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Sima Jiao threatens to kill her again and Tingyan is like, "Yeah yeah, we all know you flirt with death threats. Now kiss me."

I love them so much

Side note: why can't I have magical soul-bonding sex to recover from my injuries? Not cute!

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Chen Feiyu as Sima Jiao

WHEN DESTINY BRINGS THE DEMON 《献鱼》 (2025) BTS

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↝ When Destiny Brings the Demon 献鱼 (2025) — Episode.17 | the man who fights lightning with his bare hands is the ultimate catch⠀⠀

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When Destiny Brings the Demon | 2025

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You know the romance is great in Destiny Demon because the leads haven't become boring or uninteresting after getting together! Many dramas sometimes lose steam and spark when the leads become a couple but not Destiny Demon. Instead, I feel like the drama has only gotten better with the beginning of their romance and that's just another wonderful thing about this miraculous drama.

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↝ When Destiny Brings the Demon 献鱼 (2025) — Episode.16 | Long-distance Relationships Are Bound to Have Many Uncertainties⠀⠀

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Best ending to noble idiocy moment ever.

Honestly, it's criminal nobody is watching this, this is old school perfection.

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His wardrobe alone is another reason to watch this drama, and the stylist had a blast dressing him up!

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Luo Yunxi Appreciation Master Post: How can someone be so multi-talented?!

In case you did not already know, here are LYX's many talents. It's insane how many different things he can do at a near-professional level beyond acting!

1. Dance/Ballet

LYX graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy majoring in ballet with over 11 years of professional experience.

This is him doing 13+ pirouettes in a performance of Tchaikovsky Rhapsody (full video, he's on the right)

Interpret dance solo (燃烧的火苗) where he won the first gold ever for STA (video, news)

Swan Lake solo at the Taoli Cup Dance Competition in high school (video)

Modern dancing solo (黑白影画) at his graduation performance (video, he's the only guy in white)

He also taught at the Macao Conservatory for a year and danced in front of national leaders in Flying to the Moon (奔月) at the Macao 10th Handover Anniversary (video)

He's super flexible and has a strong core (despite being naturally thin)

In response to request from fans, he performed the Black Moonlight dance in a now viral video on Douyin.

2. Wuxia / Posture

LYX is known as one of the best actors working today for wire work - you can see him here doing 3 consecutive jumps 2-3 stories above ground (compilation videos 1, 2)

He does a lot of his own stunts and is often better (i.e. more graceful) than his stunt double, even though it's really risky and he's sustained some serious injuries from being dropped accidentally (And the Winner is Love: B roll video, actual scene, other BTS, other fight scenes)

He moves with elegance, not just in action sequences (Ashes of Love fight compilation 1, 2), but people have made video compilations of how he walks, kneels, works his sleeves and train

Of course, it's thanks to his dance foundation, but he also puts a lot of hard work into stunt training. Not something a lot of actors do because it eats up time to make more TV or go on variety shows (Ashes of Love stunt training, BTS)

3. Diving

He played a diver once in Flip in Summer (夏日心跳) and actually learned to dive... I mean he's no Tom Daley but this looks pretty good for an amateur... (full video)

4. Voice Acting

He’s always dubbed himself since circa 2018 (with the exception of And the Winner is Love due to Covid logistics issues), which is not the norm in Chinese drama (Ashes of Love dubbing BTS). In fact, he is sometimes the only person in the cast to use his original voice (e.g. in Princess Silver)

He also lends his voice to animations - he was the voice of Viktor in Arcane (BTS video), which received positive feedback (most people didn't realize he was not a professional voice actor)

He appears as a judge and live dubbing performer in Voice Monster alongside the top voice actors in China, Bian Jiang (aka voice of Yehua in Eternal Love, Nan Wangj in the Untamed) and Zhang Jie (aka voice of Donghua in Eternal Love, Sifeng in Love & Redemption). He has so much respect to those working behind the scenes, and it really shows (full video)

5. Singing

Some of you may know that he started out in a boy band called JL with Fu Longfei - these videos didn't age well, but here you go: JL (MV), 我们 (MV)

He has released a number of solo singles, including 缘起 (MV), 星星之火 (live), 不是我 (MV), 等风停 (MV). and 勇 (soundtrack), which he composed and wrote the lyrics himself (these are all mando-pop ballads if that's your jam)

He performed Big Fish 大鱼 at Tmall's 11/11 Festival (live video) - while his rendition is not as powerful as the original, he can hit really high notes with an impressive falsetto - I think it goes up to G5 (one octave above middle C)

He performed Pipa Xing (琵琶行) at the Douyin Festival (live video) - the notable part is his Peking Opera style singing at the end

He occasionally releases covers of songs on Chinese karaoke app Changba or Douyin: 要不然我们就这样一万年 (youtube), 黑月光 (youtube), 不染 (youtube), 山水又一程 (youtube)

He can also sing in other languages, including 喜欢你 in Cantonese (recording) - it's actually a very good cover and his Cantonese pronunciation is >95% accurate - there are parts where you can't tell he's not a native speaker.

