Highlights, continued
Part 1 is here: Till the End of the Moon: Episode 6 Highlights, part 1
2. Arrival of Ye Qingyu, the second son, and brother of Ye Xiwu.
Though I don’t spend time discussing secondary characters in my highlights, I’m making an exception for Ye Qingyu in this episode because he’s a plot device.
a. He caught his older sister Ye Xiwu in the attic sleeping with Tantai Jin while Tantai Jin was tied up. Naturally, he thought the couple was into some kinky bondage sex in broad daylight. Pfft. Such a prude!
Again, if he really wanted to wake her up, he could have given her head one big shove so it would land not-so-gently on the floor. But he didn’t want to hurt her.
b. He talked politics with Prince Xiao Lin and expressed his wish to see the end of war and the two kingdoms of Sheng and Jing reunited. The citizenry suffers whenever there is war. “The rise brings sufferings to the people, and the fall also brings suffering to the people.” Then, the fortune-teller friend of Prince Xiao Lin prophesied that the person who could “end the chaos, pacify the empire, and bring happiness to the people” was already in the capital city.
Conversations like this are interesting to me. On one level, it’s fun to see which of the gentlemen currently residing within the city walls will fulfill the prophesy: Prince Xiao Lin, Gen Ye Qingyu, or the Devil Lord Tantai Jin. On another level, it gives me a peek into the current mindset in China. Whether we care to admit it or not, cdramas are an efficacious way of promoting a political POV and/or propaganda. That’s why cdramas must meet the standards of the Chinese Ministry of Culture to gain approval or be censored. And here in this conversation, the idea of a strongman is explicitly espoused. The happiness of the people comes from one uniquely, strong military leader, not from the people themselves. Well…in the xanxia drama, this kind of political outlook works. But in the real world, who wants benevolent dictatorship?
c. He met the fox demoness, who’s another plot device.
3. Taking TJ out to enjoy the festivities
TJ: (thinking to himself) Ye Qingyu really seems quite powerful. I have to guard against him. My spell skills is progressing slowly, and can be found out easily. It’s not as nearly as useful as demonic elixirs. It happens to be Spring festival, and the streets are full of activities, suitable for going out and hunting demons. But Ye Xiwu definitely won’t let me out.
Speaking of the devil, Xiwu came out of her room.
Xiwu: Tantai Jin, let’s go Spring festival shopping.
I like how she naturally linked her arms with his. But TJ wouldn’t budge.
TJ: You are looking for trouble yourself. Why are you dragging me along?
Xiwu: It’s not like I’m asking you to draw a carriage. Why are you rejecting me? Everyone should bathe in the sun more. In this way, you can get stronger. Being confined in that little attic all day, you’ll become a freak.
TJ: (thinking to himself) This is just what I want.
Xiwu: (insisting) Let’s go. Come one.
Li Susu/Ye Xiwu was excited to see all the hustle and bustle on the streets. I like how she and her maid were enjoying the street food but TJ was just following behind them like a dark shadow. He was so deep in thought about his plan to find a demon that he didn’t notice that Ye Xiwu had stopped to watch a show. She grabbed him back.
Xiwu: Hey! Where are you going? Let’s watch this. Here, have a taste. Try it!
TJ: Okay.
Xiwu: Look at you. Hiding in that little attic all day long, you look as if you will melt in the sun. You should come out for a stroll more often, enjoying some good food to lift your mood.
TJ: Great! Are you saying that I can come out whenever I want?
Xiwu: Of course! But I should come with you, in case you get lost.
TJ: (thinking to himself) This woman is not dumb. She’s still intent on guarding me.
She then dismissed her maid to go but the things on their list. She dragged TJ off to enjoy the festivities…and to buy him a winter coat.
My comments:
a. There’s an important lesson here that coincides with “Sketch.” She’s teaching him to enjoy the world, not just the fantastical world that “Sketch” allowed them to create with magic, but also the earthly, real world that they live in.
b. She showed him how to engage in the world with all his senses. Like, pay attention to his surroundings; feel the warmth of the sun; mingle with people; taste good food.
c. He ate what she handed to him, unlike last time, when he suspected her of poisoning him.
d. Her zest for life is the perfect antidote for his depressing existence.
4. Buying presents
Let’s compare the three times she bought presents in this episode, shall we?
First time, she offered to buy him a toy.
Xiwu: Tantai Jin. Tantai Jin, what’s this?
TJ: (staring at the toy) I don’t know.
