#thanks again to bipirate! it was just what I needed!

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I finished lof !!! I had such a great time, it’s a fun show with a sweet ending, nothing too heavy or complicated. about 50/51 -

lbr what was even happening during these past few episodes? major plot points and antagonist motivations that are brought up only at the very end of the show? protags making massive leaps of logic that have barely any evidence? the complete disappearance of the five tokens despite their sentimental value to several of the characters? sts battling a bell while his shadow self contemplates a go piece that is never explained? xy drugging his fiancee so he can die without putting her at risk???

the storm scene was really good and had great lines but he looked so silly sitting there and then tipping over ndsfsha no it’s fine they’re cute I’m happy

I wonder if wyb based any of his performance on what xz did as wwx. their mannerisms feel similar

ying hecong!!! bringing poison to the battle!!

yeah you can’t go wrong with a big battle as a finale. it really does feel like redwall. redwall fans, watch lof

zf’s battle with sts was really well-done! the fight scene at the gates was also excellent but her one-on-one in the courtyard with the bells felt so significant, just perfect for a big finale scene. the editing was pretty good too!

that ending where everyone is in their place and paired up and happy and the parents are alive and zf/xy are travelling and then teach students...tongming coming back briefly and asking to see his disciple...it’s nice

I do not know what lord gantang and xy were talking about wrt the go pieces. that’s fine. im just glad both her parents made it and are okay and at the strongholds. community family etc.

it’s really cool how chuchu has her own thing going on I just wish li sheng wasn’t there with her. but he’s a good leader! he went through a lot of growth, maybe even more than zf

while I agree zf’s arc kind of revolves around xy, almost all of his revolves around her too. he based many of his decisions on her, learned to stop running away so much because of her, found his home and purpose because that’s where she was. his wandering/attachment to his freedom and the scene where he avenged his father are kind of his only other motivations? while she has justice and her sword forms

I did like it more when they were both on their own and dealing with things without taking into account each other tho

the villains were SO FUN where else can I find someone like tong tianyang with his eyepatch and his chewing the scenery and his flair for dramatics

sts was a really great villain. intimidating. cold but with a partner he cared about. kind of sexy. totally murderous. his actor did a great job.

the plot kind of wandered around a bit. I thought the show started off really strong and it was at its weakest when it strayed away from characters connected to 48 strongholds. I wish we spent more time there! home base! it was such an important place and it would have been nice to soent more time with its people and learn more about it.

mxq should have lived...and ninth madam duan. otherwise I wasn’t too upset with all the mentor deaths. I’m glad li jinrong made it

okay 51 is so funny first there’s third prince trying to shoot a rabbit, I knew he was homophobic I just KNEW it, cut to sts holding it like a pet with his mysterious villain powers, then third prince tries to run but trips over a rock like the useless idiot he is, then he gets taken captive, and it literally does not matter at all?

I guess the idea was that sts wanted to overthrow the dynasty but zichen being held hostage made zero difference to any of the character’s actions and did not matter to the finale at all and also he never showed up again sjadksjadlasjdsd irrelevant to the end huh

actually the big adventure, battle, happy ending really does remind me of fma too. it’s a good adventure series! not exactly a character drama, but super enjoyable

like I really wish li yan had developed more but most of the characters were fairly static. ych changed drastically into a much more likeable and helpful person right after meeting YJ and LY, but besides him, I guess zf, li sheng, and xy were the only characters to really change

and I really think zf should have had more development and more internality! she was the main character of a show that has almost 50 hours of runtime! whereas some show are barely a few hours long and their protags undergo massive changes (see: otgw’s wirt). so it’s a shame she was so one-dimensional. when i started the show, I was so excited to meet an arrogant and tough female mc who took no bullshit. I guess her arc would be to learn to value things outside her martial arts? hero ji talked about that a little, I thought they’d come back to it

the romance was really sweet!! I liked it from the beginning although some of the scenes were uncomfortable since xy is older than zf and initially much more experienced while she was this naive newcomer to the outside world. and I wish he’d actually talked with her instead of drugging her in 50. but overall they were really cute! they had chemistry they were friends they were totally devoted to each other they got married!

the LY/YJ/YCH trio was great. I kind of saw it coming that LY and YJ would get paired off but ah well, they’re cute. does ych not use poison anymore as a doctor? that was such a unique trait I liked it

the end where everyone, in every scene, was talking about how they’ve brought peace to the people and the common people don’t have to worry about war anymore and HEY DID YOU HEAR the heroes have brought peace to the common people THE PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN PEACE no that’s significant it really is