imo, if it was Zhao Xinci's choice, he would've sacrificed GCC, but Zhao Yunlan isn't his father, he won't sacrifice someone else if he can do it himself, and this last self sacrifice is the ultimate evidence of that difference
Oooh, yes, I never looked at it quite like that before, but 100% agreed!
And iirc the original ending had ZYL stuck down in Dixing because he lit the Lantern, right?
Yeah, as far as I know!
but the execution of that set-up was still a bit. Convoluted in the last couple episodes from what I recall
There were definitely some confusing bits, especially some of the stuff about the Hallows! And it doesn't help that we don't get quite enough info about Zhang Shi to really fully understand his agenda ...
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Oooh, yes, I never looked at it quite like that before, but 100% agreed!
And iirc the original ending had ZYL stuck down in Dixing because he lit the Lantern, right?
Yeah, as far as I know!
but the execution of that set-up was still a bit. Convoluted in the last couple episodes from what I recall
There were definitely some confusing bits, especially some of the stuff about the Hallows! And it doesn't help that we don't get quite enough info about Zhang Shi to really fully understand his agenda ...