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Personal Impression: Fangs of Fortune.

After watching the first episode, I already knew how this story would end.

It would end with tears like a river.

I knew many will die, even the lead character. I knew. Even so, I keep on watching it, every single episode, not even skipped any scene nor fast forward it.

Because of one reason ....

HIM.

Neo Hou is so gorgeous as the great demon!! >.<

I really like his make up and styling in this series. He really look like a 34.000 years old demon. His aura, demeanor, and his voice, really really resembles an old and presumptuous and flippant demon. Neo really did a great job for this role! BRAVO!

The story pace was quite slow though. Not only the story, but the dialogue, the movement, were also slow. I really have to hold out the urge to press the FF button. XD

And, although it came from the same director as My Journey to You, but the action scene movement isn't as thrilling as the previous one. Also, somehow they work too hard to give the heart warming feeling and the slightly comedy at the early episodes. Everyone always shed tears, even from the first episode. It feels like a rehearsal for the sad ending. XD

Everyone is trying too hard to ease each other pain that it looked unnatural for me.

BUT!!!

I do love this family.

A family consist of demons, a goddess, an human, a young mountain god, and an half human-half god.

I wish they would be together till the end and on. Doing adventure and demon hunting together.

Then again, it's Chinese drama land. We often get different kind of ending than we wanted, even if it was adapted from a novel and has an happy ending. I really don't understand with this kind of "satisfaction" to have a sad end, rather than an happy ending where everyone would smile and be happy. XD

Zhao Yuanzhao (Neo Hou) was actually a pitiful character. He was responsible of killing Zhou Yichen's brother and father, he has also killed Wen Xiao's mentor, the previous baizu goddess, and he was the reason for the death of Ying Lei's grandfather, the previous mountain god. All that because he was the vassal of malicious energy, and he can't control it (also can't control his own conscious). He also break up his friendship with Li Lun, the tree demon, which he accidentally hurt in a fight to protect the human. I could say, Zhao Yuanzhou's entire life is fill with misunderstanding.

I remember reading a comment saying, "In the first episode, Zhao Yuanzhou wanted to die because of what he has done, and in the final episode, he died when he wanted to live."

Damn. That hurts. Especially with the scene when Zhao Yuanzhou had to slapped himself before he sacrifice himself. He wanted to live with his loved ones, with his friends, but he has to make the biggest sacrifice. The death he has been wishing for. :((

Someone also said that Zhao Yuanzhou was like a sun for Li Lun as the sunflower. Li Lun only look at his sun, Zhao Yuanzhou, but the sun is actually owned by the people. That's touching, and it makes sense. But I still think Li Lun is like a brat which his favorite person was taken away by some other interest. XD

The sadness kind of traumatized me, even though I still able to made jokes when I watched it till the last episode, like "One down." XD

The characters were kind of pitiful, and it's always the demon side who suffers the most.

I'm quite happy that this series still have "connections" with real world, like the love between Miss Qi and Ran Yi was touching. They only wanted to be together, but their differences got in the way. "Whether you are a human or a demon, you are both my path and destination." It's like saying "I love you" in Fangs of Fortune's way. X3

When A Heng fights to protect his unconscious sister, Zhen Mei said he can't save his sister, and A Heng said, "I can't ... but I must." He know he won't stand a chance against Zhen Mei, but he still has to fight to protect his sister. That's a real power.

When Wen Xiao was poisoned and likely dying, she said that she doesn't want to die, and she still has lot of things she wanted to do. This is a natural reactions when we know that we only have little time left to live. Wen Xiao doesn't pretend to be strong by saying kind words like it's a sacrifice that she gladly will do as the baize goddess. The same thing with Ying Lei when he's dying, he said that he's scared and he doesn't want to leave ... my heart really broken for him. Ying Lei is my second favorite because of his cheerful nature. :((

I really like they still put that natural reactions and emotions as a common human would felt. (Note, Ying Lei's words were an adlib by the actor. Superb!)

