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Really enjoyed this drama but kind of wish that episodes at the end were simply more about the relationship and not about a major health issue.

Yes, FL is the editor and ML is the author. Three of the four main actors/actresses in Moonlight are in Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (only 2FL is played by a different actress) so LGIEF is like a reunion 🥰

Wei Zhi left her mark on Shan Chong… literally 😬

They originally thought it might be 36 episodes, scripts were done for 33 episodes, filming was done for 30 episodes and then during final approval/censorship review it became 23 based on what the government & YOUKU wanted.

They only filmed 30 episodes so they didn’t have to cut down THAT much. But it’s been so good so more would have been nice 👍🏻

They only filmed about 30 episodes. Final order is 23 episodes. I usually enjoy slow burn dramas but this one is nicely paced too, at least in my eyes.

OMG, is our girl drawing 18+ comics on her burner account? 😳😯

Why did you have to remind me? I tried so hard to erase her from my memory! 😳🥺😢

A few episodes with English subs are already on YOUKU’s YouTube channel. This is episode 1 — https://youtu.be/4zm7bdLmZT0

FL had three other people on her original team so my thinking was that she would need more than Shan Shan to help her meet the deadline for the contest.

She may not be as toxic as we fear. In the novel, she wasn’t that bad (at least, that’s what people said). More like an average level of drama mom. But you can wait until the drama is finished and find out for sure.

Do we all agree that we do NOT like FL’s mother? Especially not after the preview for Episode 9!

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You are welcome! I learned about it when reading responses to people who wanted to stir up drama and who claimed that somehow it was Esther Yu’s fault for the drama title being different. In reality, of course, Chinese language titled stayed the same as the original novel. English-language title is Ski Into Love is for the same reason why very, very many English titles aren’t the exact translation — people in marketing think it is more appealing.

I believe the poster is in reference to its Chinese title which is translated as “Shh, the King is Hibernating” and that phrase refers to both ML & FL needing to awaken and fulfill their potential (e.g., for ML to go back to competing and for FL to break free from the bad publishing company & to return to her glory).

C-dramas love to spoil everything in intros or outros 😆

Haha… maybe he will propose in a bear costume! 🤣

To be fair, this was originally supposed to be 33-36 episode series (36 intended, 33 scripts? something like that). They filmed material for 30 episodes worth of content supposedly but then the final order & approval was for 23 episodes (seems to be a combination of government censorship and of YOUKU’s desire to have shorter series).

They made it seem like 2ML was just a vacation crush/boyfriend for 2FL and she was never serious about him. Not sure if that’s how it was in the novel but that’s what I got out of it — he wanted to continue relationship but she viewed it as a short fling.

They only filmed 30 episodes worth of content not 36 (why not 33 or 36, not sure; perhaps they realized they weren’t going to get approval for 36).
Through 6 episodes, cuts are not distracting. It’s kind of a sports drama so faster pacing seems fine.