Deirdre19

I'm not that far yet... only watched up to ep. 6 so far and since there will be only a limited no. of new episodes next week, I will try to ration them. I'd rather only watch one episode a day than having a four-day gap. After four days I will have forgotten all the names (and their colourful translations).
Will get back to you once I've watched and understood it.

There are grown-ups in the main cast...

I guess we all have a different picture in our heads of what a dragon would look like in human form. What I'm missing is a bit of an edge or some sharpness.

The secret is rationing, not accumulating 😂

... only to realise that I was hooked after the 1st episodes and binged on four more just for good measure.
The initial plot of the hypnosis murder cases wasn't too complicated (I sort of knew who the murderer was by ep. 2) but it served as a nice introduction to the main characters with small glimpses of a bigger mystery that somehow connects the two lead characters.

The dynamic between the two leads is quite fun to watch, albeit following the classic scheme of one who barely talks and one who talks incessantly. I liked the fact that there are some quite atmospheric moments without any dialogue. It gives the drama an little arty and unhurried feel.

As I'm a sucker for crime-solving/police dramas and could stare at ZYC all day long the two combined turns out to be quite an addictive combination.

After watching 5 episodes I cannot say that I found the subtitles too jarring (those on The Trust are far worse!) once you get the hang of the partially translated names. I had a problem though with the number of names that they throw around and had to occasionally pause to look at the cast list to check who they were talking about.

So I just wanted to have a quick look at this to see ZYC in a modern drama and with a dorky hairstyle...

We do crazy things for love... 😂
I'm currently trying to do a proper edit of a novel that I MTLed, but without speaking any Chinese. 🤪 It takes forever to google some of these idioms!
Doing the subs must be even worse because you don't see the original words to do a word-by-word search.

Ooooh, that sounds like a challenge! I admire your spirit!

Mango care about our health. All those mental gymnastics keep the brain active 😂. It's use it or lose it!

There are a few episodes on youtube (with EN subs) and also on kisskh (1st has subs, don't know about the rest...)

Well, as much as it hurts to come second (after the world) in the eyes of your lover, wouldn't you prefer your love to stay true to himself even if it means that you have to die?

Yes, very often villains betray the world to save their loved one, but how many times has the answer they get been "I never asked you to". Quite a few examples for that spring to mind as well...

Buckets, 😭😭😭 if it's a good drama and I can relate to the characters. It makes it hard to read the subtitles, sometimes 😂

I think in modern society people have become so constrained emotionally (other than feeling offended at all and everything) that they don't cry enough. It may be one of the reasons why angsty dramas are so popular.
Emotional crying releases important hormones (oxytocin and endorphins) that help release stress. So if people are forced to keep a stiff upper lip in their daily life because society stigmatises emotional outbursts, they have to use crying in front of the TV as a substitute.

To sum it up, keep crying, it's good for your mental health!

Every time I look there's another ML 😂 Not too keen on the current choice (Bi Wen Jun)...
I've just seen a pic of Jeremy Tsui in dragon make-up (for another drama) and think he would make an awesome dragon, especially if they let him keep that gravelly voice instead of dubbing him.🐉

I have the same problem with Neo Hou in Back from the Brink. He looks just to sweet for a dragon...

Editing is definitely a bit choppy at times...
I'm watching this slowly with sometimes a few days between episodes and I already had to go back to the previous episode several times because I thought I had accidentally skipped an episode when the new one started with a scene that I couldn't place. Like for example the cut btw ep. 17 and ep.18. It is quite obvious that they had to cut some scenes between the last scene of ep. 17 and the first of ep. 18.

It's nowhere near "fluffy". There's still tons of angst, misunderstandings between the leads and emotional rollercoaster. The darkness of the ML has been slightly toned down and there is (obviously) not the same amount of torture as in the novel. There are a few sweet moments, but you're going to need a truckload of tissues.
The acting is brilliant, costumes are awesome and the CGI is breathtaking.

😂 😂 😂 What happened? Didn't you get the memo about being prepared for 🖤🗡️ 💔 and tons of angst?

Just in case anyone was wondering, here's the synopsis for this one (MTL):

The drama mainly tells the story of the heroine, Yun Ruoyue, a modern doctor who travels through time, and the story of mutual achievement and redemption with Chu Xuanchen, the former prince of the "First God of War" of Chu. The god of war is "killing" and the doctor is "salvation". The "angel in white" redeemed the "lonely brave prince".

So yet more transmigration BS....
I will give this one a miss.

I don't think so, I don't know the Mulan novel, but in this one there is no mention of Hua Liuli leading troops into battle. Yes, she has high martial arts skills, but she tries to hide them as much as possible. This novel concentrates more on her romantic relationship with the CP and the relationships between the people at court.
The drama is similar in that there are only very brief battle-scenes, mainly as flashbacks.

Yes, the sound fails about once or twice in every episode. By now 23/24 episodes should be available with subs on YT.