GabiGoettig

not sure... it's kind of remake or sequel of a movie. it definitely doesn't have gay source material. so that makes all their b-romance suddenly ok in censors' opinions?it's ok let them promote the more "bros" the merrier

seems like the secret to successfully airing "bl" is attaching vague female love interest to one of the men. Pledge of Allegiance is reaching WordofHonor level of suggestive and actors doing promotions together and the show is getting some fame.

i'm trying to watch it but this tiktok narrative style is so weird - jumpy, back-and-forth flashbacks and the like. it doesn't have neither taiga quality nor taiga feel.

youku tried playing games and "testing waters" (testing how much bl fans are out there and how much money is expected to be made) by releasing this 8 eps, but then get got by /something/ and now it is what it is. there won't be any explanation either. if any c-bl going to be aired that's a lesson - drop everything at once or not at all.

before airing many censors reviewed it, deemed it proper and approved it. what could make them suddenly go back and change their minds? yes, for book readers it's easy to fill in the gaps with imagination and enjoy the subtext but as standalone series it's crime drama with no romance at all. or two men standing next to each other means they're gay? even if it was put on hold by censors it's more likely because it portrays corrupted police. or, maybe competitors trying to sabotage this show.

i wouldn't trust anything she says, her "tea" is literally what all average fans talk about on weibo, she knows nothing and no one in the industry. she showed her true colours during the zhang zhehan incident. she's pathetic "influencer" used as fan drama instigator by those who pay her.

i gather from weibo people usually blame everything on tencent and other competitors, as if eliminating another bl will make theirs air faster. but knowing how ruthless show business is, it may be not as far from truth as we think.

obviously i have seen it. and it is platonic, otherwise it wouldn't see the light of a day with chinese media censorship. and my comment didn't mean to insult the series - i like it a lot, what i'm saying is - whatever the reason for not airing is, it's not because of "gay".

if they aired it means they got broadcasting licence, so it's something money related i think. also because it's not even bromance at this point, it's colleaguemance, if you squint.

This show seems goofy and unserious. It's funny how samurai age was the age of male homosexuality and almost every samurai had a young boy who was his vassal, boytoy and disciple at once, Oda Nobunaga and Mori Ranmaru the most famous example of such relationship but instead they create this unnesessary fictional GL that stands out like a sore thumb. However, if Nobunaga's questionable attitude towards young Ieyasu means something, Mori Ranmaru may yet appear. I'd like to watch something Tokugawa era-appropriate.

it's absolutely beautiful and one of the best chinese series ever. that said, qianlong is unintentionally funny sometimes - every other episode he's walking in the garden and sees a beautiful woman (eunuch, who's that? i forgot i had this one...) "hello! you come here often? we used to sleep together. i was busy so i forgot about your existence for years. heard you had a son but he's dead, congrats on the former and sorry about the latter. you look so good in this dress btw ;)" starts walking away but if the woman makes even vaguest of sounds he comes back with "ok! fine! i'll make you a new son tonight just don't be sad! eunuch arrange it"

so, the king and that man in female body fell in love, but are separated, and queen is returned in her own body, the child in her body was conceived without her presence and she fully knows the only time the king ever liked her was when she literally was someone else. they come up with this just to not make it gay.

i'm chinese "romance" intolerant but i was tricked into watching this because people insisted it's different from typical nonsense. It isn't. It's the same fl with mind and speech of mentally-challenged 10 year old and smug male mary sue (revealed to be a psychopath later), heavy-handed romantic scenes (cow eyes at each other and ost music playing), unnatural intimate moments (it's never genuinely wanting to be close and making steps to each other, it's always falling on each other in some shameful position). the only romance in this show that felt real was between second crown prince and his cousin-boyfriend.