Episode 33 was good. I just had a hard time with FL's parents' change of heart. I mean, the young leader of the…
Yes, her parents didn't come off as loving or supportive in the drama as they did the novel.
In the novel, right around the time MQY was captured by their sect and CZ was so steadfast in saving him, the sect members and her parents were discussing what to do about MQY and her father had already decided to let her do whatever she wanted as he lived through all the years his sister, Cai Pingshu was alone and suffering without her true love and he didn't want that for CZ.
Meanwhile, yes, her mother was captivated by how beautiful MQY was upon first meeting him and said she could see why anyone could fall for him. (Of course, he's very drop dead gorgeous in the novel too 😂.)
And her mother cried bitterly and heart wrenchingly when CZ flew away with MQY after the whole capture/rescue situation so she would have given CZ anything her heart desires then. (I think she just fainted in the drama, where as she was screaming CZ's name over and over in the novel in tears to come back/stay.)
Later, when CZ returns, CZ's parents do drill her about MQY like they did in the drama so CZ tells them EVERYTHING about his childhood, how he came to take on Chang Ning's identity then went back to MQY, and how he always treated her well and helped her on her snow mountain and search for Shi brothers. Her Father actually makes a comment that he doesn't mind if she chooses to elope with MQY, and her Mother says she needs a big wedding! CZ hadn't even thought of marrying MQY at that point in time, lol
And up to his wedding day, MQY is worried that CZ's parents are just pretending they're ok with the wedding and might try to talk CZ out of it last min, but they never did. Instead, they lectured CZ to treat MQY well.
So her parents were totally onboard with her & MQY much earlier in novel than drama, especially her Father. There was no proposal and bringing gifts to Luoying Valley, that was from drama story only and I agree it made her parents come off a bit tacky. Drama could have written them to show their support much earlier!
For real....all that blood. And the final scene where her Qi Yunke bursted out streams of blood and died felt…
Yes, so true! We missed her master giving her his blessing to marry whomever she wanted to choose, and "MQY not being so bad after all!"
(Not that she needed his blessing but would have been nice to see as he was soooo anti-MQY and was one of the main reasons keeping her apart from MQY through the whole show).
Was anyone else as confused as I was with the whole dramatic 'Cai Zhao riding off with MQY on his bird into the sunset w/her brother crying in the back' scenes near the end-- just for her to end up back at Luoying Valley a couple min later burying her Master's urn, and MQY getting checked out by Uncle Lei? What the heck was that scene meant for...a final joyride for a potentially dying man? 🤷 I don't think he should even be moved, he's literally dyinnnnnnnnng!
The wedding runway walks they gave everyone was unnecessarily cheesy to me, lol.
But I didn't mind the final scenes with the singing/encore to the cast from both generations though, that was kinda a nice wrap up. Less cheesy then the couples and disciples walking down the runway to drop off their wedding gifts 😂
Well, I am glad they at least stuck with the happy ending! The leads' chemistry was fantastic (even though Zhou…
Totally agree!
After all that work to reclaim his sect, MQY just gave up his sect to join CZ in the drama 🤦🏻♀️. And to give up his sect to both his leaders too leaves the door open to potential in-fighting someday, just like the Nies/adopted sons from past generations 🙄.
Despite the topic of matrilocal marriage discussed quite a couple times in drama and novel, I prefer the novel version where she rejected the idea and after they both mutually talk it out, she actually joins MQY's sect and he remains Sect Leader and they just travel between the 2 lands so MQY stays busy running his sect and chasing after his wifey. I wish they kept that ending.
Yep, this mirrors a similar line MQY says to CZ in the novel:"If you don’t die, I won’t die. If I live,…
No, not really. Except for a couple plot scenes here and there that were moved around, the drama stays pretty close to the novel, I'd say drama it's about 80% close to the novel, including how wishy washy CZ is abut MQY, that's all matching the novel too 😢. The biggest change was just making ML weak and fainting constantly/sickly towards end. That was a big deviation from novel.
The novel's not super steamy on romance or intimate scenes, the romance is mostly lighthearted like in drama. The most the novel goes into kisses/more is:
The first time when CZ goes to MQY's sect and wants to leave him, in the novel, they kinda cuddle and then she tells him she's going back home. He demands she kiss him and he'll let her go. She does a weak kiss but he kisses her deeper and bites her on the lip and she says she tasted blood. [Drama adjusted this to a hug, no kiss.]
In the drama, where CZ bites MQY's hand, she actually bites him in the neck in the novel, and Song Yuzhi almost walks in on them. (MQY had to cover his neck with his hand, lol)
In the underground passage while searching for Lu Chengnan's grave, MYQ tries to kiss CZ but she turned her face away so he chooses to bite CZ in the shoulder instead. [This was turned into one of their missed kisses in drama, so again a change from novel.]
In the Blood Marsh, MQY did the usual sucking the venom/blood out of her arm injury. [This never happened in the drama, which surprises me since this is a classic trope for most costume dramas 🤣.]
