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MAJOR SPOILER ALERT FOR MLC!!
So.... are we gonna talk about how Jiao Liqiao and Li Xiangyi are cousins or...
#i personally find it HILARIOUS. i imagine dfs is not very amused when he pieces it together tho ;-;#this came out of nowhere and killed me fr#mysterious lotus casebook spoilers#mlc spoilers#lxy#jlq
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你体内有我的内力？
you have my internal energy in your body?
dihua + touch/hands | 莲花楼 mysterious lotus casebook ep 20
#莲花楼#mysterious lotus casebook#asiandramasource#dailyasiandramas#cdramasource#asiandramanet#cdramagifs#cdramanet#gifshistorical#cdrama#cheng yi#xiao shun yao#dihua#lhlgifs#jielin's edits#my posts#this is such a serious gifset :) the caption is totally serious :)#ANYWAY. something something each physical touch btwn them in this scene#reveals a significant intimacy they share that goes beyond the physical. and shows how deeply involved they with each other#like the instinctive trust dfs has for llh/lxy#and llh making a pact with dfs to help him with the cases#that would help to bring him the emotional closure he needed#like if you can't save my life. you could save me in other ways. you know.#regardless as dfs or ah fei he gets to know the secrets of lxy/llh that others don't#自古红白出cp 我举笛花大旗不倒👌👌😌#also pardon me i just took my cough meds lol#not my proudest work bc i bungled the cropping but was too lazy to redo :p
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#li lianhua as text posts: answer for your crimes edition#these were all in my lxy tag and i needed to roast this man. so.#mysterious lotus casebook#li xiangyi#li lianhua#ashton's text post memes#ashton originals
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook | that's not a lie
#but look at llh's face#lol#Mysterious Lotus Casebook#cdrama#xiao shun yao#character: di fei sheng#cheng yi#character: li lian hua#character: li xiang yi#DFS x LXY
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“It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them, too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear // Mysterious Lotus Casebook
#fanghua#li lianhua#fang duobing#mysterious lotus casebook#li xiangyi#I just... I'm obsessed with the idea that fdb loves lxy BECAUSE and loves llh DESPITE#I am. I am unwell#I am sighing like an ill victorian lady#I'm also still on this extremely niche kingkiller chronicle / mysterious lotus casebook jam#mlc#lhl#my mlc gifs#the kingkiller chronicle#patrick rothfuss#wise man's fear
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Tumblr ate the anon ask I was responding to so I'm gonna paraphrase it here:
what do mean llh gave di feisheng to fang duobing? the letter totally said something else
Yes, it did - but I didn't feel I could comment too deeply on it when it's been retranslated and people who are far more literate than I am have analyzed the contents already. -- The letter itself seems pretty straight forward.
However, what I wanted to focus on was analyzing unspoken social dynamics - so I'm gonna get in depth into my reasoning for my interpretation. And admittedly in previous posts I was playing fast and glib with my responses (they were just insomnia-fueled thoughts I typed real fast) so I wasn't really in depth or anything. Anyway~~~ That means it's time for me to get long winded.
So! First thing - this is the scene: The letter was written from Li Xiangyi and addressed in its entirety to Di Feisheng. However, when it was delivered the fisherman asked for both DFS and FDB. It was then read outloud by either the fisherman or FDB -- I assume read out loud, and loudly, because DFS never left his position by the rocks and emoted his distress at the contents. That means everyone there also was privy to the letter contents.
The letter itself is straight forward. It's addressed from LXY telling DFS that he regretfully can't make the duel and that he respects him both as a martial artist and as a person, and if he wishes, he can go to FDB who has inherited his skills and shows great promise, etc.
The thing IS - I firmly believe that this is not a message meant just for DFS.
Both LLH and DFS code switch between their non-leader selves vs Li-Menzhu and Di-Mengzhu. It's easiest to see based on what they're wearing. Li Xiangyi when he's dressed in the Sigu Sect uniform. Or the Styx flower hand-off scene where he calls him Di-mengzhu (not Lao Di or A-Fei or whatever else) likely as a reaction to his official regalia/red uniform which means DFS was showing up in an official capacity. Both of them know very well the importance of a certain.... how to say.... drama? They're both leaders and they were also very performative in their roles as leaders. They both expected that massive peanut gallery that showed up to witness the fight - the one filled with members of various sects, including Sigu Sect leadership -- because dfs was likely the one announcing it.
Imo - aside from the need to express the full weight of what he felt, part of the reason LLH was so formal in his letter is expectation that there would be other people there - influential people. The very people DFS and FDB would have to deal with in the future alone. FDB would be ok but he's largely unknown to the rest of jianghu and therefore his story is still malleable. DFS is known, but infamous and his narrative is as much of a trap as LXY's was. And now he no longer has the benefit of a sect to act as a buffer.
