"Throughout the series, it seems like she was only ever honest with XL, revealing her flaws and vulnerabilities…
"As for why she was ever only honest with Xiangliu, it was because of their connection. What was the use of pretending when he had access to exactly how she felt? Thus, ironically that was why he understood just how much she was really in love with another man and probably backed out of even giving it a better shot."
Seriously?? She was only honest with Xiang Liu because (1) he was her soulmate, (2) she loved him and not Jing, even if she never dared to admit it to herself. She was never honest with Jing because their conversations were never deep enough, only a simulacrum of what a relationship should be.
Imagine thinking the bug connection was the reason she was honest with XL when she didn't even know how exactly the bugs worked. The only thing that Xiang Liu did know via the bug connection is that she loved him, hence everything he did to push her away in the cruelest of ways and erase every single trace of his existence when he died. Why go through such lengths when, according to you, "he understood just how much she was really in love with another man"? No reason to make her forget him then, eh? Also, there's no such thing as being really in love with Jing, otherwise, Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu would have been killed by the bugs ages ago.
"I believe the author wants audience to know that, no matter what kind of advantages we may think a couple could have - it all comes down to basic communication." [sic] Actually, no. That's some TED talk/couples therapy you're confusing LYF with. The author wants the audience to know that love is not everything in life and that's okay. Some folks just have to settle for peace and stability, even if at the cost of love.
And yeah, Xiang Liu's death was supposed to be the climax because if not, what would it be? Cang Xuan was already on the throne with his multiple wives and his sad sob story arc, but there was still the need for peace to be achieved.
Nothing else after Xiang Liu's death is in any way engaging or exciting enough, hence all the budget going to the CGI in his battle scene. The rest is quite literally comprised of the epilogue. Or, if we're talking only about the novel, it's the silly marriage that was never consummated because she was too sad and drunk, and the trip to the place where she was reminded of Xiang Liu, carrying the doll gifted by Xiang Liu, and protecting everyone from now on using the skills and the bow also gifted by Xiang Liu. The end.
Hope that clarifies things for the newcomers as well :)
Again look at who is pushing the 'Jing is a servant' in LYF lolThe whole reason Jing comes off that way, is because…
Don’t you turn fire engine red when you write the stuff that you write? If Xiang Liu is the ruined character, then what should we call the others? The obliterated ones?
Ahahahahahahaha go to sleep, it must be past your bedtime 🤣
See you in the Go East comment section! Clever by the way, I liked that! 🤭
I don't understand why Xian Liu was so determined not to leave Xiao Yao anything behind, he completely erased…
Yeah I don’t like this aspect of the story either. No wonder the audience took it up to themselves to remember him and make him the most beloved character. I mean, how could anyone not love him? It’s too painful to get through his story arc 😔
Again look at who is pushing the 'Jing is a servant' in LYF lolThe whole reason Jing comes off that way, is because…
Lady, what bias? My mom happens to have been on this Earth for over 6 decades and she has a brain and a pair of eyes that work perfectly. There’s no bias when she can distinguish something that works well on screen and something that doesn’t. Jing ain’t a main anything. He’s not a threat to anyone. So now you’re saying Tencent has been biased again from the beginning?? Curious take because I remember how Deng Wei supposedly made Jing so much more famous than he was in the novel. So adorable, so full of love. Bless his little heart. So which one is it? Make up your mind.
You keep blabbering about XL having been made to look good lolololol he’s been looking good on paper for over a decade, since 2013 when he was still only words on a page. Which is interesting because as you pointed out, he really is supposed to be the third ML and he has the least amount of chapters in the book. But even so, there’s no such thing as making him look good because he always was a fantastic character. If you mean looking “better”, then it certainly isn’t at the expense of your fav. What does Jing have to do with Tan being a terrific actor? Even if he’s out of character or not, in no way it diminished the impact of his presence in the drama. The only ones who should be complaining are Cang Xuan fans and even so, ZWY did an excellent job with the questionable changes his character has unfortunately suffered.
