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You're welcome ^^

I remember when episode 34 first aired, I thought they had changed the scene from how it was portrayed in the novel. Only when I went back and replayed the scene in the drama moment by moment as I followed along with the scene in the novel did I see that the same details were still there, just harder to catch.

Thanks Kokuto ^^

You're welcome ^^

Now that you mention it, I have a feeling this story will still have an emotional chokehold on a few of us ten years from now. ^^"

The story mainly follows the trajectory of XY and CX. The author considers CX to be the main male lead of the story, even though he doesn't end up with XY in the end.

CX has known XY since their childhood and she is by his side the longest. TSJ and XL also have important roles to play, but the plot doesn't follow their stories as closely.

Okay yes, that is harder to believe. How can you resist watching?

You're missing out on the super angsty foreshadowing. ^^

Lol. It's one of the linked posts from my "Links to Questions and Answers from the Main Comment Thread" discussion topic ^^ So it's easy to find again.

Also, I cannot believe it's been 2 months since that episode aired. Time flies.

Are there any scenes in particular where the original dialogue is far better / more meaningful than the subtitles? I'd love to know more about the original dialogue!

There is a detailed post on this topic with context from the novel here: https://kisskh.at/44985-lost-you-forever#comment-14262327. The first one under the spoiler cover.

I'm dying. Why does this feel like it was written by grown up Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way... but also Dug from Up? ^^

Yes, there are some crazy jealous / pining moments in S1. The scene about 17 minutes into episode 24 is one example.

I don't think it's clear one way or the other in S1. Since there is evidence for both sides, I feel like viewers can pick the interpretation that they prefer.

Thank you MTH123. I'm hoping others will add to it. I'm sure there are other details that should be included that I've missed.

You're welcome ^^

Cang Xuan fans, please let me know if I missed anything: https://kisskh.at/discussions/lost-you-forever/120191-are-cang-xuan-and-xiao-yao-blood-relatives-in-the-drama

S2 won't air until next year. Cang Xuan is considered the male lead, but he will not end up with Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao cares deeply about Cang Xuan, but Cang Xuan's romantic feelings for her are not requited.

In the drama she has her own mirror before she meets the nine-tailed fox (https://youtu.be/vw8j4rBF9EY?si=XIZX4OSfNlIL4wBI&t=2232) but it's different from the gorilla spirit mirror that she uses to record her memories. The nine-tailed fox lets her use the gorilla spirit mirror before he captures her (https://youtu.be/vw8j4rBF9EY?si=qTaHlhD3syU0QKHR&t=2348) and she takes his mirror after she kills him (https://youtu.be/vw8j4rBF9EY?si=DYGVLb5r5T5x6-VI&t=2479).

iirc, XY took the mirror from the nine-tailed fox who held her captive for thirty years. She didn’t meet him until a while after escaping from Jade Mountain, so the manuals had long been destroyed by the time she got her hands on the gorilla spirit mirror.

In the novel, she doesn't. The Royal Mother of Jade Mountain recognizes how dangerous they are. She makes XY memorize their contents and then destroys them. I assume XY also wouldn't have them when she left Jade Mountain in the drama, but I haven't re-watched that scene to look for it.

I'm rewatching and noticed that the Herb Manual and Poison Manual are shown with XY's mother at 24 minutes and 33 seconds into episode 1. We see XY's mother put the manuals inside a jade pendant, and we also see her false pinky finger (which CX explains in chapter 38 of the novel). Later we see XY's mother give the jade pendant to XY 28 minutes and 7 seconds into the episode.