LLH's last act as LXY was not to save Yun Biqiu but to carve a new path open in the world for DFS and FDB:
Expresses that he bears deep emotion and the greatest and deepest respect for DFS despite a reputation of them being enemies
Informs everyone that DFS is not seeking dominion or 'the throne' but rather, is going the fighter-scholar path of studying and testing martial skill -- aka, this is message from one sect leader to all the others present. Spread the word, this man is NOT gunning for your power. None of you have reason to take him down.
Establishes FDB as his one and only successor - while also stating clearly it's entirely up to FDB to decide whether to continue down this path or not
Creates a pathway for DFS and FDB to maintain their connection with each other - and in fact lets everyone else know that there is a pre-established, legacy relationship between DFS and LLH that FDB will be inheriting.
Gently asks DFS to keep an eye on FDB's development - iterating that if dfs is the one asking, then FDB may make the decision to continue to train - aka help him see his full potential whatever his decision is.
At the same time, he silently wishes FDB to maintain connections with/keep an eye on DFS. In another reply I kinda went on about this: imagine a scenario where your friend's mom pulls both of you in front of her. And the whole time is telling your friend that they need to do, expectations, a list of goals, etc. The entire time she's only focused on your friend - but there is this silent implication that you, as the witness, is expected to act a reminder or even an enforcer if your friend isn't listening. If things go wrong, you're expected to go in there and help them to do the thing they were asked to do. This is the unspoken message I'm getting for FDB. Even though his name wasn't mentioned in the letter, it was explicitly delivered to both him and dfs. He's standing right there while an imaginary LLH talks to DFS. So if after all this, dfs disappears without another word = fdb can feel emboldened to go after him, knocking on doors until he answers. Should he decide to do so.
Entreaty - "These are LXY's (my) last wishes. Please respect my memory after my death."
Conclusion: LLH's last actions were to create a space where both DFS and FDB can make their own decision on their path in the world, without the weight of all those other people in jianghu influencing them.
Note: I also believe that on dfs' side, his clothing choices point toward his plans to publicly step down and leave the martial path with Li Lianhua. But llh sucker-punched him and left him standing on some rocks like a widow waiting for her husband who's lost at sea. They were technically on the same page, but it somehow went wrong because... well. Unfortunately that's DFS' narrative. He never quite reaches his goal without the hero either hindering or helping him. The entire drama was LLH being that karma busting fulcrum for him. But now, should he wish it, it'll be FDB's turn to step up and do the same.
#also as an aside - with all the marriage symbolism and the dead brides in every story arc - both lyx and dfs with red uniforms?#llh stealing dfs repeatedly away from marriages? sgd wanting llh to wear the red for HIM but instead llh wears it for everyone else but him#it's very much giving me sacrificial savior where the hero is for the people and not any given individual#mysterious lotus casebook#my royal ramblings#di feisheng#li lianhua#li xiangyi#fang duobing#lxy's last letter#meta
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#mysterious lotus casebook#lian hua lou#xiao zijin#i can't believe my first mysterious lotus casebook/lian hua lou post is about xiao zijin#i Had to pause ep 21 four minutes in to make this#why is he compelling. loser#maybe i'll really end up writing that pre-canon xzj->lxy confused & frustrated crush with side fantasies of domination. sigh
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What's so good about him? Everyone praises him. No matter how good he is, he still lost to me. He didn't even know that I had tricked him for ten years. Li Xiang Yi is just a joke.
#mysterious lotus casebook#dailyasiandramas#cdramasource#cdramaedit#cheng yi#i was screaming and sobbing while watching this scene#like the biggest betrayal ever#like the person he cared the most about completely derailed his life#and lxy blamed himself for so many of those things#and the audacity of this ugly ass bitch to say all of this i am ready to square up#mygifs#m:cheng yi#m:mysterious lotus casebook#m:li xiangyi
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#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#di feisheng#feihua#this meme. yes.#thinking of LXY/LLH's exes/flirtations littered across the jianghu
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Template is by @/gallusrostrmegalus
#mysterious lotus casebook#di feisheng#fang duobing#li lianhua#i wanted to put lxy in the living hell category but there is too much competition
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if it sucks, hit da bricks
#mysterious lotus casebook#莲花楼#li xiangyi#li lianhua#李相夷#李莲花#gdi now i need an actual if it sucks hit da bricks lxy edit#just walk out. you can leave!!!#sigu sect. social thing. engagement. 10 year fight date with di feisheng. too fancy restaurant. baichuan court if your quick. friend ships‚#(oh no i made myself sad)
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Di Feisheng is just such a character. Assigned Final Boss by the entire world. Arguably has the strongest code of honour of anyone in the entire show. His blade is called 'blade'. He doesn't care about his sect or the throne, he only cares about being swordsman #1 by defeating his beloved arch nemesis. The only one he trusts with his life is said arch nemesis. He doesn't bat an eye at being called 'A-Fei'. He's so good at lying. He will bring down the house fighting a brat over who gets the spare room. He has the most glorious hair in a show full of people with glorious hair. He has a major arc about regaining agency over himself and escaping abuse. He loses all his memories and still recognises his ex's bullshitting instantly. He cannot taste food except when he loses his memories and thus his usual inhibitions. He's been forced to fight to survive all his life and still finds unmatched joy in being a swordsman. He will tow his boyfriend up a hill with a bamboo stick. I love him.
