Too much suspension of disbelief especially the fact that they allowed her to wore the mask & didn't question…
Actually, there was a historical general named Gao Changgong who used to wear a "scary" mask to hide his face, because he was said to be too beautiful, like a woman.
In this story, "He Rufei" wears a mask all the time, supposedly because of his "ugly appearance," and that’s acceptable too. And after that, her success on the battlefield gives her the privilege to do so without being questioned.
I also agree that they should have cast an actor with a similar build and posture to play the fake He Rufei. But if I remember correctly from the novel, the real He Yan rarely appeared in public (aside from her academy years). After joining the army, she spent most of her time in the camp and on the battlefield. So aside from her family, closest comrades, and soldiers under her command, hardly anyone actually knew what she looked like.
The novel also mentions that the fake He Rufei led a battle after the switch and deliberately colluded with the enemy, causing her entire army to be wiped out. With none of her close companions surviving, there was no one left who could tell that the current He Rufei is a different person.
For people wondering why no one realizes He Yan is a woman:
1. Sometimes you just gotta ignore logic a little haha.
2. Most of the people in the camp are simple-minded soldiers. They’re portrayed as not very clever or observant people. Some of them probably haven’t interacted with many women before, aside from maybe their mom or siblings, so not realizing He Yan is a girl actually fits their personalities. It’s a different story when it comes to smarter characters like Xiao Jue (even though he figured it out through physical interaction), and especially Chu Zhao. These are sharp and highly observant people who notice things others miss. We clearly see the contrast between these two types of people.
3. He Yan doesn’t look overly feminine anyway. It’s not that uncommon that some guys are just naturally born with softer features and gentler voices. And thankfully, Zhou Ye isn’t one of those actresses with a heavy idol image. Her look in this role feels realistic and quite convincing, with no thick eyeliner, wattery plumpy red lips, or ultra curly lashes. Her "disguised as a man" appearance actually makes quite a sense.
Just one small issue they should have made the ML blind cause he couldnt recognize FL but he recognize the way…
He never saw He Yan's face when she was He Ru Fei, nor does he know that the current He Ru Fei is a fake. What he recognized was the horse-subduing technique used by He Ru Fei’s army, but that technique isn’t exclusive to her.
You're right about the face swap thing,i can't recognise Li Qing's face at all bcz it's a blend of 2 faces lol.Many…
My brain keeps telling me he's LQ, but at the same time, he also looks like LMD, especially since LQ’s face from ADWAD is still so fresh in my memory, and the different (including posture) between them it's quite obvious.
Been waiting for ages, finally here. First impression is not bad, but indeed they should have cast a similar posture guy as He Ru Fei. The comparison between them is too big to be unnoticed. Another issue is that the AI face swap is quite annoying. It literally mixes LMD’s and LQ’s faces together, which looks unnatural and distracting @@.
But whatever it is, I love this IP and have been waiting forever for CL’s first proper ML drama. I can ignore anything else! lol.
It's the classic issue: only the son can inherit the title and carry on the clan's legacy. Daughters, on the other hand, eventually leave the family and become part of their husband’s household. So parents tend to favor sons over daughters. But in the novel, it wasn’t her father making the decisions but her eldest uncle (she and He Ru Fei are cousins not real siblings)
Woman who is supposed to be married - Song RouGuy who is escorting her - Wei Yanzhi (works for Song Rou's father…
The Yue family is the household of the Marquis of Anyang, which is the family of the Grand Princess (the elderly lady saved by Qin Wan). The groom is her eldest grandson, and also Yan Chi’s cousin. As for the Song family, they haven’t appeared yet.
What the heck does a consummation maid mean? A maid with benefits?
A tongfang maid was basically a maid assigned to serve the young master in bed once he became an adult but hadn’t gotten married or taken a concubine yet. Usually, she was someone already serving him day to day (daily maidservant). The idea was to keep him from mess around outside with random brothel women. Sometimes, the tongfang maid was also the one he’d have his first sexual experiences with, almost like a way to "learn" before marriage. And in most cases, if she ended up having his child, it was common for her to be promoted to the status of a concubine.