There were several unforgettable moments in this series, including the death scenes. But, there's one that engraved in my mind. That one moment when Li Lun confronted Zhao Yichen who was about to turned into a demon. At first Li Lun was being all above Yichen, then it was the opposite. Yichen succeed to put some conscious into the stunned Li Lun. Li Lun wanted Yichen to be depressed and become a demon like him, yet Yichen stay righteous just like Zhao Yuanzhou had said about him. Yichen even said he becomes to understand Zhao Yuanzhou, rather than to Li Lun. That's like a totally defeat for Li Lun.

And lastly, Zhao Yuanzhou words to Wen Xiao, that when he died, he will become the rain and comes down to stay by her side.

Zhao Yuanzhou, do you know, because of that words, every time the rain came down now, I always said, "Da Yao, it's raining." TwT

Oh, well ... for me, it's quite good series. Although I still dislike the end, and even the special episode didn't do any good ....

Just remember, that it's a dream, and when you wake up, everyone actually living a happy life together, just like in the ending scene dance. XD

Neo Hou really did a great job in portraying a thousand years old demon. X3

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Personal Impression: Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (Tibetan Sea Flower).

I was caught with life when I had to skipped this series, and so I was late to watched it.

Please welcome, the newest of The Iron Triangle!

They look great! Welcome!!

I thought this series was after "Tomb of the Sea", since Wu Xie was quite old and wrecked. It reminds me of Wu Xie from "Reunion". XD

This one was actually before "Tomb of the Sea", before Xiao Ge enters the bronze door, replacing Wu Xie who was supposed to guard it. But, Xiao Ge couldn't let him, so he was the one who guard it instead. This made Wu Xie feels so bad.

While waiting for Xiao Ge returns, Wu Xie and Fatty were caught up in another adventure, a task that was assigned by Xiao Ge since he can't do it by himself (for guarding the bronze door for 10 years). In this adventure, Wu Xie and Fatty also found the truth about Xiao Ge's past life which he always seek his memories.

Xiao Ge's life was pitiful. He only wanted to know about his birth, about his mother, but he was forced to be the family leader if he wanted the answers. He has also to shoulder the curse of having memory lost, while the other family members were free from it. And it seemed, no one could understand him.

"You all Zhang family is so stupid," said Wu Xie to Zhang Haixing. He was right. The righteous family has been declined for generations and they were fighting against each other for mundane purposes. While in other hand, they "sacrificed" Xiao Ge for their own goods. To be honest I've lost my respect for this main family. XD

Maybe it's faith that Xiao Ge meets Wu Xie and Fatty. His brothers who always think about him, care for him, and will know if he's gone. That's why Xiao Ge willing to replaced Wu Xie to guard the bronze door, and that's also why Wu Xie willing to look and remembers Xiao Ge past so he could tell him when he lost his memory again.

They have a strong bond, and that bond that made Xiao Ge still remembers Wu Xie when he finally comes out after 10 years. And that strong bond that made me love them so much: both pingxie and the iron triangle.

I haven't read the novel version so I don't know if there's any differences with the series adaptation. The adaptation story was okayish to me. I can follow the story line quite well. The pace was also okay. The plot, the characters and the acting skill (I even like the biologist foreigner, Feng), the action scenes, and of course the comedy and bond between Wu Xie and Fatty. As always, Fatty is the last stand for taking care of Wu Xie when Xiao Ge wasn't around. If Xiao Ge was there, Fatty would still be responsible for the two of them. Fatty is such a "mama" for both Wu Xie and Xiao Ge. That's why for me, in whatever adaptations, Fatty is the real MVP. XD

Through this series, I can finally understand about some of the mysteries, especially about Xiao Ge's life: the truth about his life, his mother, and his burdens. Also, this is the starting point where Wu Xie finally changed not to be as naive as in his younger times. He's ready to be scheming in order to fight the Wang family in "Tomb of the Sea".

