Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

 liddi:

Would it be better if she said "Butcher Gao"?

Yup. They should sign up for the communication classes that @HeadInTheClouds was planning to conduct, which would have saved them and us a lot of grief.

Seriously.  And they weren't even difficult.  It would be perfectly in character for FFB to say, "I would have never met YOU."

And XY obviously likes FFB.  She's been spending years 'playing' with him.

THESE TWO.  arrrrrgh

Can you ladies please slow down? I can not keep up. Bloody work! :-)

My notifications are not working again. Urg!

 liddi:

but also embracing her so tightly where she could feel him all over; sleeping beside her every night; the gentle caress of her face; holding her in his arms as he brought her on excursions on the surface of the ocean or under the sea... the list goes on.

Yes. We didn't even get a sleeping side-by-side scene or him holding her scene. I guess it's that whole censorship and got to push the official couple thing. *sigh*

 liddi:

YES. That was exactly my impression too. No love scene between the apparent official lovers in LYF. I cannot speak for her modern novels, but certainly, that was what I gathered from her historical ones. I wonder why that is.

I think you know why TH didn't have a love scene for XY, liddi ;-). Not only was there no love scene, but she even explicitly mentioned that there was no consummation of the marriage. She didn't have to do that, she could have just left it and the natural assumption would be that there was a wedding night. But, nope. Not only that, but she included a love scene for CX and XY :-). There were love scenes in Memories Scattered Across the Galaxy; although I'm not certain about Secret Hidden In Time. 

 liddi:

By the same token, do you have any recollection whether in her other novels, the female lead had intimate, tender interactions with a man she did not love?

Sure. LYF. XY had a few intimate moments with Jing and she didn't love him then. Sorry, far as I'm concern,  as long as those Lovers' Bugs are there - one heart means just that, no other love except with XL. You mean, they are the official pairing so there must be love?  Pfff :-)! Although from a story standpoint, this isn't something that I insist on.

Ribbing (not really :-)) aside, I don't remember it in the ones that I've read. 

 liddi:

Meanwhile, we have the 444 kisses... the intimacy and sleeping together for 37 years, which Xiao Yao herself even wondered whether Xiang Liu viewed the seashell as their love nest; the tender interactions with him throughout the novel in her various stages in life including both engagements; and the outburst of grief when he died.

If you read this novel and think that XY doesn't love XL then either there are reading comprehension issues or it's deliberate misinterpretation to suit your agenda. Sorry, not sorry. Particularly the crystal ball with the mermaid in the clamshell imagery and how it tied into XY's blushing thoughts in their previous scene. 

 liddi:

I felt they had to show her sense of decorum at what she thought was him taking advantage of her unconscious state to kiss her, until she realised he was actually trying to heal her. But yes, a lot of the intimacy from the novel was lost in translation.

That's fine. I just wish we had gotten a few quieter, tender moments instead of having YZ prancing around like she was possessed by one of her other characters from a different drama. 

 Kokuto:

LYF's love scene was the beach after battling the whirlpool / vortex.

 Look liddi. We found the love scene for XY :-). Haha! That scene was certainly described as a love scene.

 liddi:

It's a conspiracy, I tell you! Please share the link if you do see the figurines or mini-dolls available for order. I will have a long talk with my wallet after that....

Of course. I'll be having talks with my wallet as well. It looks like there are quite a few merchandise available, but I have not come across them on AlieE. I can't get TaoBao which seems to have a lot more :-(. It's a shame about the unofficial FFB, it looks really nice in the picture.

 Kokuto:

Agreed. But surely they couldn't do the same with the beach scene? Heck, all the neck biting scenes were intimate.

I highly doubt we'll be getting the beach scene or any variation of it. Darn unfortunate!

Oh, and we got the Tan Jian Ci song!  And a special guest appearance.  It was so cool!

@kokuto

"Do NOT go into the Jing thread.  Winny tried to explain away the crystal ball.  It was not pretty."

LOL!  I was curios, so I checked. No offense for Winny, but I can't believe someone actually interpreted the crystal ball like that. Is she for real? 

I have yet to watch today's 4 episodes, but I am curios if you enjoyed them. What are the things that were made clear for you? 

 blabla100:

I have yet to watch today's 4 episodes, but I am curios if you enjoyed them. What are the things that were made clear for you?

 Kokuto:

FOUR?  I thought there was three?!!  I have to go watch the fourth one now!

Where are you guys watching the episodes?

 HeadInTheClouds:

Not only that, but she included a love scene for CX and XY :-).

Wait what??!?! CX and XY had a love scene? Did I miss something big?

 Kokuto:

Do NOT go into the Jing thread.  Winny tried to explain away the crystal ball.  It was not pretty.

So there are the friendship bugs and now the platonic SOS ball. The logic seems pretty sound to me.

 solarlunareclipse:

Wait what??!?! CX and XY had a love scene? Did I miss something big?

Not with each other.  I think CX had a love scene with XinYue.

 solarlunareclipse:

So there are the friendship bugs and now the platonic SOS ball. The logic seems pretty sound to me.

Platonic SOS ball.  lol  Totally legit.

 Kokuto:

I think CX had a love scene with XinYue.

He did. It was very uncomfortable. 

 Kokuto:

Do NOT go into the Jing thread. Winny tried to explain away the crystal ball. It was not pretty.

I went there.

I read.

I laughed.

I'm still laughing.