This drama is literally mocking and satirizing how the Chinese entertainment industry and drama production actually work. It’s both hilarious and brutally honest LOL.
- It points out how audiences, and platforms are obsessed with cliche, melodramatic, and messy plotlines.
- It also shows how liuliang and top-tier actors/actresses get special treatment: they can make demands like rewriting the script or adding extra scenes to highlight themselves. Meanwhile, the lesser-known actors have no power and sometimes they have to forced to humble themselves just to get roles.
- It also highlights how some top actors and actresses are so 'busy' they skip the scenes where their face isn’t shown, leaving those to body doubles, because all they really care about are the close-ups that show their face and help sell their image or popularity.
- The drama plots sometimes are so trashy that written purely to make the male and female leads look cool or beautiful, with every possible cliche used just to force a romance.
- And perhaps the most savage part: it calls out screenwriters who have no respect for the characters or the story. They’ll kill off characters or throw in random plot twists just to keep things moving with zero care for coherence or meaning.
I stopped at ep 27 and have been reluctant to continue, the romance isn't hitting and neither is the story (maybe…
The two dramas have really different vibes. The Sword and the Brocade is more about the inner house situation, while Blossoms focuses more on court politics and intrigue. Blossoms made quite a few changes from the novel, so if you're a fan of the novel, you might be find it pretty disturbing. But since you're already at episode 27, I’m guessing you’ve noticed most of the differences by now. As the novel reader, I actually think the drama did a pretty good job. And at least it gives us a solid happy ending just like the novel.
Huh why did they have to change so much from the novel? In the novel, it was SZY who poisoned her and later felt regret. She escaped and ended up at Mu Wuyin’s palace. But now they’ve turned it into a cliff fall and amnesia? Mu Wuyin wasn’t that bad in the novel either, at least he was pretty sincere toward JTH. But here, they’ve made him a complete villain. And what’s with giving Mu Wuxia a CP? He was fine on his own in the novel, an idealist but not a dumb prince.
LOL In the first ep, they recreate several iconic scenes from other dramas: - The hero saving the beauty from a fire - Love Like the Galaxy - The step-by-step suicide from the building - One and Only - Choosing between the FL and the 2nd FL - Till the End of the Moon
I’m not really into xianxia, but I gave this one a try after seeing the trailer. Now, after three episodes… yeah, I think I’m done.
I honestly have no idea where this drama is going. They tried to be funny, but instead it’s just kinda cringe, and wtf with those weird sound effects.
And the female lead's character? Can we please move on from the "naive 10-year-old pretending to be cute" thing and just have a normal 19-year-old girl? Why there's always a naive and a little stupid fl in xianxia @@. Also, BL doesn’t suit this kind of overly cutesy character at all. It feels so unnatural.
In this story, "He Rufei" wears a mask all the time, supposedly because of his "ugly appearance," and that’s acceptable too. And after that, her success on the battlefield gives her the privilege to do so without being questioned.
I also agree that they should have cast an actor with a similar build and posture to play the fake He Rufei. But if I remember correctly from the novel, the real He Yan rarely appeared in public (aside from her academy years). After joining the army, she spent most of her time in the camp and on the battlefield. So aside from her family, closest comrades, and soldiers under her command, hardly anyone actually knew what she looked like.
The novel also mentions that the fake He Rufei led a battle after the switch and deliberately colluded with the enemy, causing her entire army to be wiped out. With none of her close companions surviving, there was no one left who could tell that the current He Rufei is a different person.
1. Sometimes you just gotta ignore logic a little haha.
2. Most of the people in the camp are simple-minded soldiers.
They’re portrayed as not very clever or observant people. Some of them probably haven’t interacted with many women before, aside from maybe their mom or siblings, so not realizing He Yan is a girl actually fits their personalities.
