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https://x.com/i/status/1956341196252713420 Moonlit's reunion worldview and plot setting.
Legend has it... in Chang'an City, there exists a hidden place, known as The Demon Hall ruled by the two Lords - the Cat Lord and the Snake Lord. Their movements are mysterious. Apart from these two and their four deputies, no other demons are allowed to step into the human world to cause trouble. This also helps them avoid their old nemesis. Yes - that nemesis is Lord Changxi, the Celestial Master. He and the imperial court founded the Xuanjian Division, a bureau dedicated to investigating matters of demons and ghosts, and determined to wipe out all evil spirits. The two sides fought openly and in secret, until Lord Changxi, in the end, withered away and passed from the world. From then on, the Demon Hall balanced the two realms, maintaining peace between humans and demons. The Xuanjian Division became an empty shell, yet now - demon spirits pass through the land, with eerie shadows flickering and the storm will inevitably rise again. A word of advice - in this Chang'an city, it's best to go out after dawn... and before midnight... go home!

Hu Zhu is a fox spirit is one of two deputies of Cat Lord
Ling Xiao is a wisteria spirit is one of the two deputies of Snake Lord

The second female lead is only 22, this is her first drama. Looking at her face structure, I wonder if that's why she got casted as Snake Lord. It's a really good role, hope she brings out the character well.

that's correct no change

I'm pretty sure the drama will be quite different than the novel and bring to life scenery especially the East Market with its weirdness and create the intensity that was lacking at least in the translation. The novel is too detail. But reading it will help you to understand the setting, characters, type of story it is, the supernatural environment with its spirits, demons, monsters, and other entities, and especially the magic that Taoist performs, so when you watch the drama, you can understand and appreciate the special effects, the visuals, the artistic flair. You don’t need to read the entire novel—just enough to get a sense of it. The writing is quite endearing, with tender and funny moments, though I’m not sure if those will make it into the adaptation exactly the same way or it inspires the screenwriter to make up their own. Reading this novel will not spoil the drama for you.
https://mydramanovel.com/moonlit-reunion/

are these official or just rumors

So it has crossed my mind she likes YSX, but LYN was obvious.
I found her review of POB really conflicting because she couldn't bring herself to rant about it the way she normally does. She sneers at other actors, certain ones she hates the most, and makes snarky remarks about them and their dramas.

Have you noticed too that AX is smitten by LYN? She says only good things about him. She turns his negatives into positives by defending him. Things she turned into negative for other actors, she turns into positives for him. Even when she thinks his drama is only watchable, she will watch all of it. Even when she has no positive, she will say no negative. She never nitpicks at him or his dramas but does so with other dramas. If she had this same attitude toward other dramas, her channel would be watchable. She always reminds people a certain actress was supposed to be the most beautiful for her character but is not, so it doesn't work for her. Then in a LYN drama, she said that actress is so beautiful the way it should be, but I don't think she's prettier than the other actress.

dramas that are polarizing will get lower scores, like if the adaptation is not what they expect. so low score doesn't really mean anything, you know

MDL also has haters downrating dramas of actors they hate, it's everywhere.

actually I prefer Douban over MDL, not that I like either

I noticed Douban is now waiting for dramas to finish or even a week later if there are what they call "water armies" flooding the ratings. They used to come out mid-way, that's why it was called "Opening Douban."

imo, Zhang Hai had higher expectations

There are no ratings you should trust. The only thing to trust is yourself. When I was following Feud on Douban, it was wild, it started off with massive amount of 1 ratings the first week follow by massive amount of 5 ratings the last 2 weeks and even after that, and the 5 ratings were anywhere from 50% to 90% AI generated comments. Eventually, weeks later, it became more normal. So, it took Douban like almost 2 weeks after the drama finished to come out with a score. So, who knows how well they did figure which 1's are real and which 5's are real.

So Taoist is not bald but Wu Zhen's father in the novel is Buddist, and he's bald

I like it very much too. The character is so real to me.

This is so cool
https://x.com/i/status/1956213554958491875

If that is your last Xu Kai drama, you've really missed out.

These dramas have to air.

Zhang Zhixi was in Royal Feast.

This must be the best drama of 2025 so far this year.