13 Fireflies

Yes, this, basically...which ironically means more $$$ (or yuan rather) to push it, which means it's now even more expensive, which means it needs to do extremely well to make back the money and then make profit. This is why someone said Starry probably made them more money, because it cost less and it still perfomed really well in Q1.

lmao xD

Yeaha...I've got some aesthetic fatigue tbh

You can already see the effect TSL is having, specifically on CXX's career. Just the fact that he's being rumored for several dramas, including costume dramas, and that Niudi fans can make him trend so high up is proof perfect that "capital" is noticing him a lot more. He was already thought of as Youku's golden boy, but Tencent reposting his stuff in a seeming competition with Youku is kinda hilarious to see. Also, he's way more talkative and happy now and I'm living for it.

I doubt CXX has any say in it...after all, he got the compensation for his work already, I presume but who knows how these contracts are drawn.

Fully agree with you. I can't even imagine Youqin with someone else's voice...it's just...not right. His voice is one of the things that make him so attractive. Yes, it's super deep, but it fits the character.

Really? I hope so. As Bloemetje22 said above, it definitely could be detrimental to the excellent characterization of the 3 shards so I really hope what you're saying is true.

So nice to see this comment section close to crossing the 21k mark a month after TSL wrapped up for VIPs. For a drama with no traffic actors, not a lot of marketing budget and that dared to do something that was unthinkable for a xianxia (shoot it like a comedy), it's just nice to see it surprise everybody and get such great ratings both here and on Douban / Weibo.

I listened to the first part and had some qualms with their commentary. Seems like very entry level fan talk tbh and ngl, I bristled when the k-drama girl criticized CXX's voice as "distractingly deep", but I've come to accept that's just the way some people feel. I'll check out the second part sometime later. I've been so engrossed reading the webnovel for CXX's next project, I can't seem to concentrate on anything else atm xD

I made it to episode 18 and I just couldn't do it anymore. I hung around out of curiosity and hope but just hit a wall. Sunk cost fallacy and all that. Edit: Wait, I just assumed we're talking about the same dramam lol, I may be wrong.

I saw that they licensed it to an American channel (not sure which one tbh, seems to be a Chinese American tv station?) It may just be due to prepping it for overseas distribution. The "American version" also decided to replace CXX's original voice.

oh wow thanks for this link.

I don't know why but I always giggle-swoon at that clip of them being perfectly synched when they put their headphones on during that Youku special post-broadcast event. Soo many little things. Basically the entire livestream they did during the airing of the finale. I was smiling like an idiot and didn't mind it wasn't even subtitled.

I want both...somehow. I'm greedy af.

I know...I'm here for all this candy xD

lol so so cute

You mean the Ultraman mask? haha I'm more excited by the magnolia photoshoot, not just because both Tencent AND Youku posted about it, but because magnolia = yulan hua... you know, "lan" from his lan lan. Now I need to go calm down.

Yes Weibo

I agree with your point regarding popularity actually. it can be a double edge sword. TTEOTM has already achieved what it wanted I think....to break a ton of records. Not sure how much value they place in critical acclaim. TSL had a TON of haters but the scale is smaller by comparison just because everyone and their aunt seems to be watching Long Moon.

Currently TSL holds a Douban score of 7.2 which is pretty good for xianxia. And I agree...TSL is a real dark horse, the xianxia that said....I will be heard.