I haven't even started the series yet and had to stop and say wow, the opening credits animation is just gorgeous! πThe song and animation together is magical! Diving in now.....
I think that has become my favorite scene ever? π₯° It even beats I Am Nobody episode 13, Wang Ye vs Zhuge Qing match. Just beautiful! π 'Zhuge Qing. Have you suffered a loss before?...Do you think you can accept a defeat then? The kind of defeat that invalidates all your achievements before' β€οΈβπ₯
They are all so adorably awkward doing the dance. I love it! π
Oh my, I love that description! Someone with artistic talent needs to create chibi versions of them being dragged to dance practice kicking and screaming by the actors that know how to dance! π
Fei the plague demon! π I'm loving this format. Instead of a murder of the week show this is a demon of the week. You think the demon is bad but then we find out that there is a sad reason and story behind their actions that make you say, oh, ok, I forgive you for killing all those people! π
The slaps were funny but omg! π€£ "Do what you're good at. Now? I don't think it's a good time. Acting! I meant acting! Oh." π€£ And then the: "Mr. Zhuo, are you...ready? Shut up!" π€£ And not just the lines, the delivery! The innuendo here isπ I'm laughing so hard. I've watched this little scene a few times and it's perfection!π I think I'm going to make that into my new profile picture π₯°
I'm also having a hard time believing that General Yin (Luomei) genuinely fell in love with the crown prince.…
I thought for sure that she was just faking it with the crown prince and really supported the ML. Until she killed the emperor's favorite eunuch. And then I knew nope, she went to the dark side. π€
Final thoughts: The first 3 episodes were pretty frickin' incredible! I wanted to watch that series. I love a morally grey male lead acting semi psycho like this, with his pretty hair, costume, and floofy little doggie too. The badass female lead was awesome! She was poisoned, stabbed, it didn't matter, she was a force of nature who could take on anyone and beat them! And then, what happened? Don't get me wrong, it was still good, just not the story I signed up for originally. I would love to see the ending of that story! I did like their time together in the village. It was a completely different story, it was a romance, but I love romances too. By the end of the series the ML was turned into a love sick emo dude and the FL was a helpless, damsel in distress nonentity. It was disappointing seeing how their characters changed so much. I seem to have watched a different ending from some of you? It was a sad ending. She died. There was a voice over in the FL's voice basically saying What If the fire had never happened, then a nice little fantasy scene. And a voice over of the ML too. This wasn't a reincarnation or anything like that, just a What If? The End. Then it comes back with the ML becoming emperor. A good emperor. Then he died. Sitting in her chair, beside her red berry bush, holding her stone hair pin. Saying at last we meet again. The real end. π
Episode 32. Well here we are at the end at last. I knew we were going to end up here. πThe opening song Flame pretty much tells us what's going to happen. Why am I surprised. π Liu Xue Yi ππ Damn he does these emotional scenes so well! I miss the morally grey ML from the first couple of episodes though. He was so much fun! And cute little Ba too. Emo ML is cool too but.... Will she live until the wedding? It's getting close. π€ Love the ML dressed as the bride π€£ How sweet, peacock feather fan, flower in his cap, and big smiles π¦πΈπ Yeah, they lived long enough for the wedding and wedding night!ππ€ And now I'm broken ππ Little fantasy/alternate world sequence is cute. What if...I love their meeting. The End. But wait.... Look how big that red berry bush grew π’ Where did he get a nephew from? He didn't have any other siblings did he?π€ Wait, was that it? I thought there was more to the end than that. I was waiting for the story where everyone is still alive that I've read about. Was that all? Darn.
It even beats I Am Nobody episode 13, Wang Ye vs Zhuge Qing match. Just beautiful! π
'Zhuge Qing. Have you suffered a loss before?...Do you think you can accept a defeat then? The kind of defeat that invalidates all your achievements before' β€οΈβπ₯
'But at least we will die together.
It still counts as a happy ending.'
Foreshadowing 101?
I'm loving this format. Instead of a murder of the week show this is a demon of the week. You think the demon is bad but then we find out that there is a sad reason and story behind their actions that make you say, oh, ok, I forgive you for killing all those people! π
"Do what you're good at.
Now? I don't think it's a good time.
Acting! I meant acting!
Oh."
π€£
And then the:
"Mr. Zhuo, are you...ready?
Shut up!"
π€£
And not just the lines, the delivery! The innuendo here isπ I'm laughing so hard. I've watched this little scene a few times and it's perfection!π
I think I'm going to make that into my new profile picture π₯°
I did like their time together in the village. It was a completely different story, it was a romance, but I love romances too.
By the end of the series the ML was turned into a love sick emo dude and the FL was a helpless, damsel in distress nonentity. It was disappointing seeing how their characters changed so much.
I seem to have watched a different ending from some of you? It was a sad ending. She died. There was a voice over in the FL's voice basically saying What If the fire had never happened, then a nice little fantasy scene. And a voice over of the ML too. This wasn't a reincarnation or anything like that, just a What If? The End.
Then it comes back with the ML becoming emperor. A good emperor. Then he died. Sitting in her chair, beside her red berry bush, holding her stone hair pin. Saying at last we meet again. The real end. π
I knew we were going to end up here. πThe opening song Flame pretty much tells us what's going to happen. Why am I surprised. π
Liu Xue Yi ππ Damn he does these emotional scenes so well! I miss the morally grey ML from the first couple of episodes though. He was so much fun! And cute little Ba too. Emo ML is cool too but....
Will she live until the wedding? It's getting close. π€
Love the ML dressed as the bride π€£ How sweet, peacock feather fan, flower in his cap, and big smiles π¦πΈπ
Yeah, they lived long enough for the wedding and wedding night!ππ€
And now I'm broken ππ
Little fantasy/alternate world sequence is cute. What if...I love their meeting.
The End. But wait....
Look how big that red berry bush grew π’
Where did he get a nephew from? He didn't have any other siblings did he?π€
Wait, was that it? I thought there was more to the end than that. I was waiting for the story where everyone is still alive that I've read about. Was that all? Darn.