Episode 32 is a must watch episode! Wu Xie and Fatty came together to pick up Xiao Ge, and Xiao Ge said the famous line to Wu Xie, "You've grown old."

Now, there's still missing parts after Ultimate Note till Xiao Ge enters the bronze door. When this adaptations really comes out, it will definitely a tear jerking.

Until then, let's enjoy the peaceful life that the iron triangle could have (before they go to their next adventure).

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[ photos of Al-Shifa Hospital before and after the IDF destruction]

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Re-blogging to welcome the Iron Triangle from Adventure of The Bronze Door aka Tibetan Sea Flower.

“We, the trio, can’t go without any of its three angles.” – Fatty Wang.

The Lost Tomb Season 1: Yang Yang - Li Yifeng - Liu Tian Zuo. 

The Lost Tomb Season 2: Zhang Bo Yu - Neo Hou - Cheng Yi. 

The Lost Tomb - Explore With The Note 2: Zhang Bo Yu - Zhao Dong Ze - Bai Shu. 

Ultimate Note: Xiao Yuliang - Cheng Fang Xu - Zeng Shun Xi. 

Adventure Behind The Bronze Door (Tibetan Sea Flower): Edward Zhang - Zhang Kang Le - Chen Ming Hao.

Tomb of The Sea: Chen Ming Hao - Qin Hao - Xiao Yuliang. 

The Lost Tomb Reboot: Huang Junjie - Zhu Yilong - Chen Ming Hao.

I love the Iron Triangle so much.

The Iron Triangle sticks together!

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Disconnected.

Lately I feel disconnected with things that I usually like, such as my favorite band and my favorite actor or series. 

I haven't been listening to my favorite band/artists for sometimes. This rarely happened. I don't even hype their news or projects. I just don't feel the interest or urge to do so. 

Tibetan Sea Flower has been going for about several weeks (I think) and I still haven't watched the first episode. This series is from The Lost Tomb universe aka my favorite Chinese series, but oddly, this time I don't feel the interest to watch it. 

WHY???

What's happening to me?

I ... truly don't know. 

What I feel is that none of it seemed to matter to me now ....

Not to forget, I also feel empty most of the time. 

Probably because of works stress, or maybe I've changed my mindset of what's truly important for me, that the mundane things weren't truly matter. 

But truly ... I just don't know what's going on with me right now.  

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It's my 5 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Wow! Time passes, yet I'm not being here too much. 🤣😭

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So cuteeeee!!! 🤣

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This should be how the series end. 💚🎉

Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Di Feisheng/Fang Duobing/Li Lianhua Characters: Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, Di Feisheng Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicidal Ideation, Post-Canon Fix-It, found family fluff, Sick Character, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

The sharp edge of a sword presses into his cheek. Rainwater drenches his clothes, stings against his wounds. Their eyes meet between the frame of their swords. He breathes, watching as moonlight softens his opponent’s gaze. A shred of something wistful twists like a knife in his chest. Why must it be this way?

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Zhang Linghe's Theory of Everything

Stephen Hawking once searched for an excellent formula that could be used to ultimately explain all phenomenons in the universe. In his youth, Zhang Linghe once regarded him as a hero and admired him for his research on theoretical knowledge that has an impact on human civilization. Then, he studied hard and spent happy days at school such as deriving interrelated formula. Later, he became an actor & discovered the beauty when rationality & emotion are matched. Now, his logical perception of reality, his empathy perception for the characters & fiction world has formed Zhang Linghe's unique theory of everything.

It was a very early photoshoot schedule. Zhang Linghe was drinking his daily iced americano with oolong tea beside it. His bangs, which hadn't been set was a bit covering his eyes, but he remained to look sincere and witty. We asked him whether he has always like this kind of bitter drink, he said he learned to like it. "At first, I drink it to reduce swelling, but later it became a habit & I keep doing it." Recently, Zhang Linghe's face has filled our sight. Love Between Fairy and Devil is still popular, Story of Kunning Palace has just finished filming and he currently joined the filming of Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Yuehong Chapter. Although the role of Hu Weisheng played by him is not main character, it has unique personality which is different from his previous roles. "Weisheng is a little timid and a bit silly, but at the same time, he also sincere & cute. I already know the crew from previous project, so I feel very familiar when I joined them. This saves times as I already know them, I could quickly get into the work environment." Zhang Linghe still thinks carefully. "I've been thinking about how to make this silly character more lovely. Later, I found that integrity is an important point. As long as he is kind & sincere, everyone will like him.