So what if they added more Xiang Liu scenes? He still had less screen time than any of the others anyway. The only difference is that he did the best he could with the little time he had. I can understand having a favorite character and a favorite actor, I really do, but let’s be real. Jing has never been and will never be a character interesting enough to warrant him the amount of attention that have been dispensed to Xiang Liu. It’s basic storytelling. So even in future adaptations, if such a thing come to pass, you can be sure that Xiang Liu will still be the one character that gets a good portion of the screen time and will have to be played by someone who can grasp what he means for fans of this story. As for Jing, be it a veteran actor or a newcomer, he will remain constrained by the limitations of how Tong Hua approached his character. When we say that he is a plot device, please understand that it’s not a way to diminish him, it’s just the function he has in this story. He is what the protagonist gets in the end when she’s been through the whole story wishing to never be abandoned again. It’s his purpose. You know this. Even if the production team had spent all the budget on him, it would not have changed the essence of what his character represents. They could have shown his mount, they could have shown a big love reunion with all the petals they deserved, they could have given him more lines of dialogue, they could have made the whole second part about him and you know what would have been the result? People would still complain and say the story is lacking, that it’s no longer interesting as it once was etc. Jing cannot carry this story. YaoJing’s relationship cannot make this story interesting or make it any more entertaining than the average Chinese novel. That’s the issue that Tencent faced when adapting the book. They butchered a lot of things, I agree, but when it came to the decision to make the most of the one character that turned this story into something remotely interesting, they got it right.
Also what backers? You mean Tan? The one who has been working hard for a whole decade before he got his big break? The one who keeps doing more than everyone else because he happens to really love and be thankful for the projects he’s been given the chance to work on? Please. Why don’t any of the others show the same passion for this project as he does? Try doing that next time and maybe the result will be different. Spoiler alert: it won’t. Some things in life can’t be bought with money.
Many viewers become unfair and miss the point of Xiaoyao saying she had 'reverse growth' just because she did…
What part of “I would have cheered for her had she rejected all of them n made them all jst frnds forever n left alone to wander being WXL again, free spirited n happy with herself, that would have been true woman empowerment.” can’t you understand?
Nowhere in that comment did the OP said a single word about Xiang Liu. Lmao I can’t with you. XL has truly walked into your dreams 🤣
Lost you forever watch both seasons, nice movie Let me talk on this few character, I did not read the novel so…
Not sure if you’re talking about Tan or ZWY but there’s a new drama with Zhang Wan Yi (the actor who plays Cang Xuan) airing this Monday. It’s called Are You the One (previously Hidden Charm) it looks good and he’s a solid actor so maybe it’s worth a watch 🤗
There are also many Tan Jianci dramas coming out so if you liked Xiang Liu then you can look forward to more of his stuff 😋 Go East is probably coming at the end of August 🥳🤩
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Seriously?? She was only honest with Xiang Liu because (1) he was her soulmate, (2) she loved him and not Jing, even if she never dared to admit it to herself. She was never honest with Jing because their conversations were never deep enough, only a simulacrum of what a relationship should be.
Imagine thinking the bug connection was the reason she was honest with XL when she didn't even know how exactly the bugs worked. The only thing that Xiang Liu did know via the bug connection is that she loved him, hence everything he did to push her away in the cruelest of ways and erase every single trace of his existence when he died. Why go through such lengths when, according to you, "he understood just how much she was really in love with another man"? No reason to make her forget him then, eh? Also, there's no such thing as being really in love with Jing, otherwise, Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu would have been killed by the bugs ages ago.
"I believe the author wants audience to know that, no matter what kind of advantages we may think a couple could have - it all comes down to basic communication." [sic] Actually, no. That's some TED talk/couples therapy you're confusing LYF with. The author wants the audience to know that love is not everything in life and that's okay. Some folks just have to settle for peace and stability, even if at the cost of love.
