LeiaFlower1312

Since the drama ended, I just wanted to post my favourite things about this drama (there's some spoilers but not too detailed so I'll not use the spoiler tag):

1. The battle scenes. Their battle scenes looks so good. It looks real as in, it doesn't feel out of place at all. Everything looks grounded.

2. I like how they shows grief in this drama. He Yan's grief makes me feel seen in some sense. He Yan is a very strong character. To be able to strive everyday after that is 👏🏻👏🏻😯.

3. Xiao Jue's character. 😍😍 How he supports her and help her like with telling the emperor about her gender to protect her in the long run. And oh how 😭 he still worries for He Yan even after the imperial edict. He even beg to the emperor for her. I actually cried at that part 😢. Especially when they show Xiao Jue and He Yan, side by side.

4. When He Yan said to Chu Zhao about how she's just a pretty reason for him to do evil things and his ambition knows no limits...😳 I'm reminded of 'Goodbye My Princess' how the male lead keeps on using the female lead as a reason to do evil things till the end.
The last 2 episodes is not my favourite but I really like how cdrama managed to make such a complicated character.

Actually 🤣 the emperor's thinking is correct though. Both of them are powerful general. They might not be a threat for now. But their descendants actually might bear the brunt.
I don't like what happened to them on ep 35 but that perspective itself is not wrong. What Chu Zhao said will be used by others in a few years and at that time, one of them will really need to let go of their military achievements.
But yeah, this is He Yan and Xiao Jue story so let's just enjoy their story only... Let their descendants handle it on their own 😂

I want to know too 😂

Same 😂 the last few episodes especially with Chu Zhao and emperor turn me off.. but overall, it's still a good drama for me

😂 Sameeee... I think Cheng Lei masters the art of showing love as a general

You're welcome. ❤It's just that after I go through the grief by myself, I realise how a lot of the character in dramas that I watched actually goes through the same thing. And for this drama I relate more with He Yan, so that's why I share those stories

You're welcome. 🥹 *hugs* . Yeah, I still miss my dad too but it isn't as heavy. Counselling helps me a lot, expensive but helps😂

You're welcome. 🥹I just feel sad for He Yan's character. It's only like a few months since the battle in Jiyang. her grief is relatively new at this point.

Yesss.. the grief is heavy enough on its own, now add the guilt into it

I haven’t watched Episode 26 yet, but I’ve seen plenty of frustration directed at He Yan. Her story resonates so deeply with me that I feel compelled to share my own.

I’ve always struggled with very low self-esteem, feeling as though no one accepted me or truly saw me because I believed I was worthless. The only person who ever made me feel understood and valued was my dad. Not my siblings, not my friends, not even my mum, I always kept everyone at arm’s length.

Then, in January 2024, my world shattered. My father passed away from a heart attack. In that moment, I thought, “If he’s gone, who will accept me?” My mum tried to care for me just as he did, but grief weighs heavily. Even when I look fine on the outside, I’m plagued by the fear that my mum might suddenly die too. I sometimes catch myself thinking that maybe it would be less painful if I followed just shortly after her so she wouldn’t suffer the pain of losing me too. That's the kind of crushing loneliness that comes from losing the person who accepted you without question.

I understand the bravery and sacrifice of soldiers who die protecting others in war. But it’s different when someone you’re closest to dies. The sorrow is heavier; the loss is more personal.

He Yan’s situation in Legend of the Female General echoes this grief so powerfully. She loses her master, the one person who knew her identity and gender and her seven closest friends, based on the flashbacks during the war. She’s likely still grieving her master, and when you add any childhood trauma, losing her friends and then possibly Xiao Jue, could become her emotional breaking point.

I know what it’s like. If my dad had a second chance after being declared dead, I would have clung to him so tightly because losing someone you're close to isn’t the same as losing someone you merely know.

Thanks 😁 Right now I'm in a better place mentally and physically, so I might try to read the novel again. I already watched up till episode 22.

Also there's a flashback of his mother when He Yan said a woman needs to protect herself and not depend on men, I think He Yan reminded him of what his mom could be if not for the society

CZ sticks with his master because he needs power. He needs to rise in rank, and that's the shortest way he found. But his final goal is good. That's my opinion of him so far

I agree 😂 . Xiao Jue only started to really treats her different when SML said to He Yan he knows she is a woman and will keep her secret. Before that, he just treats her a little different (noticeable but not that much) compared to other soldiers.

same... to have my own opinion first is very important. I read the novel but couldn't get past a few chapters in 😂 (I like the character but I guess at the time I'm also quite tired with life in general) but I still know the general outline of the novel and so I have quite a high expectations for this drama especially because I also love both main leads (especially Cheng Lei who is really really really good at conveying the aura of a general and a leader😍)

Just want to express my views here, I'm only at ep 18 so far. For context, I did read the first few chapters of the but didn't finished it. I do know the general outline of the novel though. There'll be a tiny bit of spoiler, not that much so I won't use the spoiler tag.

Firstly, I think the drama is quite a low quality ( I mean the lighting of the scenes and not the storyline). But also maybe because I compare the scenes with Prisoner of Beauty.

Second, I really really like our Zhou Ye😍. She perfectly shows different persona with different people. When she's just being herself, when she's being a general and when she's killing people. You can see how different she is. My favourite would be during the boat scene where she confess to Xiao Jue , she's never truly herself with people. She is never He Yan, which makes me so sad 💔😭 our girl did not shed a single tear AT ALL while saying it. Also, I did not doubt for one bit how she falls for Xiao Jue 😂. Everything is believable, she already knows Xiao Jue as a person from before and she also admit his face is very attractive (even calling him a pretty boy in her monologue at one point)

Third, I just feels like Xiao Jue falls quite fast. I know he did admire her perseverance especially after knowing she's a woman, but still it just feels a little fast. Or maybe the romance is kinda like falling bit by bit 🤔 I did see how he can falls for her after a while, but in the drama the moment he catches feelings for her is just, well, too early to my liking.
(But, I guess his childhood is not exactly like He Yan where it was filled with vigilance, it's more normal. It's just that he's in the military. )

Lastly, I can't wait to watch the rest of the episodes 😁

I'm just at episode 11. Tbh, I feel conflicted. SYM is kinda cold with the way she treat NH. But then I remembered how NH tried to kill SYM many times the first few episodes. So, it makes sense that she has that perspectives of him. 😅 So now whenever I feel SYM is cruel, I just remind myself how she only knows the NH that tried to kill her and not the pitiful side.

Thanks 👍🏻 I just finished Love in Pavillion. I'll try watch Unnatural Fire.. the trailer looks good

Same... I actually fast forward the boundary scene 😭Also Hongye cave scene after that, his eyes is too telling, it reminds me of when I lost my dad. I can feel the heartache so bad 😭... I only watch normal speed during divine fire villa till the end.

also, I'm into older guys like Gu Jiuli now because of this drama 🙃