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Replying to Alejandro Feb 15, 2026
I have only just started watching this and I am always amused with how Chinese dramas are always so adept at ignoring…
To be fair, it's not just the Chinese. There is a famous joke that to play Romeo, who was 14, you have to have at least 30 years of acting experience :).
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Replying to Salwa Nice Feb 15, 2026
Done? what's your Rating?
I also felt the whole unity message was a bit over hammered and unnecessary. It obviously had an "angle". But I come from a background where historical dramas were often used for propaganda purposes so I tend to be sensitive to things like that.
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On Swords into Plowshares Feb 15, 2026
It's been a really long time since I have seen a historical epic like this one. I have learned so much. Thank you to @PeachBlossomGoddess, @Salwa Nice and those who provided the information along the way. The cast was amazing, especially the veteran actors and the mains once they didn't have to pretend to be teenagers anymore.
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Replying to Baozi Buns Feb 10, 2026
I'm from the UK. We've had at least two decades of Pakistani rape gangs abusing/gang raping tens of thousands…
How is it possible that people haven't heard about it? It's been all over the news here in the US for years? You are either interested in what goes on in the world or you are not.
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Replying to Salwa Nice Feb 10, 2026
Administrative divisions were named as Zhou (州), usually meant Provinces or prefectures.-Muzhou 睦州 / Mu…
Thank you, so interesting!
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Replying to PeachBlossomGoddess Feb 10, 2026
Title Swords into Plowshares Spoiler
Qian Weijun's arc is fictional. Li Yuanqing is also a fictional figure. None of this actually happened. I kind…
It almost looks like they ran out of $ for battle scenes at this point so they have to give us more fictional political plotting. I actually want more battle scenes, they are really well done here! The catapults are awesome.
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Replying to Acrobit12 Feb 10, 2026
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Agreed, now that we moved past the pretend teens/early 20s, he is fantastic. Truly the heart of the drama (and…
I mean Taizhen wasn't his one true love. Sorry, I am an idiot, I just realized you meant the Song emperor, not his wife, the names sound too similar 😄! Yeah, statesmanship is all work and no play.
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Replying to Acrobit12 Feb 10, 2026
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Agreed, now that we moved past the pretend teens/early 20s, he is fantastic. Truly the heart of the drama (and…
I assume the 14 kids weren't all hers and she was not his one true love like the drama shows. At least not according to Wikipedia. And people at the time didn't think in those terms anyway (hell, most people still don't think in these terms).
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Replying to Acrobit12 Feb 10, 2026
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Agreed, now that we moved past the pretend teens/early 20s, he is fantastic. Truly the heart of the drama (and…
Wow, Hongchu was a busy man indeed!
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Replying to PeachBlossomGoddess Feb 10, 2026
I really like Bai Yu but Zhu Yawen is totally stealing the show at this point. Now that he no longer has to try…
Agreed, now that we moved past the pretend teens/early 20s, he is fantastic. Truly the heart of the drama (and FWIW I think Bai Yu is doing a great job too but the story has really moved away from him).
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Replying to MariaB Feb 10, 2026
Bailu looked convincing in Arsenal Military Academy to her colleagues and teachers, but not to people she met…
Ditto
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Replying to Acrobit12 Feb 10, 2026
Swords Into Plowshares that is airing right now actually has some very decent emperors.
You need to get through the first three or so episodes and figure out who is who (just like Nirvana in Fire) and it gets really good after that. Honestly, my only complaint about it at this point is the age of some of the (albeit excellent) main leads. They are just too old to convincingly portray men in their late teens/early 20s. But many otherwise excellent productions in many places are guilty of that.
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Replying to MariaB Feb 10, 2026
Bailu looked convincing in Arsenal Military Academy to her colleagues and teachers, but not to people she met…
Oh I remember The Crying Game! I was truly shocked. Of course (I am admitting my age here lol) I was about 15 at the time and not particularly wordly.
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Replying to Baozi Buns Feb 10, 2026
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One thing I will never understand about Chinese dramas, women who are obviously women, yet we're supposed to believe…
Yeah. I actually think that the only man that was halfway believe was Yang Zi in Lost You Forever and that was a very odd "man" to begin with.
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Replying to Acrobit12 Feb 9, 2026
Swords Into Plowshares that is airing right now actually has some very decent emperors.
And I agree that the emperor in The Story of Kunning Palace was decent. The emperor in The Double was not bad either.
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Replying to Acrobit12 Feb 9, 2026
Title Unveil: Jadewind Spoiler
Swords Into Plowshares that is airing right now actually has some very decent emperors.
The way the story is told none of the good emperors actually WANTS to be emperor (which, forgive me, I sort of have a hard time believing) because at the time the job kinda sucked and there was too much work and bloodshed involved.
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Replying to Baozi Buns Feb 9, 2026
And seriously, how much do the Chinese detest their emperors? I must have watched 20 C-dramas over the last few…
Swords Into Plowshares that is airing right now actually has some very decent emperors.
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Replying to Baozi Buns Feb 7, 2026
Only 3 episodes in, but I have no idea why people are complaining about this. It's superb. (And I'm not a particular…
I went into this with no expectations whatsoever and was actually pleasantly surprised (particularly given all of the complaining on here). We will see what develops.
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