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think the fall from the 1st life & the…

think the fall from the 1st life & the head injuries from the 2nd, have turned Armin into a special needs case. cause idk who is moronic enough to go on talking about the future & if that wasn't enough, he keeps going up to absolute strangers & starts bombarding them with the past, as if they also know WTF he is talking about & can give him answers, as to what happened on the day he died. like WTF is wrong with this dude?!? u don't need to be a genius to figure out what u need to say, who to say it too, let alone when.... but the dude's suffering from diarrhea of the mouth - there is no thought process, what pops-up in his brain comes out of his mouth. it's not even cringe moments, just a continues face-palm moment with this dude. *****************& the sh*t about everything happening faster, is utter b.s - he just didn't know the people he would come to know in the future, so when he came across them in the 1st life he just didn't recognize them. like i watched a ton of BL's & drama's, yrs later sometimes when i rewatch something i realize '...wow this actor was also here...' but when i saw this the 1st time, i didn't know the actor so there was no need to notice him! this commonsensical - but we talking Armin so common sense not that common i guess - lol ... aish **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************still haven't figured out why TD is so enamored with Armin & why he is putting his life on a hold, to run around helping him. but if he cared so much why hasn't he offered him a better contract at his agency?!? wouldn't that be the best way to take care of Armin & his career?!? *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************& i know men can't hit women - but OMG i need someone to come slap Lilly's face off! not black & blue - that her skin will come off. she's a pimp & disgusting - i NEED some justice to be meted out ASAP in her case

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sect master and daughter are fucking stupid

langhua fucking stabs BFX in the heart and she would have died if not for the petal. but not even 30 minutes into the episode she forgives her. thats so fucking stupid and reckless. even if she killed ur dad are u really going to attempt murder on your martial sister. she must have meant nothing to u.also the master dying is fucking stupid too. for someone proclaimed so wise he just confesses to the villain abt all his findings. and since he doesnt tell anyone, no one knows why he died. get a load of this guy. this master has never done anything smart actually.- gets injured in first fight- doesn't respond to sect and just goes fucking missing without informing his sect- loses in the trial- gathers the token master for a usless fucking meeting that does nothing but get the other token masters killed (no precautions or anything??)

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Five Stars

This is too adorable, a drunk He Yan has gone to Xiaojue complaining. And she even said his name instead of Commander lol, was like "XiaoJue you have gone too far!" Ahhhhhh see him, just smiling at her drunken state. This drunken conversation is funny. She's so bold when she's being all drunk ahhhh, he was flustered for a second there, his expression. That was kinda hot, she just pulled him closer and whispered in his ear that I know you suspect there's a spy within the recruits, but you have tested me again and again and you can see I'm not the spy, she told him she knows who is the spy, Lei Hou. She was so drunk that she just pulled Qinglang out of it's scabbard and started swinging it around and resulted into breaking XiaoJue's precious Zither, ah now's the moment to say "this was the moment that she knew, she fucked up". Ahhhhhhh! She just went on her knees and hugged Xiao Jue's waist, he was flustered. Her drunk whining is adorable, and when she slipped and they both fell together on the ground. Haha she slept so soundly in XiaoJue's tent lol. She used his treasured sword to cut his treasured zither, still alive lol. After that, He Yan got a glimpse of the man, from her pov it's the man who attacked her on the cliff in Temple, his severed finger and voice being recognised. Now the Banquet attack arc, XiaoJue and He Yan (disguised as Cheng Lisu) will go to Sun Xiangfu's place. She looks adorable in CL's clothes. I'm laughing so hard, Feinu is so concerned about his Master lol, he is worried his master would fall for He Yan (male), so he's telling HY to either share a room with him and leaving XJ alone or stay in her room tonight and not leave it. He Yan really overdid it, how she's gonna eat so much lol. The investigation will begin.