Let's take a look of characters played by Zhang Linghe. They all have different personality & look. Chang Heng is warm & firm, Xie Wei is thoughtful & meticulous, Hu Weisheng is simple & pure. Among these characters, Xie Wei is the most complex. "It took me some time to find out how this character feels, he's really different from me, so I made a lot of preparations. I try to use his personality to think about every decisions he made. I discuss his thoughts & emotions with the screenwriter, I also talk to the novel author, I want to know as much as possible about what the author gave when creating this character. Combined with the final result expected by the screenwriter, I finally able to understand him & experience his story." As Zhang Linghe said, playing the role of Xie Wei is beyond his experience, his dialogues able to make him think deeply for a long time. "In a scene, I had this dialogue the world is finally at peace, now it doesn't matter if I die However, as I play Xie Wei, I need to understand and figure out his mind & feelings when he said those words. Later, I read the novel. I feel that the reason why he is fighting all the way to get high position is because he has hope in his heart. But then, this hope has gone. Then for him it's what he means by now it doesn't matter if I die.”

People often said that being good at finding out the rules of constant things is the necessary ability for smart people to survive, so it is inevitable that Zhang Linghe, who loves to solve mathematical problems, has summarized his own methodologies for acting. "The concept of my methodology is divided into two parts. In some technical & empirical things such as reading the script and understanding the role will be expertized through the amount of experiences I had. But when I really started acting, I found that the emotion & perception of the characters remain prevailed. I'm not professional-trained actor, so I can learn more about the power of sincerity in acting through more experiences." His tone sounds relaxed, but his attitude is earnest, with a great sincerity for the ‘acting’ itself.

Perhaps the nature of his logical thinking or the feeling of accomplishment brought by obtaining a unique solution that made Zhang Linghe interested to physics. But unfortunately, acting is on the opposite side of rationality. It requires actors to think deeply, but it also requires them to throw away the result of thinking and finally get close emotionally to the character. These two things are mutually opposite, but surprisingly, they reacted wonderfully with each other in Zhang Linghe's life.

What if you have to compare your love for physics with your love for acting?

"Both have their own charm. The joy brought by acting is like the release of dopamine, like there's a 'bang' of fireworks in your brain. The joy of physics is to satisfy curiosity. You will dig deeper & deeper into a conjecture and you must chase after the final answer before you stop. But these two things have their own difficulties at the same time. A thousand people have a thousand hamlets in their hearts (meaning a thousand people might have a thousand different opinions), to what extent you can understand and bring something into the character. While for physics, the road of study might never end".

However, compared to the physics conjectures, acting is more difficult. In this process, Zhang Linghe needs to let go a few sense of control over the results, to let go the strong reins of rationality and let himself enter the character's soul. In the acting class, the teacher told him to freely express his character. He must give up the thinking part and embrace the sensibility. "In the class, the teacher will specially choose a role that has a big contrast with you and ask you to try. I remember at that time the teacher asked me to imitate a kitten, its cute gestures & behaviour. With more training like this, I started to found a few methods of how to get into the characters."

However, when he first truly empathized with a character, it still brought a great emotional impact to Zhang Linghe. "The first time I felt that I was empathizing with the character was when I filmed Flourish in Time. It was a very simple scene. I went to give my sister an examinee identity card. Actually, I didn't need to give her a strong feeling. But when I was acting for this scene, I happened to notice the drama will wrap up. So, when the director shouted "cut", I fall apart. And it lasted for ten or twenty minutes. I felt trapped by Jiang Haoyue's feelings. Later, I realized that I will feel this way when I get into the role." This experience made him realize the feeling of being affected by the characters' emotions. But also from the moment when the characters walked into his heart, Zhang Linghe felt that he could really continue his acting journey.

