Love Between Fairy & Devil has so many lines worth mentioning! That series was seriously about what we call a love for the ages! After reading Mo Dao Zu Shi (the book untamed was based on) I had not cried as much till I watched Love Between Fairy & Devil!
Why do people call it "period dramas". It is pure fantasy and has nothing to do with any historical times. "Alchemy…
A period piece specifically refers to a film, TV series, or miniseries that is set during an earlier time. Whether it is a fictitious past era, world etc or accurately depicting the past or a historical event.
A historical drama on the other hand is set in a past era in the real world and is usually either depicting real events or real characters etc.
So Alchemy of Souls is a series set in a fictitious country in a past era. Therefore, it is a period drama.
After reading Mo Dao Zu Shi (the book untamed was based on) I had not cried as much till I watched Love Between Fairy & Devil!
A historical drama on the other hand is set in a past era in the real world and is usually either depicting real events or real characters etc.
So Alchemy of Souls is a series set in a fictitious country in a past era. Therefore, it is a period drama.