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Yes I agree - not everyone's totally happy and that's sort of the tragic beauty behind the storyline. Funny how Hou won in the end with his son being the leader that he always wanted to be hahahaha.

I still find it weird that TSJ had that line ''my heart is too small'' --> that was XY's line in the novel LOL. If his heart was too small, he wouldn't have been caught in the middle with his Grandma and family responsibilities.

In the novel, the major plot line where CX was the one who organized TSJ's assassination resulting in a rift with XY (and all the events that followed) was changed to be just a dream sequence in the drama. The mastermind behind TSJ's assassination in the drama was changed from CX to Xinyue (his Empress). So they basically changed CX's character development by changing him from a morally grey character to a ''good guy''.

There were also a number of other changes that impacted the other leads in the drama as well.

Ahead of the finale, I just wanna say that I'm super grateful for this forum - had some very nice discussions with you all (in the threads and on this page) - the good, the bad, and the crazy. I will say that having this discussion forum has maintained some of my sanity (despite the crazy things that happened in S2). Thank you everyone for listening to my rants, for the validation, and for the fun discussions!

I will say S2 was not what I had anticipated (for obvious reasons), but I was able to keep up due to the wonderful actors and also you all.

I'm sure this page will blow up even more tomorrow, and I'm not sure how to feel (happy or sad that it will be over? I just really want to get over this and move on hahahah T______T, maybe after a few more RANTS and discussion sessions). Probably will reread the novel as well.

Cheers!

yes still mourning over the loss of our possessive and obsessive CX who has been toned down to a ''good guy''

LOOOOL

Yes I remember he had his tails cut off. I will have to reread the novel. But if that’s the case then XY will be left alone again. xD

I figured that if she didn’t treat him, he would only have 100 yrs to live

Interesting, what’s her username? Do you have a link? I’d be surprised if she had the final say in it all, and made all these changes

LOOOOL. Preparing for this forum to blow up tomorrow

Did the explicitly say how many years he had? I do remember them mentioning he was so heartbroken after the breakup and ill he might not live long, but figured XY already cured him?

Wow so many spoiler clips lol. Am I ready? Not really…but I do wanna watch them all and get over it right now

XY giving her blood to XL (what’s the point if TSJ doesn’t need it tho?? Haha) https://weibo.com/3765946064/5058649976733785

XY and TSJ reunite (looks like it is at the Jade Mountain): https://weibo.com/3765946064/5058635279630459

You can be comforted knowing they didn’t change the male lead to be a “goodie two shoes” in that one lol

Ugh even tho I hate the changes, I am still anxious about the next 5 eps. I want to just watch and get it over with, then rant about the changes more, and then reread the novel lmao

No the part where CX says he killed TSJ was the dream (grandpa showed CX what the consequences would be if CX did it). Unlike in the novel where CX did arrange for TSJ’s assassination, this was changed in the drama where Xinyue became the mastermind.

Yes that's what happened in the book - the assassination of Jing and XY were separate events. One organized by CX (killing TSJ) and the other by Xinyue (killing XY).

It appears they tried to combine the two assassination attempts into one in the drama with the mastermind being Xinyue. But in my opinion, it failed miserably and seemed a little confusing (at least - it was not convincing that Xinyue tried to kill XY). Even though XY was Xinyue's target, TSJ ended up being the victim. Not sure if it's the editing or if they deleted scenes.

Per leaked script, CX wasn't behind the assassination of TSJ - how ep 18 ended was basically a dream sequence. His grandpa will show him what the consequences are if CX decided to kill TSJ.

Yes, every character experienced love sickness at some point, but I am pretty sure the title is meant for the main male lead CX. Based on the interview, looks like it was done before they adapted the novel to a drama. Kinda ironic how Tong Hua says that if it gets adapted, she hopes it retains the theme (but with the script changes, I don't feel that way). The song of eternally yearning for you was meant for CX - I do feel like he was the one who technically did lost her forever/eternally yearned for XY. It started and ended that way, and they could not go back to the way they were. Altho, yes you are right they are alive and the story hasn’t “ended”. I can only hope that they would meet again somewhere down the line

Yeah I know, so sad. The day he chose power was when he already lost the opportunity. Altho I am curious - if he recognized and pursued her when she was WXL and she fell in love, would she have tolerated him choosing to be king. But then again, there are mo what ifs :(

A fan of both TSJ and XL but a YaoXuan shipper here. I read somewhere that Tong Hua even confirmed herself that 长相思 is about CX losing XY forever (which makes sense in the novel with the choices he made). The changes are appalling because they also ruined the other main leads.

The actors definitely carried the mess of a script in S2

i mean this is what ZWY said he would do as CX. kill TSJ off earlier haahhah