#the spirealm spoilers

[agendratum]

the spirealm as text posts (2/?)

[baek1nho]

@userdramas​ event 17: plot twist — the spirealm [insp.]

[naughtynanzhu]

💕 the spirealm text posts pt. 4 💕

[ruanbaijie]

@userdramas creator bingo ⎈ single font + blue @asiandramanet event 08 queer vibes only @asiandramanet june creator bingo board ⎈ animation [insp]

[zishuge]

The Spirealm 致命游戏 (2024) | Ep. 74

[thymo-leonta]

the scene where lin qiushi is doing Well Math and ruan nanzhu makes a pained face is sooooooo much funnier after the reveal that he's an npc and made of "big data". ruan nanzhu probably could have done the math but he made the CHOICE to hate math.

[iphee]

Wtf! How am I supposed to interpret that ending!? Are they all alive again in Spirealm or is it just Linglings made-up virtual world and they're all NPC characters now? I'm crying either way. 😭

[jupiter-86]

Very interesting that Ling Jiushi repeatedly asks Ruan Lanzhu to call him "Daddy" in the same episode he says he speaks what's in his heart now lmao

[lynne-monstr]

hmmm is it my spirealm hot take that, when rnz says that the only reason he knows how to love is because of ljs, that I would prefer to interpret it as ljs being the final piece of a puzzle rather than the one and only thing that gives rnz's life meaning.

I like to think that rnz's first step towards human emotions was taken much earlier, when he formed obsidian and let all these people into his life. maybe he didn't fully understand what he was doing or what he feeling, but I won't accept that those relationships didn't have meaning. he might not known enough to call it friendship or to call it love but he took those people under his wind and guided them and protected them, and that matters.

ljs came into his life and unlocked that final piece that made it all make sense. but you can't convince me that the human feelings and emotions hadn't been there for a while. it's just that rnz had no idea what they were or what to call them until now.

[guzhufuren]

Zhiguang couldn't mention The Spirealm directly, but that scene is still his best acting for him (link)

[imjustsoscaredallthetime]

im going to kill myself

[agendratum]

qiushi's friend is so funny tho like: sorry for dragging you into this extremely dangerous death game without your consent, but you're the only one who can save the world, so i left you a bunch of easter eggs to assist in this quest, all of them are based on your traumatic life experiences btw, but don't worry, i also programmed in the tall handsome guy of your dreams, who is designed to be there for you and take care of you and is also an inseparable part of this game you need to stop, hope your abandonment issues are better now, good luck <3

[silviakundera]

The Spirealm episode 7 reaction

fair warning: in these episode reactions I'm not gonna pretend I haven't read the novel. in fact, I purposely finished the novel before viewing, to get The Full Experience. thus novel spoilers, including twist end, included.

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I feel like the drama has made LQ much more empathetic and also a bit more clever & assertive (vs reactive) than in the novel.

I think there are 2 reasons for this:

One has to do with theories on the ultimate narrative thread, so I won't dive into this yet, other than to note that repeatedly we see LQ connecting to the emotions of NPCs and inspiring the group to solving situations by treating NPCs as people.

The other is that in a live drama you miss the humor and subversion of expectations in the protagonist's inner thoughts. The cold distance and lack of curiosity (and how that all perversely ends up making him better at the game) is very difficult to effectively portray in a drama without a frequent VO (voice over). So they decided to go a different way, while still trying to stay true to the heart of the character.

Anyway, we get our proof that LQ never believed RN's excuses in the last episode that he didn't show up to this door just for LQ. When there are minutes left and he thinks they might be done for, LQ's move is to turn to the man who wants to be his partner and simply says, "I'm sorry."

"Why?"

"This is my door. It has nothing to do with you. You came because of me."

RN's silent pause speaks for itself, though he offers comfort with, "...Not entirely because of you."

"What a pity I haven't joined Obsidian yet" is like code for SO MUCH" (too bad we didn't get more time to know each other)(i regret not getting a chance to truly start a friendship)(unexplored gay longing)

lol while they're having A Moment, miss Best Actress leverages her single status to rise above the moment and actually throw out a solution!

(this whole bit reminded me of how in the novel, other characters would often be like wtf we're all gonna die, I'm in hell, so why am I having to eat all this dog food asdfghjk just disgusted at all these touching couple-ish moments RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR SALAD during mortal peril)

Ruan Nanzhu stepping up to get dangerous 🔥

More pathos, as the drama lays the groundwork of seeing the NPCs as deserving of compassion and having feelings 🤔

The necklace again, this time without protest.

"It looks good on you."

"See you at Obsidian."

(we get a scene after they leave that is VERY INTERESTING to me, in context of the novel's ending - in the climax, LQ is presented with a version of reality where everyone he'd seen suffer in the doors is there and all of the dead resurrected... and here is a vision where the tragedy has been wiped clean) (just makes me think again of the ultimate question, is this is indeed a virtual existence of personified data, true AI, or the supernatural 12th Door)

Another quick glimpse into the door exploring competitor X. Blah blah we think we are very important.

LMAO RN still tempts him into moving in with Chestnut's affections 😂😭

To be fair, that is an incredibly fluffy and cute cat. I too WANT TO PET.

Ok so now they establish that the doors can be months and years apart. I liked this bit in the novel, as the doors allow you to cheat or at least delay death. So as you pass them, the more difficulty the bigger the reward - reward being TIME. (the most precious item of all)

"My cat is quite close to you."

"What's yours is mine. What's mine.... is still mine." 😏

Can we stop the tyranny of iqiyi subs not displaying "Ge", especially when it literally is a discussion point?! He's saying don't call me Ruan-Ge, not don't call me Ruan!!!! 😤

Then the first moment of Lin Quishi seeing that RN is Can Be Hurt and being confronted with the difficulty level of the 6+ doors. RN declined LQ's offer to accompany him and now his door companion is dead.

Ah, competitors X are at it again. The drama really feels like audience needs an external antagonist. Not sure I agree but whatever.

Now LQ, like in the novel, is feeling protective and doesn't want a recovering RN coming with him to the next door.

lmao they've become Those People who gravitate to each other. Whole house of people and LQ is the one hanging out at his bedside and helping him down the stairs.

Cheng Yixie to Cheng Qianli: "If I cared about other people's lives, yours would already be over." (This hits different for novel readers.)

[naughtynanzhu]

the spirealm text posts pt.3

[ruanbaijie]

FAVOURITE QUOTES [2/2] of THE SPIREALM 致命游戏 (2024) [insp] adapted from the danmei novel Kaleidoscope of Death 死亡万花筒 by Xi Zi Xu 西子绪 @asiandramanet jun creator bingo board ⎈ quote

[zishuge]

Obsidian won't exist forever... once the game is cleansed, that's when everyone will go their separate ways. Suddenly... I can't bear the thought of destroying this game. Mainly because I don't want to be separated from you. The Spirealm 致命游戏 (2024) | Ep. 59