It’s a different story when it comes to smarter characters like Xiao Jue (even though he figured it out through physical interaction), and especially Chu Zhao. These are sharp and highly observant people who notice things others miss. We clearly see the contrast between these two types of people.
3. He Yan doesn’t look overly feminine anyway.
It’s not that uncommon that some guys are just naturally born with softer features and gentler voices. And thankfully, Zhou Ye isn’t one of those actresses with a heavy idol image. Her look in this role feels realistic and quite convincing, with no thick eyeliner, wattery plumpy red lips, or ultra curly lashes. Her "disguised as a man" appearance actually makes quite a sense.
What he recognized was the horse-subduing technique used by He Ru Fei’s army, but that technique isn’t exclusive to her.
First impression is not bad, but indeed they should have cast a similar posture guy as He Ru Fei. The comparison between them is too big to be unnoticed.
Another issue is that the AI face swap is quite annoying. It literally mixes LMD’s and LQ’s faces together, which looks unnatural and distracting @@.
But whatever it is, I love this IP and have been waiting forever for CL’s first proper ML drama. I can ignore anything else! lol.
But in the novel, it wasn’t her father making the decisions but her eldest uncle (she and He Ru Fei are cousins not real siblings)
The groom is her eldest grandson, and also Yan Chi’s cousin.
As for the Song family, they haven’t appeared yet.
Sometimes, the tongfang maid was also the one he’d have his first sexual experiences with, almost like a way to "learn" before marriage. And in most cases, if she ended up having his child, it was common for her to be promoted to the status of a concubine.
- It points out how audiences, and platforms are obsessed with cliche, melodramatic, and messy plotlines.
- It also shows how liuliang and top-tier actors/actresses get special treatment: they can make demands like rewriting the script or adding extra scenes to highlight themselves. Meanwhile, the lesser-known actors have no power and sometimes they have to forced to humble themselves just to get roles.
- It also highlights how some top actors and actresses are so 'busy' they skip the scenes where their face isn’t shown, leaving those to body doubles, because all they really care about are the close-ups that show their face and help sell their image or popularity.
- The drama plots sometimes are so trashy that written purely to make the male and female leads look cool or beautiful, with every possible cliche used just to force a romance.
- And perhaps the most savage part: it calls out screenwriters who have no respect for the characters or the story. They’ll kill off characters or throw in random plot twists just to keep things moving with zero care for coherence or meaning.
Blossoms made quite a few changes from the novel, so if you're a fan of the novel, you might be find it pretty disturbing.
But since you're already at episode 27, I’m guessing you’ve noticed most of the differences by now.
As the novel reader, I actually think the drama did a pretty good job. And at least it gives us a solid happy ending just like the novel.
In the novel, it was SZY who poisoned her and later felt regret. She escaped and ended up at Mu Wuyin’s palace. But now they’ve turned it into a cliff fall and amnesia?
Mu Wuyin wasn’t that bad in the novel either, at least he was pretty sincere toward JTH. But here, they’ve made him a complete villain.
And what’s with giving Mu Wuxia a CP? He was fine on his own in the novel, an idealist but not a dumb prince.
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In the first ep, they recreate several iconic scenes from other dramas:
- The hero saving the beauty from a fire - Love Like the Galaxy
- The step-by-step suicide from the building - One and Only
- Choosing between the FL and the 2nd FL - Till the End of the Moon
I just got my Zhaozhao Momo figurines from Taobao after waiting for 5 months. My next figurine collection will be Yaoyao Shangshang!
Now, after three episodes… yeah, I think I’m done.
I honestly have no idea where this drama is going. They tried to be funny, but instead it’s just kinda cringe, and wtf with those weird sound effects.
And the female lead's character? Can we please move on from the "naive 10-year-old pretending to be cute" thing and just have a normal 19-year-old girl? Why there's always a naive and a little stupid fl in xianxia @@.
Also, BL doesn’t suit this kind of overly cutesy character at all. It feels so unnatural.