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She is great at fighting and strategy and well able to defend herself.

Absolutely, you can't go by MDL ratings any longer. It got 6.6 on Douban which is a pretty good rating. Really looking forward to Sword Rose now.

Feel the same!

You make some very thoughtful and well observed points.

Lol. I'll tell myself that it's a drama and to chill.

Anger is component of grief too as you'll know and that's what I'm feeling as a viewer for the families; totally in synch with DZY here. So, the silence of the families of the 80k is deafening for me despite what you say as it's not expressed clearly enough and I don't remember in which ep we are told about the bones not being returned plus I've not read the novel this time either. I am so angry at the emperor and his she devil mother that I want to tear down the palace gates and take a pot shot at the former and kill the latter if she hadn't beaten me to it. I'm really hooked on the drama though and can't wait for the remaining eps.

No wonder Ren Anle/DZY plots for 10yrs to take revenge for them! I suppose a novel or adaptation does not have to cover all the angles but perhaps only imply them.

Ep. 27. The scholars are at the gates pleading for the Di family but what if the families of the 80,000 were demanding reparation from the sanctimonious Emperor who is fuming and looking for scapegoats when his power is threatened? That would take all the self-rigtheousness out of him.

Agree with you totally re Li Chang Ge and I was thinking the same thing that seriousness is equated with stiffness and it comes down to preference but I much prefer Reba in those roles too rather than lively. I stopped getting upset by the term and don't bother arguing,

Oh right, my memory is so bad that I can't remember him all!

I'm just curious, in which drama did Mike Angelo play Reba's boyfriend?

That's good, yes me too. I hope she's got something lined up like maybe 'No way back'?

I recall he was in 'My girlfriend is an Alien'. Why not, we can only know if they appear in a drama but I think how well they fit is ultimately up to the actors themselves and the script and direction.

Thank you and I wish the same for you. Our girl inspires the best in us!

Thanks, wasn't sure but they go back some years and there is respect between them and yes I know he's pretty good from that drama too and am excited too lol.

Haha, I agree and same here. I watch it when I'm waiting for a new drama of hers to come out and I really love her too. I think the ML contributes too as they make a gorgeous pair of main leads. We shall blame the script and the directing for her stiffness maybe?

Bai Feng Jiu is also one of my favourites too along with Li Chang Ge, Qiao Jing Jing and Ji Yun He. Many other characters were memorable like Guan Xiao Di, Li Hui Zhen, Gao Wen and Qing Qing Li to name a few.
About the stiffness and no criticism of you here, all I am going to say is that I never noticed this because I don't have the technical knowledge to judge plus I think all actors in the world are amazingly good and I admire their skills lol.

From the trailers out it looks like this is going to be another unforgettable character for Dilraba. Really anticipating this one.

If there's no romantic element between them then it doesn't matter about the age. Wasn't she part of the judges who discovered Jackson in Chuang 2019 - TF boys? I'm excited about this and I tried to get some intel on it but found nothing. Here's a video clip of them 4 yrs ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQjmpra14xk

Sounds like a good combination with Jackson Yee.