#a.k.a Xue Jing Kong

[blue-kyber]

I've completely finished Novoland: The Castle in the Sky, and now I'm sad.

Normally I don't like romance dramas. I find them to be cringy, cheesy, and superfluous with all the 'will they won't they, love triangles, oh no! Hey, jealousy!' but I really got into this one.

I had to suffer through 8 episodes where the main focus was on the female lead pining over her teacher, and acting like a super annoying, love-sick, preteen writing his name with hearts in her diary. I had to skip past the song scenes with a heavily rose-tinted vingette filter they used in long, drawn out deep longing stares into each other's eyes.

Yes. I get it. Xue Jing Kong is extraordinarily hot. I will not contest that. Albeit stoic to a standoffish point. I'd be staring, too. But that's a little bit too much too many times.

I get some people get fluttery hearts over that, but I was like... Story, please? Move onto the story, please?

I started getting into it after episode 8 where their relationship started to have weight, and the series started to have a PLOT!!

Then it got really, really good once story-driven elements came into play that complimented the love story.

Once they both got their heads out of their asses about actually COMMUNICATING, I became invested in them as a couple.

There are so many issues with this series. Most of them I could overlook. Some of them, ... .like.... How in the dingus nuts did you guys comes to THAT conclusion??? omg, What are you doing?! Just tell him you didn't kill her! Come on, tell him your back still hurts from having your freakin' WINGS CUT OFF instead of insisting you're fine when you and he and the audience clearly knows you're not!

And obviously there are elongated death scenes, bad timing scenes, lots of blood, plenty of stabbing both physically, emotionally, and politically, and overacting drama for the sake of drama... because it's a drama.

All in all, I really did enjoy it. There were some prime humor elements, too - like how Xue Jing Kong gets drunk from one small cup of wine. He just stumbles and freezes for a while as though waiting for the world to stop spinning. Boy can't hold ANY liquor. :D The actor did a fantastic job here. I think I have a squish on him now. I love his use of magic so much. :) That hit the right points for me. (Or just a squish on the actor, Jeremy Tsui, because HOT DIGGITY DAMN IS THAT MAN HOT ENOUGH TO MELT FROZEN CHOCOLATE HOLY SHIT. Plus, he's only a couple of years younger than me. :) )

The acting improved a lot once the actors really got into their characters. The ending seemed rushed, though.

I want a season 3 that utilizes their beautiful wings a lot more. There wasn't nearly enough wing content. They had a bigger budget than last season, and plenty of CGI magic, so there's no excuse here.

If I don't get a Novoland: The Castle In The Sky season 3 with Jeremy Tsui in it, I will fucking riot.

They can put the castle back in the sky. They've done far more far-fetched things in this series.

If you don't know who he is, this is he as the character.

AmIright????

And he's in my age group. Sorry, kids. We millennials get this one. :)

Yup. It's a squish.

#novoland: castle in the sky season 2 #chinese fantasy drama #They could have utilized the wings a LOT more. I wonder if it was for budget reasons. #Either way Jeremy Tsui is hoooooooooot! #I know I'm demi-ace but COME ON! Look at him! #Fang Wu Yi #a.k.a Xue Jing Kong #There'd better be a season 3 in the works or I will fucking riot. #I'm officially taking notes for the long-running fantasy drama series two of my characters like to watch in my book #called 'Laki Rift' #Each season has a different subtitle. #Yune is a huge fan and has never missed an episode in 3 seasons.