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k/cdrama fan, recently got into thai things, using this to rant as a distraction from studies

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Watching reviews of Key to the Phoenix Heart also means seeing what other people think of the 11 year age gap between Hou Minghao and Aimi. In my opinion, it is not their fault at all and for Aimi, this amazing story and role to go to her is a great opportunity that (perhaps to her and her management) will be a waste not to accept. So far from watching 12 episodes of the show I find the beginning of the romance still tame, Xiao Wuyi does not do anything to Xie Jiayu that makes it seem like he is actively pursuing her or leading her to think of him as a man. (I am still glaring at that one scene and watching out for it I believe everyone knows which scene I am referring to)

角色是角色，演员是演员。Characters should remain in the story, while actors are their own real people. My perception of Hou Minghao and Aimi remains at that they are good friends and he likely sees her as a junior because of some of the interviews I have seen. One of them is the question they received during an awards show. The question was directed towards Aimi about "whether Hou Minghao's princess carrying makes him very boyfriend material". Firstly what kind of question is that to a 17 year old girl about her 28 year old costar. Secondly Hou Minghao immediately started answering for her, saying that the carrying scenes in the show were not meant to be romantic, and then he starts yapping about their characters perspective of each other and that Xiao Wuyi would rather "carry her away" than let her stay by his side and be in danger. I think it was a very inappropriate question to ask Aimi and all this wanting to ship the actors together is just unnecessary. Shipping the characters, sure, but that is where I think everyone should draw the line.

All in all, I am enjoying the drama and I am very amazed with the character development so far.

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Key to the Phoenix Heart Ep 3 and 4 gave me like 3 heart attacks and 5 strokes too many plot twists happened. What a crazy opening though. Ep 5 and 6 seem to slow down in pacing a little and I enjoyed seeing the genuine relationships form between the women at Jing An House (still have no clue the relationships between Xiao Wuyi and the women and children though oh my god).

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Key to the Phoenix Heart Ep 1-2 thoughts

I have been in Hou Minghao phase since watching Love in the Clouds so this is the first time I believe we are all seeing him as a seemingly ruthless character from the start.

From the beginning I love the way this drama shows the characters actions which portrays their personality. Xiao Wuyi is angered by Prince Changsha's actions leading to the death of his soldiers, and he expresses that during the poem appreciation thingy. No regrets of his actions despite knowing the possible implications. He seems detached from what a normal heir of a prince experiences and even looks down on how sheltered some people are. Fair, considering what he has seen in war. My interest is in his distrust towards others. Why is that the case, and he seems to only be himself in front of his physician, Rui Sheng.

Then there is Xie Jiayu. She's so cute imo. She has such a endearing cheekiness to her and all her actions, from scaring a lord away from marrying her, attempting to save strangers is so fresh to see in a female lead. Of all people she should be the one of the most sheltered that Wuyi has seen but even he finds her interesting. Her naive attitude towards others contrasts with him, but her maturity and attentiveness she shows to her craft (i think) does surprise him.

I am very interested to see how this drama goes, though it seems very fast paced in the first 2 episodes. I was struggling to keep up with who is related to who and the many princes and princesses. But tbf it is only 28 episodes (whyyy I would love to see more of them). I really enjoyed seeing such dimensional characters right off the bat.

I still can't believe Wuyi's name directly translates to no clothes. (无 means no or absent of and 衣 means clothes)

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The temptation to rewatch love in the clouds for the 3rd time just to see how ji bozai looks at mingyi

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Fangs of Fortune (I CRIED SO MUCH)

I know I am maybe 3 years late but man. This drama.

I recently started watching more of Hou Minghao's shows because of Love in the Clouds. The last few eps of Fangs of Fortune has my heart cuz why is everything from the costumes, the lines and the music all so perfect omg.

Zhao Yuanzhou's last fight with him being in half black half white was perfect. Up until then, excluding when he was younger, i think most of his clothing was dark tones, black with some glittery shiny accents, so his final outfit being in part white surprised me.

UNTIL the scene he was telling Wen Xiao about the cycle between malicious energy and her divine power and some balance thing and i was like. DAMN.

And the last part with him and Zhuo Yichen. We know Bingyi and Yinglong were in this situation and Yinglong chose to use the sword to pierce himself while Bingyi was holding it. Instead Zhuo Yichen pierced Zhao Yuanzhou without giving him the chance to do it instead and I felt that was so on point for Zhuo Yichen's character. He is stubborn, even with friendships and he still wanted to save ZYZ in his own way (the saving a bit of his soul thing I will talk about that next).

AND of all soundtracks they use when ZYZ dies, rain begins to fall and his sacrifice saves the city, they use Hou Minghao's beautiful ost. This ost made me cry so much cuz it was sad, bittersweet, and you can feel what a huge sacrifice this is both in the impact on the people and on ZYZ himself. Will i feel like tearing up when i hear this song in the next few weeks? Most likely.

I really loved the epilogue thingy, how ZYZ's soul supposedly would wander around for awhile, but eventually ended up with Wen Xiao, literally as said on the contract she kept with her, and then managed to reach Zhuo Yichen. I can't think of another fitting place for his soul to be, other than with the people that trusted him and that he likely felt the safest with.

this concludes my rant yay

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I just started watching Love in the Clouds (just because I saw good reviews I have not much clue what it is about) and why is ji bozai so touchy right from the start its so funny that theyre being such a honeymoon vibe "couple" from literally ep 2

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Still waiting on happy ending (I will honestly be willing to wait for years)

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What I really REALLY want to know more about the Kpop Demon Hunters

1. Rumi parents story (how demon and hunter fell in love)

2. Mira and Zoey backstory

3. More details on Jinu becoming a demon

4. Who Gwi Ma really is

5. Why only some demons are human where did the weird ones come from

6. Are the tiger and bird watching over Rumi now? Is she taking care of them

7. Sequel with Honmoon actually turning golden? (I dun recall it actually being gold gold)

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Tell Me The Name MV + how Jeff Satur's music can touch anybody's hearts

Jeff in mafia-esque role. It is real. Dude looks cool, is cool.