Vendor: This is a mud whistle. Every kid has played with one of these. Are you two immortals who have descended to earth and haven’t tried out the simple pleasures of mortal life?
His friendly mockery gave Ye Xiwu pause. She thought to herself, “I did just come to earth. But I didn’t expect Young Devil Lord to not recognize this thing.” Then it hit home that he’d been “living like a prisoner since he was a child. Who would buy him toys?”
A father approached the seller to buy the toy for his son. TJ gazed at them intently while Ye Xiwu studied his reaction. She decided, “Seeing how he’s looking around with an inexperienced look, I think he’s probably just like me, coming to a temple fair for the first time.”
Xiwu: Tantai Jin, how about I buy you one?
TJ: (haughtily) Ye Xiwu, are you a little child? Using me as an excuse to buy toys for yourself.
Xiwu: (pouting) I will buy it.
As they walked away, she blew on it. He covered his ear in annoyance.
My comments:
a. He found fault with Xiwu’s kind offer to buy him the toy.
Though his reaction might sound ungrateful, his reaction is understandable. He didn’t know how to accept and appreciate generosity because, as Xiwu noted, he never received presents as a child. Then, as an adult, when he was handed a gift, like that canapé from the bad prince, the gift came with a side of ridicule or cruelty.
b. I like that Ye Xiwu empathized with TJ and she attempted to compensate for his childhood deprivation by offering him the toy.
c. He thought Ye Xiwu was merely “using” him as an excuse to buy something for herself when in truth, he was her primary consideration.
It was only when they went to the clothing store that he finally realized that Ye Xiwu liked to buy him things because she had him, and only him, in mind.
d. I don’t think Ye Xiwu realized that their disparity in wealth could be demeaning to him. She had been buying anything and everything she wanted that day without regard to the cost. TJ had no money to buy a single item, not even a children’s toy.
Next, she stopped by a clothing store to buy him a winter coat.
My comments:
a. I like how the director showed TJ freezing as he waited outside in the cold while Ye Xiwu took her time shopping for everybody in her family.
b. Unlike with the mud whistle, she didn’t ask him anymore if he wanted her to buy one for him. She just called him inside and made him try on a coat for her.
Xiwu: Oh, Ye Zeyu! Come in!
Ye Zeyu is the name of her Oldest Brother. Tantai Jin assumed that she was getting for everybody in the family, except for him.
TJ: What is it?
Xiwu: Try it on for me.
TJ: My size is different from Eldest Young Master’s.
Awww. Ye Xiwu had no intention of buying her brother a coat after he slashed the coat that she bought for Tantai Jin.
Xiwu: I think it fits. (talking to the manager) Sir, I will take this one, too. You don’t need to pack it. We will put it on. Right, pick several sets of clothes in this size for each season.
TJ: (observing her intently)
Xiwu: Choose them based on his body measurements. Pack them all and sent them to General Ye’s manor.
TJ: Ye Xiwu, is it for me?
Xiwu: Didn’t I promise to buy you a new one before? I forgot for many days. I’m sorry.
TJ: (stares at her)
Xiwu: What are you standing here for? Put it on. It’s getting dark. Father and the others will worry about us. Go. Go. Go. Go.
My comments:
a. To me, this is a reversal of the luxury shop scene in “Pretty Woman” starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Lol.
b. TJ was definitely moved by her gift. He was slowly getting to understand and appreciate what true generosity was. He accepted her gift without finding fault or mocking her.
c. He realized that she had him in her mind all along when they went to the store. Yes, she bought presents for her family, but he was the main reason they were shopping in that store. She wanted to make good on her promise, and she wanted to buy him a new wardrobe.
d. he felt special. And he knew that it was Ye Xiwu made him feel special and cared for.
e. This is probably one of the first acts that Ye Xiwu did for him without sparing a thought for his evil bone. Although she bought him the first winter coat because she had an ulterior motive (i.e., she didn’t want him to die and turn into the Devil Lord Tantai Jin), this time around she was getting him the winter coat simply because she promised him that she would.
In this sense, she wasn’t appeasing the Devil Lord. Rather, she was seeing him as her husband who needed a coat.
Last, she bought the fireworks.
Xiwu: Finally, we finished shopping. We can go home to have New Year’s Eve dinner. It seems taking you with me was a pretty wise decision.
My comments:
(i) They looked like a real couple who spent the whole day in each other’s company.