Recently, Zhang Linghe filmed some costume dramas intensively. At first, he considered wearing a headpiece & using hanging wires as new fun things. But as the filming went deeper, he began to feel the deeper cultural power. "The more costume dramas I filmed, the more I feel it as our powerful cultural characteristics and able to bring us the cultural confidence. After Love Between Fairy and Devil was broadcasted, the ancient culture in the drama has been loved by many audiences, including overseas, which is also one of our cultural export. It's really an honor for me to be able to join this outstanding costume drama. When talking about acting, Zhang Linghe always has a lot to say, eager to share his feelings about the role, but also firmly state his own shortcomings. " In acting, what I want to improve most is (how to express) the dialogues. How can I make the dialogues fit into to the characters? I want to continue exploring and practice it.

After not filming for awhile, Zhang Linghe has back to be a completely rational person. He doesn't believe in things without theoretical support. He also doesn't believe that zodiac sign and personality tests can explain the personality. I think this is the matter of phenomenon & result or vice versa. Actually, the characters commonality exists first and people will put themselves as the result of a zodiac sign or a personality type. Even if there is no astrology, this character commonality will still exists, only we don't know how to describe it. When he was a child, he wanted to be a person like Hawking, Einstein or Galileo. He was fascinated by the exploration of world's law of nature. After getting into the acting world, he like Tony Leung. He watched Infernal Affairs over & over again just to see Tony Leung’s acting. "Tony Leung laoshi looks handsome. He has one kind of highest quality of performance sense. I like this movie because I also like Andy Lau laoshi. The two of them created dramatic tension in that movie."

He just made a great start of his acting career. There are a lot of possibilities and expectations to be accomplished. "The types of roles I've always wanted to play is still a police in crime movie. the reason is because I can play as police or maybe gangster. I'm looking forward for it." Perhaps his love for reasoning themes comes from his love for detective fiction novels & enjoying the process of battle-of-wits with the author. "I have read quite many of Keigo Higashino's works, because it's not just a simple case of reasoning, there is also a lot of human thoughts in addition to complicated reasoning techniques. Sometimes it's interesting to read this kind of novel. You hope to win over the author & guess the next step of his plan, but you are also expecting to be surprises." Besides the detective fiction novels, he also likes the science fiction novel such as Liu Cixin's works. The kind of hard work that built on a complete set of logical systems. "After I read Three Body Problems and Ball Lightning, I find it’s hard to immersed when I read another novels. These novels gave me a deep impression. He successfuly bridges the gap between fantasy and reality. You will be fully convinced with the world he created. It really is amazing.”

One of science fiction movie that Zhang Linghe recently watch is "The Moon Falls". There is also “Interstellar” which is an irreplaceable masterpiece for him. In his spare time, he will open science fiction category on the streaming platform & will watch it one by one without selection, as if everything about the universe is within his liking. He believes that there are higher dimensions of life observing us & we are just tiny beings in three-dimensional world. "A lot of superstring theories mentioned that the universe is 11-dimensional. We live in a very low-level dimension. There are too many things in the universe beyond our understanding and imagination. There are too many coordinate axes outside of xyz. This world is multi-layered.”

Does this make you feel little? "It will broaden my mind & heart"

Most people who like physics and macro perspective have the courage to face the unknown. It is a precious spirit to be able to happily live even after realizing our insignificance. "Sometimes you go to learn about the universe, look at the satellites and asteroids revolving around the sun, and think about the Milky Way beyond the solar system. Every star is so far apart. Separated in a distance that beyond the reach of mankind lifespan. You will suddenly feel that your world view has expand. The sun, the earth and human beings are just one tiny part of a huge world. You will feel that nothing can bother me. But sometimes we need to change our perspective & don't be carried away by the view of pessimistic and worthless effort. We still need to return to our life, do our work well, be satisfied with the present while keep imagining the future."

