These boys have started to move on but I have not. 😂

It’s been a while since I checked Dramabeans. Other aspects of my life have taken priority over fangirling. I even had to put watching Extraordinary You and Tale of Nokdu on hold. I spend whatever time I can spare reading Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s Heaven Official’s Blessings (Tian Guan Ci Fu) and scrolling Twitter for MXTX content. 😅 I’m so excited for them to cast and start shooting the drama based on the novel. I hope, fingers crossed, they do as good or even better job on HOB/TGCF. For now, I’ll keep reading the novel while waiting for the drama as well as Xiao Zhan’s and Wang Yi Bo’s new dramas. 📕

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    They are so adorable in those gifs! 😆

    I made a whole post about HOB here: http://www.dramabeans.com/members/trinpie/activity/914150/

    My current obsession. I just finished the novel yesterday and loved it. I think it’s even better then The Untamed novel. I canceled going to my moms to binge watch dramas for the weekend to instead spend the whole 3 days off just reading instead.

    I also really really hope they can do a good job adapting to the drama and can find some actors to perfectly fit the roles.

    I was actually thinking of what actors would work for the roles and couldn’t think of anyone. Who do you think would work for the roles?

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      I am also blissfully down the rabbit hole of HOB for the past few weeks! I am about half way through this wonderfully fantastical but also painful tale. 😭😂😂

      I thought Dylan Wang would make a good charismatic and mischievous HC, and Joseph Zheng has such delicately feminine features to be convincing as XL. They are both extremely tall with DiDi just a 3-4 cm taller than Joseph, but if they can make LZ look taller than XZ, it should not be too big of a problem for this pairing.

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        Oh! Dylan Wang! I only saw him in Meteor Garden but he did a good job in that. At first I was like ‘he is too young’ but then remembered that HC only looks to be about 18 years old. I actually can totally imagine him as HC. I think it’s because his character is bigger then life I forget he still looks like a teenager 😆

        I haven’t seen Joseph Zheng in anything before, but looking at pictures I can easily imagine him as XL. Definitely has the looks of what I imagine XL to look like.

        I can’t believe I have to wait 1-2 years before the drama will be released 😣

        I just now downloaded and emailed MXTX’s first novel The Scum Villain to my kindle. So that will be my next read! Pretty sure MXTX is my new favorite author lol

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          Hoho… Scum Villain is good as a fluff fantasy BL, but I got a bit of whiplash after finishing the other 2 very heavy books (and tbh, I’m not as enamored with the romantic pairing here). It’s kinda messing with my brain though, to read Scum Villain while watching Extraordinary You at the same time since both deal with changing fate in an alternate world.

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      I haven’t dream casted this yet. Maybe when I finish the novel. I have no objections to @kimbapnoona‘s casting though. My brain just goes: “Please make it work, if not better than The Untamed, then just as good.” when I think about the drama adaptation. 🤞🙏

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        Same! I think the Untamed did an excellent job of adapting to the drama while avoiding the numerous censor issues and still keeping pretty true to the novel. And the casting I think was perfect.

        I just hope and pray HOB drama will be able to do that same

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