BearFightingFanBackAgain

What do we have to do to get this show?😩I swear fans have already said they don’t care about plot. It’s just for the pure visuals now. I low-key wish they would do a costume drama together. I remember when Bending the Waist was still in rumors- I really thought they would be perfect.

Hopefully there will be something this week!

Maybe we’ll just have to agree to disagree. The brows suit the character. There are some scenes when she has more normal brows and she looks like a kid. Plus, the makeup artist posted pics of her makeup and there’s Reuters and it looks good. Other than the first episode which is PHM doing her own makeup, it’s the first time in a long time most passerby have said she looks okay. And considering they’re usually the first to trash her, I trust their opinion.😂

It’s not an idol drama so they can’t pretty the cast up. The brows are on purpose, to make her look fiercer. Without them, she looks too young. She actually looks alright for most of the show after the first 2 episodes or so. Especially, towards the end, she has some really pretty looks. There’s some links to the original makeup video. She’s ridiculously good looking in it.

It was originally 40 but it got cut down to 38😭. I’m actually gonna see if the tag can’t be changed to a tag that fits their dynamic better. I think everyone thought it was going to have a good deal of romance due to the pairing but at the last minute, they announced there was no explicit romance plot line. The tag system is a bit complicated though so maybe that’s why tags haven’t changed.

Snow White Series
From Xiao Ran’s Weibo:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4987487854526661
From PXR Studio:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4987521289158694
Raw photos from her assistant:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4987490557756423

They wrote it like this but it wasn’t the right choice because it throws off the rhythm of the story. Almost all the complaints are about this section of the drama regardless of country suggesting it is a problem. Most people think BH ends up how she ends up anyway. What would have been a more interesting and novel angle, would have been to have the hints but then show her struggle throughout the story until it reaches the climax. Then the rhythm isn’t broken and the audience which expects what happens is more interested in seeing what happens next.

It’s because they are different channels. The calculations work differently.
And it’s not so much the director but the script. The script introduces BH’s transformation too late and therefore has to break the rhythm of the story to cover it. If it had occurred earlier and been threaded through the overall plot, it would have been received better by viewers.

This show is really good in that regard. All the women have careers. They’re either nurses, doctors, researchers, or officers.

I don’t understand why they didn’t thread these scenes throughout the show. There’s nothing wrong with developing her but for such a fast paced show, it broke the rhythm with how they did it. Luckily everything pulls together in the end otherwise the ratings wouldn’t be so high. I heard it came in top for this year’s CCTV 8 drama.

There’s no saccharine in this show at all. The romance is very delicate though. It starts with two people at odds with each other who eventually grow together in a really natural way. It’s very subtle but I thought it was really well done because it’s very inline with the plot, the times, and the character’s personalities but it requires the ability to see details when watching a drama. There won’t be anything overt but it will all be in how the characters look at each other, react to each other, the lens language, and what they say and don’t say. This is honestly one of my favourite couples and I say this going against other hardcore romances.
Edit:
I looked at your criteria and I don’t think this will quite be a show you’ll enjoy. The chemistry is deep but it’s not intense. And while female lead is capable, and he backstory is tragic, she’s not very dark or brooding. She’s really upright, perhaps a bit rigid, and sometimes cute. The ML is also non-standard. He’s usually the one getting saved.

She’s really cool in this one and no nonsense. There’s not too much romance but I really like watching her play a character mostly focus on her career.

🎉🎉🎉 Lol, this show continues to surprise!
Congrats to Unshakable Faith for coming in 1st in Q4 for CCTV dramas!!!
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4986449822223691

Maybe I’m just a sentimental old fan but when I think of how Peng Xiao Ran’s two life roles, Xiao Feng and Pang Hongmei, are two very different characters, but both have so much of a sense of life and growth/transformation within their own settings, I really think her possibilities are endless.

Love this Pang Hongmei MV I found. She is such a strong and in control character that I often forgot that she was also an orphan searching for the whereabouts of her father. Peng Xiao Ran really brought her to life. Pang Hongme is so beautiful and so are her micro expressions, especially her tears:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4986204959018194

It’s a HE. The romance is subtle so there is no actual “together” point. There’s also no actual love triangle for this reason. Judging from the list of shows you’ve watched before, this may not be your cup of tea if you need explicit romance or lots of romantic scenes.

Considering the successful campaign of getting Unshakable Faith subtitles, I wonder if we can petition Tencent or Youku for this show as well.🤔

Lol,
These two really make a great pair.
Interview with them sharing their wishes for 2024:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4984698026331406
Someone gave LXY one of those sightseeing carts and hilarity ensues once he gets PXR to join in with his antics:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4984617150710362

Yes, got to love an Actress who constantly challenges themself. I would have never thought she could play such a character like Pang Hongmei if I looked at Xiao Feng but she did and will also continue to surprise me. I think what’s most attractive is that like with cute characters, she rewritten the idea of the strong female lead. It’s not about being a perfect impenetrable fortress but about being competent and capable in career or life and working hard to achieve this.
It was a gamble but I’m glad it paid off well.She now has the top CVB ranking for 90s actresses and is in the top for history as well.
2 episodes got cut so I wonder they contributed to some of the plot holes. Tbh I didn’t notice some of them because I was either eating sugar or trying to figure out who was a spy😂

Romance is not the main theme so it is very subtle. There won’t be any kissing or hugging or anything like that but I think the subtlety really works because it’s believable for the era and for how the two characters (one who seems allergic to romance) work.