13 Fireflies

Lmao "knocked over by the wind". SO true.

pat pat...I know the feeling, but holy crap, I'm still so in love....THIS DRAMA. I don't know what it did to me.

I really really want him to land another meaty ancient costume drama role like GMP, a palace drama with a ton of angst where we get to see him cry. He doen't focus on crying pretty, he looks legit heartbroken.

Yes to all, you described the entire situation perfectly.

Yeah, some netizens do praise the more normal look and say they're tired of super skinny beauty standards, but a lot of fan become "mini-managers" insisting that they need to be able to push themselves harder to get more roles. Reminds me of those insane dance moms who will stop at nothing to see their children win.

I wish I could say I'm surprised but this is so typical of some c-netizens. Thankfully, some fans push back, but the extreme microanalizing of everything they do and eat is uncomfortable to read. Like, this reminds me of that food vlog in Xiamen which was basically CXX just picking at a few snacks here and there and lamenting that he couldn't actually finish anything. He looked hungry all the time, and when trying a hamburguer had to take a bite out of the meat only because he couldn't eat bread.

Yeah..that's been my reaction...can we stop worshipping the scrawny look, pls, he's got such a nice body and face. The worst part is, they acknowledge they aren't actually fat, they just need to be even thinner.

Insane C-netizens who insist, I paraphrase: "CXX should not rely on directors to catch his best angles, so the solution is to lose as much weight as possible and have a more angular, bony face." lmao, what... jfc he's so handsome. I'm so over the insane beauty standards.

Yep Yep...release the new cut, ya b@stards, we want more.

It's all very unclear at the moment. Some fans are clamoring for more than just a special episode, they want a full director's cut. We'll have to keep checking.

Novel ending is a BE, very different. Drama ending...hopeful, optimistic, happy but open ended.

Good lord, the micromanaging of CXX's an Li Land's body fat in China...all these peeps insisting that they starve themselves.

yep...he said he can make it happen because he's not ready to say goodbye

The producer is asking if fans want a special episode and fans are in an uproar..."do you even need to ask??!"

Thank you so much!

Ok, I ended up leaving the rating at a 10. Open-Happy wasn't the ending I wanted but taking the whole into account, it was still such a fun, amazing journey and this drama did so many things so well. It's also nice to see how it kinda ties in to Ashes of Love through the ending being the literal birth of the flower realm which Jinmi comes from. Not a perfect ending, still optimistic enough and we did get to see them spend time as husband and wife earlier in the show so we got a lot of satisfying slice of life moments there that were so sweet. The risks this drama took were enormous, comedy is so hard to do, and they were brave enough to take those risks and make xianxia a breath of fresh air again.

Can you spoil ALP for me? Was it a BE? LBFAD I heard was just like 2 mins of a HE.

open-happy ending

I couldn't agree more with you...basically took the words out of my mouth. Just think of it as an open / happy ending...highly optimistic, not fully satisfying because we had MASSIVE expectations for this drama given the caliber of writing we'd been seeing. Think about it as, we only feel this passionate because we love the drama and the characters SO much. Literally 2 more minutes and the ending would have been perfect. Not a bad ending, just not exactly how we wanted it.

Same...I have a feeling it will happen. I saw "Starry Love extra" trending on Weibo, people are demanding it