TheMoonEmpress

I think what the previous post means is she is probably not on the same traffic level as other traffic actresses like dilireba, Yang zi, bai lu, etc.

I hope they get the same VA for him as LBFAD. It worked out soooo good for that drama.

The director is a hit or miss

Yes I agree. The styling kind of fits the description of Shen Miao

I was already looking forward to this because WRC finally had a role in a big production instead of the weird small budget dramas. However, after watching How Dare You and after being completely floored by Daddi Tang's performance, I am even more excited for this one. TXT was soooo good in How Dare You, he exceeded all expectations and then some. He is the most memorable character and performance for me in that drama, after Hu Yi Xuan's Xie Yong Er. I hope he also has a lot of screentime in this drama and has an equally amazing performance.

Lot of hype and anticipation for this drama now due to HYX's recent success from HDY.

I know but instead of doing one more photoshoot promoting HDY, they could've done a red themed photoshoot for the CNY.

But it doesn't have any tags related to chinese new year or spring festival. It's tagged with How dare you and Xie Yong Er.

For me, this drama went from great to okay in the latter episodes. Could be because I binged them rather than waiting for new episodes, but the storylines seemed to just bleed into each other. I had to liberally use the fast forward button, especially for scenes that seemed more like side quests than the actual plot. I feel like we did not properly grieve for the beloved and important characters that died. When tragedy struck, the sad scenes kept rolling one after the other. So it felt like everything was snowballing. The plot twists and reveals didn't land impactfully. My biggest gripe was that I was not sold on the romantic chemistry of the leads. It came across as more platonic friendship and trauma bonding kind of relationship. Their love or attraction for each other was not directed well. They both were amazing as individual characters but the moment they came together, they seemed more like comrades than lovers. I became completely bored after Xie Yong Er's and Mr. Bei's characters died. The Qiang state poison thing was a head scratching arc for me. Everything happened so perfunctorily in that arc that I didn't feel anything for HuaHua or YWY's sadness. YWY's grief and dealing with the sad demises were completely lackluster and expressionless. It's almost as if she took everything in her stride just like she had from the beginning of her transmigration. I couldn't understand how can she be so unaffected by the whole sadness/tragic domino effect. It's almost as if she was not affected or only superficially cared about the series of deaths. For someone who was painted as a caring and forgiving character, her lack of proper reaction just screamed poor direction. Almost as if she was the one who was treating them like 2D characters and hence not that important, instead of Xiahou Dan being the one thinking that. When the story is trying to paint it the other way around, supposedly YWY being the champion of humanising the 2D characters. Overall, the whole debate of whether 2D characters are humans as well and should be treated as such, was not skillfully handled in this drama. Even the reveals like Bei being the impostor corpse or whatever the hell they did with Hua Hua were very transparent and could be caught from a mile away. Overall, I had great expectations and I really enjoyed the first three quarters of the drama but the last part was a bit of a let down. The only exciting parts in the end were the war scenes and Xiahou Bo's incredibleeee scenes. Thending scene in the modern world was literally a minute long and felt it was just scotchtaped on top of the plot to somehow end the drama. It didn't have any impact of celebration of relief that they're finally together. The momentum of the plot, ending and pacing was very uneven. It's 7.5/10 for me. Cheng Lei, Hu Yi Xuan , Tang Xiao Tian and the actor who played A Bai were the standout performances for me. They knocked it out of the park with their amazing and outstanding acting.

Her studio didn't even do a chinese new year photo shoot 🫤

I have to say the boulder was amazing but what really impressed me was Daddi Tang's acting. Soooo convincing omg. I was sold on the pain, anger and frustration. So well done.

I don't think it was only due to the foreshadowing. I somehow got the message that Yu Wan Yin was not devastated enough. If she had cried even 10% harder, I would have been heartbroken. But it all seemed so chill and formulaic, like here say your dialogue and send her away on a raft. Like Yu Wan Yin didn't seem that affected which is why I thought the direction was a bit hit or miss. It all happened in a blink of an eye. It was such a loss of a golden opportunity because Hu Yi Xuan excels at crying and emotional scenes. It could have had 10x more impact than it did if only they had directed or edited it better.

I feel like Xie Yong Er's death was very unceremonious. I don't know if it's because of poor direction or censorship, I feel neither we nor the characters got enough time to mourn her. It looked aesthetic and somber and there was that 2 sec montage, yes, but it felt a bit superficial. Like the whole thing was over in 2 mins. It seemed incomplete and rushed somehow.

She truly shined when she played the female lead in The Sleepless Princess, Unforgettable Love and A River Runs Through It. She is equally exceptional here. I am glad for her.

I am starting to think like the comedic moments don't suit the darker tones of the drama anymore. It's weird to go through a lot of trauma and then see the hotpot scenes

Yes but it turned out to be false. Dylan Wang and Meng Zi Yi were casted for that drama.

My dream project for her is
Director: Zeng Qing Jie
ML: Liu Yu Ning
FL: Hu Yi Xuan

Yes, the doll one. Chen Du Ling is the FL. I hope after this one she gets an FL role

This drama is making me miss Dream within a dream drama. That was also a fun ride. That and TROTAR are probably the only transmigration dramas I've loved.

It's so funny to me that HYX is actually 4 years elder to WCR but she's playing the meimei character. Both the girls did a fabulous job in making it believable.