Would you be afraid of choice if every choice we made would turn to bring about a parallel universe, as in Coherence?

"Of course not. Maybe there will be some psychological pressure, but I accept the results of every choices."

Indeed, Zhang Linghe has never been afraid to choose acting, roles and sincerity

It is interesting that Zhang Linghe still keeps the habit to read. It may not be a heavy read, but he always maintains the relationship with words. In this era where people tend to look at pictures & clips, this habit seems special. "Words are the foundation. Visual sense is based on content & words. I often need to read scripts & get into the characters from the dialogues. From appearance to the tone of speech, they are all come from words. the script or words are the medium to get the output.

This is your advantage, now there are not many people like to read. "Maybe, but it's something that I have to do"

So far we still don't know whether Zhang Linghe already has his own theory of everything, but considering his sensibility, calmness & sincerity, it's hard not to deduce a wonderful solution, isn't it?

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EN subbed vid (Oct 19): Zhu Yilong gets “exasperated” when his disciple Tong Linkai comes too close during rehearsals

Director: Don’t come too close

TLK: But I’m afraid he can’t hear me sing

ZYL: You just have to sing louder!!

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I'm so surprised with Zhu Yilong transformations for this movie. His physical appearance changes so much to not looking like the usual him. Bravo! 🎉😳

EN subbed vid (Oct 10): Only the River Flows BTS. How did Zhu Yilong transform himself into Ma Zhe?

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This chapter is full of knives and ninja cutting onions. 😭😭😭

Chapters: 5/6 Fandom: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Di Feisheng/Fang Duobing/Li Lianhua Characters: Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, Di Feisheng Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicidal Ideation, Post-Canon Fix-It, found family fluff, Sick Character, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

Di Feisheng has always liked snow.

The Lotus House’s old doors creak infuriatingly even as he tries to close them carefully. He sets a lantern next to him on the steps and clears a space for himself to sit down.

The cold lingers in his lungs, and he breathes it out in white puffs of air. It’s been years since the last time he saw anything like this, and there’s a dull ache in his chest as he watches the snowflakes fall gently, covering everything in a soft, thick layer of snow.

It’s very quiet.

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He's on fire!!! 🫶

Oct 11 Zhu Yilong Studio: Zhu Yilong attends the opening ceremony of the 7th Pingyao International Film Festival.

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Chapters: 4/6 Fandom: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Di Feisheng/Fang Duobing/Li Lianhua Characters: Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, Di Feisheng Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicidal Ideation, Post-Canon Fix-It, found family fluff, Sick Character, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

They’ve strayed into a field of reeds. Thin plant stalks carry tufts of seeds, and Li Lianhua watches as they rustle in the wind, shifting in the mellow light of the autumn sun. The Lotus House’s wood chimes respond gently in kind, swaying along the rhythm of their meandering pace.

“There’s only a footpath from here,” Fang Duobing whispers, shading his eyes as he peers above the horses toward the water. “Do you think there are fish in the lake?”

“Fish?” Di Feisheng says, voice muffled from under his straw hat. “You can’t catch fish, Fang Duobing.” He runs a hand through the fur of Fox Spirit’s back, content to let him doze against his side.

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Personal Impression: My Journey To You.

I purposely use the picture above since it's my most favorite scene. When all the member of Gong family united (look how cool Shangjue and Yuanzhi!! (^^)).

Usually, I would avoid spy genre. The last spy genre I've watched was "The Rebel" (Zhu Yilong) and it was quite a trauma for me. (XD)

Yet, I don't know why I started to watched "My Journey To You". Maybe because the trailer looks interesting? But, I was "trick" by the trailer. I thought it would be a very serious and intense series. I didn't expected there would also be a comedy (which I enjoy it so much). I really like it when after a good intense scene, it swiftly change into a comedic one. The feelings are like riding a roller coaster. (XD)

THE STORY.