(ii) Xiwu bought him a winter coat and ordered more clothes for him, but she had forgotten to buy a coat for herself. She was rubbing her arms in the cold.
(iii) It was snowing again.
Since the immortal Li Susu traveled back in time and arrived during the winter season, it was unavoidable that she would experience lots of snowy days. However, as I mentioned before (was it in my First Impressions?), I think the snow is more symbolic. It seems to me that every time it snowed there was some kind of grudge, anger, or misunderstanding that was being absolved, forgiven, or amended.
Remember when Li Susu first arrived in the Sheng Kingdom, and she saw Tantai Jin kneeling on the frozen pond? Snow was drifting then, too. He was kneeling as punishment for saving his sister-in-law and leaving his wife in the waters. After a while Li Susu felt sorry for him. She went out to lend him her coat. In a way, she was forgiving him.
Now, it’s snowing again. They were walking in companionable silence. Tantai Jin had come to understand Ye Xiwu’s show of kindness wasn’t fake or self-serving.
Vendor: Firecrackers. Who wants some firecrackers?
They both stopped.
Xiwu: She is selling firecrackers.
TJ: (reminding her) Chuntao has brought some already.
Vendor: Buy some firecrackers.
Xiwu: There’s no harm in buying a few more.
TJ: Ye Xiwu!
I like this. He sounded like a real husband worried that his wife would get into trouble.
But Ye Xiwu had already approached the Vendor to buy firecrackers.
Xiwu: Sister. I’ll buy all the firecrackers in your basket.
TJ had his eyes fixed on her. He was trying to understand her motive, and was getting a lesson on sympathy and empathy. Ye Xiwu felt pity for the old woman.
Vendor: (apologetically) I made these firecrackers with my own hands. I’m afraid they are not very good-looking.
Xiwu: Don’t worry. I like ones like that. How much do I owe you?
Vendor: You can pay me 30 pennies. No, no, pay me 20. Twenty is enough.
But Ye Xiwu handed her more. The vendor protested.
Vendor: No, you shouldn’t have. But…
Xiwu: You can have this, too. (handing one firecracker back) Happy New Year, sister.
Vendor: Miss, you don’t have to…
Ye Xiwu tugged TJ’s arm to leave.
Vendor: (muttering) I met a goddess today.
As they continued walking down the empty street, TJ asked her to explain her action. I like that he was seriously trying to understand how her mind worked.
TJ: Why did you buy so many firecrackers?
Xiwu: I like setting them off. You got a problem with that?
TJ: (no answer)
At this point, TJ knew that she was pretending to be facetious. Earlier, he thought she wanted the toy whistle because she was giving in to her childish impulse. Now, he understood that she had a real reason for going all out to buy the firecrackers. She was pretending to act childish. But he wanted to hear it from her.
Xiwu: (confessing) It’s so cold. The sooner she sells all of them, the earlier she can go home to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
TJ: (matter-of-factly) You bought all of them today, but tomorrow…she will still be out in the cold to sell them.
He was trying to tell her that her pity and compassion were of no use.
Xiwu: (still being flippant) Maybe she’ll meet another fool like me tomorrow.
TJ: (sternly) Ye Xiwu, your small bag of money can’t do much for her.
He wasn’t worried about her being extravagant. He just wanted her to be realistic and stop being quixotic.
Xiwu: (sighing) You’re right. There’s no way to rid this world of misery. And there’s nothing I can do to make a difference.
She looked disheartened. TJ looked at her, then back from where they came from. He was probably looking back to see if the vendor was still there.
TJ: But, at least, she gets to go home earlier to celebrate New Year’s Eve today. (smiling at her)
And then, the fireworks started.
My comments:
a. This is a seminal moment for many reasons. One, he saw her kindness toward the poor, and would (hopefully) learn to be considerate of them when he became an emperor.
b. Two, he learned to show her sympathy and give her comfort. He knew that Ye Xiwu’s good deed was just trifling in the whole grand scheme of things. Nevertheless, he knew that he needed to uplift her spirit with a cheerful thought. He was showing her consideration.
c. Three, previously, his feelings were all turned inward. It was all about him. This was understandable because it’s a matter of his survival: he had nobody to look after his welfare. If he didn’t look after himself, who would?
But now, that he had Ye Xiwu beside him, protecting him, he was beginning to look outwards, too.
d. We can see the progression in the way that TJ viewed gift-giving.
