There was a quote by TY"I actually waited 1000 years just to REUNITE with you" also other line saying something…
Eng translation in the novel is not about waiting 1000 years, nor to reunite. In the novel there are two scenes, where YH is insisting that TY as the village youth, let her go, and he says "won't let you go." Another scene has him saying, "so that I could meet you." Given these are translations, the original could have meant something different....but there is nothing in the novel anywhere that suggests they either knew each other 1000 years ago or are reuniting. When YH is reborn, the novel messes the time line a bit (says 50 years once then changes to 15 years and thereafter it's 15 years - she's 15 when she meets him again (!!!!).
if so they've completely hacked the novel character then...
In novel Ling Xiao figured out that grand shifu had "gone over to the dark side" and was trying to balance sect values with protecting YH and keeping a lid on Guang Shang Mountain sect leader (shifu of shifus). Pretty sure you are right - there is a scene where a xian cultivator is within a bubble and cultivating with dark aura....
BXS? Huan Xiao ends up with Fox Demon Prince in novel, so she and BXS aren't a CP. Other than as a plot device it's hard to see what function BXS has....maybe acting from some misguided notion he steals the book and takes it back to Fu Yin? I predict if there are any more deaths that need to happen, his will be one of them....
if so they've completely hacked the novel character then...
the spoiler trailers and flashed prior scenes defo suggest (and given what we know is canon ie novel) fox demon king in seclusion is also grandmaster xian shifu in seclusion), but no clue how that relates to Fu Yin or his side kick, so yes, that's a good idea ^^^^^^^ .....thing is, that the shifu of shifus had a reason to manipulate SY (he was afraid of TY's ability) so that he could cultivate past the usual level and keep absorbing neidan, and was also cultivating demon way (urgh...sorry my brain is fuzzy with the details)...but it was all in relation to TY being a 1000 year old dragon about to become an immortal....now that whole arc seems to have been squashed with the intro of multiple new villains...
if so they've completely hacked the novel character then...
aiyo...testing my memory on the finer details but . . . the doc (Pu Fang) was treating him and he is great friends with TY in novel...never implicated in anything villainous (no one in fox demon country is - they were all upright). He isn't a regent either...the King is perfectly fine and healthy.
Oh interesting! There’s always something to pick up on rewatch. So how does the fact he gave her his immortality…
3 days left to live if scale removed, but he gave her something=immortality(?) before removing the scale. In the novel, the scale fixed her heart and his neidan kept her alive (and bestowed her skills) - not revealed until towards the end. What isn't adding up atm is that he now doesn't need to give the scale back, but trailers seem to suggest that's what happens in the drama.
Like many, I exchanged words with that fool earlier. They have no understanding of cdramas let alone xianxia.…
Direct responses in a nested thread are a two-edged sword, right? Either a willingness to discuss rationally, or the type of thread that unravels, which you describe. Motivations are never easy to decipher, but in cdramaland, responses aren't always an honest critique, given the financial stakes. Unreasonable attacks benefit from being called out, and drama fans can like a drama for whatever reason they like a drama (no need to defend a personal response to entertainment, unless a viewer plans on going out and performing a criminal act - think we can all agree that entertainment isn't an excuse for IRL behaviour) and equally, not like a drama. It's amusing that when people don't like a drama, they dive into threads with that dislike and expect a welcome, particularly when their dislike is written with vehemence sans fact. If I write a review (which I've done) I can express aspects of what doesn't appear to work in the decisions made by the production team, and I can write what does, and best if I can write something that encompasses more than an emotional response.
Utter surprise at the dismissive attitude. BftB packs a lot of material into the first episodes which might be a tad difficult for some to unpack, but there's enough there to suggest plausibility (even for the heightened disbelief required for xianxia). And it's clear that the director is having a bit of fun with xianxia tropes, including the one that borrows from other genres and platforms and productions. Seems to have been entirely missed by the commenter. Whether you know the novel or have come in blind, the entertainment value is there (we aren't watching a Cannes arthouse drama finalist, fhs!).
someone doesn't know how to watch and evaluate.....a review is personal AND should also be written neutrally and considering that individual tastes are not universal..... not everyone who writes reviews would agree with that statement tho ;)
YH in novel never loses agency, is not made dependent on TY....is strong from the beginning, doesn't need either BXS or TY to help with her power - she already has it....so much unnecessary stuff included because they stripped her character.
BXS? Huan Xiao ends up with Fox Demon Prince in novel, so she and BXS aren't a CP. Other than as a plot device it's hard to see what function BXS has....maybe acting from some misguided notion he steals the book and takes it back to Fu Yin? I predict if there are any more deaths that need to happen, his will be one of them....
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Utter surprise at the dismissive attitude. BftB packs a lot of material into the first episodes which might be a tad difficult for some to unpack, but there's enough there to suggest plausibility (even for the heightened disbelief required for xianxia). And it's clear that the director is having a bit of fun with xianxia tropes, including the one that borrows from other genres and platforms and productions. Seems to have been entirely missed by the commenter. Whether you know the novel or have come in blind, the entertainment value is there (we aren't watching a Cannes arthouse drama finalist, fhs!).
not everyone who writes reviews would agree with that statement tho ;)