Johanna Linnea Karlsson

1. It's impossible to be jealous over a future couple. Can't be jealous over what hasn't been aired. So that makes no sense.
2. Putting everything under spoiler will scare off people, as it should, as designed.
If you haven't yet started watching this drama, as many are still flocking to it, you won't know what pertains to what character, so using names, indicating what happens to whom, isn't very nice either. Someone finding someone, seems a lot more roundabout and safe, anyone having seen enough of the drama would also immediately understand.
I'm not sure if html works here, which would be fantastic, should be able to cover certain parts, not necessarily hide a whole post.

The hair is 100 percent manhua accurate. It doesn't matter how annoyed some people are, it's following the source material.
People think the author based the character on Dilraba, because Changge has the same mole Dilraba has, in the same place and in the manhua they look eerily similar.

The hair is manhua accurate, so they can go chew rocks.
Older female leads are the only ones who get criticized, mostly because younger fangirls of the male leads know they cannot compare with an older, beautiful, experienced woman.
It's less of a hard pill to swallow, if the girl is younger.
Older women are a threat.

Enormous spoiler, for when 'someone' finds 'someone', as you know 'someone's' a little bit lost, right.
Only watch if you wanna know when 'someone' is found.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41dmYnQ7yt8&ab_channel=%E5%8D%8E%E7%AD%96%E5%BD%B1%E8%A7%86%E5%AE%98%E6%96%B9%E9%A2%91%E9%81%93ChinaHuaceTVOfficialChannel

That's ep eighteen.

This brand new preview high res, oh my days!!!
Sun is heartbreak personified, it seems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALfMf51j06Y&ab_channel=华策影视官方频道ChinaHuaceTVOfficialChannel

Ashile Sun, is a wholesome, good man. Can we take a minute to appreciate a good man, when we see one.
It makes me miss good men, there are so few of them.
How do we know he's a good man? Because he never tells us, or anyone, that he is. Then we have Shuyu, who has typical 'good guy syndrome', where he can't stop saying what a nice guy he is.
Remember this, gents and ladies, good men never showcase. It's a deeply embedded personality trait that cannot be learned, or unlearned.
A good man wants to accompany, accentuate and enhance your life.
They want to walk by your side, not push you ahead, or drag you behind.
I think this is why I'm really so into this drama, the ML is a good man, how often do you get to say that?

We have Anxious, drinking, jealous Sun coming, around ep 25. I can't wait for this.
I can't wait for her blue harem dress, and her looking like the most beautiful creature ever seen, in front of him, for the first time.
I admit it, I have wants.
Jealous Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbtehVWIOoQ&ab_channel=iCLIPCdrama
blue dress below at 1:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa_PMsynKfA&t=6s&ab_channel=%E5%BD%B1%E8%A7%86%E5%89%A7%E9%80%8F%E7%A4%BEDramaCrush

Can we have someone translate these encounters?

at 13:07 why is he so happy just to hold her hand? hahahah

Just look at these two, in a dedicated setting just for them, completely relaxed.
At 13min they're supposed to be arm wrestling, but it's mostly a lot of holding hands!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606-K5gixIE&ab_channel=%E5%BD%B1%E8%A7%86%E5%89%A7%E9%80%8F%E7%A4%BEDramaCrush

I've watched last half of ep eighteen, maybe 7 times? Why am I so obsessed? Because they're not spoonfeeding us the romance, I suppose.
I think this drama has UST, or just UT, Unresolved Sexual Tension, or just unresolved tension.

Part of the plotline, she realises something about the seal, and seals in general, a little later.

I get that many people like Lusi's soft romance dramas, I watch those dramas too, pretty much all of her work, I think.
I am however over the Tsundere, mean man of mystery, falling for the apple blossom, candy girl trope. I like that she's in a little, just little different role this time, but did they have to pair her with anyone? Her character would have been so much cooler, being the cream that rises to the top of the milk, by her own merits and hard work.
Why did they have to do the Tsundere plotline, why are so many women still attracted to it.
Could we not start rejecting awful men?

I keep thinking, too much I admit, that they can't have had him buff up so much, just for one or two 'I have an outchie' scenes.

Yes, never. He's a child actor, heavily managed by his mother.

She's also just a 15 year old girl, she's only just had her first menses, things on the emotional spectrum are now going to get complicated.
She was fairly stable, before. She technically just 'became a woman'. It's little things like this, that keep me interested in this drama.
ML also must be aware that their dynamic just changed. He's known he's felt something for her, for a while now, but things just got real, as he's now painfully aware that she's now a woman, which is something he must have assumed she was, previously, but this is very 'in your face', coming of age with him right there .
This is someone I've always liked, a kindred individual who turned out to be female, but now she's a woman and a woman that I'd go to war for.
Hold the press.
Unlike the Wolf, this isn't a revenge drama, it's a personal growth drama, masquerading as a revenge plot.

You know, it struck me that Jackson Yee would have been a good fit for Ashile Sun too. Have you seen this guy in 'Better Days'?
Anyway, Leo does it for me too, it's just that Jackson has become such a MAMMOTH amongst young actors. Go watch Better Days now, and cry about that, forget the Long Ballad for a few hours.
Stay safe and sane, everyone!

Are we getting a scene, where Leo is splashing in a lake? because that happened in the manhua, and I'm ready.
Anytime is good.
Why am I so obsessed with this drama.
Why.
Why.
What.

I am consumed from within. I'm reading the manhua and I'm thinking way too much about this drama.
Send rations.

Right? I feel Sound of the Desert can definitely carry people over, until Monday. A lot of people are reading the Chang Ge Xing manhua, which I can understand, but if they want some belly tingles, you just can't go wrong with Sound of the Desert.