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The entire instrumental OST is beautiful! I have multiple favorites and 3 of them are used as ringtones, alarms, etc on my phone loool

Let's talk about it! I absolutely love instrumental drama OSTs and they are actually quite rare since most dramas have songs as OSTs. The CQL opening sounds so so so majestic and it gives the feeling that we're about to watch something spectacular!
I really would love to hear a professional orchestra play it live, that would be an awesome experience
Edit: p.s. it's my ringtone LOL

Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for :)))

Oh damn this is probably my favorite CQL fan edit I've seen so far. If anyone has the link to the original pls provide!

The most well-written plot I've seen in a drama.
The best portrayal of these characters I have seen (of course there doesn't exist any other portrayal by anyone else, but each actor fits their role so perfectly it has to be the best I have/will have seen).
Gorgeous cinematography
Beautiful OST!!!
Also, people don't give high ratings based on episode 1, they watch the whole thing :)

LITERAL SAME HAHA I had to google it before using it here to comment because I still am not sure if I used it right

Psst, it may be hard to believe because what you said is so canonical that we take it in with no doubts, but it's technically a big spoiler, so pls use the spoiler tag!

Different viewers can interpret the ending in different ways, but the most popular interpretation is they did end up together. After the events of episode 50, both had to separate ways for some time to deal with things on their own, but eventually reunited on that cliff.

Sorry, which episode are you referring to when you say "now"? Don't want to answer in case I give anything away...

I get what you're saying about Baona

But I would have preferred Ji Chong going off on his own and being a free spirit all over again, instead of forcing a "happy ending" onto him.

Also I'm not quite understanding what you meant by "first version"? Was there another version? The Wolf was filmed before The Untamed, so I don't think his fame had anything to do with it right?

Agreed. I feel like the first half when Ma Zhaixing was in Bo Manor they spent waaaay too many episodes with the "I love you but have to push you away" trope. They could have spent some of those episodes explaining more backstory like you said about First Prince, etc.

I was totally annoyed by the sudden Ji Chong + Baona pairing like where tf did that come from?!? Ji Chong doesn't seem like the type that will easily accept someone into his personal circle, but he just took Baona in on the basis of what? Just because her amulet saved his life? And Baona as well, how did she just suddenly realize that she was in love with Ji Chong???? These two characters were decent until this happened and I got so disappointed.

Acting: S-tier (really really amazing performance by everyone)
Music: beautiful (I could never skip the intro)
Cinematography: stunning (gosh China has such scenery)
CGI: pretty good (loved the hedgehogs in the last episode)
Story: very meh at beginning but got a bit better at the hallway mark. My main complaint was it was waaaay too long and the whole thing would've been better as 30 episodes max
Characters: ...... *facepalm*
Emotional factor: pretty much zero. I think the only place I felt something was the last episode
So all in all, they had everything to make a good drama, but were missing some very key things.
All opinions, don't hate me '_'

Yes! I often find myself replaying certain fight moves over and over because some of these moves are lit af! Looking forward to continuing :)))

Yo I'm totally enjoying these fighting scenes! ! ! (I'm on ep 11 where there are tons of them) and wow I gotta say Wang Yibo with his dance background really doing stellar moves here and Zhao Liying, queen of wuxia, be s l a y i n'! We love a good wuxia drama with beautiful fight choreo *claps*

Ok...but she just didn't look further into it I guess. Thank you!

He is receiving his punishment for visiting Wei Wuxian. Remember the Lan clan has the rule of "do not befriend the evil".

Some watchers answered similar questions here! There are other FAQs that you may check out if you're interested. https://kisskh.at/discussions/the-untamed/57363-the-untamed-faq
Personally I am the opposite from you, I watch historical cdramas because of the visual effects :D. Even if you don't like the visual effects, you can always watch for the story.

What was that ending...? I was already worried it would be super rushed when it was episode 42 and the bad guys still weren't captured, but I was totally not expecting them to rush the ending like that.

Why did their father have to die? What will happen to their mother? She still has PTSD so it's not like Chuyao and Luoshu can just get married. He told her to wait for their marriage at the very end, but how long will that take??? Are they going to wait until their mother somehow magically recovers??? Too many questions for the scriptwriter.

Wait...if the fake princess was the maid of the real princess, and Ma Zhaixing looks so much like the real princess...then why didn't the maid suspect that Ma Zhaixing is the real princess's daughter....?

(I'm not exactly replying to you, just replying about this topic in general)
Agreed that The Untamed is definitely xianxia. In my opinion the best way to differentiate is whether characters can fly on their swords. If yes, likely xianxia. If no, likely wuxia.
This video explains differences in a Chinese fantasy novel context, but can be applied to dramas too. https://youtu.be/3O3xlh-P1Uc?t=127
I also heard that the genre of xianxia is much newer and novel to even a lot of Chinese audiences, so it's not surprising if the two aren't clearly defined yet.