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Simon's heart dropped and his blood began to boil. Not supposed to be here? This was the only place he was supposed to be. Lying in the warm grass, holding you in his arms. How could you not want him here?
He'd been to hell and back just to be with you again. How could you push him away like this?
You gently reached, caressing his cheek. "Simon, please. I need you to go back now. I promise I'll see you soon."
Tears welled in Simon's eyes. For the first time in a long time, he begged. "Please, please baby. Let me stay. Please, I need you. Please," he sobbed. "Don't do this to me. Please, I need you. Please, love."
"I love you, Simon Riley"
Simon slowly opened his eyes. Your voice was still ringing in his ears yet here he was, back in the bathroom. The bathroom of the house you used to share. The bathroom where he took all those pills. The pills instead of a bullet because he still wanted to look nice for you. You always said how much you loved seeing his face.
The pill bottle is still there. The dust he never bothered to clean is still there. The hollow, pressing weight in his chest is still there. But something was different. His cheek was warm, the same cheek you touched. He could almost feel your skin against his.
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Not really a hardcore fan and just casually listening to BTS for almost 10+ years now. I discovered them around the time when EXO debuted. I have enjoyed listening to their music even now, and seeing their world tour is so satisfying... I feel like I grew up with them too. Seeing some clips on insta of them dancing to 'no more dream' and 'boy in luv' makes my heart swell, and sometimes someone is cutting some onions around here lol. I'm so proud of them. I'm proud of them for getting here, and I'm happy to witness that.
"This is where you found me and this is where you abandoned me."
Ok, I'm sneaking this post in between meetings but that's because I love being (partially?) right. With Ep. 17 we find our couple separated and how might you ask is that visually represented on screen?
After Fan Changyu leaves him, Xie Zheng is back in blue, no longer basking in the golden glow of the fire (and domestic life) he shared with her.
But I'm also frothing at the mouth from the double meaning in the symbolism here because while he might feel abandoned...
...that fire is still burning bright within her.
As we see from the next scene when they're gazing at each across the valley, Changyu clearly misses him and she only rejected his advances because of his let's say "aggressively" mixed messages.
Side Note: Love love love the symbolism of her only occupying one half of the marriage bed they would have shared together.
And of course all the close-up shots of objects that represent their time together like the family portrait and snowmen. (Changning's baby snowman, my heart!)
Every corner of the house reminds her of his absence, and when she realizes him giving her the arm guards as a gift is a figment of her imagination we see how large and empty the house is now that he's no longer besides her.
What a great use of an interior wide shot to emphasize the character's loneliness and unmet desires. The camera has lost its intimacy from previous episodes because her home no longer feels like a home without him.
So when Changyu is told that he's been conscripted, it makes sense that she immediately tries to chase him down to say goodbye and bring him supplies. (Imagine what someone like her must have traded in for that horse.)
Look at the Dutch angles and slow mo--she is distraught because she is still compelled to protect him at the first mention of danger no matter how angry and disappointed she might be in him.
Because it was confusing in the novel and somehow more confusing in the drama, this is what happened in Pursuit of Jade (spoilers, obviously):
Wei Yan was in love with a childhood friend and was supposed to marry her. She suddenly married into the palace as a consort (Novel: this was because her cousin, the empress, was losing power to another consort so they sent her a cousin to help). He never had an affair with her, but this is the only woman he ever loved.
Wei Yan and his brother-in-law, Xie Zheng's father, were friends with the crown prince. The crown prince already had a son, Qi Min, and because of this the line of succession goes Crown Prince - Qi Min - go back up the tree for other sons of the emperor. However, the emperor has been favouring another prince recently and he can always switch crown princes. So Wei Yan, when drunk, says, "Why not just replace the emperor?" This is treason, so bad idea.
Because of this threat, the former emperor frames Wei Yan. He drugs Wei Yan with an aphrodisiac first. It seems like Wei Yan slept with a maid instead of his One True Love, but the emperor still pretends the consort is pregnant. The emperor starts interrogating the consort.
Wei Yan and Xie Zheng's father are supposed to defend a city from another attacking nation. General Xie is already there with the crown prince, Wei Yan is bringing food/reinforcements. Wei Yan hears about what is happening with the consort and turns back, but he gives Fan Changyu's father, Wei Qilin, the tiger tally so that the troops and food will still arrive.
The Sui family claims the tally is fake. The city falls, General Xie dies along with the crown prince, all the blame is pinned on Wei Qilin. Back at the capital, Wei Yan realizes this is all a plot to kill/impeach him. The consort lets herself die in a fire in an attempt to save Wei Yan. Wei Yan goes scorched earth and kills everyone, deposes the emperor, and installs a puppet baby emperor, Qi Sheng.