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All’s fair in competition

He Yan escaped the spring after much bubble making and some hand to hand combat.😝 She knows she is being set up for elite recruits on the table but accepts it. She boasts in ten days to beat the best in archery and spear. Enjoyed the flat bread betting table😂 Xiao Jue promises to train but was not present after the first night tested. She wants him to see her progress so goes into his quarters. I was not a fan of the spinning room filming.😝 There was a poignant moment when she saw her blade that Xiao Jue took from her. She recovered quickly when commander shows up. I like how she showed up bandit. There is no way that was for real, but it was very fun to watch. The same with spear challenge. It suspended belief but I didn’t care, it was completely entertaining. Does Cheng know who she is? The slip of heroine to hero? The deliberate catch and return of stone a nice acknowledgement between them. He has reason to loathe her because of how fake General lied about things, but he also finds himself intrigued by her. Being called boss by the losers is just fun. They get to feast before training competition picks up again. I notice the one not smiling at her achievements, but I don’t know who he is. He sticks to the sidelines. Cheng is the benefactor of the evening feast. I guess that is how he is making himself useful?😂 I can’t wait to see who the prospective bride is he is hiding from.🧐

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1st off, is Armin a cat?!? how many lives…

1st off, is Armin a cat?!? how many lives he got, cause the reckless way he's acting, am sure he has used up almost 3 in this ep alone, aish... have a feeling i am gonna have a really hard time not getting angry, at the lack of common sense that Armin displays. ******************************************************************************************************************************the plot is more or less like 'Marry My Husband', where u were murdered & get a 2nd chance at (maybe) living a better life - with a better outcome. i get that waking up 'back in time' can be a discombobulating experience. but the sec u realize what's going on, the 1st thing u start to do is make a mental list of things to do & things to avoid - that's basic. here Armin took the whole ep to flounder around & still he seems lost at the end. ***********************************************************************he has lived this life once & knows almost all of the people he is encountering, why not start by getting rid of the people that r bad & will make his life worse? what's he waiting for??? *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************i was putting off watching this cause i knew i would have a tough time watching the 1st ep lol. but now that i am over that hurdle, i don't feel calm - now (given Armin's behavior) i am more worried - this his 2nd life & he should be more mature / experience / jaded / calculating / smart - but he isn't, he's like an innocent naïve babe that just ascended back into his life, looking at the world in wonder.... & it is making my skin itch. ************************************************************************but as i am interested & will try (bite my tongue) so i can watch this (fingers crossed) until the very end. i will ignore Armin's "flaws". ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************TD ironically is the typical rich dude that loves to "sponsor" young & upcoming talent, sadly this industry got a sh*t ton of both. but cause TD young & good looking this a romance we want... i guess - so AGAIN ignoring this fact. why is Armin special? it's not like TD hasn't "sponsored" other young talent, but there was always a give & take - nothing comes for free... so why is Armin the odd one out in TD's eyes?? guess we will find out - also did he also regress?? & who poisoned Armin??? (the 1st time around). **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************the only plus, i like that both mains r more or less the same high & build - kinda tired of the height & size difference, where one looks like an adult & the other like his 11 yr old brother...

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Life as new recruit

There is a scene with prime minister and disciple discussing continuation of pointing guilt at General for troop loss. His daughter gets a gift from disciple and demands use of candle to light. There is a flashback of fire for the disciple but no further story given, just that fire is a trigger for him and he was permanently injured as a result. Even young He Yan was given grief about the mask her family forced her to wear. Fortunately for her, Xiao Jue showed up late for class and took some of the heat off her. By design she went to his garrison thinking best way to train but found she was mistaken. Xiao Jue is intent on harsh training. Whether this is to weed out the moles or make up for past, I don’t know yet. Cheng is there for comic relief avoiding an arranged marriage. He is put on the spot to treat a mare but proves himself inept. He Yan intervenes and shows herself capable but reveals where she learned her techniques making Xiao Jue suspicious. This did get her out of the initial screening process where she would have been required to strip. He and aide consider her a mole so be sure to give her extra monitoring. I like how the big hunter guy looks out for the smaller recruits. He certainly doesn’t have to, but he is close enough they can’t get bullied too much by the gangster group. He Yan reveals her sword techniques but stops early, whether this is for show or truly exhausted, I am not sure. The bows are set up for strong guys to draw and she doesn’t even try. There was no point to embarrassing herself further. The spear is as big as she is. Xiao Jue is still trying to figure her out. Hopefully they have uncovered the real mole and that is who investigating from two different villages. He Yan finds a hot spring and goes there to do some healing. After waking from a nightmare of his mother’s suicide, Xiao Jue also makes his way to the spring, and just realizes he is not there alone.

