2 and 3 doesn't count because they were never supporting characters, those were cameos whose presence in the story don't hold that much weight except for viewers to squee. Moreover, those may be just cameos, but I'm pretty sure that everyone paid attention to them. After all, most cameos are done by famous people. As for the rest of the list, well, yeah, I never really paid attention to them when I saw those dramas and only when they got bigger roles and I searched for their past works, and I was like, "they were there?!"
Thank you for writing this article. I'm a new fan of Hu Ge and NIF instantly made me a fan to the point that I watch it twice right after I finished the entire series. I've seen a lot of his interviews and you can see that he's smart, quick-witted, and very humorous, he looks so easy to interview because he really gives interesting answers. I really hope a good script will come to take him back to drama land, but if he's enjoying movies, then I sincerely pray that he gets good scripts to show-off his acting calibre. Oh, he looks so cute when he speaks English as well.
My Love from Another Star will always be one of my favorites, I've always been a fan og JJH way back Windstruck/Sassy Girl years so it was easy to watch it. Anyway, it's quite odd to see that there are drama watchers who aren't into Kdramas since 'everyone' thinks that Koreans started a lot of drama trends/tropes, which is totally not. Personally, my foray to Asian dramas started with Taiwanese (Meteor Garden) then Japanese (Good Luck) and Korean (Lovers in Paris). It was only THIS year that I started with Chinese dramas and only this year that I managed to watch from start to finish bc I mostly dropped a lot of them.
As a huge fan of TMOPB, your synopsis got me interested despite plot similarities as long as it's well-paced and acted, I'll give this a chance. Thank you.
I have not seen any of the drama mentioned above, but as per the post, the writer seems to be thinking from the…
Don't know if this comment is directed at me, but the characters I used as examples where mostly those who were in a relationship with the ml/fl , it's different from unrequited love because the characters have mutual affections at the beginning UNTIL another character entered that cause their love story to end.
While writing this article, I really avoided second male leads classified under 'second lead syndrome', but concentrated to stories where the fl/ml had mutual or relationship with the second lead.
Re: Bai Qian and the amnesia potion-I’d never thought about that alternative. };->Might have made a very different…
I know it was hard for her to remainrd angry bc of Ye Hua, but I really hated that those who punished her when she was a mortal weren't even a bit apologetic about it when they learned her true identity.
I dropped Princess Silver due to lack of chemistry between the leads and kinda hate it how Rong Le was portrayed as someone strong at first and eventually got weaker and always have to be rescued. I love Bai Qian though and her suffering as a mortal was the one that really got me. I hated the fact that those from the supposedly 'heaven realm' weren the ones being all snooty compared to those from the demonic realm. I was like, if these would be my in-laws, then fuck. If I were Bai Qian I would never drank that amnesia potion and I will definitely get my revenge. XD
An understanding male in a meaningful relationship with a fangirl DOES NOT EXIST >>> False! Haha. A close friend of mine has a very supportive husband who even made her a sort of altar in their home with photos of her crushes (aka other husbands) from anime characters, JPOP idols, and actors that she loves. I'm sure you'll find one, too! Anyway, being a fangirl has been my driving force to visit their countries, I've never been into Chinese actors until recently and now, I'm planning a trip to Shanghai and have sushi in Hu Ge's restaurant and visit all those places featured in his Shanghai tourism ad back then.