CZ pushed him onto a couch one time and cuddled on top of him (but she was trying to also secretly steal his bird whistle that he wore around his neck, lol). He got hot and bothered and tied her up in blankets and told her they were not doing THAT until they got married, lol. AND he didn't notice his whistle was gone until the next day when she already snuck off on his pet bird, lol [This never happened in the drama, and is seperate from when she tricked him into also stealing his bird to fly to the snowy mountains.]
After her master died, CZ couldn't sleep one night and MQY snuck into bed with her but I think they just cuddled. They woke up up wrapped in each others arms and her uncle came to wake her up for breakfast and caught them in bed and shouted "Heavens above, where are the proprieties?!” lol [This never happened in the drama.]
Before their wedding, Cai Zhao pushed him on the bed and they made out (she was kissing his neck). But again, MQY pushed her out of his bed and shut the door in her face and shouted loud enough for her household to hear that she couldn't touch him anymore til after they were married, lol. Her maids all giggled at her that she was taking advantage of him and not giving him a proper title by not marrying him, lol [This never happened in the drama.]
Despite all his flirting, MQY is such a stickler for marriage, I don't think they slept together before their wedding. But MQY did threaten to say they slept together if her parents were against them marrying, lol
Even after marriage, MQY just likes to kiss, cuddle/hold and nuzzle CZ's neck a lot but doesn't go into detail.
WHAT??? She accepted all the gifts,her parents were all happy,she went on a little date with him in Luoying valley....and…
She refused him in the book too on his matrilocal marriage proposal, but not necessarily on marriage altogether. They went off to join his sect in the novel. But they changed it here in drama where the refusal still happened, but he later married into her family anyways
That was a lot of blood 😂 God I hate this campy ass director 😂
For real....all that blood. And the final scene where her Qi Yunke bursted out streams of blood and died felt unnecessarily long. I was highly distracted with MQY also in the process of dying and so bloody too needing CZ's attention at the same time. Wasn't sure for the longest time if CZ would ever notice her man dying in her arms after he literally sacrificed himself over and over in that last fight to save her. Go mourn and reminisce about your lying, manipulative Master later. I get he was evil to all but her so she loved him like an Uncle, however, I'd be shouting to the heavens for someone to come save my dying true love who's already spit out more blood than ten men combined if I was her in that moment! That was so frustrating.
While waiting to see the final episodes, can someone spoil for me if the leads will have a mutually consensual…
Don't set your expectations too high cause the kisses aren't like spectacular or anything in my opinion but yes, three kisses in final episode/Epi 37
1. Kiss in the flower garden, mutual 2. CZ initiates a kiss to make MQY feel happy when he feels ignored and threatens to call off their wedding lol, (I like this kiss, it was sweet) 3. End of drama/wedding kiss, mutual
I loved the douyin style hanfu run that MQY had CZ did running in their wedding clothes in last episode where we only saw their backs. The colors and fabrics, the way their outfits and ribbons rippled behind them was really beautiful! ❤️
Cai Zhao should stop stabbing MQY already and just go write smutty romance novels with her hot demon lord as her…
MYQ asked CZ one time why can't she be more passionate like the ladies in her novels and say stuff in the heat of the moment like "let's live or die together." CZ pretty much tells him they are not in a life or death situation at the moment, lol
Cai Zhao should stop stabbing MQY already and just go write smutty romance novels with her hot demon lord as her…
In a fit of rage at Lingbo annoying her, CZ threatened Lingbo that she was going to hire a bunch of storytellers to write a whole novel about Lingbo and Second Brother/Dai Fengchi's "love affair," and in return, Lingbo threatened to write one all about CZ and her Demon Lord's "sordid love affair" too. Lol lol lol, I wanna read both novels!
Cai Zhao should stop stabbing MQY already and just go write smutty romance novels with her hot demon lord as her…
In the snowy mountains, Qian Xueshen thought CZ was experienced with travel only to be shocked that all her supposed jianghu experience comes from her romance novels, lol. Like how were they were gonna get money and CZ said her novels say people in jianghu will just share their wealth freely. 😂 (Good thing she stole MQY's money already for her trip, or she'd be broke and hungry with that level of innocence.)
Cai Zhao should stop stabbing MQY already and just go write smutty romance novels with her hot demon lord as her…
The drama does include the one scene where MQY snuck in to sleep next to CZ and she asks what he's doing here, he jokes with her that she should know from her novels that lechers and thieves who sneak into a maiden's bed don't just lie down innocently and watch, lol. Then proceed to turn the situation on her when she freaked out 😂
In the novel, right around the time MQY was captured by their sect and CZ was so steadfast in saving him, the sect members and her parents were discussing what to do about MQY and her father had already decided to let her do whatever she wanted as he lived through all the years his sister, Cai Pingshu was alone and suffering without her true love and he didn't want that for CZ.
Meanwhile, yes, her mother was captivated by how beautiful MQY was upon first meeting him and said she could see why anyone could fall for him. (Of course, he's very drop dead gorgeous in the novel too 😂.)
