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Hahaha, I think I know someone who will be utterly disappointed to hear that we missed out on this just because of bad weather xD @Johanna Linnea Karlsson

Actually, the Xuanwu incident is actual history. You can Google it. It'll help you somewhat, but the drama will deal with it further on as well.

I might check that one out. Thanks for the tip.

I might only watch the ending and then leave the rest for another day, cause I actually don't have time for more today xD

I think it gets better and better. While it certainly is one of my favorite C-dramas til date (and I've watched quite a few), it doesn't compare to NiF, that's expecting too much. But script, character development, music and plot are all top notch, it never gets boring and never drags things out just to keep the drama going (except maybe for one thing, but since it comes down to character development it's not that bad). This story is quite different from NiF, it's not so centered on the politics for instance, but focuses more on the characters growth. I'd say give it a couple of more episodes if you can.

Yicheng got to keep her name. I doubt she was a great villain in real life. What's the difference there? I get that there have been no major creative liberties taken with the Tang history, but this is still a fictional story. It feels like you're allowed creative liberties only up to a certain degree, and after that you're gonna get censorship problems. It just feels a bit inconsistent at times.

I've been watching C-drama for 5-6 years already, but didn't start an account here on MDL until recently. I don't really have anyone irl to discuss these series with, so it's nice to come over here and have an exchange of thoughts. The TLB board is ridiculously active though compared to the other series I've been commenting on, it's a struggle to keep up. xD But it's great fun. I've seen a lot of C-drama during these years, and TLB definitely deserves the hype.

Missing 12 hours here sounds like a bit of a nightmare, I have trouble catching up after like 8 hours of sleep xD

So no creative liberties were taken with the other historical characters on the show? I find that hard to believe. But anyway, I've given up on making the censorship make sense, just gotta accept that it just doesn't sometimes xD

I've been a bit fascinated lately with how little patience a lot of viewers have, how fast they can judge a character, and how easily they get bored with actual storytelling (seriously, there can't be action all the time, both we and the characters need to breathe every now and then). It's quite beneficial to one's viewing experience if one takes time to reflect on why the characters act the way they do. Granted, sometimes they're just plain stupid. But aren't we all sometimes? I do dislike when characters act in a certain way simply because the script says so (tropes, cliches etc that we've all seen different characters do a hundred times and still don't make sense even on the 101st). Thankfully TLB avoids this, here even the stupid decisions make certain sense, if you see it from the characters viewpoint.

Hahaha, the sad truth of this happy forum

I can never make heads or tales of this censorship thing sometimes. Why did Ashina have to change to Ashile, while a bunch of other real historical characters in the drama didn't have to? Not the first historical drama I've seen this sort of thing in either (if someone happens to have a good answer, be my guest, otherwise this is more of a rethorical question, something I've wondered for some time)

le coup de foudre is a real favorite of mine among romantic c
-drama, such a great main couple, and many nice characters. And as you say, a realistic and healthy relationship.

Ah, I think it's mostly called Changge xing

Ikr xD might be the only thing I'm missing in the drama from the manhua. But I'm enjoying the drama so much that it doesn't bother me anymore. Wu Lei's A'Sun is amazing on its own.

Do that. There's English translation

Actually, I do recommend the manhua. The A'Sun in the manhua is hilarious at times. He's not as... How should I put it?..... Not as smart as in the drama. xD He mostly had Mujin do the thinking for him, and then later also Changge. They were almost like his babysitters a lot of the time LOL Mujin and Changge have a funny relationship in the manhua as well.

I'd say it took some time. Dude had to process the whole thing first. He had treated her like a brother til then. xD

It's on chapter 26 of the manhua, you can just Google for it and you should be able to find it easily

And then A'Dou points out to them that they lost in battle to a woman, and Qin Lao just smacks him in the head LOL that whole sequence is really funny