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haha! I kept measuring these up against flower of evil as well! I think that's partially in line with this (like the male lead is weirdly competent and powerful) but for the most part it's a bit more complicated as well.

This is such an interesting series. I hope/wish you would follow up these with some examples that go against the norms or subvert expectations, if there are any.

It's possible that some characteristics will be changed because of censorship but from what we know (which is not much) the changes are not in that direction. Some people tried to start fake rumors that Shi Mei is the love interest now but they were all fake and unreliable. Don't worry about it.
They most probably will downplay Taxian-jun's....whole thing though!

Good luck! Maybe you'll end up liking the show. It's really good actually.

I don't get this question. Heavenly kings/emperors are always evil in xianxia dramas? lol!

It's trauma!

Yeah I wouldn't be able to stand it til the end if I don't like the genre as a whole. You should reward yourself by watching something you really love now to make up for it! \ (•◡•) /

Eh...this show might not be for you. He gets injured A LOT. It never stops either. All the way to the last episode.

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Have you watched Crossfire? Because I haven't watched his other works but I am currently watching crossfire and the acting is actually really good. Really. And I see a lot of comments from people saying he has improved a lot but I don't really have a point of reference to know how he was before, lol! He's doing great on crossfire and is actually very down and gritty. It's better than the average actor I would say. (tentatively- since I haven't watched the whole show yet.)

I think he looks the part but acting skills-wise, he might not be there yet and he is awfully young for the character in my opinion. I don't know, but I personally think someone in early thirties for Xie Lian and someone in their twenties for Hua Cheng would be great. Especially when you consider San Lang.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I'm so excited!

That is a fair point. Hopefully the directors will choose good actors but it's likely that some less-than-stellar actors will also get chosen for looks or aesthetic.

I guess we'll have to wait and see!

No I mean, I've heard actors will only ever be in one BL adaptation so since he's in this one, he won't be doing any other ever again.

Someone please tell me that by the end of the show, Ling Xiao's mother will f*ck right back to whatever hellhole she crawled out of. I can't tolerate her abusive, manipulative ways anymore!

Hard agree! It was obvious that they had a romantic dynamic from the start and if you pay attention the actors did an amazing job portraying the dynamic in a nuanced and subtle way.
I hate when people throw the word incest around so insensitively. That is a real issue and assigning the term to the wrong situation blurs the lines and confuses concepts and can be very harmful.
In this show, though jianjian and lingxiao grew up close together, their dynamic was not like jianjian and he ziqiu who grew in the same house as siblings.
I get if someone doesn't like the pairing and that's chill but it wasn't incest and the show made sure to show that.

I would say it drags around the last 10 episodes. I'm stuttering my way through them now and it's less fun than the beginning.

I think cql's success has slightly tipped the scale now. It seems like a good career choice to be in a "successful" bl adaptation since it will bring major international recognition.
Although, I don't know Luhan so I can't tell if he'll be a good choice for Xie Lian or not.

Does this mean Song Wei long can't also be Hua Cheng?! :(