Can I offer a perspective that they got their happy ending though not together? I think it was great that they…
i didn't mind that it was a part of the story. i wasn't invested in her being a good or bad character. i didn't think of any of the characters that way. all characters had a part to play in how history unfolded around them influencin both the political and the personal and in that era women had more power in the personal sphere. also, as terrible as it is, not everyone gets their comeuppance especially when that powerful, so the fact that she weilded power in that way made sense even as i wasn't expecting such coldness from her. i felt sorry for krailert but not necessarily for the love story between him and naran and i loved that krailert asked trin to live life for the both of them. very in line with their spiritual beliefs in such restricting circumstances.
ngl Krailert and Naran were kinda the soul of this series for me. So having their endings being... like this...…
Can I offer a perspective that they got their happy ending though not together? I think it was great that they knew how much the one loved the other and that one would have been chosen if the situation allowed. They loved each other at the level of the mind/spirit primarily, and though they were together physically for a short while, that bond is still there. I personallly would be content if I knew someone somewhere in this world held that kind of love for me. I was also glad that none of the women in the story were passive and that they showed a woman being just as manipulative as the men.
I can't believe I went from being a Devi supporter for 7 episodes to being her hater. That was heartbreaking.…
That's why I kept saying it makes no sense to feel sorry for the women being "cheated on" when we don't even know their motives or what they truly think about the dynamics of the relationship. We tend to infantilize women as if they have no agency.
Y'all. This show stirred me up and touch so many quiet spaces in my heart. It was volatile and tender at the same time and so poetic. I dreaded watching the last episode the same way I dreaded starting the earlier ones, but every time without a doubt the team treated the story and, therefore, the audience with thoughtfulness and they never brought us past the edges.
This is a capable team that really know how to work with the emotional cycle of the audience -- taken through a story -- and the execution was with precision and care. They know how to take an audience through full catharsis at a level of expertise I've only seen and talked about with those who craft on the stage. In fact, the story felt more like stagecraft than film. Absolutely effing brilliant.
Well done Be On Cloud. Love the clever self insert in that song written by Krailert.
wow. that father was excessively abusive. i found it disturbing when someone completely overides or stifles another's will. this is the worst kind of abuse imo.
Zefang was such a bad person it surprises me to see people just didn't care about that and think he deserves something.
this ended up being a bit long....
to think that zefang has lost something and the grandfather gained by stealing zefang's life has three issues.
1) xia cha didn't initially choose the body swap as we agree and when the opportunity to leave came, he took it. zefang and the others allowed for him to stay in the body. his own will was not a part of the outcome = no stealing. 2) this life as the ultimate/having primacy - the lens has to widen to the reincarnation cycle for all the characters 3) zefang gave his grandfather a second chance through the body swap (not reincarnation), which, in terms of good deeds is top tier (thus he has become a better person) and this positions him to have greater fortune in the next life. his grandfather living with double happiness could allow compassion for zefang's soul and potentially increase its fortune in his next life.
i think the multiple concepts in this show were too complex for the team to execute. there was too much going on for the resources, format, level of expertise and storytelling style. example, i never fully understood why the body swap occured and i thought that execution was clunky plus, zefang being able to handle the red string of fate. but in terms of reincarnation, i think the show's logic is sound enough -- takes familiarity with the conept to see the bigger picture. the ending may not be satisfying if you are rooting for zefang, but it ultimately isn't his story at the center of the narrative, it is xia cha's. i didn't even feel that hua yuan (ml) is a part of the story's center as typical in bl.
yes, you too are both so precious. just about every character in this show is precious in some way. honestly though since ep1 i've been scared to watch each episode because i am waiting for the anvil to fall. thankfully the emotional ride isn't as turbulent as i have been anticipating.
Edit two more episodes to go before i am officially doing this 🙇🏾 🙌🏾 🤌🏾 👏🏾
I personallly would be content if I knew someone somewhere in this world held that kind of love for me.
I was also glad that none of the women in the story were passive and that they showed a woman being just as manipulative as the men.
This is a capable team that really know how to work with the emotional cycle of the audience -- taken through a story -- and the execution was with precision and care. They know how to take an audience through full catharsis at a level of expertise I've only seen and talked about with those who craft on the stage. In fact, the story felt more like stagecraft than film. Absolutely effing brilliant.
Well done Be On Cloud. Love the clever self insert in that song written by Krailert.
to think that zefang has lost something and the grandfather gained by stealing zefang's life has three issues.
1) xia cha didn't initially choose the body swap as we agree and when the opportunity to leave came, he took it. zefang and the others allowed for him to stay in the body. his own will was not a part of the outcome = no stealing. 2) this life as the ultimate/having primacy - the lens has to widen to the reincarnation cycle for all the characters 3) zefang gave his grandfather a second chance through the body swap (not reincarnation), which, in terms of good deeds is top tier (thus he has become a better person) and this positions him to have greater fortune in the next life. his grandfather living with double happiness could allow compassion for zefang's soul and potentially increase its fortune in his next life.
i think the multiple concepts in this show were too complex for the team to execute. there was too much going on for the resources, format, level of expertise and storytelling style. example, i never fully understood why the body swap occured and i thought that execution was clunky plus, zefang being able to handle the red string of fate. but in terms of reincarnation, i think the show's logic is sound enough -- takes familiarity with the conept to see the bigger picture. the ending may not be satisfying if you are rooting for zefang, but it ultimately isn't his story at the center of the narrative, it is xia cha's. i didn't even feel that hua yuan (ml) is a part of the story's center as typical in bl.
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two more episodes to go before i am officially doing this 🙇🏾 🙌🏾 🤌🏾 👏🏾
It's not even about romance for me but to experience the joy and beauty of life fleeting or not.