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Because he is now the Bitchcovk’s Bentan. 😆

Oh yeah to the bow!

I agree. I think AhYin just wanted to die, though. To her, being imprisoned in that palace was forever because Daze Mt was never coming back. To her, that meant he really wanted to imprison her forever, so, yeah, another misunderstanding.

I know! I’m disappointed. That would have made his lament more palpable.

Oh sure, I we have no argument about how it’s turning out. I don’t mind it, you see. I was just pointing out that it’s not as tired as it seems because they twisted the old tropes and that* made it interesting to me. Like I said in previous replies, I see what the other xiangxias are doing but they aren’t getting my feels. I have no anger or frustration or any passion, just pretty people going through rebirths. I, for one, am enjoying everyone’s frustration and epic anger in this forum. 😜. To me, that means the drama has done its job well. But only to me lol.

I’m sorry but what doesn’t matter to you, matters to me in xianxia. Love you Seven Times didn’t work for me because each death wasn’t believable and everything was solved so laughably fast. Oh! Times up, kiss kiss next incarnation, please, and Whoopi’s, they’re back in heaven with nary an angst. Part of it was the FL ‘s acting but mostly, it is a failed xianxia. They were both victims: they had lost their memories. The angst was so painless, so pretty, like the costumes they wore.

You and I have different perspectives of what we want from a xianxia and that’s okay. My focus isn’t wrong: I just enjoy a different xianxia kink. 😊

I’m glad my post was able to show there’s a method to the angsty madness. 😜

But here they flipped the ML and FL characters. The ML is the more naive one. He isn't one million and one years old. He doesn't turn cold and sarcastic. It is the FL character, which surprised many and made many not like the ML. I find this twist refreshing.

Love You Seven Times cannot be compared. They tried to make it tragic. It failed for me because something was missing. TTEOTM was male-centered, in spite of it being the FL who wanted to change the events. He was different in the sense that he started out being bullied and weak and the FL was the powerful one, but being male-centered, of course his evolvement was like the FL of TLP--he became more powerful after being bullied. He was the tragic figure, just as Ah Yin is in this drama.

So I don't see how these tropes can be seen as tired. There were so many things the FL is doing that, in the past, was usually the ML would do. I'm just so happy the drama did not start out with a "naive, silly young thing with that touch of evil seed" in her that the ML must make sacrifices to help her rid of it.

I'm waiting for trailer links!

Yes, the actress is very good. It's a good drama.

I wrote this a day ago, analyzing the episodes so far. I try to put perspective on the growth of the characters in each quarter of the 40 episodes drama. No spoilers in this post:


Gu Jin didn't want any responsibilities. He spent his first two hundred years of cultivation just being a bum (IMO), drinking, having fun, etc. He didn't mind being made fun of because he knew what he was and was constantly trying to deny that part of him. He went so far as to wager away his cultivation years. And without even thinking, he gave away that Magic Umbrella that his clan depended on for protection. It was one of a few Ancient Artifacts left and he just..."here, my beauty, take it, no prob" gave it away.

And there lies the viewers' frustration with him. Where everyone is used to MLs like Yueh Hua and Dong Hua Dijun who was all about responsibilities and stifled emotions, or even like Gu Jin's own father, Bai Jue (or whatever his name is in this drama), who spent thousands of years preparing to sacrifice himself, here is an ML who...was totally unprepared and not even really wanting to be prepared. That's the first ten episodes--a carefree dude, much ado about nothing kind of lifestyle. You can imprison him and he'd still enjoy a cool magical beer and be happy. Most viewers cannot take that part because they sort of have expected a cold and powerful ML who would know bad guys from good ones. One tends to forget Ah Jin was just a young boy and Ah Yin was his little baby hatchling.

The next ten episodes, the two were growing from a brother-sister/friends bond to a lover relationship. Gu Jin was all hormonal, first with Hua Shu and now with Ah Yin. That's what teens do, I guess, and the drama depicted this. Ah Jin was starting to unconsciously accept his power--practicing with Ah Yin, protecting, even actually taking on a trial to win something to help her inner strength.

The third set of ten episodes, the ones we are seeing now, the kids were grown up. Yet they were really nothing compared with the adults around them who were playing power games out of their control. They were used, even Gu Jin. Gu Jin in these episodes picked up the mantle of power and tried to do things. Remember, he was still a few hundred years old, adulting with the thousands of years old bad guy-adults. He did have a goal here--protect Ah Yin. Save his Daze brothers. To him, he had only one example to follow, his father. Well, there you go. These chapters see him doing things without telling anyone, just like his father. (LOL)

The last set of ten episodes that are coming--I'm not going to go into spoilers. But it's a thousand years later (per Episode One, so I'm not spoiling anything). Our kids are 1000 years older. Ah Yin is now Feng Yin. Ah Jin is now Yuan Qi through and through. They are now "adults" with baggage. Let's see how they resolve their issues, eh?

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As for Bitchcovk, no worries. She will be humiliated several times, something she hates most.

Oh, the actress herself is very pretty. When they were altogether on red carpet at the award show, she looked gorgeous.

It’s the character Bitchcovk you’re mad at 😂

No, this is xianxia pain at its best. 🤣

I think the watchers will change their minds.

The original title of the drama was Hidden God, which was more appropriate since they both were hidden gods in various stages of their lives.

Yes, that word was so wrong. It really hurt Ah Yin.

Not in vain. Need it for ending.

He is also an extremely young god compared to the other MLs we are talking about

This drama is unique because it turns all the usual FL dumb tropes upside down and give it to the ML. LuSi loved that.