Titania

I miss your beautiful insights from old days on TLB :')
Hello old friend.

Dilraba & Li Chang Ge are truly fated but alas, the drama couldn't show her as being a Uyghur descent. Even the tear mole under their eyes are exactly in the same spot.

All her words in magazines & interviews are very empowering & inspiring. Her insights are really another trait that gives her the crown of being an icon for people.

Its actually still not confirmed. Few days ago some melons said it obtained its distribution license, but there were no official announcements of episode number (which generally happens after getting a distribution license), that's why we can't be sure here.

She said "fans of Dilraba", that's why I had to intervene. If it were only her personal choice, it would be no big deal. I've seen her speaking with prejudice & preconceived opinions everywhere in MDL, so had to clear it up.

😂😂😂

Ninja Dil Ra Ba.....
hahaha......

Changge is a fictional character. Ashina clan existed in real history, Ashina Sher, Li Shimin (Changge's uncle & emperor) & Li Jiancheng (Changge's father) are all real historical figures. And yeah, the incident of Li Shimin killing his brother is termed as the Xuanwu Gate incident in history. Ashina Sun is fictional. The Turks, Ashina clan & Uyghur tribes are banned to be shown in China, so they changed the name of Ashina to Ashile & omitted out the character's arc of finding their roots in Khitan & Uyghur (as per the manhua). The real historical timeline & figures are all elaborated in a discussion thread. You can check it out.

I wonder where Ninja Ba is hiding........
Come out Ninja Ba........
An eternity has passed.......

TTEOM also started & finished later than LOA or TLP aside from being a xianxia. And it also got episodes confirmed.

Honestly speaking, I'm at a loss thinking what benefit platforms would ever get by making two dramas fight a bloodbath unless its personal, not to mention Dilraba & Xiao Zhan, both being the global ambassadors of WeTV, I don't see any logic behind Tencent coming after her dramas. They launched both Oath of Love & Who Rules the World during the airing period of The Blue Whisper too. I don't mind competitions, but Youku has many dramas to drop but Tencent doesn't have as many as them so why not stop conspiring & release them in due time rather than lurking around, if they are doing that at all, that is.

XD
Let's wait for the official announcement rather than melons.
Point to be noted, even official announcements ditch you.
In my opinion, WB & SAHPH are no competition, since different genre. TLP would surely be attempted to pit against LOA, but well, content matters.

Its becoming funny at this point. Why is everything slated for Q4? Q4 must be an infinite time zone xD
But isn't TTEOM a xianxia? It should take more time for post production, BFTB airing now would be logical 'cause its been a while since it finished filming I think. Did LOA actually obtain a distribution license? If it did, we'd get a confirmed number of episodes, not "tentatively slated for 40 eps" thing. Some say Tencent is planning to launch Longest Promise with LOA, that's why they're postponing it to see when LOA airs, that might be the reason LOA is being such a ninja to avoid Tencent getting confirmed schedules or information. Or maybe Youku is planning to broadcast LOA when Tencent airs TLP, these being their trump cards.

More emotional fact is, its not only us who can't move on from TLB & the characters, but also, Dilraba & Wu Lei, expressed in their interviews how precious & meaningful Li Chang Ge & Ashile Sun were to them respectively. Wu Lei took his Ashile Sun masks home & wore it in livestream & filmed tribute photoshoot with that after TLB ended. Dilraba said time & time again how she had a growth herself with Chang Ge's growth like a breakthrough. They are those characters they took home as actors. They also praised each other's character & dynamic very deeply. The Long Ballad, Changge & Sun remains an emotion & masterpiece to this day for people who resonated with it :')

I didn't mind animated scenes shown as a final outcome, but I really disliked their using real person & animated background. The animated scenes were actually to pay tribute to the manhua.

Finally someone who walks on Changge's shoes....
Yeah, too much to bear, but that's also the reason she's a beautifully crafted character with an outstanding character growth in her bittersweet journey of life.

Exactly my point. I mean, Cdramas go overboard with filters & dubbings & whatnot which in the reality take away from the real attractiveness, rather than enhancing. Overall the dark tone they used fits the story but yeah, I hope, filter, lighting & dubbing don't fall short.

I just finished a few days ago. Really loved it but no sign of another season, alas!

I feel the same tbh. What's more is, LOA has been at the peak of popularity & attention since day zero, as we can see from frequent marketing charts that publish which dramas expected to air are more popular. Even if we're taking fanbases into account, LOA must have one of the biggest fanbases out there. But what matters in the end is how the drama turns out to be. That's the biggest variable & the most crucial factor.

I couldn't care less about other dramas but the one & only drama that has my full attention & anticipation is LOA. That being the case, what concerns me is the filter tbh. What's wrong with the production's thought process to think Dilraba & Gong Jun would need whitewashing/beauty filters with their ethereal faces? I absolutely want no filters that blur their facial outlines/skin pores, rather keep their raw & original faces, like they used in Joy of Life, Ancient Detective & many others.

I really hope they don't blur out their faces like they did in many. Keep them raw & real, they need to understand that no filter will make them look better than their original ethereally beautiful faces.

Also, Ancient Detective. Youku does pretty decent ones.