9/10
Prepared to be amazed and hooked in.
25 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I love this. It reminds me of Beauty and the Beast when it gets to about episode 10. It becomes really interesting when they swap body's and she becomes all powerful and he becomes the weak and less controlling master of the Moon Tribe. The servants don't know what has happened. She plays a dangerous game trying to keep her cover pretending to be him.

So what are the seven emotions?

I want to know what they are on here?

Here his father has tortured him to lose all of these emotions but his emotions tree is beginning to bud, grow and put out leaves.

His father executed all those women who taught him to carve, play the zither and played with him.

The dad had a torture room where he tortured the boy.....mentally....like a closet. He begged his father to kill him.

So it was romantic love, brotherly love, parental love. This is what his father was making him let go of.

He was still young when he killed his father. Which was part of his fathers mental training. His father wanted him to do so. He tortured and provoked him until he came to that momentous event.

His childhood memories are coming back and it feels like he is being re-tortured.

In the beginning he is the all powerful entity released from his 30,000 year prison but soon realises that his life is tied up with that weak, very timid and innocent Fairy and also she has only very weak powers. He finds this all very frustrating, especially when they swap bodies. She doesn't want to kill anybody.

They are forced to confront their differences and bring a semblance of order to this union. They must have some cooperation as their link means that is one dies then so does the other. Dongfang Qing Cang must keep the fairy Xiao Lan Hua (Orchid) and himself alive.

As time progresses the emotionless Dongfang Qingcang who killed without mercy slowly warms up to Xiao Lan Hua. She is despite the harsh and difficult journey she encounters, she never loses her true essence, which is her generous and compassionate heart. Xiao Lan Hua is naturally able to bring out the best in people with her unwavering trust. She is just a ray of sunshine. She moves and enters into the stone heart of Dongfang Qingcang and breaks down his barriers as he makes subtle changes in his personality and falls deeply in love with this Fairy Orchid.

He is willing to go through any challenge and test to prove his worth and love for her. Orchid feels the same way........but as she suffers her challenges and test so does he. He believe because of their love bond because they are to be husband and wife they must stay together until death part them. So he feels whatever she feels. So in that way they are truly bonded.

That depiction in the drama is truly awesome. I love it. Cinematology at its best. It shows a play back of their best moments together. This is the sweetest love affair. I have never seen a love so sweet for a long time. It is emotional, touching, poignant, sensitive and tender. His soft gestures towards her reminds me of Wang So

Before I go on any further I want to talk about these two actors Dylan Wang and Yu Shu Xin. I have watched Dylan in Ever Night: Season 2. He was good, but not as great as he is here. He has nailed this part. Wow! Yu She Xia, I didn't know her at all so I looked up her bio. Still didn't know her but she was stunning in this part of Orchid where she had to play several different roles. The chemistry between her and the Devil was unmistakable. Together they were superb. She moved that unshakable demon heart and pierced him to the core with her sweet loveable ways. It was a very challenging part. The romance between Dong Fang Qing Cang and Xiao Lanhua is so pristine and immaculate. I couldn't fault it. The thing is it was different to all of the romances and love stories I had watched before. It had its own beauty and very deep moments of heart touching heart, but not a sexual passion, but a true warmth and understanding of one another.

The there is our second lead Zhang Ling He Chang Heng / Xiao Run. He is as a royal prince, he is kind, considerate, and well-mannered. He dotes on Orchid and has loved her for a long time. I love him best as Xiao Run where he becomes the best friend of Dong Fang Qing Cang without knowing that they are enemies. Their bromance is just so unexpected and fun. As for Chang Heng he is a bit snobbish, up himself and a bit boring along with his other better qualities I already mentioned. He is the War God of the Fairies.

Some where further up I talked about the Cinematology of this drama. It is a stunning masterpiece of gorgeous and artistic visuals with the compare and contrasting of the different Kingdoms your mind was not lost in thinking(where are we?), but there was a certainty of the environment of the realms. Also the contrast of clothing with Orchid and her love. She with the soft flowing pastel gowns and he with his medieval black, silver and gold. From the cloud whales to the pink tree in Arbiter Hall and Cangyan Sea's castle, and Fairy surrounds of icy whiteness. It was truly magnificent for the sense of visual delight.
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