Chinese child actors have come a long way. They always paled in comparison to Korean child actors in terms of…
I think I, along with everyone else on this forum, is entitled to their own opinions. And so are you.
You don’t know who I am nor do you know what I’ve watched. Thanks for the extensive list though, I’ll take a look. I’m sure everyone here appreciates your open mind and your list. Kudos
Hope you’re watching lost you forever! I’ve only seen him in this drama prior to LYF. And his role here was…
Mmmm. I *strongly* encourage you to watch LYF. He’s one of the MLs. There’s three MLs. He’s one of them and he’s garnering quite a gathering for his ship with YangZi. I’m firmly planted on that ship. Up to you! Just don’t want you to miss out ❤️
My FAVORITE scene so far is the chess scene in episode 11. I’ve rewatched it so many times, I rewatched it right after I watched it and then continued with the episode. Didn’t read the novel, just me getting feels. Firstly, its because I love the dynamic of the three - no drama, just three friends playing chess and having a fun time. Gets me anxious for all the fighting that I’m assuming is to come.
Secondly, I think it’s a very good representation of each of the two male leads in this game of go or of life. ShiQi is just happy to be there with her. He doesn’t care if he loses. As long as she’s there, he’s winning. As someone who is acclaimed to be one of the best chess masters ever, he doesn’t feel the need to live up to that title because all that defines him, is WXL and how she feels about him. He lets her do whatever she wants even if it’s the wrong move and he’s always there to fix it for her. At the end of the game, HE says, “‘I lost.” When it’s very clear he likely would have won if it weren’t for her. He’s willing to bear the responsibility for both of them even if she’s the one that messed up.
CX starts by saying he doesn’t like playing with WXL because she always retracts her chess pieces. But mid game, he tells WXL a couple times that she’s free to take it back, I’m assuming because the move was just that bad. Basically he disregards what SHE wants because he thinks he knows what’s best for her. In life, maybe we can extrapolate that to him always wanting to protect her? Obviously he doesn’t know who she is at that point yet but the audience does and his actions during chess show his personality. It’s not wrong what he does, it just illustrates what type of person he is and how he interacts with those around him.
Both care about her. They both just do it in different ways. SQ letting her do whatever she wants and he will shoulder all the blame and losses. CX trying to prevent her from doing the wrong things so he can protect her from the consequences. Just my personal opinion for my fave scene. I’m gonna go watch it again now. <3
Just watched episode 1. OMG the 2 kids are amazing. Literally teared up with them.
Chinese child actors have come a long way. They always paled in comparison to Korean child actors in terms of execution and skill. But lately, I noticed Chinese child actors really displaying true talent and these kids in the first episode are no exception.
I need a drama with Deng Wei as ML. BTW this drama is nice. Nostalgic and romantic.
Hope you’re watching lost you forever! I’ve only seen him in this drama prior to LYF. And his role here was so emotionless bc he’s such a tough guy. It’s refreshing to see him in LYF. Much more warm. Just wanna give him hugs
I think WXL and XL has the oddest relationship I’ve ever seen. From the moment he sank his teeth into her (literally) I was like um…what??? And yet the drama tries to show this softening relationship between the two. It’s the weirdest thing ever. And she LETS him.
Great points, love the analysis. Do you think this is the writer and directors way of telling us he isn’t caring enough compared to the other two leads? The other two seem more perceptive and aware
Not sure if this is a question for novel readers or I’m not supposed to know yet. Currently on episode 12. Why is 17 and XiangLiu immediately able to identify her as a woman but CangXuan did not/cannot?
I just finished ep 10 and I don't understand why she continues to be so cold to Tu Shanjing / Ye Shiqi ever since…
I agree. But instead of annoyed I’m just sad. To me (I didn’t read the novel) I think it’s because she has a fear of being abandoned and being alone. That’s why she never places her trust in anyone. But she decided to take a chance on 17 and for years it seemed promising that he’d be there for her forever. Well, he let her down. He wasn’t there when she took that risk to trust that he’d be there. So she’s probably hesitant in placing trust in him again. Not sure if she’s petty or angry. Might be combo of those things but also disappointed and sad? That’s just me thinking. I’m on episode 12.
Omggg I’m sorry! I didn’t mean for it to be a spoiler. I’m just saying the drama starts to spend time elaborating other characters’ stories!! And I’m just getting bored is all. Just personal preference!
Im still on episode 9 but I’ve literally been powering through this drama, started yesterday. What an unexpected jewel. I realized without ShiQi I’m not as interested. Come baccckk. I’m guessing right now it’s XiangLiu’s time to shine.
I read spoilers from the novel, do you really want to know who she ends up with there?
I wanted to be surprised but then I also really wanted to know. I’m a hot mess. They do such a good job having me root for ShiQi. Call me shallow but I don’t like the look of Zhang Wanyi so I couldn’t root for him. Even though they’re childhood sweethearts. He doesn’t have male lead vibes for me.
It seems Song Yan and Xu Qin became allergic to each other lips in the last 10 episodes when they are together…
Omg. How do you know this? I was also thinking it’s a bit weird that after their initial kiss, there was not much anymore. And YY is like cdrama master of kisses so I was like um. y. T_T
You don’t know who I am nor do you know what I’ve watched. Thanks for the extensive list though, I’ll take a look. I’m sure everyone here appreciates your open mind and your list. Kudos
Secondly, I think it’s a very good representation of each of the two male leads in this game of go or of life. ShiQi is just happy to be there with her. He doesn’t care if he loses. As long as she’s there, he’s winning. As someone who is acclaimed to be one of the best chess masters ever, he doesn’t feel the need to live up to that title because all that defines him, is WXL and how she feels about him. He lets her do whatever she wants even if it’s the wrong move and he’s always there to fix it for her. At the end of the game, HE says, “‘I lost.” When it’s very clear he likely would have won if it weren’t for her. He’s willing to bear the responsibility for both of them even if she’s the one that messed up.
CX starts by saying he doesn’t like playing with WXL because she always retracts her chess pieces. But mid game, he tells WXL a couple times that she’s free to take it back, I’m assuming because the move was just that bad. Basically he disregards what SHE wants because he thinks he knows what’s best for her. In life, maybe we can extrapolate that to him always wanting to protect her? Obviously he doesn’t know who she is at that point yet but the audience does and his actions during chess show his personality. It’s not wrong what he does, it just illustrates what type of person he is and how he interacts with those around him.
Both care about her. They both just do it in different ways. SQ letting her do whatever she wants and he will shoulder all the blame and losses. CX trying to prevent her from doing the wrong things so he can protect her from the consequences. Just my personal opinion for my fave scene. I’m gonna go watch it again now. <3