As novel reader… Drama deviates really a huge way from novel at the point you can’t trace next drama plot…
This is the type of adaptation I want to see. Be bold, make meaningful changes, and deliver on them.
Not those 'to fit a standard drama length, let's cut this part out of the story, don't touch anything else' type of lazy adaptations. Continuity be damned.
Am I the only one who likes Ye Ying's drama character? Shes so naive and cute.. She wears her heart on the sleeve…
imo, the drama Ye Ying is there to serve as a contrast to Ye Li, and by extension, Prince Ding's entire household. We see someone who has been sheltered her whole life and untouched by worldly affairs vs someone who has already been through so much.
Though, I would not be surprised if Ye Ying descends into madness later down the line due to Mo Jingli since he's a walking time bomb just like in the novel so far.
Book readers...who ends up emperor in the book? Does the little annoying emperor keep his throne? Is their a change?…
It's a very complex political situation in the novel. It's also not sure drama will follow the same plots regarding the politics.
Basically, in the novel, after several wars and set backs, this country was left with a fraction of their former glory. Both the current Emperor and Prince Li didn't end up with the throne in the end.
Yessss I feel this is healing me of the emotional pain I had when A Splendid Match ended! I had started rewatching…
Yunchu's Vengeance novel's first half is pretty good. Second half is a bit so-so to me.
For Where the Mask Ends novel, I think the drama will be much more interesting because the drama features dual female leads, both played by Tian Xiwei. Novel is more like a standard FMC rebirth story with only one female lead.
It's a major plot point so read on only if you want spoiler. . . . . . . Ye Li was pregnant with their first child at the time. She was hunted down by enemy armies because bad guys want to take her as hostage to blackmail Mo Xiuyao. Shit happend during the action and she was presumed dead. Mo Xiuyao almost went made due to extreme grief and his entire head turned white overnight.
Yessss I feel this is healing me of the emotional pain I had when A Splendid Match ended! I had started rewatching…
Don't get me started on ASM lol... I lost the drive to watch when the drama turned Ye Xian into that kind of character. May be I'll pick it up again some day..
If it's very different, I should pick up RoN novel. FMC stories are my genre as well. Now I'm waiting for Yunchu's Vengeance and Where the Mask Ends for their drama release. Their respective novels weren't that bad either.
Because the two of them falling in love is just one step, not the ultimate endgame of this story. The challenge…
It's a romance story alright, but the novel is about a 50-50 split between romance and politics.
So far, the drama differs a lot from the novel, so it's kind of difficult to say how much they'll follow the source material. For now, we only have the trailer and some clips to go off of.
Till now it’s good but a bit slow. But once the ML fully warms up, there might not be much story left. I don’t…
Because the two of them falling in love is just one step, not the ultimate endgame of this story. The challenge is not how to stretch it, but how to condense it into 40 episodes without rushing.
(That is if the drama plans to at least follow the major plot points from the second half of the novel... lol. For now, it's just going in its own direction.)
I feel the exact same thing about this drama. so much dialogue and new characters in this drama in new scenes…
Not really an editing problem, rather a deliberate choice for storytelling imo. Which is apparent in how crumbs of key info are scattered over the span of several episodes, letting the audience piece them up together and speculate.
This drama reminds me of the feeling I got when watching a show like The Story of Minglan. It has calm and quiet waves that let you go with the flow, while momentous developments are happening beneath the surface. This effortlessly draws your attention to everything happening on screen so you don't miss a thing. Simply put, the show just draws you in.
I was starting to get fatigued by all the breakneck-paced dramas we’ve been constantly getting recently. This is a really nice change of pace for me, and it's the kind of storytelling I ultimately prefer.
Loving all the subtle exchanges and organic developments we are getting from the leads here. They just feel... so natural. ❤️😌
Not those 'to fit a standard drama length, let's cut this part out of the story, don't touch anything else' type of lazy adaptations. Continuity be damned.
Though, I would not be surprised if Ye Ying descends into madness later down the line due to Mo Jingli since he's a walking time bomb just like in the novel so far.
Basically, in the novel, after several wars and set backs, this country was left with a fraction of their former glory. Both the current Emperor and Prince Li didn't end up with the throne in the end.
For Where the Mask Ends novel, I think the drama will be much more interesting because the drama features dual female leads, both played by Tian Xiwei. Novel is more like a standard FMC rebirth story with only one female lead.
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Ye Li was pregnant with their first child at the time. She was hunted down by enemy armies because bad guys want to take her as hostage to blackmail Mo Xiuyao. Shit happend during the action and she was presumed dead. Mo Xiuyao almost went made due to extreme grief and his entire head turned white overnight.
If it's very different, I should pick up RoN novel. FMC stories are my genre as well. Now I'm waiting for Yunchu's Vengeance and Where the Mask Ends for their drama release. Their respective novels weren't that bad either.
So far, the drama differs a lot from the novel, so it's kind of difficult to say how much they'll follow the source material. For now, we only have the trailer and some clips to go off of.
(That is if the drama plans to at least follow the major plot points from the second half of the novel... lol. For now, it's just going in its own direction.)
How's Rise of Ning novel?
This drama reminds me of the feeling I got when watching a show like The Story of Minglan. It has calm and quiet waves that let you go with the flow, while momentous developments are happening beneath the surface. This effortlessly draws your attention to everything happening on screen so you don't miss a thing. Simply put, the show just draws you in.
I was starting to get fatigued by all the breakneck-paced dramas we’ve been constantly getting recently. This is a really nice change of pace for me, and it's the kind of storytelling I ultimately prefer.
Loving all the subtle exchanges and organic developments we are getting from the leads here. They just feel... so natural. ❤️😌