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Umm, it's not about believing blindly but reading several similar reviews does help to form a negative opinion. I've read many web novels with similar premises, read them despite the negative comments and more often than not the reviews were on point. Hence, from my point of view my concern about the novel is valid. But you have seem to read this novel, so I would love to read your take on characters or maybe you can reference a review that you think that represents the novel best :)

A review on novel updates made me very prejudiced. So, here is the direct quote.
"So, the MC is this perfect beautiful magical girl sent back in time after being pampered in her sect to kill the demon king. She proceeds to not do that, be okay with the demon king acting incredibly devilish and killing all sorts of people and having them r*ped etc, and then be all super sympathetic for poor demon baby guy (because she's a total psychopath herself). Anyway things get complicated with MC oh so comedically trying to hypocritically and not really stop ML as he murders tons of innocent women and men and do all sorts of atrocities for power. (Author loves to play up that ML isn't bad it's just his nature haha so it's fine to murder people and do evil stuff especially since he has tragic backstory.) MC fakes her death teehee and then ML kills tons of people. ML before r*ped MC and had tons of fun torturing but boohoo he feels sad after he has MC killed. Anyway later MC comes back and says I love you but I don't love you and they both romantically die together then get happy endings. Forget all the suffering of the other people involved because we do not care about non-protagonists. This is disgusting "

I get where you are coming from, both characters have a special place in my heart and it all comes down to personal preference :)

True XD

I've read some nasty stuff about the novel so I hope it shall divert from the source material in the best way possible. Also, I don't mind evil leads, or cruelty as long as they acknowledge their wrongdoings and not try to paint themselves as righteous, gullible or in short a freaking white lotus.
That seems to be the case for the heroine in the novel, so I hope she'll be more than a damsel in distress who pities a devil incarnate because he has a tragic past. I love Bai Lu and Yun Xi, so my fingers are crossed for this one :)

I think I enjoy the restrained emotions that just spills over the characters more, there is nothing epic about Shao Shang's mundane life yet it is still enchanting, on the other hand Chang Ge always had a certain sense of spark and adventure in her life. Both of them are spectacular characters but I could identify more with Shao Shang due to her familial problems whilst admiring her wittiness, as for Chang Ge, her way of going against the waves fits with a more traditional heroine, she is amazing but also frustrating to watch whenever she tries to swallow more than she can chew.
Also, production value of The Long Ballad shines through in it's different settings of culture while LLtG is more focused on mundane yet realistic character portrayal. So, I wouldn't put these two dramas in the same category, one is more adventure focused whilst the other is more character focused.

I know the ending, I knew it from the start but the misleading trailers are still giving me a heartache. I'm embarrassed to admit but I actually cried watching them.

I don't think we'll see a drama with this caliber of acting, writing and directing quality for the upcoming couple of years. Its story telling ability is simply stellar. There are some works that are just special, they stay with you even after the passage of countless years, I think for me this drama is one of them.
I love Zhao Lusi's acting and she made a wonderfully vivacious portrayal of her character Shao Shang whilst Wu Lei made my heart ache for Ling Bu Yi, and the supporting cast was beyond and above. I cried, laughed, got angry and scared with them, for them. Sometimes, it feels surreal how much we can come to care for these fictitious characters and that is ultimate testament of a production's overall quality.

I can't bring myself to watch latest episodes before knowing exact ending. Frustration and anxiety is catching up to me.

After few couple of screams it grows on you. They were supposed to be heart wrenching type of moments yet gosh, the frequency of them is just hilarious. That my friends, is what I call a writer's block XD
Give it a go, if the screams annoy you too much you can always mute it :D

I'm trying to save the episodes for binge watching but this comment section is testing my patience. I need my fix of LLtG yet I don't want to leave my self all high and dry after going through my pile.

p.s. I currently re-watching all my favorite dramas to preserve against the itch, anyone else?

It has been a long while since I've seen such a well fleshed characters on a Chinese modern mini-series. I went in for fluffy stress free romance drama and left with puffy eyes and a lasting bittersweet feeling on my chest. I cried my heart out whenever Lin family came together, a parent always hopes the best for his/her child, yet those feelings are often hidden beneath the mundane everyday life, cut short with harsh well intended naggings... Only in front of farewells we have the courage to speak, only after it's too late we realize.

I knew Yang Zi was a competent actress therefor I had some degree of trust before going in for this drama but truthfully I wasn't expecting much from their chemistry yet they totally blew me away, that nose nudging thing that Xiao Zhan did gave a whole new dimension of closeness for on screen pairs. I shied away from the The Untamed due to its immense popularity, plus BL is not a genre I usually go for, so I had no idea about Xiao Zhan's acting prowess but now I'm totally in for his future works.

p.s. There is this one scene where Gu Wei runs away due to some set backs in his work and Lin Zhi Xiao sorts him out, it was beyond amazing, every word she said in that scene felt like a slap to my face and a punch to my guts, I applaud the writer for such well articulated words and Yang Zi for performing the scene with such a resoluteness.

I gave in too, I'm at ep 23 :(

Neither of them has licensed it in my region, but you can find it in 3rd party sites such as kissasian, watchasian, etc.

I really wanted the OG cast :(

Nope, I suppose that's the whole point, we are frustrated beyond reason therefore we watch every second till the very end :D

Came here to remind everyone "SIFENG!!!!", I adore this drama but her screams shall forever haunt me, in a good way, it still cracks me whenever I think about it.

I was waiting for that drama for ever and after watching first 10 episodes I've decided to hold that one off until it is completed, it is beyond addictive and totally deserves a binge watching session :D

I've never got around to watch last 13 episodes, but this was a really well made drama, characters and their interactions were top notch, I wish I had the patience to see through this.

umm, calm down, I'm not sure if you are serious or trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. History books are sure can be misleading and inaccurate but given the fact that many official channels provide the information I've mentioned I would welcome your references other than a twitter thread.
Give me book chapters and refences to support your claim, I'll make sure to inform myself.

p.s. I see no honor or insult for carrying a blood-line, it is us who makes the present.