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Yeah, they're right up into the same category with Luoyang. You can binge it in a few days ;D

wait... wait... but this is not xianxia tho, it's historical. It's not wuxia like Young Blood. But if you like the type of mystery/investigation, you'll definitely like this. This drama will end on 30th December, so you can soon binge it. The sub is on time ;D

True the fighting scenes are the best in my opinion, though this is not necessary a wuxia or an action drama. Their pick on actors with dancer backgrounds are a great decision, at least that was the producer said ;D

Thank you, I think you won't be disappointed watching this drama ;D

No, Carolyn Keene doesn't exist, but I don't think it took like 100 ghost writers, probably just a few can count with one hand.

I think when we're little and finding this out we didn't even care. We just want to read the story, hahaha.

I agree with your recommendation that this drama is good for newcomers to Chinese period dramas. At least newcomers don't have to memorize all those names for one character and remember the many life times story lines, lol.

This drama used two type of recordings: life-recording with the original actor's voices (especially the main characters) and dubbed-recording, still with them not by voice actors. However, I gave you a warning (that's why I put this as a spoiler), the subbing can be confusing, though it's official subbing from the network. For several first episodes the names are translated in one way, then for several next episodes the names changed, then back to the first translation. I give you an example. In the several first episodes, the translation for the main character's names are Er Lang (for SML) and Yue Hua (for FL). Then later they translated as Hong Yi and Madam Wu, although you hear they still say "Er Lang" and "Yue Hua" in the drama. This too changed with Unwelcome Well to Ghetto Place then back to Unwelcome Well. It seems in the middle they changed the translator. That's why just remember the main names, lol.
The voice dubbing is a main problem for Cdramas. But after I heard some explanations from AvenueX and Marcus Sim, they make sense and I can tolerate more with dubbing in Cdramas because it's indeed complicated. If you've never heard about the explanations from those 2 Youtubers I will put the links that explain it ;D

Really??? I didn't know that... No wonder about two weeks ago Wang Yi Bo is hired to be "Luoyang Cultural Tourism Image Ambassador" by the City of Luoyang. I thought it was something to do with the drama. At that time I thought: why him why not the others? Now I know because he was born there, hahaha. He is also picked as one of the Beijing Winter Olympic ambassadors and sang the olympic theme song. It seems this time period is a good time for him ;D

You won't wait too long ;D... the drama ends on 30th December

I actually prefer to be the co-writer or second writer, too, either in normal situation or this buggy situation. So if before or by the time you're ready with your google doc they fixed the bug, then you can easily claim your article as the main writer, and show an editor your google doc.

IMO Love Shuffle is the perfect multi couples romcom, cos I couldn't guess for some couples. The plot perfectly done! Never seen a drama like that anymore, haha!

I think so, in fact all three main actors did a great job playing their characters. At least that was also what the producer thinks ;D. I actually spent some timelooking for the link I read the other day, in which they interviewed the producer who chose WYB to play Bai Li Hong Yi character before The Untamed was released. But that post is buried under tons of hundreds others in the comment section, I can't find it anymore. The producer also said he's satisfied with chosing Song Qian and Huang Xuan,

which one? I mostly watched comedy+crime, then romance+crime. I think I rarely or even never watched the pure crime. That's why I compiled this list, it's also for my reference ;D

Is the American version good? I haven't watched both actually.

Hi I just saw you posted your interest in writing an article about the history of Chinese dramas[MDL Writers] Article Ideas & Discussion. If I were you, I would've written the article on a Google doc. You stated that you would finish it in a few months. Who knows by then they fix the bug, so you'll be ready with your article. As a first time writer, you have to write on a Google doc and share it with an editor anyway. If by the time you finish the article they still haven't fixed the bug, I can help you by claiming as the main writer. Or you can ask another writer you like, if they want to be the main writer to claim it. The only limit for us is the quota 3 claims/6 total.
I'll try to answer your questions on that post:
- The topic is ok. I think someone else wrote an article like that for Jdramas. If it's too long, the editor will ask you to make it shorter or divide in parts. Please check the length in the guideline slide #23
- There is no preferred citation format. I have seen many types, either formal (like APA or MLA since you're in the US) or non formal, as long as you give sources.
- It's ok to share the article with other users before it's published, that's why Google doc or other file sharing type is useful. I have seen articles referring some people who have helped the writers with their feedback, etc.
- Once you claim you can finish it in 6 months, then an editor will contact you about the claimed article, see slide #3

oh I saw the FL is Yoshitaka Yuriko. I watched her in Love Shuffle and Your Eyes Tell. Yes she's good as a psycho. That's her role (kinda) in Love Shuffle. Have you watched it? Oh but it's a romcom, not crime ;D

put them on your sticky notes ;D... sorry I just referred to your profile name.

Yeah, but Xiao Zhan still played in romance dramas ;D

By the way, I actually wrote a CW article on Luoyang, it will be on the front page in about 3-4 hours but you can already read and comment. Don't worry, I don't spoil the plot at all, minimal spoiler on the main characters but I actually just developed the character info a little bit from the MDL synopsis. So no surprises. There are a lot happened I didn't write about, so it's safe for you to read if you don't like spoiler.

I swear, I didn't ask the Admin/Publisher to publish my 2 articles back-to-back both with Wang Yi Bo on the cover images, lmao!

Here's the link:
https://kisskh.at/article/currently-watching-luoyang-is-it-worth-the-hype

It seems WYB prefer non romance shows now. With his cold persona, I think he's better in non romance. I heard about his upcoming Wuming movie with veteran actor Tony Leung. He has 2 other movies too. All 3 are non romance.

Yeah I was confused with the J version cos too many, though people said they're good. I will check out the K version. Thanks for the recommendation ;D