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I see! I didn't know, since she seemed to be pretty prominent in a good chunk of them. The story was weaker when she was completely written out towards the end....Very sad situation...

So young! This is such a tragedy. The industry needs way more safeguards and accountability, especially given how young many of them are when they start.

(Just a side note about the article, if I recall though, she was in most of Bloodhounds, and only disappeared in the last couple of episodes? So not sure if "most of her scenes were edited out" is accurate.)

That's a pretty sweeping comment about an entire culture/country. The Korean entertainment industry can be very toxic, many corners of the fandom can be very toxic, but calling Koreans "literally one of the most toxic people in the world" is, to put it gently, quite uncalled for.

I don't know how the algorithm works exactly, but the drama is technically still "airing" because the other "chapters" haven't aired yet ... it's broken into multiple mini arcs, each of which is its own series (and has its own MDL entry), but only one of them (the main one) has aired so far: https://kisskh.at/742625-jin-yong-wuxia-universe-tie-xie-dan-xin

I was so close to dropping this after the first half dozen episodes or so, but glad I persisted. I liked the final third the most, and I liked how everything came full circle, and all the threads came together in the end. I am normally not a fan of Yu Shuxin, but I thought she actually suited the Miaomiao character here -- and like LBFaD, I was able to overcome my hangups and enjoy it, lol. As an aside, I actually like the childhood connection trope, but I can't help but laugh anyway every time it shows up in a drama, because it invariably shows up 9 times out of 10, lol.

Yes, the flowers are quite similar to lilacs! I think Lilacs are much more fragrant, but I love the drooping/weeping style of the wisteria blooms.

Random observation, but pretty sure the "nine-layered purple flower" they talk about is Chinese wisteria, right? Anyone able to confirm? They are beautiful, and I thought about planting them, but they are unfortunately pretty aggressive and somewhat invasive - they spread easily and are hard to get rid of (although their aggressive growth is considered an attribute in the drama :)).

I am rather surprised by the dismissive and negative reaction to this post. The cast is clearly not the ones being criticised at all -- they have nothing to do with this issue. Rather, the production process was being questioned.

Speaking as a long time journalist, an issue can still be newsworthy and interesting even if it's been resolved. If everything that gets resolved quietly is never publicized, how do people learn from it? Clearly original work had been copied without permission or attribution, this in itself is newsworthy for a high profile production. How many times have we seen a Hollywood headline about some film being accused of copyright infringement? There is visual proof and the author of the book explained that the designs in his book are speculative and not direct artifacts -- meaning they were his ideas.

Typically, both permission and some kind of fee or royalty would be required when using someone else's work in any kind of commercial project across any industry, not just film and TV. In this case, it seems obvious they settled this behind the scenes, and part of it was an apology from the production side and the other side taking a step back and offering a conciliatory public acknowledgement of that apology. Everyone comes out looking fairly good. No lasting harm done. Doesn't mean this story doesn't deserve to see the light of day.

I also personally think this is an interesting and newsworthy topic, as someone interested in the ins and outs of the industry behind the scenes, but also given copyright infringement issues are an ongoing challenge across many Chinese industries, with the regulatory environment and legal enforcement spotty in many cases. It is also noteworthy in the age of nascent AI learning and the debate over using other people's work without permission. Not everything is about trying to take down a celebrity or a show (though of course, sure, there will always be bad entities who delight in seeing it happen regardless of the original intent).

Thanks for the heads up!

Yes, I totally gave way too much info no one cares about (and you're right, I didn't even get my details right, it's Vancouver, not BC). 😅

Okay, thanks, I'll stick with it!

Okay, thanks! I'll keep going. I like my angst, lol, but I don't think I'll ever stop being distracted by the make up though!

Thanks so much for the explanation. I wondered, but didn't get a chance to dive too deeply into the comments yet, since it was almost unusable earlier with the spamming.

I don't know what else got removed, but when I popped in here earlier today right after finishing the last episode, it was filled with what seemed liked *hundreds* of posts by a couple of posters who were basically spamming the comment section, making it completely unusable.

Just a nerdy clarification 😅 -- 604 is the local area code for Vancouver, BC in Canada, but local area code is different from the "country code" which in this case is made up. Looking at the phone number that came in, a call from BC Canada would not start with 604, it would start with +1 which is Canada's country code. (In real life, the country codes for say Africa are three digit codes that start with 2.)

*Edited to clarify, I meant *local* area code, not provincial 🤦🏻‍♀️

Woah, what happened to the rating? I avoided this page for a few days since I was behind on the last two episodes, and didn't want to see which way the ratings. After finishing, I expected a dip because of the overkill subplot in the final episode, but not this much! I think 20 bad minutes out of 12 episodes is still pretty good, and the ending-ending was still pretty satisfying. In gymnastic terms: the routine was great, the dismount was a bit messy 🤣, but they stuck the landing for the most part.

I almost never drop anything, but I'm on ep 7 and struggling to continue with this, even though I really want to -- should I keep going? (The very distracting vampire-like make-up /white filter doesn't help either.)

I could read a whole book of your C-Drama thoughts! 🤣 I write for a living and am jealous of your reviews, lol.

I agree that having the FL find out about her identity so late in the series hampered the romance, not giving audiences enough time to fully switch gears from platonic chemistry to romantic chemistry, and left too little time to explore the fascinating Duke of Ying household. But the biggest logic I had to leave at the door was the Marquis not recognizing her just by voice because it is so distinctive! I thought, surely the minute she opens her mouth, he will know...but, nope. Clearly his eyesight wasn't the only sense he had trouble with!

I am watching it on iQiyi in Canada, but it is also available on WeTV.

If she were even a year older, I think might be better? There are a couple of suggestive scenes (FL poses/sends suggestive photos to the ML), a bit of kissing, and some scenes that I think could be scary for an 11 year old (kidnapping, major car accident, fire, a child being drowned by an adult), but they are not overly graphic in terms of violence. I would categorize it as a North American PG13, so your comfort level may also depend on whether your cultural background is more conservative or less conservative. (e.g. Would you be okay with her reading or watching Hunger Games?) But I would say the overall plot might feel a bit convoluted for younger viewers, since even the adults are left constantly guessing as to what's going on, lol!