Also if it was that easy to find a man like ZLH in the snow and pick up a literal general, take me to a snowy place right now. I'll search for that man LOL
Overall this was a great drama. I love the character development and the humble beginnings of our main couple. The politics of it all was just a bit more complicated for a simpleton like me who is going between 3-5 dramas at the same time lol. But we got through it as I marked who was bad, semi bad, good, semi good and tried to get everyone's last names straight lol (and ofc with help from mydramalist friends LOL).
Deng Kai was like scary good at acting, but his character and his toxicity towards Qian Qian ---> I was not a fan lol. The toxic relationship and the ongoing battle of Qian Qian escaping and being recaptured was just too repetitive.
Our Crown princess and scholar couple was super cute. From their impromptu encounter with the Go Game to student/mentor, to lovey dovey couple was a cute development of their relationship. Glad that she didn't have any serious responsibilities to be married off right away because that would be another side story/hustle.
Which leads me to the puppet emperor.... even though he had few lines, he did a great job esp in the end when he had to act out a kid emperor who lost his mind.
Changning and Baoer are such a cute match esp during the last few mins of the final episode. I do wish we got more screentime of their post war stories and maybe even a glimpse of their part time normal life in Linan, but I was content with the "what if all the bad stuff didn't happen" rendition.
The camera work was amazing and the comedic sketches throughout each episode helped allow some tension to be released. I was not too fond of how FCY had a somewhat airhead character. My experience with LOFG led me to think Chanyu was another version of that character, but Chanyu's "lack of intelligence" was a bit of a turnoff for me. (sorry that sounded a bit mean, but she's smart, but not that bright... **shrug**)
And damn if I can find a man like ZLH in the snow, I would be living in a snowy place rn. LOL
So TLDR, this drama gave me a good model for a strong independent woman and gave me the hugest crush on Zhang Ling He. Period. LOL.
being mid way of ep 40, i didn't realize Qi Min did not meet his end lol he just broke his hand lol
LOL yeah first we think a fall like that would kill the man, but then he is alive in jail, then he drinks the drink, and then i was like for sure he dead now.... then there's one scene of him crying and closing his eyes after Qian Qian left. I was like now can we call his time of death otherwise we might find him in another scene again lol
the politics side of this drama was not for me. Too many characters and confusing houses, I had a difficult time keeping up with who is who and what battles must be won. (it also hard for me as a multi drama watcher). So still, slightly confused about the 5 men eating dinner together in ep 39-40.
From my understanding, there was a bad crooked emperor who didn't want to leave the throne for his righteous son (who was eating at that table). And then XJH's uncle did something to cause a coup and create chaos (with rightful cause) which results in the death and marking of FCY's father as a traitor and the death of his own bro (XJH's dad and ultimately mom). Only by causing this chaos and losing many lives does XJH's uncle bring stability to the land. -> so in a way XJH's uncle had good intentions, but knew he was going down as the bad guy bc of the way he completed the task (?)
Meanwhile the other battle happening on the field was the super toxic Qi Min who I guess was supposed to be the emperor until mom dies and the huge fire happens which causes him to be "fired" (no pun intended) from being the emperor. Throughout the entire drama he desires the throne along with his "empress" YQQ. Together they have a toxic relationship since Qi Min is like absolutely obsessed with her to the bitter end. He basically gets the throne for 5 mins until he dies out of love for YQQ.
In the end FCY and XJH had some history/connections through their parents who were victims of a bad leader. But together they are undeniably endgame woohooo! Did I get something right^?
Love to see her character development! I just started the drama and I'm on ep 7. Like others said, I'm invested. I was also watching 2 other costume dramas so seeing a more realistic drama on my watchlist is nice and refreshing. However, every time she has something good going on, I'm scared that she will return to the present... Can anyone reassure me that this doesn't happen....? It's giving me more anxiety lol
If you don't like fantasy costume drama, then you may not enjoy it. It’s actually one of the best fantasy costume…
Thank you for motivating me to watch it! I'll give it a shot and keep going! I usually enjoy costume dramas, but maybe I have been watching too many of them at the same time that I am exhausting my attention span lol
IDK why, but im the odd one out... I'm on ep 4 and I'm not feeling it. Please tell me it gets better... I'm a bit tired of both of them acting and trying to prove they are a couple to the other love interests. Should I keep going?