And yeah, Xiang Liu's death was supposed to be the climax because if not, what would it be? Cang Xuan was already on the throne with his multiple wives and his sad sob story arc, but there was still the need for peace to be achieved.
Nothing else after Xiang Liu's death is in any way engaging or exciting enough, hence all the budget going to the CGI in his battle scene. The rest is quite literally comprised of the epilogue. Or, if we're talking only about the novel, it's the silly marriage that was never consummated because she was too sad and drunk, and the trip to the place where she was reminded of Xiang Liu, carrying the doll gifted by Xiang Liu, and protecting everyone from now on using the skills and the bow also gifted by Xiang Liu. The end.
Hope that clarifies things for the newcomers as well :)
Ahahahahahahaha go to sleep, it must be past your bedtime 🤣
See you in the Go East comment section! Clever by the way, I liked that! 🤭
XY has been caged by foxes multiple times in this story, either she realized it or not :)
I'm good thank, I've had some very interesting couple of months lololol
Always good to come here to do some Xiangliuling. It's part of our routine now ❄️
You keep blabbering about XL having been made to look good lolololol he’s been looking good on paper for over a decade, since 2013 when he was still only words on a page. Which is interesting because as you pointed out, he really is supposed to be the third ML and he has the least amount of chapters in the book. But even so, there’s no such thing as making him look good because he always was a fantastic character. If you mean looking “better”, then it certainly isn’t at the expense of your fav. What does Jing have to do with Tan being a terrific actor? Even if he’s out of character or not, in no way it diminished the impact of his presence in the drama. The only ones who should be complaining are Cang Xuan fans and even so, ZWY did an excellent job with the questionable changes his character has unfortunately suffered.
So what if they added more Xiang Liu scenes? He still had less screen time than any of the others anyway. The only difference is that he did the best he could with the little time he had. I can understand having a favorite character and a favorite actor, I really do, but let’s be real. Jing has never been and will never be a character interesting enough to warrant him the amount of attention that have been dispensed to Xiang Liu. It’s basic storytelling. So even in future adaptations, if such a thing come to pass, you can be sure that Xiang Liu will still be the one character that gets a good portion of the screen time and will have to be played by someone who can grasp what he means for fans of this story. As for Jing, be it a veteran actor or a newcomer, he will remain constrained by the limitations of how Tong Hua approached his character. When we say that he is a plot device, please understand that it’s not a way to diminish him, it’s just the function he has in this story. He is what the protagonist gets in the end when she’s been through the whole story wishing to never be abandoned again. It’s his purpose. You know this. Even if the production team had spent all the budget on him, it would not have changed the essence of what his character represents. They could have shown his mount, they could have shown a big love reunion with all the petals they deserved, they could have given him more lines of dialogue, they could have made the whole second part about him and you know what would have been the result? People would still complain and say the story is lacking, that it’s no longer interesting as it once was etc. Jing cannot carry this story. YaoJing’s relationship cannot make this story interesting or make it any more entertaining than the average Chinese novel. That’s the issue that Tencent faced when adapting the book. They butchered a lot of things, I agree, but when it came to the decision to make the most of the one character that turned this story into something remotely interesting, they got it right.
Also what backers? You mean Tan? The one who has been working hard for a whole decade before he got his big break? The one who keeps doing more than everyone else because he happens to really love and be thankful for the projects he’s been given the chance to work on? Please. Why don’t any of the others show the same passion for this project as he does? Try doing that next time and maybe the result will be different. Spoiler alert: it won’t. Some things in life can’t be bought with money.
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Nowhere in that comment did the OP said a single word about Xiang Liu. Lmao I can’t with you. XL has truly walked into your dreams 🤣
There are also many Tan Jianci dramas coming out so if you liked Xiang Liu then you can look forward to more of his stuff 😋 Go East is probably coming at the end of August 🥳🤩