[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2018] Heavy Sweetness Ash-like Frost 香蜜沉沉烬如霜]

37 minutes ago, picklespickles said:

How did XF heal himself since didn't eat JM's flower?

In the drama, XF realized at one point that when JM was living in his eyes, she took up the energy that was causing him to break out into ice. I couldn't understand if she was deliberately doing this to heal him or it was part of energy cultivation for her to get stronger as a spirit. Regardless by doing so for three years, JM basically healed him. 

[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2018] Heavy Sweetness Ash-like Frost 香蜜沉沉烬如霜]

I'm a little disappointed that the final episode does not include the part of XF and JM before their son is born where she wanted to try another pill and XF got mad so to placate him she suggested "mutual cultivation." I thought that was so cute. 

 

I don't understand the director/editing team. They couldn't tell the chemistry between DL and YZ when they were putting together the show? and they couldn't predict that people would want to see the OTP over the rest of the cast? I understand the need to develop side characters but it is major facepalm that they completely minimized lovey dovey OTP time during the last episode. So many cute things happen in the novel in the last two chapters or so. 

 

That said, congratulations to the cast for their excellent job. Editing team totally failed with the ending though. 

 

 

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17 minutes ago, Mau_Cherry said:

 

 

In the novel...

 

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was only a sidenote in the end that SH was imprisoned. I can´t recall any scene in which she died.

 

Someone in another forum said that XF actually does not know SH had imprisoned the two princes there. I remember a few episodes prior that XF asked her let the princes go and she said yes. She then behind his back imprisoned them there. 

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10 minutes ago, baiqian said:

I  was saddened to hear that some people didn't think Deng Lun was the right choice for Phoenix. They said his acting was too weak at the guy who plays Night was way better. I personally think Deng Lun' s acting is great! To me he IS Phoenix. The fault lies with the script writers. They failed to flesh out his character. (They also failed Yang Zi as well.) Deng Lun did the best with what little he was given. This reminds me once again of the fantasy cdrama Ice Fantasy. Is Ice Fantasy many complained that Feng Shao Feng was not a good actor and his character Ka Suo  was boring. This was once again the script writers fault. The script writers  made drastic changes to their characters  (Phoenix's lines and plot points going to the secound male lead Night. Ka Suo was unrecognizable they gave his whole personality to the secound male lead Shi.) I feel sorry for the actors they are victims of  bad writing.

 

I also agree. Personally, I think DL's acting is great. Maybe because I did not read the novel and did not have a preconceived notion of how Phoenix should act. My assessment is based purely on how he's done with what was given to him and the way he emotes his scenes. As demon lord, each time he says something heart breaking to JM, you can see clearly the agony in his eyes. To me the writers emphasize Phoenix's development and Night's development in two separate directions. Night is portrayed as someone who was wronged by many people and turned evil in order to protect himself. Its interesting to note that whenever something bad happens, he blames others. And that no one is truly loyal to him, except that QL who obviously has it bad for him. On the other hand, both Phoenix and JM are both who look inward and assume their responsibility. And that's who Phoenix is; upstanding and righteous. Instead of hating is mom for doing evil things, he says it was partly his fault for not having corrected her course.  Phoenix's portrayal as Demon Lord is marked about several internal conflicts: 1) the guilt of loving JM while also wanting to hate her because what she did essentially brought demise to his entire family - as he said, no matter who is responsible, brother turned against brother, husband against wife, etc. 2) Phoenix not wanting to even think that the Bird Princess was JM's father's killer. Many people complain that Phoenix is so dim-witted. I don't think he's dim-witted;  He just doesn't know what to do if he were to admit the truth. Bird Princess, after all, helped keep him alive and was with him when he had absolutely no one. Phoenix has written as someone who despite his accomplishments on the battlefield is a person who treats everyone with a lot of heart - and this explains why people are loyal to him, vs. Night. I would seriously have a problem with Phoenix if he were to treat Bird Princess coldly or immediately suspects her. I think as Demon Lord, he is still pretty lost. He's lost the love of his life, his parents, his status....essentially, his body is alive but his heart is still dead. JM's death needs to happen in order for him to really be reborn. 

 

Please don't hate me if my analysis differs from yours. Like I said, I did not read novel and just looking at drama as it is.