I think something so beautifully painful about this drama is that you know from the very first episode that the…
I keep coming back to this page like every month since I finished this show lol this drama has made such an impact on me, especially the character li lianhua
I think something so beautifully painful about this drama is that you know from the very first episode that the main character is going to die and that he's ready for it, and yet we keep watching, knowing it's going to break our hearts. Lianhua stands out among other main characters because he has already lived a hero's life and instead wants to live the rest of his days peacefully and find closure for his loved ones. The end hurts more because even after his long journey where he finds true friendship and people who love him immensely, he still accepts death with both arms. He does not fight it. He is simply ready to leave, despite having new reasons to live for.
There's something so tragic about a hero who welcomes his death rather than fighting against it.
I get that but they didn't need to create the whole story of the town being controlled by a demon or whatever for it. The story itself doesn't serve any purpose
I'm struggling to see how the Silk Worm-Divine Doctor subplot had any relevance to the main story. It just didn't contribute to the final fight/climax at all. Was it just to give the second leads more screentime?
Nah, I am pretty sure she said Xiao Ziqi as in little 小, cuz she knew him as a kid.
I don't speak Mandarin so you could be right. But I think Zhao would be more fitting because Liuniang is the only one left who personally knew his lineage and parents. Also, isn't Xiao normally used in an affectionate way? That wouldn't fit since she hated him until the end
There's a really random irrelevant subtitle detail that doesn't mean much it kinda bothered me. In episodes 27/28, when Liuniang was confronting Ziqi and showing his mother's full backstory, she kept calling him "Zhao Ziqi" but the subtitles only showed 'Ziqi'. It was really significant for her to call him that because that is his true identity, and she's the first and only person to call him that name. In the episodes where Ziqi finally finds out who he is and his parents, he is called his true full birth name, one that's never been said out loud before. It really completes the plotline of him discovering himself. I'm a little sad that the subtitles didn't add that minor but important detail.
I'm not too mad about them not showing Fu Zhou in the final scene tbh. He called her name out with enthusiasm and she responded with a smile, it's clear they recognized each other. We just have to fill in the gaps and imagine how things will go from there. Someone theorized that the drama didn't show Zhou at the end to make the final scene truly be focused on Miaomiao. She is the main character after all, she began this story, so she'll be the one to end it too. I also felt like in the later episodes Miaomiao became less of a main character and more of a love interest when originally it was the opposite. So I see it as a way for the writers to give back the spotlight to Miaomiao.
Remember how Mu Yao heard a woman's singing during her first kiss scene with Fuyi? She thought that was the Resentful Woman, and it's the same singing that Ziqi heard in the flashbacks, when Rong'er was singing to her son. I think they're going to go with the whole "demons aren't bad" message and reveal that even though Rong'er is the Resentful Woman, the real villain of the show is actually Mu Yao's father. The signs have been pointing all along that he wasn't as great as Yao thought he was
Do you guys think there's any relevance to Ziqi's mother having Mu as her surname? They've emphasized the importance of the Mu family the entire drama, but if Mu Rong'er is a literal full blood demon, how could she be related to a family of demon cultivators?
Though I agree the last couple episodes haven't been as great as how they were in the beginning, I think episode 27 completely makes up for it. It basically gave us the entire backstory and helped fill in the gaps of what we have already learnt. Ziqi's mother's story had me in tears the entire time, my heart breaks for her and Ziqi. And I am so glad Ding Yuxi took on this role instead of Chen Feiyu, it was made for him.
There's something so tragic about a hero who welcomes his death rather than fighting against it.
I think they're going to go with the whole "demons aren't bad" message and reveal that even though Rong'er is the Resentful Woman, the real villain of the show is actually Mu Yao's father. The signs have been pointing all along that he wasn't as great as Yao thought he was