In the beginning, he didn’t want to accept the whistle from her. He didn’t find any use for it, and he accused Xiwu of using him as excuse when she actually wanted it for herself. Similarly, he knew the extra firecrackers were useless — like the toy whistle — as they already bought enough. But now, in the end, he knew that Xiwu was only making an extravagant excuse in order to help the poor old vendor.
Do you get it? He was beginning to understand how pure goodness and generosity in action looked like. And it looked like Ye Xiwu.
That’s it for this episode.
Overall, I like how this episode showed us TJ’s steady “cultivation” through ordinary, mortal ways. That’s THE main reason I’m taking the time to discuss these things. I don’t want us bitches to hurry through a drama because of the “feels” and miss out on how the screenwriter and director laid the foundation for the epic quest to humanize Tantai Jin.
Also, I don’t want you to believe all the bad reviews on Youtube or elsewhere. Many reviewers are really shallow and perfect specimens of that Shakespeare quote, all “sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Thanks again, @packmule3. This will be one of my favourite episodes looking back. They are both finding things out about the human world and about each other. Tantai Jin can see that Ye Xiwu is not only kind to him, but to others as well. Given her namesake’s (human Ye Xiwu’s) previous cruelty, it would be hard to understand, but he is so longing for some sort of kindness to be shown to him that he doesn’t seem to be too incredulous at this point.
Good point about the political wish for a strong leader to unite the people. I’e become more sensitised about political messages in dramas more often since watching C- and K-dramas, whether it’s about national food, military strength, technical strength or more directly about politics.
There could also be a message that people have to help each other, even if it’s just little things, like the fireworks or the winter clothing.
Yes, thank you again @Packmule3.
I’m going to go back and re-watch this episode and then comment on your comments!
Thank you too for the reminder not to be off-put by the reviews!
🙂 It’s the opposite for me, @Fern. I try to desensitize myself when I watch cdramas especially those that present a glorified, sanitized view of their government, like “You Are My Hero,” and “Road Home.” Like, the higher-ups in cdramas are rarely presented as corrupt, bureaucratic, dictatorial or repressive. Yeah, right….
I have to write more on “Till the End of the Moon.” Your comment in the other thread reminded me about something I’ve been wanting to talk about. Why I think TJ will end up more hurt by all this than Li Susu.
But I’m way behind Dr Romantic.
@packmule3, I just assume that I’m looking at the government through the writer’s and censor’s rose coloured glasses. I’m a sceptic.
I hope that you have a fine weekend with lovely weather.
Yes, @Fern, we’re surprisingly getting great weather here. In the 50s (around 10 degrees Celsius) in the mornings then in the 80s (around 25 degrees Celsius) during the hottest part of the day.
The flowerbeds are looking great too because the flowers thrive longer in this spring weather. I don’t often have the flowers blooming simultaneously. I had them planted with the idea that their blooming peak would be staggered. The red roses have always been the main attraction around this time of the year, but I recently added those bubblegum pink petunias as co-stars. Then, the peonies and azaleas seem to have decided to hold on a bit longer so there’s a riot of purple and yellow in the background. Meanwhile the hostas and lilies are ready to pop out, and gladiolas are fast on their heels.
So yes, I’m quite pleased with the weather and its impact on the garden. Wish it’ll stay this way longer.
You must be in full barbecue mode where you live.
Your flower beds sound lovely. For some reason, peonies don’t grow as well here as in the US. Their fragrance is a favourite of mine. Same with hostas, but the reason they don’t thrive here is that our slug and snail population thinks they are the very best snack.
May I ask which trees you chose to replant after the cull?
We’ve had no rain for weeks – very strange for England. There is a ban on watering plants with a hose, so watering cans only. Tomorrow we’ll have 22C/72F. Gorgeous weather.
That sounds fair, @Fern. Watering cans are allowed, but not hoses. But hopefully, there’s an exemption for drip irrigation.
Don’t garden snakes like hostas, too? I’m not that wild about the hostas but a bunch of them were planted to line a walkway. If I have them taken out, I’ve to think of a good replacement. 😵💫
We picked a cherry blossom tree to replace the old cherry blossom tree, and a Japanese maple tree (called blood gold, I think. Not the weeping Japanese maple although that’s a pretty one, too). The other tree I wanted, a dogwood, was out of stock at the nursery we go to, so I’ll have to wait. Maybe I’ll switch to a ginkgo tree instead, but I’ve to make sure it’s the male ginkgo tree so there’s no smell. Ginkgo trees remind me of Lee Minho’s Eternal Monarch, lol.
