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- Revenge
- Angst
- Both MLs are royals in an unfavorable position (unfavored prince in DLX, puppet emperor in ItNoL)
- Both FLs are palace maids
- Ruthless and badass FLs that are also smart and cunning
- Weaker but devoted MLs (ML in ItNoL can't fight at all)
- "Us against the world" romance
- Gender Role Reversal in both (more in DLX)

- Gender Role Reversal
- Dominant woman x submissive man
- Both deal with self-discovery and self-acceptance

Both plots sound VERY similar, with FL being a common girl unskilled in literary or arts that suddenly finds herself as the most talented woman and ends up getting help from and falling in love with the most talented man.

- Buddy-cop investigation dramas (M/M in SToTD, M/F in U:J, though both have romantic subtext)
- One MC is reckless and quirky, while the other is rigid and upright.
- One of the leads is a palace guard tasked with investigating murders.
- Interesting detective cases with unique set-ups and plot twists
- Episodic style cases (all interconnecting in U:J, mostly stand-alones in SToTD)
- Tang dynasty detective dramas
- Similar production-quality and style

- Both ML and FL transmigrate together
- FL becomes a royal (princess of a matriarchy in AHL and empress regent in BXNDCFCDL)
- ML becomes her consort
- FL has various suitors/consorts
- Leads have bad blood, so they're constantly bickering
- FL takes the opportunity to vent her frustrations on ML
- Cute and quirky FL x Tired and catty ML

- Transmigration (VR world in AHL, alternate universe in TELs3)
- Matriarchy setting
- Princess FL
- Quirky, assertive, and flirty FL.
- Cold and somewhat mean ML that dislikes her
- FL marries multiple men as her husbands (two in both)
- FL has a badass female bodyguard
- Gender role reversal themes

- Fictional world travel (VR in AHL, Book in TRoTaR)
- Matriarchy setting
- FL is a princess
- Both FLs are similar in the sense that they're quirky, witty, and cute (AHL's FL is more assertive and stronger than the FL in TRoTaR) (Both actresses also look similar, lol)
- FL abducts a man who was betrothed to someone else to marry him instead (ML in TRoTaR, SML in AHL)
- Both FLs are notorious playgirls (previous character in TRoTaR, actual character in AHL)
- ML hates FL and tries to kill her (mutual dislike in AHL, one-sided dislike in TRoTaR)
- Male courtesan supporting character
- Gender role reversal themes (more in AHL)

Similarities in the first half of "Feng Ta" and the entirety of "Forever Love"
- CEO FLs
- Powerful and badass FL
- FL chases ML first
- Red-flag FL
- Naive and trusting ML
- Dom FL x Sub ML
- FL manipulates and coerces ML to be with her
- Rich Woman/Poor Man
- F/M/F love triangle
- Gender role reversal in both (more in "Forever Love"

The first half of "Feng Ta" is very similar to "Forever Love", but "Forever Love" commits way more to the role reversal and doesn't do a bait-and-switch, which "Feng Ta" does in the second half.

- Republican era
- Starts role reversal/femdom then turns more traditional/mdom
- Misunderstandings
- ML and FL are former lovers (since the start in NotBM, after the timeskip in FT)
- Strong and domineering FLs

- F/M/F love triangle
- ML is in a steady relationship but is pursued by another woman
- Sweet and nice ML
- Toxic GF (FL in "Trust is Love", SFL in "Forever Love")
- Possessive and dominant pursuer (SFL in "Trust is Love", FL in "Forever Love")
- ML is coveted by various women
- Rich Woman/Poor Man
- ML is forced into a dynamic/job he doesn't want (Host in "Trust is Love", Contract boyfriend in "Forever Love")

"Forever Love" is "Trust is Love" if the SFL was the FL and if ML ditched his nasty GF in the end. If you were disappointed by "Trust is Love", give "Forever Love" a try.

- CEO FL
- Toxic, jealous, and possessive FL (more possessive in Forever Love)
- FL chases ML first (and relentlessly)
- MLs are reluctant but become very devoted once conquered
- Rich woman x Poor man
- Dom FL x Sub ML
- Gender role reversal
- Business drama

- Princess Royal FL
- Scholar ML
- Leads had a previous relationship that left them both with a lot of resentment
- Lovers to enemies... to lovers?
- Both are political and showcase the power of the princess royal
- Both FLs are shady and pretend to be worse than they are
- Gender role reversal themes in both

TPD has no rebirth. TPR does.