Jieli Fan Art from "Love Between Fairy and Devil"

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Jieli.  Artwork by Two_ii

Here's my final piece in Set 1 of the 사극 Paradise "Love Between Fairy and Devil" anime fan art series.  I anticipate there being at least two more Sets.  This particular piece features Jieli, Orchid's best friend, and Shangque's love interest.  Well, I most certainly couldn't have neither Shangque or Orchid with Jieli.  Just as I couldn't have Orchid without Dongfang Qingcang, or Chidi Nvzhi without Lord Rong Hao.  They all fit together in one way or another, like a puzzle.

Jieli is one of those characters who is much more useful than she appears.  Initially, she comes across as a con artist and spy who should be avoided at all costs.  I didn't want Orchid anywhere near her.  Especially after Jieli gave her pills that may have killed her if Dongfang Qingcang didn't interfere.

So when she reunited with Orchid in the Moon tribe, I wasn't happy.  Actually, I was annoyed and impatient.  Like Dongfang Qingcang.  I felt she was going to cause a lot of problems.  Initially, she did.  She stole from Dongfang Qingcang, she spied, she put Orchid in dangerous situations.  Yet, Orchid kept loyally defending her, and a turning point was reached.

When Jieli, Orchid, Shangque, and Dongfang Qingcang went to the mortal realm, it was Jieli who helped them avoid or diffuse several difficult situations.

When things were getting really bad for both Orchid and Shangque in Episode 31, she was the one who saved them from Lord Rong Hao and his assistant.  Even if that cost her dearly.  She even saved her sister Fairy Dayin, whom she barely knew, and who resented her because she was from the Moon tribe.

On the surface, Jieli seems to be a character you want to avoid, however, when you get past that, you see she's actually helping the people she cares about.