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ALL THE QI MIN YEARNERS, gather here with me, let our emotional turmoils peak together. One of the biggest reasons…
If we apply modern day psychology on Qimin, we can see that the traumas of his childhood were not addressed and treated. He was burned, watched his mother die in front of him, disfigured, mocked and had lifelong phantom pains and hallucinations. These were also compounded by the constant reminder to seek revenge as it is his duty as the legal crown prince and then getting drugged to give his handlers a son. They roofied him!! That is SA! 😨 There is no way a person can be close to "normal" after all of the above without intensive therapy and medication.
Qimin drew the short straw of the lot of them who lost their parents during the war 17 years ago. The rest of them at least had a proper childhood in a loving or normal environment. They were also healthy and none of his peers got SA-ed. I think these things need to be taken into consideration. QiMin also had no love and guidance of a family but was groomed as a tool. This is not an excuse for him to be brutal and careless with other people's lives but these events would definitely mess with a person's mind. 🥲
I think YQQ felt mainly compassion and pity for him. She is a mum too. When she heard Qimin call for his mum in his sleep and asking to die, which mum will not feel for them? 😢And also YQQ realised that with some guidance, QM actually stopped killing people. It probably indicated that he just needed some guidance. QM actually learnt how to let go at the very end!😭 Imagine the improvements he would make if there was more time for them together. 😔
Agreed that the novel end was very cold for QM. 😭 I am glad the director did what they did for the poison soup scene. QM deserved something better than the novel ending. 😣
For the IF segment, though very bittersweet, I think that is the best outcome for Qimin. 🥺No more entanglement with YQQ. It was funny to see YQQ running after QM because in the other timeline, she was running away and QM was chasing her. 🤭 If they got together in this IF timeline, they might trigger another activation of karma, because living in the palace as QM's empress is taking away YQQ's freedom and locking her in a cage again. So this is the best outcome.
For the other CPs, we know they will have a HEA in whatever timeline they are in, but not for QM and YQQ. Thank you to the director for giving this tragic CP closure. Wishing love and joy to Qimin and Yu Qian Qian though they will never be together. 🥹
I too bawled my eyes out for this very tragic CP in the last 2 episodes. 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
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Where are the rest of the citizens? This rewatch should be our version of the Chinese Spring Festival! Everyone get your butts back to moon base! 🤪😜😁
Archive master with pleasure! 🤭
We Moonies are super supportive, I am sure someone else would have stepped up if I couldn't make it on time. 😁
Now that you mentioned...hahaha...yes, we are quite KPI driven aren't we? 🤪
Immortality used to be 2nd place and we beat them. Them Clownies are still waiting for their drama. 😅🤡
FYI Moonies -
I have created the folder to archive the comments of our 3rd rewatch in the "Discussions" section above.
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Are we are still 2nd place for comments considering we have all gone a bit quiet in recent years? 🤪🤭
Heard you were starting the engines of the TTEOTM rewatch?
WHUT?! It's been 3 years already?!! AMAZING!!
https://x.com/SpringSky2023/status/2040341779388809456?s=20
Deng Kai has finally been vindicated after 8 long years of being ignored!! 🥹 Gotta to try to show as much love and support as we can to him!
If you have a Weibo account and are comfortable to do so, please consider supporting him by ordering a copy. Magazine drops on 7th April 2026.
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Let's just stick to this one till there is a better one! 😁
Btw, do you have the weibo letter Deng Kai wrote as farewell to his character Qimin?
Qimin drew the short straw of the lot of them who lost their parents during the war 17 years ago. The rest of them at least had a proper childhood in a loving or normal environment. They were also healthy and none of his peers got SA-ed. I think these things need to be taken into consideration. QiMin also had no love and guidance of a family but was groomed as a tool. This is not an excuse for him to be brutal and careless with other people's lives but these events would definitely mess with a person's mind. 🥲
I think YQQ felt mainly compassion and pity for him. She is a mum too. When she heard Qimin call for his mum in his sleep and asking to die, which mum will not feel for them? 😢And also YQQ realised that with some guidance, QM actually stopped killing people. It probably indicated that he just needed some guidance. QM actually learnt how to let go at the very end!😭 Imagine the improvements he would make if there was more time for them together. 😔
Agreed that the novel end was very cold for QM. 😭 I am glad the director did what they did for the poison soup scene. QM deserved something better than the novel ending. 😣
For the IF segment, though very bittersweet, I think that is the best outcome for Qimin. 🥺No more entanglement with YQQ. It was funny to see YQQ running after QM because in the other timeline, she was running away and QM was chasing her. 🤭 If they got together in this IF timeline, they might trigger another activation of karma, because living in the palace as QM's empress is taking away YQQ's freedom and locking her in a cage again. So this is the best outcome.
For the other CPs, we know they will have a HEA in whatever timeline they are in, but not for QM and YQQ. Thank you to the director for giving this tragic CP closure. Wishing love and joy to Qimin and Yu Qian Qian though they will never be together. 🥹
I too bawled my eyes out for this very tragic CP in the last 2 episodes. 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