Amarina

Cliffhanger for 13 since it's a "Part 1" 😭. Knew this would happen at some point but still... ugh. BUT.... Got to see Wang Ze Xuan AND Yan Zi Xian together in this episode!

This is an anthology show so he isn't in every episode. On the show site he's listed 3rd after Yang Xinming and Purba Rgyal. Up to ep 13 is out and YZX has been in ep 1, 4/5 (2 parter), 8, 9, 13 - so he's been in almost half of them so far.

So the way I looked at it, half of the times that the ML "doubted" her was really him trying to justify his world views based on his promises to the Beasts and his Savior. They were almost delusional doubts because ANY time he had to defend her against someone else saying she was doing bad deeds he did. It was only when she would refuse to explain herself that those whispers would take root because the situations DID look bad.

This is why I had a love/Hate with her as well. She spent so much time "above" the situations that she never even considered needing to explain herself. And indeed she DID do bad near the end when she "allowed" those people to die to save him and then forced the medicine down his throat. 😔

I DO think that he loved her. Loving someone doesn't mean never having doubts about them and she NEVER explains herself until after the fact in any situation. Sure you can blame him for believing in the Villain dude for so long but the guy was basically like a father to him having saved him from death and it "sounded" like he had the best interests of the Demons in mind. The audience is an impartial 3rd party observer with additional information that he did not have. 🤷‍♀️ I can be annoyed with him but he is a consistent character trying to grow within his rigid values... the show is very much stacked against him.

Having to work before I could finish and watch episode 40 was pure torture. But I am not done. I've read some of the spoiler comments and honestly.... I personally think the show was perfect as it was so I'm 100% happy with the ending.

I made myself stop and watch some of Riverside Code since I been so busy last few days but I JUST finished ep.36 and I'm basically rocking back and forth in my head holding my blanket half afraid/ half NEEDING to hit play on ep 37... I swear they said "Let's play with EVERYONE'S emotions and make first half "okay" so we can tear you APART in 2nd half and you'll thank us."

Some of it too comes from the 1st couple of episodes I imagine. It's a show that doesn't really explain itself, especially at the beginning, and when you're first thrown in to ML/FL dynamic and the Mermaid story I could definitely see people being initially put off since it has a different flow than is currently used in today's dramas. But one thing that I'm personally LOVING about this show is just how internally CONSISTENT the characters are, even in their "inconsistencies". It makes them feel more real to me.

Any time you've ever listened to someone in real-life tell a story about how so and so did this or that and they're DONE with them, only for them to pop back up months later connected and talking again... and then being frustrated with them for not acting like you WISH they would.... THAT'S the feeling of this show.

So even I was wrong 😅 ep 34 and they STILL aren't "together", in fact ep 31 was basically MAXIMUM angst instead...

Finally fully caught up through episode 34... Only 6 episodes left 😬🙈 - The tension is so high right now.

I get it but he's VERY consistent in his character qualities - Like he STRUGGLES with his convictions I have such a love/hate relationship with BOTH the mains 😔

No one knows yet and no, he's not "stereotypically" strong - his OP power is his magic brush he uses to paint things to life 😅

The fact it currently has less than 100 watchers on here is criminal

I really think we are still missing SOME context about his past because you're right 😅 He constantly thinks the worst of her to himself but isn't afraid to defend her against other people (usually). He's got that guy whispering in his ear every so often though hinting at his past that makes me want to know more about HIM than "just" Taotie's story 😮‍💨.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though. Personally, I have seen MUCH worse and as such am enjoying it.

The episodes are so short and compact but they make good use of every second in my opinion. I had to actually slow down some of 4 and 5 because I wanted to actually TAKE IN what was going on instead of being slapped by it 🤣😅.

I've gotten through 2 eps so far and yeah... I'm blown away

I'm so glad they ACTUALLY gave this one to us I was afraid they weren't going since it's not the usual romance story they always feed us 😅

🤣 See.... Told you... This one is TAME... And that one ends with her getting out, leaving the ML for 2ML, but getting brain damage and slowly losing her memories until she can't remember anyone anymore until EXCEPT ML and she goes BACK to him and "they live happily ever after" as he takes care of her forever like a living doll essentially

This one is ALSO about a Mute Wife 🤣 And well.... it's messed up... I personally loved it because it was AWFUL and I couldn't predict what would happen next 😅.

https://youtu.be/5x-W59eXV1g?si=qWlm7H4rOO0EkY65

If you would like, I could give you a link to one such example of a show "more shocking" and "done better" as a micro drama