I’m not into fruit trees, if you notice. I like trees that are ornamental in the spring and fall. My Hubby the Tree-Killer 🙄 is fine with any tree variety as long as it isn’t the Bradford pear tree. He said they’re invasive.
Ok. Gotta head out. It’s Memorial Day weekend so plenty of people on the highways. Must beat the traffic going to the beach. 🙂
Have a great weekend!
I have loads of weeds in my garden LOL. Did a bit of weeding today. A never ending job because I seldom try to do it!!!
Are any other Bitches still watching Till the End of the Moon? I finished it last night, after putting it on hold midway through. My biggest complaint was the (in my opinion) overuse of blood spewing from mouths any time they wanted to show internal distress, sharp objects poking torsos not necessarily (but sometimes) a prerequisite.
SPOILERS ALERT
The last episode aired on May 9, three days ago, so I want to be able to talk about my overall impressions here. Stop reading if you haven’t finished and want to maintain the surprise element when watching.
The story arc seemed weirdly segmented when significant characters dropped into an Enlightenment Dream sequence that lasted several episodes. The story-in-story was entertaining enough that I watched through it despite being confused why the screenwriter wasted time on such a digression. Let me now, having finished the drama, admit the error of my opinion: the screenwriter did not veer from the story, but conveyed something akin to, but not exactly, a flashback. In the last third of the drama, the various story threads are woven together ingeniously. As I watched the last ten or so episodes, I kept saying to myself, “Okay, okay, now I get it!” As for the actors, director, and other members of the film crew, they must’ve been in on the end of the story from the beginning, because some of the wrap-up scenes, when characters know where their fate is leading them, must’ve been filmed at the same time as they were filming early scenes, because costumes and sets were the same. It would be most cost-effective to film all scenes with the same sets, actors, and costumes at one time regardless of where they appear in the finished story. I have to commend the actors on their skill of interpreting their characters at different emotional and mental stages in a rapid (I assume) filming schedule with visual cues not being changed.
The male and female leads in this drama don’t just have a push-pull relationship, but a love-hate one. From their first interaction, they have profoundly different fates from each other. The question running throughout this drama is whether or not fate can be changed by altering destiny. (I’m adhering to the definitions of fate and destiny as described in Wikipedia: “Fate is the future scenario, which cannot be determined by decisions an individual will make. However, Destiny is about the present, where every decision an individual has made has led them to their present scenario.”)
This drama leads viewers to ponder love. Simple definitions of romantic love are given which seem to hold true, but then we see relationships subjected to deceit and cruelty. Can you lie to someone and love them at the same time? Can you hold true love in your heart for someone you want to kill? If you can kill someone heartlessly, does that mean you never loved them? Finding answers to these questions is not as simple as you think.
The most loyal person in this whole drama, with unwavering faith and obedience to the one she loved, is the female acolyte of the Devil Lord. Yet she is no heroine, and her self-sacrifice for the benefit of the one she loved is not glorious. Her steadfastness was spent on the wrong goal, and we viewers see the emptiness to which that led her. She lived, fought, and suffered for someone else, and in the end it was not appreciated and in vain. In contrast, our OTP deceived each other in multiple lifetimes, yet in the midst of deception their love was unwavering at the deepest level. The female lead simultaneously protected and cherished her husband while keeping the ultimate goal of killing him to preserve the world.
Another question about love that this drama raises is whether the love of two people is minscule in relation to the whole world, and does it matter if it will be forgotten over time. Is love important in contrast to all the things–good and bad–happening to all the rest of the people in the world? In the case of our OTP, it would seem that their love does affect the entire mortal world as well as the immortal realms. Even so, will their love matter if, after they’re gone, it is eventually forgotten? Again, in the case of our OTP, the trajectory of their love will affect the trajectory of the world at large, so that even if they, as individuals, aren’t remembered, the events of their era will be remembered in the future as being the point at which the world fell into chaos or was tipped toward peace.
I must stop my musing for now, as I’ve got a few chores to wrap up. It’s later than I thought!
@welmaris – I finished this drama and loved it so much that I have been online reading the translated novel. I think the points you raise are very spot on but per usual, I was just here for the storytelling and a happy ending. thank you for this insight.
@kelley, does the drama differ from the novel in any significant way?
