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clj 23 (1/2)

ugh clj always does come in clutch with the set designs

HE’S GETTING JEALOUS OVER JIELI CALLING ANOTHER GUY DUMB???? god he’s so funny. they’re all like the most incompetent 21 year olds you’ve ever met

this episode is genuinely hilarious I do love it

they forcibly clownified my girl....

what an incredible reaction. I love immortal changheng. he sees a weird woman living her truth and wearing wild makeup and an unmatching outfit who’s rude and flouts convention and he goes ‘I respect your game and in fact I’d like to rise to meet it’ WHAT a man. in my makeupless and fashion-ignorant state of being I really do appreciate someone who won’t reject a person out of hand for things like that, and instead finds value in their perspective and attitudes

also this sounds like an alternate universe where wwx didn’t meet lwj as a teenager but did meet someone else even more unhinged than him and decided they’re new besties because he admires the commitment. bit ooc because nobody in canon could beat wwx for that unless they were really deranged (xy) and tbh wwx seems to like calmer and more collected people the most (jyl, wen ning, wen qing, lwj) maybe bc they balance him and help ground him, but fun to imagine. he’s also buddies with nhs but they’re not super close and his relationship w jc is a bit complicated to get into in the lb of another show but like. you get it

dude :( this is so sad. he’s crushed. he’s weeping? aw man

yeah the love interests can’t talk politics :/

oh this is gorgeous! inspired by @bipirate​, I also wondered if romance  associated with lantern-releasing was a trope in cdramas, so I did a cursory google search for it. I didn’t come up with anything, but it’s a beautiful visual and a meaningful event relating to hopes and wishes and new starts (new year’s), so, like american new year’s, I can see how it lends itself to romance very easily even if not inherently romantic. wwx and lwj simultaneously and independently give their oaths that tie them together philosophically through the years, and xy and zf have their moment by the river, but wq and nhs also gave wishes that were completely unrelated to romance. interesting to consider!

WOW I know we’re on ep23 but that’s so forward of him

oh lmao. good for you girl

sorry but the chemistry is not working out for me. it’s going to take more than vaguely disliked and overused tropes like bickering and fake marriage and bodyswap to forget the way he treated her just a few episodes ago