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Kuan Kuan still looks foine af😩It’s true that a Ferrari is still a Ferrari even if it’s old(er).

I think the cast list isn’t in the correct order. I remember having to put Xiao Ran in the right billing but outside of first and second billing, it’s not in the same order as the official announcement. Below is the most recent order I could find:

领衔主演：@龚俊Simon 饰 苏暮雨
总导演/导演：@尹涛导演 原著/总编剧：@甜水园的周木楠
领衔主演：@彭小苒 饰 慕雨墨
特别主演：@乔振宇 饰 苏喆
领衔主演：@常华森 饰 苏昌河 @杨雨潼Nice 饰 白鹤淮 @孔雪儿 饰 慕雪薇 @章时安-Shawn- 饰 唐怜月
友情出演：@耿乐 饰 大家长
特别出演：@张维娜vina 饰 李寒衣

Leading Cast: @GongJunSimon as Su Muyu
Director: @YinTao Original Author/Chief Writer: @ZhouMuNanFromTianShuiYuan
Leading Cast: @PengXiaoRan as Mu Yumo
Special Cast: @QiaoZhenyu as Su Zhe
Leading Cast: @ChangHuaSen as Su Changhe @YangYuTongNice as Bai Hehuai @Kong Xue’er as Mu Xuewei @ZhangShiAn-Shawn- as Tang Lianyue
Guest Appearance: @GengLe as the Head of the Family
Special Appearance: @ZhangWeinaVina as Li Hanyi

With MYM currently being sold by the show as a love brain, how is it going to logically connect with her becoming the head of the Mu family?

Notes for interested below:
For this to happen in a believable way, a sense of duty to Dark River or at least Dark River under SCH and SMY needs to be established but it doesn’t feel like the show has done this.

It seems that deleting the secret crush line of Changmo, SCH subsequent actions related to it, and the conversation MYM has with BHH by the fireside has weakened the show’s portrayal of the trio’s bond. It’s true that she didn’t seem to want to be embroiled in SMY and SCH’s fight in the early stages but that’s not to shirk her duties. She just doesn’t want to be stuck between the two men she calls family-which makes sense because while she was working as an informant for SCH, she was clearly conflicted about it. Otherwise she wouldn’t have told SMY.

As for TLY, the show does have her initially engaging Tang Lianyue to delay him but the details about TLY’s strength and that she continues to delay him to buy the rest of the group time isn’t really explained. TLY’s fight with the Patriarch isn’t shown either, which further solidifies his power level. The scene of MYM checking in after she’s healed and reporting to SCH (which means she’s working on Dark River matters) is only in the paid TVOD. The promise scene between TLY and MYM has also been cut so the motivation for looking for TLY might feel too intense or illogical… I’m really worried about the Tang sect chapter now…🙂‍↕️

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It’s not incorrect. She is second billing and has been announced as the FL. It’s an objective fact. How audiences feel about her amount of screen time is subjective but that is out of her control and honestly there wouldn’t be a point to her being a guest star. The length of filming doesn’t justify it. She might as well shoot a different drama as a FL if she has to be a guest star.
As for being a main guest star, Hu Ge is a big and established star. Production companies and platforms aren’t going to mess with him even if he is a main guest star. For Xiao Ran that isn’t the case. Her position is not as established nor does she have as much clout in the industry. Judging from the fact that right now fans are complaining about how some of her key scenes have been cut (which also affects her screen time), and this is with her being the FL, I really can’t imagine what tricks might be played if she were a main guest star.
Anyway, hopefully there will be more opportunity to see her in Love and Crown and Boundless Bright Moon.

Shoutout to Youku’s TVOD for the extra tidbit(s) of Mu Yumo. Guess there’s a bougie version of Yumo and a budget version…Imagine I have to pay extra just to see my girl’s complete storyline, plot points, and character design. 😂

Probably multiple in the same color so it’s harder to notice. Mu Yumo has the same phenomenon. It’s a clever idea but Yi Xiaoya should have given the costumes either more variation in cut or materials to make it easier for the audience to see the difference.

I think marketing a long time ago said something about the costume designer giving each character a color theme.

The leads are not together in this show. Each lead has their own pairing. Su Muyu (ML) has an official partner called Bai Hehuai. This thread is talking about Mu Yumo (FL) and her official partner, Tang Lianyue.

I like how their romance is weirdly in line with being fighters. The murder rose nearly sent me. 😂 The chemistry is crazy outside the show too. The two promo videos they shot have completely different flavours but are still 🔥

Oh, gotcha.

No, they’re called ChangMu or MuChang from what I’ve seen.

Fans already knew Mu Yumo wouldn’t have as many scenes as other characters. It’s long been accepted because that’s how the book and anime are and it shows Xiao Ran respects the original source by not adding scenes. Those who suggest a guest role might not understand that a guest role wouldn’t have the same promotional benefits. The promotion is a good thing. As a guest role she’d probably be even more at a disadvantage because the show might not promote her at all outside of using her to bring in viewers and if she promotes herself too much, she may be accused of flipping the table. As FL, she gets more exposure, which she needs as it seems actors really need to keep a high profile in China. She can do interviews, attend promotional events and live broadcasts, and shoot magazines- things that usually don’t happen with a guest starring role but are important for artist exposure.

This is definitely a drama where all the elements for a good show - acting, costume design, scenery, script, and director - came together well. It’s also a perfect tragedy in a way many shows are not in that it understands tragedy is driven by the character’s fatal flaws and it’s a pure corruption character arc for most characters. And, the strong sense of transformation in pretty much of all the key characters really makes viewers feel like they have watched the character’s lives play out.

The show really captured their vibe well. I think it’s funnier than the anime.

It’s so rare to play a character and be said to be accepted and even praised by fans of the original work. Xiao Ran has done it twice. Some are even saying her looks surpass the original anime modelling which is quite the compliment.
Mu Yumo is really a delight. I wish she had more scenes too but it’s good to follow the book. If her appearance level didn’t follow the book, she might be criticised. My only regret is the show cutting her scenes but hopefully they will be released somehow.

I have so many regrets about this drama not airing. It looked like beauty hound paradise. Ba Qifu was such good makeup and her partner would have supposedly been Yan Yikuan.

He likes Yumo in the novel and anime but the secret crush plotline was cut from the drama version.

The FL and the official pairing have been split. So both leads have their own pairing. MYM is the female lead and BHH is the official partner of the ML.

Xiao Ran is still serving lewks:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5227578886718116