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Which episode are you at? I wasn't vibing with it at first, I loved the book and it was fun to find easter eggs, I also found the chemistry between the leads really good. I thought it would be a fun time but nothing special, yet here I am, bewitched this bad first time since The Untamed. To me, the best thing about this drama is our lead couple. You can feel the honesty and care they put into their characters through your screen. The OST is superb and the dialogues are something else. They are deep but not pretentious. I love how "trust" comes up throughout the drama. So don't force yourself too much to like it, but if you are as sappy as me, finding the whole concept of soulmates and new beginnings the most romantic things ever, you are gonna love it anyway.

I think pulling the plug on the April airing date because of WoH is a reasonable theory and I would have done the same too. No one expected a low budget BL to do this well, Immortality having to be rivals with it would have been embarrassing for Tencent. Whatever happened, it is for the best it got pushed back. Everyone is still high on WoH.

Definitely YES! Just get ready because you are gonna get attached really bad.

Shout-out to Gong Jun and Zhang ZheHan for being amazing and taking their roles seriously even when they knew it was a low budget BL. I can't get over their genuine respect for this project. A lot of BL actors sadly half ass their performances but not these two. All those improved scene like "A-Xu, A-Xu, A-Xu - Lao Wen, Lao Wen, Lao Wen" .. I am becoming emotional again, someone pass me a tissue, please.

Yeah, I heard ZZH kept praising and encouraging him which probably boosted his confidence. I am so glad he got paired up with someone like ZZH who he could build a trusting and positive environment with. You can definitely see it on their chemistry.

It so goood but I had to put listening it on hold because I am still mourning the loss of the drama and hearing the songs make me incredibly emotional. It will definitely go down in my book as one of the best drama OSTs.

Mine too! This is the moment ZZS and WKX cement their trust for each other (them exploding out of that hole and laying breathless, content on the grass is just..yeah. They consummated that trust). In an early episode Zishu says "trust should be mutual" and he takes off his mask then, giving Kexing and ultimately himself a chance. I just love their dialogues, they come back in full circles, building on each other, giving us beautifully deep scenes like the one you mentioned . To me, that is the the second biggest strength of this drama after WenZhou's chemistry.

Oh wow, a lot of people seem to adore this drama. I started the first episode but then I dropped it. It is not that I hated it but I was not in the mood and it seemed a little bit boring. So you guys are saying it is worth it, huh? I think I'll give this one another chance, I love Guardian and I saw some people say they are similar in certain aspects.

ZZH and GJ treated the shippers in such a pro way that I could definitely see them working together again in the future. What I saw from here and there, their fans get along quite well. Together these two could be such a force in the drama scene. Please someone, make this happen!

Haven't felt so deeply for a drama couple since The Untamed. How to move on? Do I want to move on?

Shameless self promo, I made an fmv if anyone is curious. Worked for WenZhou so hard on this:
https://youtu.be/vaylZIFxOkA

I just wanted to say, THANK YOU! I am very grateful, I was having a mini mental breakdown and you saved me. Lol who am I kidding..I had a full blown mental breakdown.

Thank you for doing research!

Changing Shi Mei to a female changes nothing about the dynamics between characters. This was the only way to pass censorship. If Shi Mei stayed a male, one of the most important relationships would have lost and that would be a bigger change than the gender bending. The general public shipping Shi Mei and Moran is literally the least of our possible problems. Who cares who they ship if the screenwriters follow the novel. It sounds like they are doing their best to conserve its story. The current biggest obstacle is now WoH that is still currently airing internationally. If they indeed push HYX a few months back, then they are trying to avoid clashing with it. It can do well if the writing, acting and chemistry is on point even if it airs in April. It is way too early to bury such a huge budget drama.

This sounds quite interesting. BL in Joseon era? And the plot gives me this old school Kdrama vibe. Nice.

Are you really suggesting that WoH's writing is better than TU's? TU is the closest adaptation to date! A ton of lines are taken straight out of the novel. WoH really thinly follows its source material. I know you are high on that BL in WoH but let's not say that TU's story is weak. In my opinion it overshadows WoH, no question and I will die on that hill.

Please can you not spoil WoH's ending? A lot of us are following the official Youku update schedule. Hide your comment behind the spoiler tag please. Thanks.

Oh definitely, Feiyu and Yunxi have to have passionate chemistry. Even if they have to keep it on the low because of the censorship, they have to give their all with their eyes. I need to see passionate yearning between them. I just really hope we are lucky again and we get another great BL.

If the HYX crew thought that they have to live up to TU, that is already good. It is true that WOH is super daring but TU was so beautifully done that the love was obvious between the two men. Even with the ending, they ended TU where WangXian could become official, they found each other again. So, it doesn't have to outdo WoH, it just has to find its voice and be itself.
Moran and Wanning have different relationship from Kexing and Zishu anyway, it were never gonna be like WoH. I also hope people won't give it too much of a hard time if it is not as BL-ish as WoH. If it can compare to TU in honesty, then it is already more than great.

Ahh I see! Thank you :)

Is he rumored to be HC and not XL?
I will check out for DCX, thanks!