The mv and song gives vengeful, I will protect you no matter how many people I need to kill vibes, I will be your executioner. Though it seemed like the girl was just using him even when he is utterly devoted. Was it really because she was hurt by them? Or is she just using him to settle scores, get rid of obstacles, who knows.

I especially liked the scene that her wounds heal but appears on him instead like it really transfers rather than show us him actually being punched and getting the wound, cuz in a way he is doing her dirty work. Even after she just leaves with only a note abandoning him, he still continues killing, and even so he still loves her.

The makeup, styling, on point.

Doesn't this all sound like (in a much less dramatic fashion without the killing, thanku), a manipulative and controlling relationship? Jeff satur's music and mvs all use a very interesting storyline to convey very common relationship dynamics.

Lost and Found -- healing after ending a relationship, working on yourself, despite losing a part of yourself due to trauma finding the courage to try again (pls dun kill me this is what i understood), and self love

Ride or Die -- the thrill of diving into a new relationship, sparks, feeling like this person is the only one for you

Fade -- the relationship that you can never forget, one that was hard to leave, that still hurts when you think about it

Ghost -- a difficult relationship that has no hope in rekindling (I think? I tried)

Common relationship (or breakup) things. Makes me wonder what this dude has been through.

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Abit late but just wanted to give some small thoughts on the first frost (难哄). Imo excluding the extremely selfish mother it does seem realistic that yifan didn't pursue and a lot of people told her not to make it a big deal since the "uncle" is a relative (although not blood related to her). After all she was young, didn't know what to do and didn't have any adult to rely on. It does make me think about how in reality many such cases go unreported since the perpetrator is someone they know, making it even harder for others to accept what happened, so on so forth.

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watching the first frost 难哄 as someone who read the manhwa not the book and Bai Jingting actually does fit the manhwa character Sangyan. I do like the first look and vibes of cold Sangyan and the aesthetics.

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Moonlight Mystique 白月梵星 review

I love this show for so many reasons (spent 2 hours talking to my boyfriend about it lmao) I will start off with the storyline.

I enjoyed how clear the arcs were like going from chapter to chapter in a book, firstly in Ning An City, then Outlanders City, Fox Clan, Stone Clan, Bodhi City and then the final fight arc. It felt cohesive with the overall plan of collecting the contemplations, activating the stone to help Fanyue and to help Baishuo get stronger to take her revenge.

But at the end of the day, it is not about revenge. It is about protecting the people you love. Although all the side characters dying was not something I expected, and at some points the sacrifice some people made was kinda of no use (pls dun kill me).

Now we move on to the love stories. I did enjoy Fanyue and Baishuo's relationship, though theirs was based a lot on that they have a common goal and didnt rlly care about each other at first, but because of shared experiences and helping each other it turned romantic. However, I liked Jingyuan and Xingyue's relationship a lot more, albeit it ended so terribly. Honestly idk how he fell for her in the first place, maybe he truly admired her and he couldnt leave her be when she was injured. Chongzhao and Fuling/Baixi's relationship was kinda creepy initially, it seemed like she was just obsessed over him, but turns out they liked each other from a long time ago and they do have quite dark common experiences.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR DAMN LONG

I love the styling of everyone in this show. Especially the differences between Fanyue and Jingyuan. Lol honestly over the course of the whole drama Fanyue's outfits became more and more lavish until it finally became that Demon God purple hair, bejeweled cloaks and sharp ass eyeliner. Long hair really looks good on Ao Ruipeng. Baishuo and Xingyue's headpieces look very heavy and thick but the dresses. Wow her dresses are beautiful.

The makeup and styling for Fuling was done well too imo. Here eyeliner and eyeshadow was so thick and dark and the colour of her clothes remained so dark until she recognised that she was Baixi, and she gave off such gentle flowery cutesy vibes I love.

Overall I highly recommend this show it reminds me of Love Between Fairy and Devil and I would rewatch it again cuz i want to admire the outfits and sets lol.

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The last time I cried this hard for a cdrama was LBFaD (but for LBFaD it was many big cries for MM it's like at the end only).

Did anyone see how purple Fanyue's hair became in the epilogue it's like the demon god ageing making his hair more purple lmao but dude still looks so good.

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Fun fact: the voice actor for Fanyue / Jingyuan in Moonlight Mystique is the same voice actor for Xiao Duo (played by Dylan Wang) in Unchained Love

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I love that the styling for Baishuo and Xingyue is so different, and also for Fanyue and Jingyuan (I love Jingyuan's slightly purple tinged hair and the headpieces I think they are leaves?). I feel Baishuo and Xinyue's headpieces are sometimes too big and elaborate (dun kill me please)

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Sick Fanyue in his dark palette looks better than normal Fanyue in that weird pastel colour in the bodhi village (or maybe I'm just biased to his dark styling its too good)

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Seeing everyone's reactions to The Paradise of Thorns I am now scared to watch it is it that sad and heavy