this a same-sex relationship series, but he couldn't due to the ban. There are many queerbaiting series in general, but this one genuinely looks like it would be a male/male drama, if it could actually be one.

And according to a mandarin speaker I was talking to, even some of the phrases they use point that way. It looks like GJM did his best for the drama to pass censorship, while making it as homoerotic as possible.

Mentioning some I can find in case you are interested (these are from @Xiang83):
- "...when we use 天地万物 (tian1 di4 wan4 wu4) and 般配 (ban1 pei4) together, translating it as "everything has a match" or "everything must be matched" doesn't do justice to the fact that LL is talking about all living things in heaven and earth predestined to be matched, in a coupling sense. 般配 can be used for non-romantic situations such as social status, but 般配 is usually used when referring to between a male and a female as a couple."
- " the moment someone hears 朱厌 (Zhu1 Yan4) and 槐鬼离仑 (Huai2 Gui3 Li2 Lun2), they would have no issues with these 2 demon males in a relationship because one is an ape and the other is a tree, and they are a natural suitable match for each other"
- "In the flashback, ZYZ and LL are in the human realm, and ZYZ sees a paper windmill among several paper windmills at a stall. Upon remarking how pretty one of them is and picking it up, his first reaction is to want to insert it into LL's hair. LL recoiled as ZYZ raised the windmill to do so, while ZYZ is stopped only by the stallholder saying it is not a 髮簪. The connotation of a hairpin in chinese culture is usually a gift between lovers, or husband and wife. One could argue to the censors that as demons, demons wouldn't know the symbolism..."

I am sure I have missed many nuances that are used some of which I would probably never understand. The thing about many is that they are smartly inserted into the series in a way that they could pass the censors. That is why I believe that the FL is there (also) for censorship purposes. It is easier to pass censorship when there is an actual romantic female interest for the main lead. That aside, GJM has greatly underdeveloped the FL to a point that it looks intentional, taking into consideration how complex and layered the other characters are -especially LL, ZYZ and ZYC-.

Oh God yes, stay away. It is like 100% spoilers. I totally forgot you said you only watched 11!

It gets better btw. I think that you will enjoy it more in the upcoming eps.

😂😂😂

For real! I was also a bit bitter ZYC didn't mention him in his goodbye speech.

Yeap, they will probably die in a worse way 🙃😂

I think many (including me) are waiting for the drama to end before giving a rating.

Imo it is a bit pointless to compare them since they belong to completely different genres.

MJTY was darker and barely had any "fantasy" elements. It was also more "secluded". Didn't contain as many characters as FoF has.

FoF is lighter, has tons of humour compared to MJTY (at least in the first eps) and is of course based on mythology and is on the fantasy genre (gods, demons etc involved). Both are visually stunning though and have great OSTs.

About which one is better? It depends on what you like watching. Both have flaws, but for me they are both pretty great and entertaining. However, I can't really compare them 😅

Fof is a hit or miss drama. You will either connect with it and love it or you will hate it and find it bland.