A Dream within a Dream

- transmigration
- cold male lead
- enemies to lovers trope
- female lead trying to change the plot
- historical romance
- being part of showbiz in real life

- historical romance
- emperor male lead
- concubine/consort female lead
- transmigration
- politics
- palace setting
- rumoured tyrant/ruthless male lead

The female lead enters the novel's world and must do some missions and changes in order to get out to her real world. She bacome the villainous side female character lin yu and must make the "black lotus" mu sheng falls in love with her...

Both dramas have main leads from reality transmigrate into the novel world and trying to change the endings of people around them.

Two different shows in the same font, but the male lead transmits to a different world, amazing OSTs, both shows have the best comedy to laugh your heart out, and of course, strong main characters in both shows are determined to go their own paths and not allow others to control their fate.

The Heroine is from the contemporary era but gets transported back in time into a story where she think she knows how it will all play out and does what she can to change things. If she doesn't, she's afraid she will die. The Main Lead is also the "villainous" character.

1. Entering a Novel World
A Dream Within a Dream (???): FL wakes up inside a novel or a dreamscape, where reality bends — and she has to survive a plot she didn’t write.
The First Night with the Duke (???? ????): FL literally wakes up in the body of a novel character after spending a night reading the story. Now she’s stuck in a romance plot with a dangerous male lead.
? Both heroines are modern women suddenly trapped in fictional, romanticized — but dangerous — worlds.

2. Romance with the Male Lead
A Dream Within a Dream: Starts out emotionally distant or mysterious, but the ML slowly gets entangled with the FL emotionally.
First Night with the Duke: ML is dangerous, obsessive, and cold... but slowly melts because of FL’s unpredictable actions.
? Both MLs fall for the FLs not because they play by the book — but because they break the mold.

3. Comedy, Chaos, and Unexpected Turns
Both dramas include moments where the FL’s modern logic totally clashes with the fantasy setting:
> Doing things “wrong” that actually make things better.
> Flustering cold-hearted MLs.
> Breaking serious plots with unexpected behavior.
? They’re both playful genre parodies, while still delivering serious romantic beats.

- personally both dramas are fav actresses
- xianxia drama
- supernatural, historical fantasy
- filled with cute chemistry and lots of romance
- enemies to lovers trope
- cold cunning male lead

- In both of this drama is based on a script book where fate is chosen.
- Each character has to play their chosen role. Even if they don't want to they are forced.
- In "Fortnite Writer" the FL is vicious villain, opposite of "A Dream Within a Dream". But female lead try her best to change her role.
- Both ML is also cold and has villain vibes.

-transmigration from modern world
-rom com
-cold prince male lead
-enemies to lovers (sorta)
-quirky FL
The Eternal Love was from 2017 so styling and production may be a little "outdated". Plot line is a little illogical at times but very similar themes to ADWAD.

At episode 27 of (ADWAD), I kinda realised this drama is somewhat similar between these two. similar female lead story, similar backstory of the prince in some way, not fully though. travel back in time. I mean, if you watch both dramas, you would catch a grip on the similarity.

The cold and hard male lead. And his masked version of the hero. In my opinion, I Will Never Let You Go is much more effectively rendered. The scenes with the cold male lead were even more wonderful. I hope I get the same feelings in the continuation of this series.

Same script writer. In Story of Kunning Palace the Female Lead also tries to change her fate while running from the male lead to avoid a repeat of their previous disastrous ending.

What would you do if you accidentally found yourself inside the world of a script, playing the role of a tragic female lead used and discarded by the villainous male lead, even tortured to death?

For Song Xiao Yu, the answer is obvious: run as far away as possible. She had the perfect escape plan, but reality said otherwise. Every time she tries to change the storyline or marry a supporting male character, she becomes trapped in a never-ending loop full of “bugs,” dying in 108 unique and absurd ways.

In short, the game was over for her the moment it began. Eventually, Xiao Yu comes to a painful realization: no matter how hard she tries, the “plot” always pulls her back to the male lead, Nan Heng, forcing her to re-enact the script’s iconic scenes repeatedly.

In this paper-thin world, so many characters are shackled by predestined roles. Some are imprisoned in palace intrigues, others are confined in grand aristocratic mansions. Some are trapped in toxic rivalries among women, while others endlessly pursue power and status. Some yearn for love and freedom but can only dance in fear, bound by invisible chains. Some dream of soaring like mighty birds, only to lose their spirit amid the monotony of daily life.

Only when Xiao Yu realizes that she is no longer living in the old plot and Nan Heng isn’t the villain she thought he was, could they both find the truth and perhaps love along with it.

It is a transmigration/Isekai plot line. The main female lead is also an actress who gets transported into the historical script she is acting in. Very funny like quite a bit of Dream Within a Dream. The Main Lead has his sinister moments. The two main leads have great chemistry.