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skullsandwineglasses · 2 years

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Immortal Samara - Ep 22

The meeting between Yan Dan and Ying Yuan’s reincarnated selves was a little underwhelming and lacklustre compared to her long-awaited meeting with Yu Mo.

With Yu Mo, it felt a lot of more satisfying because we saw how he spent 900 year painstakingly trying to find her, and there were so many instances when he almost did but then they just missed each other, so when he finally found her in the end, the emotional payoff was much more impactful.

With with Tang Zhou, it feels like we’re back to square one where Yang Zi and Cheng Yi now have no chemistry again and have to build it back up. They’re a much anticipated meeting after all the angst and pain they went through, but it fell kinda flat. We get a brief moment where he catches her in the air and they stare into each other’s eyes and feel a very faint glimpse of recognition and a pang of lingering feelings from a past life threatening to bubble to the surface, but I was hoping for something more intense, you know? They brush it off and resume their mutual suspicion for each other because she’s a demon (with no demon scent) and he’s a demon hunter.

But I guess this is intentional. The writers need to stir up some chemistry between Yang Dan and Yu Mo in order give us some reason to root for the SML. And tbh, it’s working. Yan Dan is so happy and carefree in Yu Mo’s demon tribe (and not to mention her reunion with the turtle she saved, unbeknownst to her, and who has now cultivated into Zi Lin). But you just know that Tang Zhou is going to mess her up all over again. She’s doomed to fall in love with someone is isn’t allowed to love her back.

Yu Mo is also much more suave after 900 years of searching for her in the mortal world, and he’s even changed his hairstyle to something much more flattering to match his newfound charisma and maturity. But he’s also still such a puppy dog for her.

But Yan Dan is currently like a blank sheet of paper. She has no life experience. She has no name and no memory of her past. Doesn’t understand what love or hate is. But she knows what happiness and fun is, and she still has the same dream of being a renowned scriptwriter. So the core of her personality is still there.

Honestly, I’m really liking how tight and consistent the plot is so far. I’m really curious about how this reincarnation arc is going to play out. I want to see Tang Zhou fall for her first against his better judgment, like how Ying Yuan did. I want to see Yan Dan be wary of Tang Zhou because of those underlying feelings of betrayal that are still buried deep down in the fabric of her soul, even though Ying Yuan forcefully stripped her memories away.

Side note: I appreciate that Zhi Xi is trying to make amends, and I feel bad for Lu Ming who no longer has any friends my his side, but is trying his best to protect Ying Yuan because it’s what Yan Dan would have wanted.

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yingtan · 2 months

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