MadelineMaureen

Okay...so I don't know how it was in China, but text messages and calls cost money back in 08. If his family was struggling or HE was struggling financially texts and cross country phone calls would have been the first thing to stop. I don't know why email or social wasn't used, but hey idk. This was when myspace was king in the states and facebook was just becoming the norm. I don't know which socials were popular in China at this time.

the main 6 were born in 1990. The timeline as of episode 14 I believe is 2007/2008 so 17/18 years old. He(Qiao Xi) was born in January so I think he's the eldest of the friend group.

The main thing missing editing wise are transition scenes. But that could boil down to an artistic choice while filming rather than a post production choice because of lack of footage or time constraints to fit the 40 minute mark.
But the script was always 24 episodes long. They maybe shot 28 episodes worth of footage for wiggle room for editing and potential censorship cuts. The film shoot was not long enough for a 40 drama shoot. This isn't like 'Ski into Love' which DID have a substantial edit post filming with whole storylines being cut.

The reason I think it works for him is because the character had to grow up quickly. He's had more pressure and stress than the others around him. He is haunted by the ghost of his dead older brother and he carries the expectations and hopes and dreams of someone who isn't even there. I think it works because they are going to get the their 20s eventually and someone who is younger wont make that believable imo.

I'm thinking of the show "When the Time and Him are Just Right" they all looked WAY too young for anything post year 2 of college. Of even with Mai Mai's show "A Little Thing Called First Love" they were playing older than they were and it was noticeable, at least to me.
"The Glory" was the worst offender in casting someone closer to 40 than 20 to play the older half-sister of the FL. It didn't help that the character acted like a 11 year old going through puberty.

Take all of this with a heavy grain of salt as I'm 35 and am seeing these actors and their portrayals through a much different lens than someone who is in their teens or twenties. I'm just saying why it works for me.

There first child would have died in the 80s as Qiao Xi was born in 1990...so therapy wasn't even considered then.
Side tangent: I didn't even realized that the son was 13 when he died. So at minimum his parents should be in their late 40s early 50s when he's in high school. So they would be a decade or more older than all the other parents of the kids too.

I personally only think of a love triangle as a love triangle if the people in it are aware of the feelings and struggling to chose between two different people.

The closest love triangle in this one the "third" (Yu Qiao) is barely acknowledging his own feelings toward his childhood friend(Ying Tao), and she's completely oblivious to his potential interest as she continues to try and set him up with the other girl bestie in the friend group(Qin Ye Yun). So it's giving Midsummer Night's Dream. Where two people obviously love each other and a guy is interested but he has another girl following him around waiting for him to notice her.

Then you have the leech(Cen Xiao Man) trying to force her way into Qiao Xi's life. He can't stand her and barely tolerates her presence so I can't consider her when thinking love triangle. She interferers with his life, but his feelings never faulter.

The show 'Always Home' had a whole ass love square in it that was on a whole other level of mix and match. Girl 1 ---> Guy 1 ---> Girl 2 ---> Guy 2 ---> Girl 1. It ended with Girl 1 <---> Guy 1; Guy 2 <---> Girl 3, Girl 2....?

I haven't looked at Viki's translations yet. Not gonna lie I truly and utterly miss translator notes or (t/n:) in my subtitles. fansubs always enriched the viewers knowledge of the culture/language. They would define a word like a title for example Oppa/GeGe or Nuna(Noona various English spellings) etc & then use the Korean/Chinese/Japanese word instead of an English substitute which half the time is wrong...or god forbid they use the character's name instead of the word that was actually used to show character relationship context...looking directly at you Netflix...you know what you've done. Anytime something is translated to English when it comes from a country that has different respect levels in linguistics oh boy...puts me on edge.

Alternative title...Our Generational Trauma.....I hope he ghosts his mother so hard.

It was always supposed to be 24 episodes or around 24 episodes based on rumored script length. But editing and censorship process can sometimes cut down footage so they probably filmed enough footage for like 28 episodes. But it was 100% never going to be 40 episodes long. Just based off of length of filming alone.

Okay so maybe I'm weird, but I thought it started in episode 1....that boy was head over heels on that mountain when lil homie gave his name meaning. "My favorite color is red." he says to the girl named CHERRY.
If you mean physical romance...episode 15.

I think episode 15/16 are the transition episodes. So episode 1-2 elementary/middle school years. Episodes 3-14 high school years...15 end of senior year...16-? college.

The block button is my bestie anytime I'm watching one of Zhang Ling He's dramas or Mai Mai's dramas. Their popularity makes their dramas easy targets for people who lack attention and access to real life grass and fresh air to breath. Block them and live in peace. They are like roaches and pop back up under different accounts, but that block button is infinite and free.

It's going to cover short periods of time over decades from under 10 to in their 20s...I don't know if the novel/story goes into their 30s or not. Can't remember when it was published/written. But the main characters were born in 1990.

On Netflix they aren't using Cherry but Ying Tao. Also the show was originally titled Cherry Amber(based off a story of the same name).

It makes sense on the other platforms in context to actually use Cherry instead of Ying Tao because its the meaning that matters. Cherry....red and sweet. Red is his favorite color for a reason. Qi Le is sweet like a cherry and warm like the color red.

I don't really mind either way because I personally knew what Ying Tao meant and could hear the name clearly. But others watching this, it could be their first time watching a Chinese drama or anything in Chinese. So depending on what platform they use they could be missing a hell of a lot of context.

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International contracts will vary from the the national ones. It's not as bad as the Japanese Netflix contracts I've seen in the past, but it can be frustrating when even VPNs(well my VPN) doesn't have a server in mainland China to stream in a legal loophole. I've been watching the latest episodes on a not so legal site then replaying them the next day on Netflix while I journal so that it's still getting the international viewing count.

I would like to know this too. She was so kind to him when she was little when a lot of people treated him poorly because of his circumstances. And now that he is doing well in the world, I hope that he becomes a helper to Ying Tao.

I just count it towards the comment total & keep it moving. I dont mide debating art with people, but when they so obviously haven't even bothered to watch...im not wasting my breath on negative when I can be kicking my feet & giggling over a performance or a direction/cinematography choice that was made. like come on....they are tailoring the direction/cinematography for each mood & theme. im really liking this director. (I haven't read the source material for Cherry Amber so I can't comment on adaptation quality) but from a film language standpoint...10/10 so far.

because of how direct/serious the conversations were. although they never flat out said the word the subject matter was suicide. the cinematography conveyed his feeling of claustrophobia(in his life situation) & also his need to connect with another person. Ying Tao is speaking to the camera(Qiao Xi & the audience who might also need the same message).

the Block button is my favorite for these people. seriously im not seeing as much as others because ive already blocked most of them from previous interactions. protect yourself, bestie.