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Rushed ending I would say
This review will contain spoilers about the plot, important plot twists and the ending itself.My hot take is Qi yunke never actually cared or loved pingshu.
I would say the build up was great, the man in black mystery thing was also great, but I always have guessed it would be qi yunke, so the plot twist wasn't surprising to m. It may just be because I have seen and read too many plots. But I think it was still surprising twist for most of the viewers(?). Anyway my problem isn't abt the identity of man in blackbut rather how it was handled in the end. It was actually quite ANTICLIMACTIC in a way. He did so many evil things, basically also killed innocent people yet.... All was diluted down under the name of "REVENGE". Honestly Yin Dai(the guy qi yunke hated, plus who did so many evil things plus pushing cai pingshu to fight alone) even Yin Dai wasn't as bad as Qi yunke. In a way Yin Dai, never used his daughters for Ziwei cultivation. But Qi yunke did. His character is actually rlly selfish and only cared for revenge but rlly it wasn't even revenge cai pingshu need cuz he just go against everything that Pingshu was trying to accomplish. Qi yunke never actually cared for Zhao Zhao, nor yuzhi nor his wife and especially lingbo. I hated lingbo character so much at first but her character development was solid. Qi yunke did THAT MANY EVIL DEEDS, yet.... He just died.....easily like that.... And his ashes were even buried under blossom trees right next to pingshu. Like I don't think he deserved that.
Again, going back to the point I said abt how Qi yunke never cared nor loved pingshu. He did all those evil deed under the name of REVENGE FOR PINGSHU but rlly it was all FOR HIMSELF. Pingshu herself said she never regretted going to fight alone. Pingshu cared about people so much that even if she knew Nie hengchemg was dying in 3 yrs, she went and killed him anyway. All she wanted was a peaceful jiangh. She never would wish for ANYONE to kill for her, esp the ones she cared abt, her friends. Pingshu also deeply cared for Zhao Zhao and wished zhao zhao to just live peacefully and not actually enter jianghu. This part pisses me off so bad. Qi yunke knew that and he even said in earlier episodes when cai zhao asked,"if it were my aunt, will she sit back and watch " to which qi yunke replied with," No, she wouldn't but she wish you would"
So, he did knew pingshu wanted cai zhao to live peacefully. Yet he schemed so that yuzhi get nether aura and need jade sunflower,which cai zhao help him find it and also show beast's saliva.
HE GOES AGAINST everything that Pingshu fought for and people that pingshu cared for and pingshu's morals and beliefs. Qi yunke basically became second Nie Hengcheng, I would argue worse than Nie hengcheng, for him at least he is outright evil but qi yunke till the end he was A DAMN HYPOCRITE, like the kind he hated so much.
in conclusion, loving or caring someone isn't just doing what YOU THINK would be good for them. But actually understanding that person, what that person cares for, her values, beliefs morals etc and supporting them.
Qi yunke's so called care, love, revenge alll came from a place of selfishness but HE NEVER TRULY UNDERSTOOD HER. I may be wrong but it's implied heavily that qi yunke also had romantic feelings for her(although he seems to deny it? When his wife asked him before she was killed by him)
I would say that kinda person who actually never underuher, did opposite of everything she fought for, hurting her loved ones, DOESN'T DESERVE TPFOR HIS ASHED TO BE BURIED IN SAME PLACE AS PINGSHU'S
True love and care look like cai zhao's. She cared and loved her aunt. Fought for things that pingshu would too and stand up for. That's what actual care and love is
Qi yunke is just selfish and doesn't deserve to even use pingshu's name or whatever as pity point.
I can't empathize or sympathize more nor anything with qi yunke.
"Evil Demonic sect demonic sect" and most evil beings are all from six sects.
Maybe it's just me but I also feel that Qi yunke's motivation for killing like that was not strong enough. Like all ofr his aunt? Yea he deeply cared etc but something felt lacking.
The acting was superb, mu qingyan(zhou yiran) character was really complex and honestly I hated him for some of his behaviors. For eg, forcing cai zhao to choose between her family and him. But despite all that, his live, borderline obsession with her was rlly satisfying to watch. I don't like how he keeps using her in a way but still it added spice to the story I guess. I love morally gray characters lol.
Zhou yiran's acting was rlly great. He honestly suits these more than modern dramas. This role depicted his ability to act so well and it's such a good step in his acting career.
Love yi ran💕
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Wasted plotline potential, quite bad acting(not allll but yea), characters feel soulless
Two main thing that made me drop this drama wasThe characters were SOULLESS
Like her current comrade group, they are solely there for convenience
Honestly even Cheng linsu character itself is also totally for driving a bit of romance , adding humor etc
Villains?(up till the ep that I watched) They are also lacking
Everything feel two dimensional character, can't connect to them on personal level. Most are there merely for convenience sake and driving plot
Second plot is lost....focus is lost
There are 36 eps. But for entirety of 23 eps I watched, main driving force here is revenging for Xiao jue dad. Which is alright
But I was hoping more focus on revenge but it feel more like Xiao jue thing is main (?)
Like it really had potential. But the execution was quite poor.
Also, just like the comment I saw, I would have love to see how she became so capable in first place. More flashbacks of training etc on he rufei. But now she is just deemed as capable and just because apparently. Like I so wanna connect to her character but there's a lot missing and they keep focusing on these quite irrelevant fillers.
My first point come again. Characters are not flashed out enough.
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