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Right! Would love to see his reaction to this. 🤣🤣

Right! Would love to see his reaction to this. 🤣🤣

Yeah. I actually think she did let go of taking revenge/hate. I don't actually think Li Susu hated TTJ at all at that point regardless of what he said. She knew he was lying about his reasoning behind becoming TDG, She literally slept with him the day before, she was ready to die with him (to take him down with her) I don't think she had any intention of walking away from that situation without him even before she ascended. I just think she felt there was no other choice... (he wasn't really giving her one. It was his intention to give her no choice)

I also don't think the heartless way would stop you from doing what you must to protect the world. Just the opposite. It's just a means of finding inner balance so you can achieve enlightenment. (or looking in at oneself/radical acceptance) Saving the world would come from then having an understanding and love of the universe as a whole, rather than anything to do with "earthly" desire, romantic love (or hate) of the individual. Letting go of your own desires to serve something much larger.

That being said, it doesn't stop her from being able to love in general, it's just something that needs to happen in that one moment, to break through and find balance. After that moment, she will have gained an understanding that was beyond whatever earthly desires she has. But she can still love and feel. (and hate)

Please forgive me if i'm explaining it poorly, it's all stemming from Taoist readings and it's hard to wrap my head around some of them. I'm assuming the heartless way is drawing on that. "All paths lead to the right way" being the way of the Tao etc.

It is a little vague. But I think as she had been trying to practice the "heartless way" as a means of ascending, I assume, when TTJ threw her into the array, it was the last push she needed to find inner calm, let go of all earthly desires, as well as desire for romantic love with him (at least in that moment) and find some kind of inner balance that the heartless way requires - allowing her to become unified heart, mind and body. She did explain how the immortals reach godhood in episode 6 and explained the heartless way to TTJ. This was his intention. Which is why he told her to hate him to the end I guess. (Though she also clarified that the heartless way wasn't the only way to achieve it. )

So I'm guessing it was just the shock, the pain, everything pushed her into a whole new state of being. She let go of it all in that moment, like a kind of radical acceptance., which allowed her to reach enlightenment.

but yeah, vague. lol

I hear you, it would have been lovely to see.

that cracks me up 🤣

I can't say I've been bothered by her appearance personally. 😅 She doesn't look old to me. (the actress is only 23... ) But each to their own.

I just find ZLH's character comes across as kind of a dumbass. lol. The performance itself is not necessarily landing with me either, I admit. (which actually makes me a little wary about his role in Story of Kunning Palace now) But don't take my opinion as fact, there are just as many out there who are loving that character.

Whether it gets better or not will be a matter of opinion too, as many people think it's amazing already. (Personally, I'm not sure i'd say "amazing" just yet, but pretty good and enjoyable to me so far)

So it's just down to personal taste. I guess you won't know for sure unless you watch and see for yourself. 🤣

woah. That was a lot more than I was expecting....

I loved him as Runyu so I can't relate haha 😂

No problem! I don't know if they ever planned on doing the entire full epilogue but the original script for episode 40 did have an abrupt last minute reunion. Where Li Susu and A'Mi meet a reborn Tantai Jin at the banks of the Mohe River, instead of the heart-guarding scale reveal. For whatever reason they changed it to an open ending instead. Which is really sad, but it is what it is. We get the first portion of the epilogue and they left it up to the audience to decide what happens next.

I still think it was hopeful enough - as far as open endings go. And the extra clips kind of fills in the gaps of what might happen next and leads into the second half of the novels epilogue. So I'm choosing to believe she finds him eventually. 😅

I'm so glad you enjoyed it though, even if it did emotionally wreck you 😂 like the rest of us traumatised moonies. 😭

You could also go watch Love Is Sweet (if you haven't already) if you want more of LYX and Bai Lu together.

haha fair enough 💜 I think the entirety of the water festival was one of those moments for me. I'd happily rewatch those scenes on repeat.

I'm enjoying it so far. Esther is doing a great job. The chemistry and tension between the second main leads is really great.

I have to admit I'm not really enjoying Zhang Linghe's character unfortunately. But overall I think the drama is worth giving a go. Cinematography is stunning too.

More actors are starting to dub themselves, if they are able to. It depends on the actor and the circumstance but It's becoming more common. Luo Yunxi always dubs himself for example.

Welcome friend! I absolutely agree with you about it being Enemies to lovers done right. It's my all time favourite trope but it's so rarely done well and often doesn't stick the landing. I feel TTEOTM (for the most part) did it right. The fact that LYX and Bai Lu have unmatched chemistry probably helped a lot too.

Did you have a favourite moment in the drama?

You're definitely not the only one! We were all affected by the ending and still are.
If you're in need of something to soothe your heart a little, you could always read the Epilogue chapters of the Novel, that Micha has translated here. It has the happy ending that the drama only hints at.

There were also a few clips that Youku released that may or may not make you feel better haha

LYX and Bai Lu wrote letters as their characters throughout the airing of the drama. This is Susu's letter to TTJ post finale.
https://twitter.com/xAJx_92/status/1685255175697801217

A little reunion audio snippet.
https://twitter.com/xAJx_92/status/1675718267858739206

In all honesty, not particularly interesting atm. That might change as it goes along though.

How can the director do something now? The drama is already edited and completed. Are they just going to quickly go in and start editing out the other characters scenes as they're airing? That would turn the show into a hatchet job and might make the pacing and storyline confusing later on.

Started this for Esther because I was excited to see her in such a different role. And she's killing it! I adore her. But I'm also really loving Gong Shang Jue and Shangguan Qian. I think they're going to be my main ship for this drama. I get the feeling it's not going to end well though haha

That's Xianxia. It means "Immortal Heroes"

Wuxia is martial arts based.

We got 1 episode today. Episode 4. We'll get one episode a day for the next couple of days. then two episodes on Wednesday. Then 1 episode on Thursday. That's as far as the schedule goes s so far. I'm assuming they'll release the more of the airing schedule as they go.