12 or so episodes into this season and on top of S1, I can see XY growing ever more weary of the burden of being born in her family. Everyone around is burdened with the past and/or their present responsibilities, always having to consider the greater good even in the face of one's own loved ones. Girl just wants to study her medicine and live in peace with her loved ones.
This arc of the story, with XY facing her own past and background, has been through some cuts and changes in adapting it into drama form, but I think the overall essence of the story has remained true. I'm waiting until the end to pass judgment on it compared to how the story unfolded in the novel.
Why are some sad people downrating episodes that haven't even aired yet? 🤦♀️
I think over time the rating will reach where it should be. When more casual viewers not so invested in this ship or that star watch this, they probably will rate it as it should be. But yeah, rating episodes that haven't aired yet...I don't think a face palm even suffices LOL
I think Jing said it best somewhere in the novel, I can't remember exactly when. He tells FFYY that she didn't…
That's what I love about his story, lots to discuss and there can be different viewpoints. I don't think anyone is condoning her wrong actions, but the feelings of sadness and even empathy for her character are definitely meant to be evoked. It just probably works more for some people than others. It's written into the original novel, and I think much more apparent when it's seen on screen.
I see a lot of FFYY sympathy here which I find….. odd? She was perfectly fine with TH torturing TSJ and assuming…
I think Jing said it best somewhere in the novel, I can't remember exactly when. He tells FFYY that she didn't do anything wrong in falling for Hou, but she did sin greatly in killing Hou's wife. I think that conversation sums up a lot regarding her character. She is pitiable in the sense of a woman suffering more for her wrong deeds versus a man committing similar crimes, but I agree, she did bad and should answer for her deeds, which she more than does in my opinion. Hou, on the other hand...utter trash. Dude is seriously messed up in his head. He's so busy planning mind games with himself because he cannot break out of his childhood trauma inflicted by his so-called mother. But that's another conversation. In today's terms, he really needed therapy early and often my goodness.
I don't have sympathy for FFYY because sympathy would imply I've had a similar experience, which I don't. I can't really say I have empathy for her either because I agree with you in the sense that she committed great evil in attempting to and being complicit to murders. I'd like to think that I wouldn't let some guy lead me to live a life of crime. But what I do feel is tremendous pathos for her especially in that scene when she is by herself in the dark with her thoughts before Jing comes in the room. Somehow, in the novel, that really didn't come through for me, but through the actress' performance, I feel much more sadness in seeing all these Qingqiu scenes brought to life.
Interesting observations! I'm not so sure of the last one. I think the chess match between Jing, Grandfather Emperor…
You're right, the game with Jing/Grandpa/XY is probably better as a parallel with the scene in S1 as far as playing Go. I guess it's more of the whole sequence of the 3 of them (Jing, XY and CX) together that reminds me of them together in Qingshui.
This arc of the story, with XY facing her own past and background, has been through some cuts and changes in adapting it into drama form, but I think the overall essence of the story has remained true. I'm waiting until the end to pass judgment on it compared to how the story unfolded in the novel.
I don't have sympathy for FFYY because sympathy would imply I've had a similar experience, which I don't. I can't really say I have empathy for her either because I agree with you in the sense that she committed great evil in attempting to and being complicit to murders. I'd like to think that I wouldn't let some guy lead me to live a life of crime. But what I do feel is tremendous pathos for her especially in that scene when she is by herself in the dark with her thoughts before Jing comes in the room. Somehow, in the novel, that really didn't come through for me, but through the actress' performance, I feel much more sadness in seeing all these Qingqiu scenes brought to life.