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So, spent many episodes everyone died but, in an epilogue, with a single line, "Let's wait for my father, Master, Xi, CZ, TH, CS, MJ, and the others to arrive," so with that one line, they are not dead?

Does "will return one day" imply rebirth or reincarnation? A HE for the dead would imply rebirth, where the same soul comes back to life in the same body in the same lifetime, retaining memories as if they never died. In contrast, reincarnation involves the same soul being reborn into a new body in another lifetime, forgetting memories of the prior life, which would be more of a SE for the dead.

I've come to realize one has to understand the dynamics behind them, which is why I no longer rely on them to judge the quality of a drama or to reflect my own taste.

there were no characters from ALP in MM, only the names, not the same characters

they borrowed a couple of names but not the same character, just sounds like them, but it's not them. there's really zero connection.

Subjective ratings are not an absolute measure of quality or value.

I think this drama probably won't air until at least March 2025, since Unnatural Fire been a year since it wrapped and still not airing yet, although that one has 38 episodes.

In ALP, there was that final battle scene with Wu Han if I recall the right scene, that suddenly Houchi saw Qing Mu come out of Bai Jue to help fight. That's why ALP was never a sad drama to me because Qing Mu is part of Bai Jue and Houchi is part of Shanggu and I believe they still experience each other through them. I recall the scene that Shanggu was telling Tian Qi about she will tell the baby about his father and Tian Qi looked at her as if it was Houchi talking because they were the same words.

they should delete all references to ALP to not confuse future viewers

Dai Lu Wa stood out to me too right from the start and I thought who is she? Her acting is natural and delicate yet impactful. I felt her depth was very strong to this drama and the contrast to the fl added to the dynamics in their relationship. Sometimes supporting actors do well in one drama only. Maybe she will get fl roles in the future. She does appear to have potential to rise. This role seems to have increased her popularity.

rebirth is part of this genre which is why they can kill characters off and still happy ending unless it's the main couple

depends on which characters you were emotionally invested in

Not everyone died in ALP. So can ALP be call a happy ending too?

treat this story as no characters from ALP and you'll not waste your time wondering

there are really no ALP characters in this drama, but since they teased it, you can use your imagination

why would they complain? MM is MM and ALP is ALP, just that ton of people who never watched ALP come here to ask, "do I need to watch ALP first?" and there are lot of discussions about MM where people keep trying link the characters and the timelines and all that.. waste of time. It would have been best if ALP had not been referenced to MM at all.

this is very typical and worse

On the internet, there is a popular blogger, and she also wrote ALP is the parent story, so it's not going to get scrubbed out that the characters are not the same as ALP, so I think people will always be asking "do I need to watch ALP first"

that's why the MDL info above calling ALP the parent story is misleading

YT videos. I think they are paid videos that talk about MM as a sequel or part of trilogy. I assumed they were to promote MM.