Deirdre19

Yes, same here… He doesn’t make it easy to be a fan. I know that he prefers to enjoy life rather than work hard and in a way I applaud him because I am the same, but as a fan I’m like”C’mon man, give us something!”

I don’t know how he makes his decisions for a project, some recent choices have been rather bad. You know which one I mean…
He’s been in the business for quite a long time, maybe he’s just frustrated about being paired with these little girlies who can’t act and then being insulted as a dirty old man by some crazy netizens.

Who knows, maybe the script is good and he will be able to steal the show as the antagonist, like in Legend of Dugu…

Don’t put too much trust into those teasers in the opening/closing credits. Sometimes they just show “shocking” scenes there - like a marriage btw. the “wrong” people to keep people engaged. And in the drama it’s only a planned wedding that gets stopped halfway…

I watched Under the Power (yes, all 55 episodes!) and it was ok because he was supposed to be this stony-faced commander., which I think is a type of role that suits him. Love a Lifetime was an interesting story, so I watched that as well, but found the SML much more interesting. The one he really spoilt for me was The Blue Whisper. I gave up after the third attempt. Not only did he have zero emotional subtlety or chemistry with the FL, but he also didn’t look anything like the character in the book. It was a total mis-cast in my view.

Of course you can find many ways to explain/excuse his actions, but it doesn’t change the fact that his behaviour makes him a thoroughly unlikeable character.

It’s not really about the kisses, but the fake kisses (and the fake abs) show a lack of professional attitude. Either you do what it takes for the role or you step aside and leave it to someone who is willing to do what is required. To me he just comes across like a spoilt boy who wants everything but isn’t prepared to make any effort.

Having seen a few of Allen Ren’s dramas, I not too impressed with his acting or his professional attitude. It will be tough to suffer through another one of his dramas just to see a bit of Jeremy. Just like you, I had also hoped support role days were over. He deserves so much better!

Oh vow! 2 min!! Seems like he is taking a fancy to these guest appearances, but it is rather unsatisfactory for the fans…

I’ll just wait and see…He certainly doesn’t qualify as eye-candy, so maybe for once they hired an ML based on acting ability. That would truly be impressive!

Watched 2 episodes and so far the story is interesting, even though it has some some very annoying cliches, like the spoilt little miss who keeps bullying the underdog FL and the omnipotent master who sees everything except the bullying that happens right under his nose. It’s ok for two or three episodes but if they are dragging this out it will be annoying.
The FL is giving me some very unpleasant Yunxi flashbacks, same lethargic suffering facial expression, same brown shadows under her eyes. I definitely prefer my FLs a bit more dynamic.
Not too impressed by the ML, he feels a bit bland when it comes to stage presence. Literally any other male character, including the demons, feels more like a leading man than him.
Let’s see how this develops in the coming episodes…

Ok, now I understand what you mean, I don’t think that there is any connection between Bai YaXing and the small hypnotist. In the novels they appear in different volumes, it’s only for the drama version that they appear at the same time. I like the drama version because it was filmed so beautifully, but the story is much better in the novel. I just arrived at the bit where we learn about the event that turned Bai YaXing from a policeman into a vigilante and it is very good! I might put some of it into the ‘recent discussions’ section once I finished translating. It gives his character a lot more depth.

I read somewhere that WHD or his fans had the FL replaced. If true, I can only congratulate them. It’s what Jeremy Tsui should have done as well before wasting his efforts on that fluff cotton ball in Chong Zi. I assume that sadly he lacks that bargaining power, though…
I really don’t have any particular preference for the FL, but at least it should be someone who can act instead of just pout for 40 episodes.

If they can see the phoenix figure in the mirror for the group, why can’t they see it for the individual? It sounds like a willful complication of things just to have a story…

I hope the drama will have fewer plot holes than the synopsis above…

Bai YaXing used to be a police informant (in the novel he was even a police captain) who went undercover in the gang where the murderer of the ML’s mother was the cook. He helped the cook escape the police raid and was considered his benefactor. Given BYX’s character it can be assumed that he manipulates everyone he meets to obtain their secrets. This murder of a woman in a small community must have made some waves, so everyone would know about it. It would have been easy for him to put two and two together.
This is my theory - in the novels the two of them never meet, because Bai YaXing features in volume 1 whereas Lu FengPing only appears in volume 3.
I don’t understand what you mean by the small scale hypnotist…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU9kG5Gvkjs

The 1st episode is subbed on YT…

I keep coming back to check, but nothing seems to be happening with this one. Maybe it’s because there aren’t any idol boys in the main cast that we don’t even get some rumours.
I hope it just drops from the sky one day to surprise us.

Here is the synopsis (copied from Douban):
The little snake demon under the Qingcheng Mountain - Xue Linglong, who had been working hard for thousands of years to cross the thunder disaster, faded the snake body and became a girl in the city. Under the guidance of Guanyin and Yue Lao, she went to the world to find the son of heaven, but the love was in the past. After a trip to the world, you can leave after going through ordinary things. However, in this process, Linglong met her sister Qingdai, and even met her beloved Lin Haoxuan. Is this the beginning of another love-hate entanglement in her previous life? Let's look forward to finding the answer in the play.

That’s a bit of a double-edged sword. If people just comment without actually having anything to say/share it will be boring to wade through the sea of pointless comments.

The heart scale will be the last piece, because after losing it YH will be on borrowed time.