6. Musical Instruments

He's an accomplished classically-trained pianist, which you can see in...

JL MV (video, starting around 3:30 mark) - don't mind the makeup, it's from ages ago

Mr Mossie season 2 (video)

Love is Sweet (BTS video) - impromptu jazz, he was deciding which song to play

Fan thank you recording (video)

He also plays the guitar, though probably at an amateur level

7. Music Gaming

During college he was obsessed with this music game called O2Jam (劲乐团) to the point where he created new tracks (i.e. arrange/compose the music) for the company under the username Dinoroy (explained by himself here, videos of him playing).

He became well-known within the fan community as the legendary D神 (D God). There are a lot of funny comments from old players saying that they thought D God is a bitter middle-aged recluse trying to screw them over with difficult tracks (read comments here).

D God was so prolific and reliable that gaming company accepted his submissions without review. Here are some of his best tracks - game arrangement only (Lydia, Croatian Rhapsody, Digital Emotions), music & game arrangement (黑暗魅影), original composition (光之乐章)

8. League of Legends

He's an LOL super fan, commentator, and player since season 2, went to see worlds in person twice, and was a cast member in a gaming show called Beyond It! Hero (episodes here)

He played the 2018 All-Star Event in Las Vegas teaming with reigning world champion Rookie and delivered the final blow that beat the other team 2:1 (video)

He got a quadra kill at a celebrity mobile game even though his team was crap (video clip)

He co-invested 1M RMB in a team led by Misaya 若风 - you can see them playing together in a live broadcast of the mobile game (video)

Update: Our longtime fan boy has become spokesperson of League of Legends and official commentator at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou! The love is reciprocated!

9. Calligraphy/Drawing/Culture

LYX is known for his Chinese handwriting (he practices regularly) - there's even a font based on his handwriting called 汉仪罗云熙体 (download here)

He does all his own handwriting for marketing materials (e.g. Immortality below) and doesn't need a hand double for scenes where his character is practicing ancient Chinese calligraphy

He's also got amazing drawing skills - check out the Queen of the Night 昙花 he drew as Runyu while waiting around on set in between takes (video)

While he doesn't go on a lot of variety shows, he's often a guest on cultural programs, like the beauty of Chinese Calligraphy 书法之美 (video), Chinese Fans in 指尖上的非遗 (video)

His self-produced Mr. Mossie covers a lot of cultural topics (seasons 1, 2, 3), the segment on Hanfu was featured in the UNESCO Chinese Language Video Festival (video)

10. Photography

Luo Yunxi is often seen taking photos on set with his top-of-the-line Leica camera. Here are some of the photos he has shared:

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Luo Yunxi is a living Dragon God in Whispers of Fate

Luo Yunxi's ballet training has allowed him the coordination and core strength to perform his own wirework.

That's not all. Did you know that Luo Yunxi doesnt use an automatic rotating harness?

Most wire rigs have a built-in bearing or swivel that lets actors spin freely with minimal effort. Instead of using this, Luo Yunxi manually controls his spins using pure core strength and body control.

In Whispers of Fate his wirework is even better, making us wonder if he truly is Tang Lici...

Let's look forward to seeing even more of Luo Yunxi's excellent wirework magic in Whispers of Fate

Credit: 遇紫方知蓝

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↝ When Destiny Brings the Demon 献鱼 (2025) — Episode.15 | Love Takes Two to Tango⠀⠀

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When Destiny Brings the Demon sounds cartoonish with it's literal baby eating villains, but it's actually hitting so hard (don't know if I could bring myself to watch Ep 12 again) because it's unfortunately realistic.

If there was a family of people that you could eat and gain magnificent power, people would totally be eating them. Like no question. And the baby factory cave would also totally exist. But the MOST realistic thing is the compartmentalization. Shi Qianlv is pretty off the deep end and basically lacks all morals at this point, but the rest of them? They somehow manage to think they are good, and even have moral qualms about their disciples killing each other or about the palace daughter using other "normal" disciples to progress. Crimes against them and their people count; crimes against the Sima clan/bloodline don't. This is the sort of thing that does happen in real life and leads to genocide and slavery.

The human discrimination against the Yao/demons always feels realistic to me in these Cdrama fantasies, but this show has taken it to another level entirely by making the Sima clan fully human and yet other.

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Yeah, why can't you be like the rest of us who cultivate the Upright and Good Way, by torturing/imprisoning babies and drinking their blood?

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TILL THE END OF THE MOON 长月明, dir. Kuk Kok Leung

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As far as I’m concerned, the single most radical change from journal fandom is the idea that fandom is primarily a space for kids.

*shakes cane* in MY day, teen fans pretended to be adults while we walked uphill both ways!

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1$ flea market score. Tiny glass 1960s perfume bottles. I love them.

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“I asked chatgpt-” yeah well I asked special agent aaron hotchner and he said the unsub is a straight white male in his 30s