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Thanks. It sounds similar to Yingluo from "Yanxi Palace" continuing in trusting her Eunuch Brother after he pretty much told her that they will be enemies for the rest of their lives - it pissed me off to no end, as such a brilliant FL should know better.

And a few years later - mostly because of Lu Songli - it is even more difficult for me to accept a smart, capable Female Leads making occasionally dumb decisions.

Appreciate the explanation, but it sounds even more off-putting for me.

I remember watching recently a few microdramas where the FL either hated forced marriage - I think it happens more than you suggest, or decided against joining the King's Harem after helping him win a throne. The latter is extremely rare IMO.

8 minutes in of the Episode 1:

So, the FL successfully defended her country's stronghold and then, to celebrate victory, went alone to the forest to pick up some mushrooms. Very smart.

Ugh, this is really disheartening for someone who, at this momen,t is starting to watch it.

Especially dumbed down FL as the Female General to make a cliffhanger or two possible always make me disappointed.

Her fighting scenes looked great in "Song of Glory", although I don't look to closely regarding using backups.

Also - "Li started studying Chinese traditional opera in Shipai Central School at the age of 11 and trained in Wuxi, Shaoxing, and Kunqu operas.", this should explain it a bit, especially if she had more fighting-oriented parts of Chinese Opera implementd in her training as well.

"I've been drugged hundreds of times on the Battlefields". Yeah, right, kiddo.

I've dropped it after Episode 6, as it looked more and more like the short version of "The Double" and similarly overrated here and on YT based on the comments, while in reality it was one, gigantic mess, with extremely unlikeable ML and crazy camera work. And the FL wasn't much better either. Also, she's kind of smart, but the ML was outplaying her easily (just like in the "Wonderland of Love", which I dropped quickly too).

I'm old, so I usually like to have a character worth cheering for.

I also need to finally learn to stay away from the "Jealous Male Lead" and "Possessive Male Lead" tags. I miss Gu Tingye from the "Story of Minglan" :(.

Could you link it me too it? MDL doesn't seem to have it.

I'm trying "Sinful Marriage", which seems possibly too crazy for my basic standards, but maybe I will adjust and enjoy it.

Well, it would help if she would drop them in the deepest and darkest hole she could find.

Instead of letting them of the hook every time and just wait for them to attack again.

There is more variety in microdramas, partially because there are so many of them,

But thanks to that, it's possible to find capable FLs who don't restrict herself by playing defence only. And are ruthless enough to not let villains live for too long.

In my eyes, she was much more capable than Princess Weiyoung, at least her Drama version (i've hears she was really toned down compared to the Novel).

I agree it was a decent watch, for comparison, IMO much better than "Romance of a Female Soldier", which was a pretty automatic FF half of the time for me.

But, every time the FL got dumber or just been to nice to people scheming against her, I missed Lu Songli :(

Well, at the beginning we got a smart, capable and likeable leads - The ML was way above average compared to typically shitty MLs and their acting, I have to survive on regular basis.
However, as always, the leads were way too passive, playing defence mostly and were giving the villains too much of a leeway.

That's why, in the end, we got one rebirth too many, and the only way for them to win was to get help from the FL's sister, who should have been killed a long time ago.
Which made them look quite incompetent, at least in my eyes.

So, It was a nice ride, but in the end, I am a bit disappointed.

However, the Acting was very solid, the production values were very good for a short drama, music was nice too. Just a bit too many tropes for my taste, and after Episode 21, it got really, really messy.

And, I am probably the only one who would like to see a few episodes more of an original timeline, just to see the way FL was able to survive her original husband and even make him a better, or at least a more successful person.

But of course, the FL's marriage with an useless guy will never get serious screentime, it always has to be a handsome Prince who hides his abilities because of the big, bad secret from the past.

Thanks. I guess, I will have to check it by myself.

I'm on Episode 1 and already thinking "Blossom". Why? Because the FL was quite smart and resourceful as well in her original life, which is very rare.

Thank you for the mention of "Sinful Marriage", will check this one as well.

On Episode 1 and I'm already in love with smart and decisive FL, who wasn't dumb in her original life, too.

It's like winning a lottery :).

Let's hope it won't disappoint me (like 95% of the Dramas).

That's what worried me with the Amnesia storyline - I guess I will have to use FF a lot when trying to watch it in a search of a strong FL.

And it's so typical, with the FLs in Dramas - despite the badass female tag - getting saved over and over and over again, mostly due to F'n Romance.

Just got added to MDL, so we can start the countdown :)

No idea how long it will take though...

WHOA!!!

It's coming :)

However, for me, the poster suggests it will be the last part - will they really cover over 600 chapters, after only covering 145 in Part 1?

I don't have a problem with descriptions of "good" and "ok", but it doesn't change the fact that for me making a truly great Drama with LYN as the Male Lead is possible.