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The Duel on Mount Baiyue

It's episode 5 and I'm still watching the full intro cause it's just so good, I really like the ost. I like the short clips at the beginning of the past, it's adorable. Floating lanterns for the dead, ah her Man looks so lonely, that she just went to him, and it's really liek she's yapper while he doesn't talk much. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh he smiled! Seeing her folding lanterns (weird shape) he smiled. I thought he was going to touch her cheek, alas not for now. Finally the Flag Competition is here, Red Flags are placed throughout Mount Baiyue, total 15, the team who gets the most will win. I remember this Flag Arc, she'll head to take the flag placed in the most difficult place, cause this mountain has dangerous cliffs. While Xiaojue has deliberately did it, because he knows new recruits can't take the flag from such difficult cliff, but Veterans can, that is why he arranged the patrolling first, so that the traitor will know the purpose of the patrol and will definitely prepare a map of the mountain, and he already knows He Yan is a Veteran soldier. She got the flag from the cliff, really trying everything to test her. Just with only one patrol she has learned Mount Baiyue by heart. Even though the other team led by Lei Hou has all skilled martial artist, but if they can't work like a team it won't work, besides General Feihong, He Yan is really good at deploying troops, so even if her team doesn't have the strongest members, she can make do with it, with her deployment strategies. To take the Flags Individual heroism isn't sufficient, a team needs to work together, therefore Deployment matters, a Leader has to be capable. He Yan's team members all have different strengths and if she can harness their talents through deployment, they should make quite a team. Her team set up ambushes and snatching flags from other teams, better than wasting their time by looking for other flags. Both teams hold 7 flags each, the one who gets the last one will win, the terrain is treacherous, Dueling with Lei Hou for the last flag, ahhhhhh I wanted to see her Whip for such a long time. I have been so excited to see her Whip skills, finally the fight with the Whip is here!! I loved that scene where she hit Lei Hou in the arm and when Lei Hou's teammate tried to sneak attack, all her teammates came forward threatening other team with their weapons "He Yan trusts us with his back, naturally we will eliminate all threats". He Yan noticed the anomaly, that Lei Hou's moves are odd, checkmate, binded too and if even a little more pressure his neck would've been sliced with his own sword. Atleast he knows now that He Yan can't be the spy, cause if she was then why would she eagerly attract his attention on herself. He can't figure out her intention to join the army. He Rufei is heartless, planning to ruin things. The actor is really playing well the charcter of He Rufei "thumbs up". Happy to see Chu Zhao, he'll be heading to Yezhou soon. He Yan was supposed to join the Nine Banner Battalion but Lei Hou was chosen instead, feeling devastated that she tried to get closer to her aim but someone else was chosen.