In the early episodes, the story was quite slow pace for me. But, it was quite fun to watch the two female spies interacting with each other. Their talk was like a 101 guide of how to be a good spies (XD).

Then I kept on guessing who was (or were) also the spies inside the Gong family. Then the mystery about the killing and also the main purpose for each spies were also interesting to follow. Although by the end of the story, I was left with the question, "What was their main purpose again?" (XD)

To be honest, I was kinda confused with the timeline of the story. Since some of the important parts were explained in the past time.

The Gong family is also a "troublesome" family. (XD)

They are the last family that still able to stand against Wufeng (thanks fo Shangjue, I guess), the evil organization (XD), but they did it by living in seclusion. No family member are allowed to leave the residence and very strict for outsider to enter. Although it was a surprised that 3 Wufeng spies could enter the residence, even live as one of the family member. (XD)

The old man aka the fathers were also troublesome, like Ziyu's father, Zishang's father, and young master Hua's father. The fathers are very strict with their sons, condemn them once in a while, but the truth is they actually care and deeply love their sons. And they admit it when they were dead or dying. That's annoying and also hilarious. (XD)

Except for Zishang's father who still doesn't acknowledge her abilities as the older daughter.

THE CHARACTERS.

Although I was obviously doting for Gong Ziyu, but I must say that my favorite character are the other 4 characters (not in order): Gong Zishang (the eldest sister), Jin Fan (Gong Ziyu's personal bodyguard), Gong Shangjue, and his beloved brother, Gong Yuanzhi.

Gong Zishang is a very hilarious and comedic character. Her presence, her expressions, her words, her doing, her love for Jin Fan, were all very entertaining. She has a sad background because of her father distrust (which I think it didn't resolved in the story?) I'm happy that Jiejie still could find happiness with Jin Fan and Ziyu. I know I will had a great laugh whenever she shows up in the story. I love you, Jiejie!

Jin Fan, the red jade guardian who degrade his position to be the green jade guardian in order to be Ziyu's personal bodyguard (by the order of Ziyu's father). He's obviously a loyal bodyguard for Ziyu. But, he's also secretly kept his love for Zishang. Even though he's so powerful as a guardian, but every time he was with Ziyu and Zishang, the three of them would be hilarious together. (XD)

It's super fun to see Zishang and Jin Fang together. They are my favorite couple! I'm so glad the make it together till the end of the story.

Gong Shangjue. I don't quite understand the order of the brothers, but Shangjue is Ziyu's brother (or cousins?) A very strong, smart, scary, and tactical. He's a one tough man. No wonder he must be taken down first since he's way more dangerous as an opponent than Ziyu. (XD)

I do admire Shangjue's "love" for the family. He only think about the family, that he even willing to be seen as a bad character in order to protect the family.

I really like his answer to Yuanzhi when Ziyu was getting through the trial to be a worthy Sword Wielder. "If he's not capable, we don't have to worry. But, if he's really capable, then we don't have to worry either." That prove Shangjue only care for the family sake, and not the competition between him and Ziyu to become the Sword Wielder.

Shangjue's feature is always tense, serious, and scary, just like his brother, Yuanzhi. Yet, somehow, he manage to show his sweet and pure smile to Yuanzhi. But, when he smiles sweetly to Ziyu (at the final episode), it feels so weird. (XD)

I remember at their final scene, Shangjue reminds Ziyu that since he's now the Sword Wielder, he shouldn't called Shangjue by "Ge" (brother), like always done by someone. Shangjue meant Yuanzhi. My mind quickly translate it as Shangjue doesn't want anyone else to call him by "Ge", except for Yuanzhi only. I cheered! Yuanzhi did it! He has won his brother's heart a long time ago.

