As far as I'm concerned, in the last episode, Episode 52, though Xiao Feng slit her own throat, she might not…
So there's the belief of love lasting 3 lifetimes, but didn't the fortune that the monk give them mention 2 lifetimes they had being tied together? If I remember correctly, the Persian fortune teller also mentions only 2 lifetimes shared between her and Gu Jian. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't read the novel. But anyway, if these characters are only tied to each other 2 times (instead of the normal 3), then it could be said that they've lived those out. Before and after the River of Oblivion.
Question after episode 45: Do you all think that Gu Jian loved Xiao Feng?
Absolutely! The show starts with them planning to elope. I believe that he's loved her for years. Perhaps for the first moment he saw her. Her character is charming, smart, and beautiful. She possess both inner and outer beauty. There were scenes where he told Li Chen Yi that he and Xiao Feng grew up together. I didn't read the novel, so I don't know how many years they spent together, but now I'm wondering.
I rooted for the two but when I reached the end I realized that Bai Zi Hua is arguably one of the best villains…
I really like your interpretation of BZH being a villian! It's changed my view of him.
You saw an attraction from BZH from the first time he saw HQG? When he was Ming Bo then?
In short, I would've been alright (maybe even prefer) if the story had ended with HQG dying and that whole scene. It would've been a "neater" ending and fit with the plot of him choosing the world. Wallace Huo plays the stoic character so well. I can easily picture shifu going back to his Hall of Emotionlessness and leading Chang Liu long into the future.
It'd be ironic to start questioning the magic now, but how is it possible that Mo Yan saved HQG? Is it essentially that one immortal can transfer all of his/her power to another and commit suicide like Zi Xun did?
I do not like how Qing Shui ended up back in Emperor Meng's care again. At that point, it would've been better had she gone home to her parents. She didn't remember anything, and that frees Emperor Meng to perhaps meet someone completely new who has no ties to his past (Chang Liu).
I feel bad for BZH in the end. He's deceiving himself. Can he truly be happy with this version of HQG? His he going to teach her everything again? Or just up to an extent (swordsmanship, medicine, music, etc). Without the set of problems that she faced and overcame as a student at Chang Liu, who is she really? Just a paler version of herself. But I suppose them traveling the world together...it's better to have the innocent and kind HQG than the one that housed the Great Energy Force.
I didn't read the book, so I only know a bit of the original plot from everyone's responses such as his going crazy after her death. Now that would've been interesting to watch and it'd be an emotional rollercoaster to ride.
Of all the c-drama's that I've watched (not that many actually), this one has had the most metaphors and "lessons". There were also tropes that I wished they stayed away from. The feminist in me struggled to watch some of the final episodes, due to how they portrayed HQG and the notion of love.
I wasn't able to watch this in its entirety due to a lack of subtitles. So I have some questions: 1) What happened to Bao Bao's mom? 2) Did everyone ever learn the truth about Xiao Han and Shao Wen Tao being drugged and set up in the bed? 3) Do you guys think that Xiao Han was beginning to remember in the final seconds of the show? I feel that the flashbacks of her escape could be her memory, or it was just a scene given to the audience by the writeres for clarification's sake.
Trivia: The song that We Mei Neing plays on the pipa in episode 9 is the theme/love song for the main characters in The Glamorous Imperial Concubine in which Ruby Lin starred in.
really? to be honest, i had no subs for second half of the drama. and my chinese is almost not there lol i only…
When Di Renjie wakes up, he asks Er Bao where Yuan Fang is and Er Bao tells him that they haven't found his body. Since he was right next to Meng Yao, it's implied that he escaped. They were able to bury her. So it's very likely that he escaped the earthquake or whatever it was at the end.
There were scenes where he told Li Chen Yi that he and Xiao Feng grew up together. I didn't read the novel, so I don't know how many years they spent together, but now I'm wondering.
You saw an attraction from BZH from the first time he saw HQG? When he was Ming Bo then?
In short, I would've been alright (maybe even prefer) if the story had ended with HQG dying and that whole scene. It would've been a "neater" ending and fit with the plot of him choosing the world. Wallace Huo plays the stoic character so well. I can easily picture shifu going back to his Hall of Emotionlessness and leading Chang Liu long into the future.
It'd be ironic to start questioning the magic now, but how is it possible that Mo Yan saved HQG? Is it essentially that one immortal can transfer all of his/her power to another and commit suicide like Zi Xun did?
I do not like how Qing Shui ended up back in Emperor Meng's care again. At that point, it would've been better had she gone home to her parents. She didn't remember anything, and that frees Emperor Meng to perhaps meet someone completely new who has no ties to his past (Chang Liu).
I feel bad for BZH in the end. He's deceiving himself. Can he truly be happy with this version of HQG? His he going to teach her everything again? Or just up to an extent (swordsmanship, medicine, music, etc). Without the set of problems that she faced and overcame as a student at Chang Liu, who is she really? Just a paler version of herself. But I suppose them traveling the world together...it's better to have the innocent and kind HQG than the one that housed the Great Energy Force.
I didn't read the book, so I only know a bit of the original plot from everyone's responses such as his going crazy after her death. Now that would've been interesting to watch and it'd be an emotional rollercoaster to ride.
Of all the c-drama's that I've watched (not that many actually), this one has had the most metaphors and "lessons". There were also tropes that I wished they stayed away from. The feminist in me struggled to watch some of the final episodes, due to how they portrayed HQG and the notion of love.
I actually like that they didn't muddy the story with a messy romance for him.
1) What happened to Bao Bao's mom?
2) Did everyone ever learn the truth about Xiao Han and Shao Wen Tao being drugged and set up in the bed?
3) Do you guys think that Xiao Han was beginning to remember in the final seconds of the show? I feel that the flashbacks of her escape could be her memory, or it was just a scene given to the audience by the writeres for clarification's sake.