#i love him. so much#di feisheng#a-fei posting#mysterious lotus casebook#lhl#mlc#shoutout to istgidek1234 for walking me through this post like someone calming down their hyper cat <3#(i swear im still working on the lxy and control meta I SWEAR)
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道是无情却有情
dihua + 情 | 莲花楼 mysterious lotus casebook
#莲花楼#mysterious lotus casebook#asiandramasource#dailyasiandramas#cdramasource#asiandramanet#cdramagifs#cdramanet#gifshistorical#cdrama#xiao shun yao#dihua#lhlgifs#jielin's edits#my posts#stole 道是无情却有情 from the 央视 interview. officially endorsed.#i need to rewatch the twfx video essay and combust all over again while i think of dfs and lxy/llh
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in a drama that pays SO much attention to and is deliberate about giving each character a very distinct silhouette, it has been driving me absolutely fucking insane for several weeks now that some of jiao liqiao's outfits are cut like li xiangyi and li lianhua's robes.
you can see the visual similarities between jiao liqiao's most-worn outfit and li xiangyi in the general form of the robes, but particularly in the drape of the sleeves and where they fall open at the shoulders (sorry, i don't know the technical term). it's harder to see here but both outfits also have bracers that match the robes in a very integrated way and colour-wise, with the same fitting to the sleeves.
here, if not for the colours and material of jiao liqiao's outer layer, this would be something li lianhua would wear. the fit of these robes are the same. the pleats at the lapels even match. jiao liqiao is visually paralleled with li xiangyi and li lianhua, mirroring the man she's forever seen as competition for di feisheng. it's as though in truly every way, she's trying to replace him. maybe if she tries hard enough, di feisheng will finally look at her for once.
i mean hell, think about how even more interesting this scene gets— jiao liqiao's "i'm the victor in this game of love" moment— once you realize she's taunting li lianhua about having a place beside di feisheng while emulating the image of li xiangyi, the man di feisheng cannot leave behind. ("maybe you could still have had him now if you'd stayed like this. if you hadn't become what you are now. it's too bad i stepped in all those years ago, and so you're in this state, isn't it? i've won, li xiangyi.") mysterious lotus casebook already did a stellar job in everything else in establishing jiao liqiao and li lianhua as rivals for di feisheng, but this visual aspect just elevates some of these character interactions throughout the show.
#the way i described jlq's lxy robes at first was ''lxy but if you added more wedding gold to them''#i haven't been normal since#sorry ive been too lazy to look for screenshots before but I didn't want to post about this without them#rewatch has proved so fruitful to me#mysterious lotus casebook#jiao liqiao#li xiangyi#ashton originals#mlc meta#mlc costume meta
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook | A Fei, why did you provoke the trees?
#lol#mysterious lotus casebook#cdrama#xiao shun yao#character: di fei sheng#cheng yi#character: li lian hua#character: li xiang yi#aesthetics#DFS x LXY
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Fun fact of the day, the soundtrack/background music in the scenes where Fang Duobing and Li Lianhua breakup after his identity reveal, and the scene where Li Lianhua writes his letter and is implied to have died shortly after, is the exact same. Even more fun tidbit, that soundtrack is called 世上再無李相夷 (Li Xiangyi is no more in this world).
So fanghua nation how are we feeling about fdb saying "Li Lianhua.... No, I should call you Li Xiangyi now." during a scene where the soundtrack is literally called Li Xiangyi is no more in this world?
#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#li xiangyi#lian hua lou#fang duobing#Fanghua#Mlc soundtrack#How sane am I about this no#Look if my discord acc is still dead rn I need to cope#Cheng yi's face in the entire breakup scene was screaming I'm not him I'm not lxy and I don't want to be him anymore#Who am I to waste that particular acting choice especially when it's so well executed
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