In the chaos, the crown princess, afraid that Wei Yan will kill her son too, sets the palace on fire and burns Qi Min's face and then hides him in the Sui family. The real Sui kid is dead.
At this point, Wei Yan's #1 priority, besides having All the Power, is keeping the consort free from blame. So he lets all the blame fall on Wei Qilin, who fakes his death and takes the identity of the dead Fan son. Wei Yan's sister, Xie Zheng's mom, realizes that she knows too much, so to save Xie Zheng, she commits suicide. Now she's not a threat and she hopes Wei Yan will keep her son alive (he does).
Wei Yan marries his already-pregnant wife and claims Wei Xuan as his own, but he's not his child and he prefers his nephew, Xie Zheng (though this preference doesn't mean he's nice at all. In the novel he lets Wei Xuan torment Xie Zheng pretty severely, probably to "toughen him up" or whatever, we see this in a flashback in the drama.)
Everything is basically chill for 17 years.
Xie Zheng takes back the city his father lost and kills all the citizens of the other country within it. This is 1:1 revenge, it's what the other country did to them, but that is why his reputation is so bad and why he's surprised that Fan Changyu praises him at his fake funeral.
The Sui family wants to rebel, and Qi Min, hidden within them, wants to use their rebellion to claim the throne for himself. The Li family also wants this so they can finally get rid of Wei Yan. The Sui family leak information to Xie Zheng in an attempt to drive a wedge between the two of them.
Xie Zheng starts to investigate the truth. Now this is where the drama was so strange and blamed Wei Xuan for the assassination attempt. It was Wei Yan in the novel. Let's just pretend he did it in the drama too because that makes more sense. Wei Yan is so desperate to keep his secret that he tries to kill his own nephew to bury the truth.
Wei Yan, fearing the truth will finally get out, tries to kill the entire Wei/Fan family, as they are the last real witnesses. This is why assassins come for Fan Changyu. General He, who has been in very sneaky contact with the Wei/Fan family, receives the Letter of Evidence and they commit suicide in front of him to save their two daughters.
And I think that explains everything. So the Biggest Bad was the former emperor, who tried to frame Wei Yan. Wei Yan still sucks because he killed many, many people to keep his secret. Wei Qilin, Fan Changyu's father, was innocent. The Li & Sui families are guilty of attempted rebellion. Qi Min was the true heir to the throne.
In the little extra scene at the end: Wei Yan gets to try again, he marries his one true love and everything turns out better. In this version, Fan Changyu and Xie Zheng are jokingly betrothed from birth and end up together as before. I think the point of this extra was actually for the author to assure us that even if Xie Zheng had a happy childhood, he'd still be weird and intense.
Wow so much info. Im not done with the drama yet. But this helps clear some of the confusion I had, especially about Qimin and the royal family. Thanks 🙏
I’m in the episode where Qimin fakes his own death. But… the body that was used, was that the original Prince? Did Qi Min take his place?
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Fan Changyu and Maomao are very well-written female characters. (realistically)
And the series will show you how they use their hard-earned talents (Maomao being an apothecary and Changyu being a butcher). They didn't obtain some magic powers or any instant abilities nor were they born with talent. They WORK THEIR ASS OFF TO GET WHERE THEY ARE! Maomao spent her whole life with her uncle and taught her medicine, and throughout the series, you can see how she uses it. Don't forget how she tests herself to experiment with poisons and medicines. And Changyu was raised in a family of butcher. She earned her strength by butchering pigs. (Do you know how heavy a pig is? I can relate to this because we used to raise pigs, and sometimes it took 3 adults to lift a pig (40 to 60 kg)). Her father taught her martial arts, and then she used her butching skills to kill the enemies. (That's lethal).
Bottom line is: they earned all of their talents! And most of this is for survival. (Another similarity is both being related to a prestigious family.)
Don't forget their partners who always support and encourage their talents to help people. Jinshi will often ask for Maomao's advice and allows her to make medicines (which is not allowed during their time) in exchange for rare goods. Xie Zheng let Changyu fight, he didn't ask her to hide or run. He even forged her blades and made wrist protection. All of these actions are HELPING THEIR WOMEN!!!
Wu, about to have a heart attack, seeing his whole life flash before his eyes, rethinking every life choice that led to him being stuck in the middle of his boss's marriage drama: YOU WHAT!!??
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do writers who can draw realize the terrifying level of power they hold? not only can you invent an entire world, you can also look at it. the rest of us are just sitting here waving our hands like trust me it’s very cool in my head