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I think losing his sister broke him. Improving her life was always his immediate priority, which is why he took odd tech jobs in the earlier episodes to earn money. His work on improving cancer survival rates, on the other hand, was more of a long-term goal. He wanted to protect his sister because she was his only family, and knowing she was in an abusive relationship made him even more protective. That sense of responsibility fell on him, but her death caused indirectly by him was a devastating blow that could shatter anyone, no matter how intelligent. Let’s also remember that he helped his classmates cheat to raise money for his mother’s treatment, fully aware he could be expelled if caught. Family always came first for him. So, despite appearing calm and highly intelligent throughout the show, he is deeply emotional and has been silently carrying the weight of these injustices for years

The age gap is intentional, as the novel features a young male lead and a 400-year-old, mature female lead. So please don’t make assumptions before the drama airs or before you've read the novel.

I have plenty of other examples as well, but I mentioned those because they’re the most popular male centric dramas in recent years. I’ve been watching C-dramas since 2017, and I hadn’t seen this trend before 2020 the success of The Untamed and Word of Honor likely played a major role in its rise.

I don't blame the original novels for this issue, as they were written in different historical periods. The problem lies more with the scriptwriters who adapt these stories for modern audiences. They often alter key character traits to better align with the preferences of their target demographic in this case, younger Chinese viewers. If that audience prefers female characters who act childlike or overly naive to appear "cute," then unfortunately, viewers outside that demographic may just have to look elsewhere.

Wuxia dramas often follow a journey or adventure storyline, where the male protagonist grows stronger, defeats evil, forms deep brotherly bonds, and eventually falls in love with a beautiful female character. It's a mix of fantasy and wish fulfillment, primarily aimed at a male audience.

If it had only happened once, I would have agreed. But I've seen the same pattern in Blood of Youth, Dashing Youth, Guardians of Dafeng, and the recent Legend of Zang Hai. As for the point 'she injured Qiu Shui for no reason' honestly, this kind of scene shows up in almost every costume drama. It's a classic trope where the female lead stabs or hurts the male lead in some way, yet I don't see anyone hating the female leads in those dramas for it.

I find it quite unsettling that, whenever I check the comment sections of male-centric dramas, many viewers mostly women tend to interpret these shows as BL simply because they can't self insert due to the lack of a main female lead. Since BL dramas are banned, they seem to use these male focused stories as a substitute. But the truth is, most wuxia dramas have always included romantic subplots. In fact, all of Jin Yong’s novels featured strong romantic elements, which heavily influenced the development of the wuxia genre overall.

Another pattern I’ve noticed is how these same viewers often criticize the romance in these dramas as poorly written, express dislike toward the female characters, and instead ship the male lead with the second or third male characters. This trend seems less about the actual writing and more about projecting a desire for BL dynamics where none were intended.

Name the instances/situations then, If you can't then yourself don't know the meaning of those words your speaking of

By your logic, does that mean most C-dramas show female leads abusing male leads? And what exactly do you mean by 'abuse' here? If you consider this abuse, then either you're living in a fantasy world or you're not used to seeing a male lead who isn't the typical simp often portrayed in these dramas.

I also watched many but sadly there aren't any similar one, the only drama I can think of kinda similar is probably Forever Love 2020

misunderstanding -- not sure if there was any misunderstanding, there might be one and it lasted around 2 episodes
break up -- episode 19
Jail ,Betrayal and sad scenes - 3 or 4 episodes maybe
Love triangle -- nope, this is probably one of the rarest chinese drama which focuses majority of the screen time on the main leads/couple, this is one of the reasons its kind of unique and if you end up liking it, you will not find many or if any similar drama and reason many people re watch it frequently

Finally, Arthur playing a general character, he has ability to pull off many crazy martial arts scenes as we have seen already in Ever Night and also nice to see Dilraba playing a badass role here and obviously she looks very beautiful in the trailer. There won't be any chemistry issue due to age as the script itself requires an older female lead, both of them are proven to be good at generating chemistry with their co starts and the reuters also seem to indicate they are comfortable with each other and will have crazy chemistry

I ended up in a Reddit post about his new drama rumor and saw all these posters bashing him for not accepting a second billing position to more established senior actresses like Wu Jinyan and Li Qin, and even feeling sorry for Lu Yunxiao for being cast alongside him.

But honestly, there’s no such thing as guaranteed billing just because someone is "established." Do you really think Zhao Lusi would give up first billing to someone like William Chan just because he’s senior? That’s not how it works. It's all about who brings in the viewers.

That’s why you often see senior actresses paired with younger actors they can secure first billing more easily. If they acted opposite older, equally established male actors, they'd likely have to give that up. But that rarely happens, because everyone is negotiating based on their own value.

If those senior actresses had done tons of dramas but only a few actually did well, producers aren't going to risk casting them with unknown male leads. They bring in popular male leads to anchor the project but it's unrealistic to expect those actors to just accept second billing without discussion.

These kinds of negotiations are standard in the industry everywhere. The real question is: who’s leaking these details and trying to paint him in a negative light?

You don't watch idol dramas for acting

Him being a nepo or doesn't matter. Do you seriously think there exists any idol actor/actress without having any serious backing in industry? All have backing in some way

yes

Did you drop it? I am also in a similar situation

He was 17/18 when he filmed Ever Night

These dramas are probably aimed at 15 year old girls, so I think this is one of the reasons they act like that to make it relatable lol

tomorrow