MariaB

I think they are referring to a character in episodes 11-12.

Bailu looked convincing in Arsenal Military Academy to her colleagues and teachers, but not to people she met outside, which was a very nice touch. If you see a person in uniform in a time when only men served, you assume automatically that it's a man. Removing the military setting, she was perceived as a tomboy with short hair.

In general, it's mostly it's a combination of people not paying attention and seeing what they want to see.
But for the viewers, it doesn't help that the actresses in these dramas are usually very pretty and the camera focuses on their faces.

Watch Love Like The Galaxy. That emperor is the best.
I think the emperors in The Legend Of The Female General and Story Of Kunning Palace were also good. I'm sure there are other examples as well.

I love how with each case the show explores the plight of women in that age without being preachy or melodramatic. You cannot remain indifferent to their pain and sorrow, and at the same time, you know there was nothing that could be done to help them because of the oppressive system and corruption. True justice can never be achieved in these circumstances.

The romance vibes are a little more subtle, and it is less gory. The cases are intriguing and the chemistry between leads is there.

Iqiyi put out a "dynamic concept poster":
https://m.iqiyi.com/v_1ph3vhg1z2c.html

I found an unofficial playlist which has the metro scene song:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOcH0Mm05UXriLzB2EZlknd28Gq5KjaR2&si=JP0Os9Ftc8LaUm-Y

Struggling with this one too, athough I like both actors and their chemistry. I just cannot immerse into their world. Maybe it's because I am also watching Unvelied Jadewind, and switching between the moods of the two dramas is too jarring. I prefer the latter, so I'll put this one on hold and circle to it back later.

There are funny moments, especially in the first half of the series.

I did not realise that the pagers are different. I have just watched the preview for the next episodes and it seems the system pager gets fixed.

I don't think so. She needs the pager to receive guidance from the system. If she doesn't complete the quests, she gets punished to clean bathrooms.

The pager seems to break in episode 9, so FL is unable to know if the ML likes her or not, but on the plus side, no more stupid side quests.

Not yet. The FL kinda forgot he exists.

Are there 28 episodes in this drama? On WeTv and Viki the number of episodes is 24...

In "The Romance of Tiger and Rose" and "A Dream Within A Dream" you see the main leads interact in the real world both before and after they visit the fantasy world.

The VR goggles are for special effe ts, the players are in a physical location, like an amusement park: the buildings, the props, the food are all there, but there are enhancements through VR.

I loved LITC, but found the first 8 episodes a bit slow. Which is usually the case with fantasy dramas, as they need to set up the world-building, character motivation and allegiances etc

Viki has better translation, iQiyi has previews for next episode and express package for last episodes.

I imagine it's like an amusement park - the buildings are real, the props are real, the food is real (FL had been eating hawthorns nonstop). The VR goggles are for special effects - the snow, the ghosts, the blood when someone is killed, and I think they are also used to enhance the set with extra details.

I wonder if it's when the ML tried to steal documents from the safe when he was 12. Maybe that was the pivotal moment. Coupled with the fact that the ML succeeded in spite of not having any backing from his new family and thus is free from any obligations from them, while SML is kept on a leash by his dad.

She was also left at the altar a month before she decided to rent out her apartment and quit her job, and she was so depressed she wouldn't eat and her friend came by daily to take a photo as proof of living.
Her parents were totally entitled to be worried about her, and they are a very close-knit family.