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The high score you see online is not a reflection of quality
This isn't just a bad show; it's a fascinatingly cynical product designed to extract views through aggressive marketing while ignoring every fundamental aspect of storytelling.The makers, are trying so hard to make the FL glorious, heroine that she is doing everything and all males ( lead, sides) who are according to the story got trained to become general or Marquis are actually failing to do anything.
She is defeating the badass villain, flying between arrows, saving people, killing an old villain who is almost a terror, all by herself without a proper training. People are admiring her without reasons.
Zhang Linghe, as the male lead, delivers a performance so stiff it borders on performance art. He is meant to portray a marquis in hiding, but his interpretation of "hiding" seems to be "hiding any semblance of emotion." Whether he's supposed to be near death from cold or subtly threatened, his face remains a mask of vacant indifference. He simply stands there, beautiful but utterly inert.
The rest is many Chinese clichés tropes and non interesting side stories that don't resemble anything of Chinese history it looks rather a parody of Chinese culture than a real depiction .
I love C dramas I admit classics and masterpieces but the overhype this drama received is unprecedented and it should never be classified near the real Cdramas great works
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