#xiao yao

[wheredostarsgowhenyoudie]

She's awesome!

LU YUXIAO (卢昱晓) as Shaoyao

in Blossoms in Adversity (惜花芷), 2024

[shenzhiheng]

Lost You Forever 长相思 第二季 | Episode 32

[dangermousie]

Good DAY!!!

[letthefairyinyoufly]

Xiao Yao appreciation 14/∞

[gusucloud]

Lost You Forever (s2, 2024)

“Maybe I’m waiting for Destiny...”

[da-man-si]

😭HE YEETED HIMSELF INTO THE LAKE Y’ALL IM CRYING

Tushan Jing is the epitome of 🫡 emoji whenever Xiaoyao wants anything

[snakedemonstories]

[harocat]

The way Lost You Forever says, 'the trauma never fully goes away, but we find happiness and live anyway.'

For me this is best exemplified in two physical manners:

Xiaoyao's (assumedly quite high) cultivation and power was severely damaged by the thirty years she spent being tortured by the fox. Over and over when I read people talking about the series, people wondered when she'd get her power back.

And I get it. It would have been an amazing moment to see her powers return, to see her bursting with what must have been so much strength as the daughter of two extremely famous warriors.

But instead of that, Xiaoyao makes do with what she has. She learns how to defend herself with archery. She makes poisons. She fights in her own ways. Even in this xianxia world, she can't regain what she lost, but she does her best to make up for it.

One thing I was worried about when hearing about Tushan Jing's death is that I thought he might come back unblemished by scars, totally able bodied again. Often in xianxia when someone comes back to life, they reappear somehow, cultivated from an object or just in a flurry of sparkles and flower petals. There's not usually a dead body, so the body isn't revived; the spirit is. And this isn't a criticism of that trope.

I was just concerned that if applied to Tushan Jing, it would be done in a way that made him 'whole' again. Because a lot of pieces of media can and have done this. Magical healing and rebirth? Time to remove disabilities.

And that would have frustrated me, from a narrative perspective. But the show didn't do that! It's hard to overstate the mark trauma has left on his body; 90% of it is damaged and scarred. He is handicapped in his leg. His cultivation is also damaged. And that's still there. All of it is remains.

But despite that, despite everything, they not only move on, but they find a happy ending. They will never stop carrying that with them, but for both Xiaoyao and Tushan Jing, it doesn't matter. I like this a lot.

[palehorsemen]

[thesinglelogbridge]

Even more lost you forever because I can't be stopped

Part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4

[darklinaforever]

The thing is that this song (Long Lovesickeness) the theme of Xiao Yao, is usually played when the moments are about Xiao Yao with Xiang Liu and in the lyrics is literally :

Xiao Yao certainly never answers Xiang Liu's question as to who is the man she wants to spend her life with, but this song, which generally plays during their moments together, essentially answers this crucial question. Not to mention the symbolism of the marriage between the two :

Let's be real, we all know who Xiao Yao actually wants to spend her life with... But it's simply impossible for them to be together !

[odetoalibrary]

“I have ascended to the apex of power. Yet the one standing by my side is not the person who has supported me and shared weal and woe with me.”

Xiao Yao isn’t only the girl who Cang Xuan imprinted on like a baby bird before his life went to shit. She’s the person who makes him feel loved. The person who was ready to assassinate their grandfather for him. She’s the only person who loves him unconditionally.

When he pressures her into coming home with him, he does it by using her fear for his safety. This is the kind of tactic you use with people who actually love you. He wouldn’t be able to use it on his empress or (in my opinion) with Ah Nian. Their love is more the desire for possession, to be doted on themselves.

No wonder he’s smiling here. No wonder he’s so happy to have her back. Someone who continually puts his wellbeing above their own happiness is rarer than gold in the life he’s led.

[shenzhiheng]

Lost You Forever 2 长相思 第二季 | Episode 21

[zishuge]

Lost You Forever 长相思 (2023) | Ep. 3

[letthefairyinyoufly]

[gusucloud]

Lost you Forever > episode 30 to 32.“But why would I hate you? You saved me!”