This is not an accusation against Lu Guang and not an attempt to make him look like a villain. It is simply me thinking out loud after watching the pv.
Cheng Xiaoshi's father died in the Bahati fire and the circumstances of that tragedy are still unclear. In the fire scene SYY says it was not an accident. She also shows a clear dislike toward LG. At first that felt strange but now it is starting to fit into a bigger picture ↓
If this theory is correct then Lu Guang, who genuinely loves Cheng Xiaoshi and wants to save him, may also be the person whose actions caused the very tragedy he is trying to prevent. In the end he may have been the one who closed the loop himself.
BTW, the broadcast date August 14th is the Qixi Festival in 2021, which is the year in the story.
The day Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet again.#guangshi#ヒカトキ#光时
You guys love spitting out false information and calling everything official just because Bilibili posts them without any real knowledge on how the space over there works huh?
It can be seen as the story of two people where Cheng Xiaoshi is lit by Lu Guang's light, while Lu Guang is always reaching for his bright moon. The light and shadow in each scene do not show who they are. They show who they are looking toward... 🥺
The contrast between Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi is usually seen as a contrast between light and shadow. Cheng Xiaoshi is almost always shown in sunlight, while Lu Guang is often shown in dim light ↓
If we consider the director's words that Lu Guang is reaching for his "bright moon" which is Cheng Xiaoshi, and the fact that Cheng Xiaoshi is afraid of the dark while Lu Guang becomes a source of light for him, then this image can be understood in a different way ↓
@mammahadabird In my opinion the director wanted the partners to feel completely equal and that is much easier to show with two characters of the same gender. Sorry if I made it a little confusing.
In the first volume of the Link Click artbook there is an interview with the creator Li Haolin, where the interviewer asks how they came to have two main characters and both of them as boys ↓
I love how Cheng Xiaoshi always gets portrayed as the heroine/assigned with fem roles and clothings.
The heroine from RanXi Chronicles
The Weaver Girl
The wife from The Time Machine
Alice
Flower fairy
Also the chibi series alluding the pink dress for him, his dreamout outfit…
@mammahadabird But he did not want that and this version would not fully show what he wanted to show. So the best choice was to make the two main characters both men.
After that decision Qiao Ling was brought into the story as a middleman. Through her the author wanted to show how strong the bond between Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang is and how much they mean to each other ↓