Gong Yuanzhi. The little brother, the genius with poisons, the Shangjue's brother's complex. A very capable young man. While Shangjue only thinking about the family, Yuanzhi will only thinking about his brother (Shangjue). He would do everything for Shangjue's sake. He kind of made me upset when he intentionally steps on the lotus flower. And when he smirk or smile in devilish way, I swear ... he made me terrified!!! (TOT)

I do adore Shangjue and Yuanzhi brotherhood. Truly the best! They are strong on their own and super deadly together. I'd like to see more of their story.

Gong Ziyu. Surely the male lead. I think he's not as strong as Shangjue. Ziyu also admits it. But, Ziyu is indeed strong in his own way. He acknowledge people, even Shangjue and Yuanzhi (whom he called as genius in poison). He doesn't want to be beaten by Shangjue. He also acknowledge everyone else in the family, like his goofy sister (Zishang), the young master Hua (by acknowledge his sword), and the young master Xue (by carefreely chatting with him). Ziyu's kindness has earned him the love, the trust, and the support, especially from the family younger generations. The Gong family would change to be better under Ziyu's command. Ziyu isn't as strict as the older generations. Maybe that's why the younger generations are doting for him (except for Shangjue and Yuanzhi (XD)).

Coming near to the ending episode, Shangjue revealed that the one who comes out with the tactic to set a trap for Wufeng was indeed Ziyu. He maybe not as smart as Shangjue, or even as strong, but in the end, Ziyu managed to prove himself (even to Shangjue) that he was able to protect his family (although his main reason was probably to protect Weishan (XD)).

Oh, I also won't forget his blind and deep love for Yun Weishan. (XD)

When everyone were confronting Weishan as Wufeng's spy and wanted to beheaded her, Ziyu only asked, "Are you really leaving?" That's all what's on his head. (XD)

THE ENDING.

I have prepared myself for the worst ... for people to die ... it's a spy genre after all. But, I was happy that all of my favorite characters are alive. (XD)

Jin Fan survived and he's very clingy to Zishang after he finally confess his love for her. Good for you, Jiejie!!! (TOT)

Shangjue and Yuanzhi are also alive. Thank God! (XD)

I thought one of the brothers would die. I can't imagine how devastated Shangjue would be if he lost Yuanzhi after he lost his young brother in the past, and add with Shangguan Qian runs away. I also can't imagine how Yuanzhi would be if Shangjue dies.

But, as for Ziyu, I think his ending was unnecessary ... just make him live happily with Weishan!

I can't understand, with Weishan status as the wife of the Sword Wielder, as Ziyu also deeply love her, how could he let Weishan go by herself to her home to found her twin sister and then meet with other Wufeng member? And the way Ziyu's look was shocked when the gate to the Gong residence was open ... I thought that Weishan had died and the one who come back was her twin sister who disguising as Weishan and also act as a new Wufeng's spy. It's so unnecessary hints. (XD)

But, at the fan event, Zhang Linghe said that what Ziyu saw was two Weishan. That means they both survived and live together at the Gong residence. Good for them! I don't understand why the end have to be secretive?? Is it that hard just to make it directly a happy ending?

I was also feel strange with the "sudden plot" that Weishan has a twin sister, so that's the reason why Shangjue couldn't find any prove that she's an imposter. Actually, it would be great if she's indeed an imposter and it was Wufeng doing for making the town people acknowledge her as the true Yun's daughter.

But, then again, Yun Weishan is indeed her name from the very beginning. She doesn't took it from the real one, so ... it's not a suddenly plot after all.

THE OST.

I truly love all the soundtrack. It's so perfect for lullabies. (XD)

There are two of my favorite OST.

Distant Mountain Like Yesterday - Chen Cusheng.

One memorable scene using the song was when all the dead member of Gong family appeared in spirit form to congratulate and assured Ziyu that he has succeed in protecting the family. Among them was young master Hua and young master Xue, which I regret so much for their death. (T^T)

Singer - Tian Jiarui.

Yuanzhi's brother complex song over Shangjue. (XD)

This song appeared whenever there were dramatic scene between the two brothers. (XD)