Now that I'm caught up, I've been rewatching episodes and I can't get over how lovely Fan Chang Yu is. Characters…
Yes we love strong female characters! I thought she wouldn't be smart/ have an airhead personality at the start of the drama, but she definitely has surpassed that. She is cunning, street smart, simple, and strong. Giving me simialr vibes to the legend of the female general drama
whyyyyyy in the world does XZ think CY is at home??? first of all, does he not know her?? in the first few eps,…
Cool I just finished ep 19 and I was kinda shook about how defenseless the city was and like lowkey shouldn't XZ have a close radar on the place anyway because CY is there...? S/O to the falcon for being the real MVP and signaling to us something is wrong lol
omg the people of linan deserve better in ep 18... so many of those scenes.... damn these is ultimately cruelty...…
sad to see so many people reach their end during that attack on Linan. can we have the rest of the characters survive to the end pls in trade for the characters here
Deng Kai was like scary good at acting, but his character and his toxicity towards Qian Qian ---> I was not a fan lol. The toxic relationship and the ongoing battle of Qian Qian escaping and being recaptured was just too repetitive.
Our Crown princess and scholar couple was super cute. From their impromptu encounter with the Go Game to student/mentor, to lovey dovey couple was a cute development of their relationship. Glad that she didn't have any serious responsibilities to be married off right away because that would be another side story/hustle.
Which leads me to the puppet emperor.... even though he had few lines, he did a great job esp in the end when he had to act out a kid emperor who lost his mind.
Changning and Baoer are such a cute match esp during the last few mins of the final episode. I do wish we got more screentime of their post war stories and maybe even a glimpse of their part time normal life in Linan, but I was content with the "what if all the bad stuff didn't happen" rendition.
The camera work was amazing and the comedic sketches throughout each episode helped allow some tension to be released. I was not too fond of how FCY had a somewhat airhead character. My experience with LOFG led me to think Chanyu was another version of that character, but Chanyu's "lack of intelligence" was a bit of a turnoff for me. (sorry that sounded a bit mean, but she's smart, but not that bright... **shrug**)
And damn if I can find a man like ZLH in the snow, I would be living in a snowy place rn. LOL
So TLDR, this drama gave me a good model for a strong independent woman and gave me the hugest crush on Zhang Ling He. Period. LOL.
From my understanding, there was a bad crooked emperor who didn't want to leave the throne for his righteous son (who was eating at that table). And then XJH's uncle did something to cause a coup and create chaos (with rightful cause) which results in the death and marking of FCY's father as a traitor and the death of his own bro (XJH's dad and ultimately mom). Only by causing this chaos and losing many lives does XJH's uncle bring stability to the land. -> so in a way XJH's uncle had good intentions, but knew he was going down as the bad guy bc of the way he completed the task (?)
Meanwhile the other battle happening on the field was the super toxic Qi Min who I guess was supposed to be the emperor until mom dies and the huge fire happens which causes him to be "fired" (no pun intended) from being the emperor. Throughout the entire drama he desires the throne along with his "empress" YQQ. Together they have a toxic relationship since Qi Min is like absolutely obsessed with her to the bitter end. He basically gets the throne for 5 mins until he dies out of love for YQQ.
In the end FCY and XJH had some history/connections through their parents who were victims of a bad leader. But together they are undeniably endgame woohooo! Did I get something right^?
Someone needs to tell her about her husband's true identity, because it might cost them the war. She went full mulan on us here....
I'll give this a shot! Thank you!
S/O to the falcon for being the real MVP and signaling to us something is wrong lol