And her mother cried bitterly and heart wrenchingly when CZ flew away with MQY after the whole capture/rescue situation so she would have given CZ anything her heart desires then. (I think she just fainted in the drama, where as she was screaming CZ's name over and over in the novel in tears to come back/stay.)
Later, when CZ returns, CZ's parents do drill her about MQY like they did in the drama so CZ tells them EVERYTHING about his childhood, how he came to take on Chang Ning's identity then went back to MQY, and how he always treated her well and helped her on her snow mountain and search for Shi brothers. Her Father actually makes a comment that he doesn't mind if she chooses to elope with MQY, and her Mother says she needs a big wedding! CZ hadn't even thought of marrying MQY at that point in time, lol
And up to his wedding day, MQY is worried that CZ's parents are just pretending they're ok with the wedding and might try to talk CZ out of it last min, but they never did. Instead, they lectured CZ to treat MQY well.
So her parents were totally onboard with her & MQY much earlier in novel than drama, especially her Father. There was no proposal and bringing gifts to Luoying Valley, that was from drama story only and I agree it made her parents come off a bit tacky. Drama could have written them to show their support much earlier!
(Not that she needed his blessing but would have been nice to see as he was soooo anti-MQY and was one of the main reasons keeping her apart from MQY through the whole show).
But I didn't mind the final scenes with the singing/encore to the cast from both generations though, that was kinda a nice wrap up. Less cheesy then the couples and disciples walking down the runway to drop off their wedding gifts 😂
After all that work to reclaim his sect, MQY just gave up his sect to join CZ in the drama 🤦🏻♀️. And to give up his sect to both his leaders too leaves the door open to potential in-fighting someday, just like the Nies/adopted sons from past generations 🙄.
Despite the topic of matrilocal marriage discussed quite a couple times in drama and novel, I prefer the novel version where she rejected the idea and after they both mutually talk it out, she actually joins MQY's sect and he remains Sect Leader and they just travel between the 2 lands so MQY stays busy running his sect and chasing after his wifey. I wish they kept that ending.
The biggest change was just making ML weak and fainting constantly/sickly towards end. That was a big deviation from novel.
The novel's not super steamy on romance or intimate scenes, the romance is mostly lighthearted like in drama. The most the novel goes into kisses/more is:
The first time when CZ goes to MQY's sect and wants to leave him, in the novel, they kinda cuddle and then she tells him she's going back home. He demands she kiss him and he'll let her go. She does a weak kiss but he kisses her deeper and bites her on the lip and she says she tasted blood.
[Drama adjusted this to a hug, no kiss.]
In the drama, where CZ bites MQY's hand, she actually bites him in the neck in the novel, and Song Yuzhi almost walks in on them. (MQY had to cover his neck with his hand, lol)
In the underground passage while searching for Lu Chengnan's grave, MYQ tries to kiss CZ but she turned her face away so he chooses to bite CZ in the shoulder instead.
[This was turned into one of their missed kisses in drama, so again a change from novel.]
In the Blood Marsh, MQY did the usual sucking the venom/blood out of her arm injury.
[This never happened in the drama, which surprises me since this is a classic trope for most costume dramas 🤣.]
CZ pushed him onto a couch one time and cuddled on top of him (but she was trying to also secretly steal his bird whistle that he wore around his neck, lol). He got hot and bothered and tied her up in blankets and told her they were not doing THAT until they got married, lol. AND he didn't notice his whistle was gone until the next day when she already snuck off on his pet bird, lol
[This never happened in the drama, and is seperate from when she tricked him into also stealing his bird to fly to the snowy mountains.]
After her master died, CZ couldn't sleep one night and MQY snuck into bed with her but I think they just cuddled. They woke up up wrapped in each others arms and her uncle came to wake her up for breakfast and caught them in bed and shouted "Heavens above, where are the proprieties?!” lol
[This never happened in the drama.]
Before their wedding, Cai Zhao pushed him on the bed and they made out (she was kissing his neck). But again, MQY pushed her out of his bed and shut the door in her face and shouted loud enough for her household to hear that she couldn't touch him anymore til after they were married, lol. Her maids all giggled at her that she was taking advantage of him and not giving him a proper title by not marrying him, lol
[This never happened in the drama.]
Despite all his flirting, MQY is such a stickler for marriage, I don't think they slept together before their wedding. But MQY did threaten to say they slept together if her parents were against them marrying, lol
Even after marriage, MQY just likes to kiss, cuddle/hold and nuzzle CZ's neck a lot but doesn't go into detail.
(I rarely buy express so I thought it would be more expensive for some unknown reason.)
Crossing my fingers the express episodes start floating around soon for those of you still waiting.
"If you don’t die, I won’t die. If I live, you must live too. We never abandon each other. We die together or live together.” ❤️❤️❤️
He's sooooo serious about living or dying together with her.
1. Kiss in the flower garden, mutual
2. CZ initiates a kiss to make MQY feel happy when he feels ignored and threatens to call off their wedding lol, (I like this kiss, it was sweet)
3. End of drama/wedding kiss, mutual
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