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The novel is completely different from the drama. It is set in the republican era, where CWD and WJG work for opposing warlords so CWD is not a traitor. He's also much rougher and unlikable in the novel and dies saving MX. MX ends up with Xiao Wu, CWD's second in command. It's hinted they're connected romantically though XW has more interactions with MX and liked her even when she was married to CWD. The drama has made him a hero and he'll probably survive but scarred according to the mask in the photo.

Weird pacing. Almost 5/6 episodes have been completed but hardly any growth in the plot. The FL still love the 2ML and to resolve the romance in remaining epsides along with the war and court politics, character growth of the two sisters seems like a race to the finish line. Removing 4-5 episodes of romantic see-saw could've made it a better story easily.

2ML being late is because the FL falls in love with ML first in most dramas. Here, 2ML is first and by a big margin too but his cowardly, inconsistent and casual character have turned him into a person that cannot be trusted to deliver on his promises.

A dream of splendor is hardly a love triangle. Here, the FL is still in love with 2ML at 5/6 episodes completed.

The real rating isn't 7. Currently watching have rated it 8.67 which is what I would say is more correct. Ratings fluctuate wildly on mdl.

Yes but that would be overkill. You can always use drones and missiles to level everything but an exercise on training soldiers would focus on giving less arms and more human factors. The Rambo thing for me is like the romance in this drama. No logic to ne used. But military tactics used correctly are must for a military drama.

Destroying a bunker is not easy with bombs. You'd need a tactical missile to level a bunker.

Yes but the fishermen got food and water supplies which was GYY's objective. Hostages were in the underground bunkers where he couldn't attack anyway. GL didn't use the hostages as human shield; the purpose of making them hostages was to stop them interfering with his commands.

He did attack with full force. But his men were repealed each time. They fired from warships and fighters too. He used every possible means. The reason GL takes the team hostage is clearly because GYY used civilians which is also not part of the war games. So he cheated too.

I would have preferred the 48 hr rule too. But then military logic is odd in this drama. Special forces are defending when they're trained to be rapid and powerful attacking force and traditional army is attacking when they're trained to be slow and steady. If everyone needs to be trained in everything, modern military will lose meaning. Why this nonsensical logic?

The original target was 48 hrs. So if we go by original rules, GYY definitely lost. The moment rules were changed, GL can never win. No supplies, no reinforcement and no weapons. No one could ever win in that position. Their aim as soldiers was to fight to the last man and that's not a loss for me.

What is the confusion? It's 2003 as we are told about the war in Iraq. If Xiaofei was born in 1985 then he's 18. Also if the earlier synopsis was correct, they're married in 2003.

And only 10 years have passed till now. If the information that they're married in 2003 was true, without any time gaps, it'll be another 10 years. Not being good enough was a valid excuse when they were new recruits maybe, certainly not now. Both GYY and Han Chunyu are already out, why keep dragging out. This should have edited out instead of what they did take out.

He wants to wait until he's good enough to be bold? All this while he was bold and brazen when he had nothing and now he stops. And JNZ is going still further so how will be become even better for her? Like a typical rom-com they're dragging out romance to prolong angst.

Exactly. Why did they have to insert a new guy interested in JNZ? He had only 5 mins screentime and we're never seeing him again probably. Why waste time on this instead of filling the gaps for the audience.

GL's story is written to be inconsistent. I have accepted it by now. He won't allow anyone else to be with her yet he's now avoiding when he was doing the opposite all the time. Really?

When we can't even see developments between GL and JNZ, you won't see others. The show has changed focus from GYY to GL maybe.

If you're chasing after a girl for 10 odd years and still don't know how she feels, you're bound to lose confidence. The irony is now is perfect time for him to say what he needs to say and he's avoiding.

I think the time gap has taken care of the issues regarding relationship. The first 22 odd episodes covered about 2 years and now it's been 10 years or more. That's enough time for relationships to change. It's just that we are not shown those years. They shouldn't have spent 20 episodes to show 2 year period if show spanned across 40 years- problem with pacing and editing.

I really wish I'd not seen the initial synopsis because until now, i have absolutely no indication as to how the said couples marry. Even Gu Yiye in his currently muddled state should understand that marrying his commander's widow out of his guilt will not help anyone in the long run. A marriage based on guilt with his commander's ghost hanging over his head will be uncomfortable at best.