I’ll watch this after I finish Love Is Sweet. I’m on episode 4. I like it especially because the ML has always been thinking of the FL since they were young, there’s lots of kisses and the ending is awesome from what I’ve seen before on instagram. ☺️
Till The End Of The Moon had a happy ending yes? 😊
Not a happy ending…I think. I didn’t get to finish it. 🙂
Oh bummer. 🙁
OH HO HO
So sad that this thread stopped abruptly at just Episode 6.
I 100% agree with @packmule3 that this was a Drama that needs to be relished and chewed on .. the multilayering of meaning and intent, the examination of philosophical questions on Love, Loyalty, good and evil and it’s relativity, concept of Karma ..
I am SO happy that it went down as a CLASSIC in C-Drama Xianxia.
Nothing else I think achieved the grandeur and elegance and complexity of tale AND STRUCTURE as TTEOTM.
It’s a Beauty that I KNOW I will return to view again – like a favourite song you return to.
LYX is TRULY SOMETHING!!
Last evening I shared an EFFUSIVE blogger’s review of the show – which TOTALLY capture in the RAW my emotions and thoughts, about the show, about LYX acting talent, about Tan Tai Jin’s character as well as the JOY of VIEWING a female Lead drawn with such equal POWER and FORCE which arose from her own character and NOT from the Male Lead’s ‘greatness (or not)’ ..
That post disappeared somewhere in cyberspace I think .. cant see it.
I’ll put a link here :
I can guarantee MANY will dance to it in unison ;-p
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It’s ONE of the BEST reviews / opinions / comments on TTEOTM I have READ.
FULLY, comprehensively, totally, completely reflects my feelz / thots / emos on the show ..
Ya’ll must read her at her blog site – sparkles with wit ..
https://subtitledreams.com/2023/12/19/an-ode-to-the-devil-lords-of-chinese-xianxia-fantasy-dramas-love-between-a-fairy-devil-and-till-the-end-of-the-moon/
Here’s a taster, that bowled me over (and found some resonance with fellow commenters on MDL discussion board :
“Till the End of the Moon left the lasting impression on my psyche. This show is seared into my brain – branded – burned – clawed and scarred.
As an avid lover of melodrama, I naturally ate up this tale of woe and passive-aggressive romance like I was a kid in a candy store. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, I love more than an outcast boy who falls in love with the first person who is nice to him and never lets her/him go. It’s what made Wuthering Heights a classic story of insane lovers driving each other insane. It’s what made Queen Seondeok one of the most devastating romances of all time. It’s a trope that is hard to pull off successfully, but when executed correctly is sure to lodge itself into your heart for all eternity.
The opening scene of this drama was incredible. I mean… wow… the goth theatrics! It starts off at the end of this massive war between gods and demons, with the world basically destroyed and only a fraction of the heavenly realm still standing. Our Demon King is flying through the air on this dragon-drawn sled through dark clouds and lightning… I mean… my jaw dropped to the floor.”
@packmule3 Last 2 paragraphs above .. BULL’S EYE!!
I’ve enjoyed reading the DETAILED break up of so many of the juicy stuff that I LOVED while watching these episodes.
I got greedy and wanted more ..
p.s. Many stopped at Ep 35 .. Nooooo .. How can you stop reading / watching Romeo and Juliet because of fear of how it might end ..
OK who didnt LOVE the ending of Gone with the Wind? Would it be the heartbreaking beauty and a classic if they both ‘got married and lived happily ever after” written into the last chapter??
Or was not the tantalising last words of Ms O’Hara more befitting and drool-worthy.
In this case Tan Tai Li-Jin-g ‘s last words ;-p
Thank you especially for calling out the YouTube reviewers and others elsewhere who dissed it without any proper context or minimal effort ..
(VIDEO GAME??? REALLY?? LOL
I think she got her dramas mixed up .. “You Are My Glory” was so flooded with Video Gaming that I had no idea why I was watching a dozen episodes with onscreen video-play animated characters as LEADS while the human leads just pressed buttons – ROFL)
I hope anyone dropping by here will get a new lens to see it through ;-p
@Bosuji,
If you notice, the primary difference between my write-ups and that review you quoted is that I identify the themes and general arguments of the story, as presented in the dialogues (that’s why I spend so much time transcribing them!), so that I can discuss, evaluate, and agree/disagree with them. I don’t gush like that reviewer…or at least, I hope I don’t. Lol.
The goal of this blog is to make viewers THINK critically, and not just describe their feelings effusively. For what’s the point of eloquence when “[it’s] all sound and fury, signifying nothing”? 🙂