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Greed, jealousy and revenge

We finally get the mom’s background story. She is such a selfish, tunnel visioned soul. Everything is through the lense of her pain rather than reality. When she ran into Ye Meng’s mom, she could have leaned on her for help and comfort, but no…someone who only meant her well must have her entire family suffer….why? Because she could. It has to be horrid for Jin Yu to realize his dad is a rapist and his mother a would be murderer. That is definitely something to process. Even tho his mom is not guilty of the crime she is in prison for…she is guilty of so much more. I have no pity for her, just her sons who must live in the shadow of who their mother is. That respite of happiness should have had her change her ways, but she was cruel to Jin Yu anyways. He would never have had any respite from her had it not been for her second husband. His whole family embraced the child she hated because they recognized he was innocent and just needed a loving family. They supported him against the odds and she made sure there was a mountain of them to overcome. Ya En still did not apologize to Kai. She did, however, have a candid conversation with him about her feelings. After an abusive relationship, it is not unreasonable to ask for time, and he was offered minimal consolation that she had feelings for him. There is still hope for these two. They deserve a happy ending. Ye Meng wakes up in the hospital and finds Jin Yu missing. A letter he left made it seem like he was going to end it all. He was referring to business, but she was scared and tracked him down. He removes himself from the company with the one demand to keep the fishing village as is. He did well for his short term as CEO. Kai opens his new restaurant. It looks like it will be quite successful. We finally hear the backstory of boss and Jin Yu. He apologizes but his friend is still hurt. Wonder who will now get to be Dartagnan the 4th musketeer? If they do not bring justice to the evil man that stole the ring, I will be very unhappy with this drama. He still has not received justice. His part in the crime needs brought to light. I don’t know that I want Ye Meng to get that ring back, but she deserved it. For all the bad they let this episode end on a positive note. No clue what they will do to round out the story in last episode. I want to see Gma’s happy and Wang Xing Sheng in jail before story wrapped up.

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INTENSE!! TOP NOTCH ACTING!

WOW! Where do I start!!This episode started off sweet, funny. We witnessed a sassy banter between In and Thap then in the second half we saw In's vision about Thap coming to life!!The final scene ruined me!! Sea's acting was phenomenal. You could feel every emotion he was feeling. The frustration, the regret, the disappointment in himself for not being able to save his parents. The panic and fear was so clear on his face in the elevator scene. His body language only made it that much more realistic. Jimmy knocked it right out of the park too. He's come such a long way since VV and LT. These two truly complement each other. They're perfect for each other. Like I said, that final scene ruined me and I expected nothing less. JIMMYSEA YOU TWO WERE AMAZINGGG. HATS OFF TO YOU MY DEARS.Bring on episode 3 I can hardly wait!!!

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Glory to dust to determination

This was a very impactful episode. We start with the bravery of troops fighting overwhelming odds, the betrayal causing reinforcements to arrive too late, and the discarding of the courageous to make room for those feigning honor and loyalty to emperor. He Yan has been disguised forever as her ailing brother. She received martial arts training as soon old enough and was partnered with the general’s son to be the two swords that would secure the empire. We don’t know why she was delayed but the general died in her arms as she arrives too late to support them. His son is rightfully angry and grabs the twin sword they were given saying she was unworthy. She vows to clear the general’s name and then is poisoned and hidden in the very temple she has never seen but always assumed to be healing in. Her ‘brother’ shows up to claim all her glory and to outright lie about the occurrences on the battlefield. He steps right in and immediately wants to silence his sister. The father and son are nauseating in their treatment of the very people that fought to the death for their protection. They have taken the most loyal and banished or silenced them to keep their treachery and disguised son’s secret. They poisoned He Yan so that she was blinded and then still wanted her life. It is interesting that she and Xiao Jue meet briefly when he intervenes and thwarts the plan on her life. Both unaware of the treachery behind the scenes. She escapes and has a run in with fake general’s guard. What I like is that she met that guard with courage fighting with what she had. While still defeated, that guard knew he was fighting a general and not the weak woman he claims her to be. He assures the general she is dead and they feel secure in their deceit. Somehow she survives and is healed by a physician well acquainted with her. She can now see and is as determined as Xiao Jue to make things right. She enters the garrison with a smile feeling she is at home and ready to get started. I liked how Xiao Jue and He Yan walked mirror paths. They are equally determined to get to the truth that occurred on that disastrous day 30k troops lost their lives. They are both willing to put their lives on the line and even tho coming from the lowest place possible, they are free from the He’s and can pursue their goals with unbridled determination. I really enjoyed this first episode. It laid out the premise for these two quite nicely.

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