If you are watching for Leo Wu as I was then stop watching, he is barely in any of the scenes. If you are a Zhao…
I also like the background story. Like MingLan, it’s a ‘slice of life’ type of drama of the era the characters are in. I like to learn a bit of what life is like back then and the clothes worn, attitudes, behavior even though they might be a bit fictionalized. Wonder if the sets depict life back then because the buildings seem very well built and clothing and furnishings seem very well made and designed for maybe 10/15 AD
And you are right, this drama depicts all the traditional values and behaviors we see in Chinese families
Out of curiosity. ..what drama got the highest douban rating?is it even possible that you get a 9 plus score in…
Lots of people love Nirvana in Fire but for me, the ending was just way depressing and though I guessed from the start that the ending would be sad. I just don’t like to feel depressed after a show or drama especially after investing so much time into it. Just a guess, but those highly rated shows probably have men weighing ( they seem to be genres that men would like) in adding to higher scores whereas these romance dramas are skewed towards women watchers, hence less favorable ratings? Don’t know if I am correct but I find there seem to be more intense dislike of actresses than actors. In many of these forums, we have people weighing in on actresses they hate even though that actress is not even in the drama
LBY will take revenge on those who caused the death of his clan and slaughter them all. For this, he will be exiled…
Big spoiler. It’s not his biological father though. The man he knows as his father, Marquis Ling (maybe known as Marquis Chengyang or something), killed his entire family and his wife ( LBY’s aunt ) switched his identity with her own son who had died and pretended to go crazy as her husband slaughtered her whole family and climbed into bed with her cousin.
I think because they are so close in age and come from dysfunctional families they do have a lot in common. I…
But I think also she has encountered such abuse before from her own family and survived and unconsciously she wants to protect LY. So she thinks she can handle the Lao aunt. From the conversation in the carriage with her mother after the visit, she realized that the 2 sons of the Lao aunt are not favored by the emperor and will not be made officials so maybe in her naive mind, LY still have chance for an escape. But I do think also, if she married into the Lao family, she will suffer.
It’s because she’s a sis to the first, verbal sparing partner to the next , love interest to the last. I just…
Same here, I am watching by myself and appreciate others’ way of looking at things. Bring another perspective on way of looking at things. It’s like friends watching together and having a discussion on what we saw. And yes, you hit it on the nail, YS feels she does not deserve him and CSS should pay more attention to the class and have more curiosity even if it’s over her head.
I just rewatched that, too, and it seemed like they were scheming to keep the grandson (because they favor boys)…
Yes, his mum has been through a lot so I’m sure she appreciated what her daughter in law has done already. At the end of the day, having a son is not the most important thing and this wise woman knew that. This drama portrays many good, bad, misguided and strong women
I really saw that big gap in manners between her and her surroundings when she visited Lou House. I actually think…
Before this, if you rewatch, she was always watching what others do and emulating them. I don’t see any of them teaching her. Maybe in LY’s eyes, she’s already perfect. YS tries to teach her classics but it’s over her head. LBY thinks she’s perfect too and also have no time. Mum gave up and at first focused on punishing her but lately, just want to focus on studies. Aunt and uncle focused on making up to her and making her feel confident first. Yang2 is basking in aunt’s praises and her studies.
And you are right, this drama depicts all the traditional values and behaviors we see in Chinese families