MadelineMaureen

Finally, my days off have arrived and I can try and finish this one up.

Which diabolical soul put "Love of Nirvana" a SE wuxia political period piece, in the recommended section of a modern romance drama?

Am I weird to think it's weird to recommend shows with tragic endings with completely different plots in a HEA modern romance?

Drop a link if you have one please

Both shows took artistic license with timelines. There is a 7 year age gap between siblings.

you don't understand romance readers wanting the adaptation of a romance novel want the characters to have the same character as what was originally written...? The watchers and readers are saying that putting it back to back to back to back to back...instead of having it shown over time or you know stick to what's in the source material is the problem. Also, some of HOW it is filmed is also an issue for some to the point they have had to go back & re-edit because of the amount of complaints. Having a character that is never in the novel show up half dressed in a victim's private space & it's played as fan service or for laughs goes against who Sang Yan is as a character.

I miss being able to use coding language(HTML) in comments to format the text the way I want to and to add individual spoilers for a certain sentence. We only get that feature in the topic discussion section really. bring back <>(there is another symbol I used that wont even show up that's hilarious

In the show they have Duan Jia Xu show up when he never meets Wen Yi Fan in the novel. This is during the no contact time between Sang Zhi and Duan Jia Xu in her senior year of high school. It will overlap story timelines in the fall/winter. Next summer is when Sang Yan goes to check on her in Yihe and finds out she's dating DJX.

We are missing part of that encounter the night she tells him she's not going to university with him. (spoiler start) Her abuser was back on the street and harassing her, Sang Yan doesn't overheard what the conversation is but hits him and they run away. She realized in that moment that he would one day end up getting hurt because of her and she pushed him away.(spoiler end) It was a trauma response.

In the novel she doesn't need as much saving as the show makes it seem. The director and screenwriter are actually getting a lot of shit from novel readers about all the added abuse/situations she finds herself in.
There is what happened to her as a teenager with her family and the events at her apartment that ultimately gets her to move in with her co-worker. Then for a long period of time they are just getting reacquainted while she gets used to being a reporter instead of a journalist. Then her family comes back into play to circle back to what caused her to distance herself from him, and that's when she really begins to open up for the first time in her life about what happened.

a man opened a coat in front of the FL and flashed her his naked body

It might have been edited out by the time you see the episode.

Hidden Love isn't being erased as this airs...you can, go and watch it...

Yeah. I was talking about it not being in the novel...like Sang Yan in the novel never lets people into their space. Nor does Wen Yi Fan. The only person I remember in the novel who entered their apartment was Sang Zhi.

I dont remember anyone visiting their house except Sang Zhi & he ran it past her like 2 or 3 times with time of arrival level updates.

Crowd sourcing novel info....if you've read it please help me remember

In the Novel, had Sang Zhi already flown to Yihe to check on the girlfriend situation? I could swear that it was mentioned like it had happened in her 2 year of high school and that she was presently in her last year aka 3rd year of high school. I feel like it was mentioned as an off handed way to say, well I've got to keep an eye on you because you're still grounded from the stunt you pulled last year...type of energy.

The Hidden Love production was only 25 episodes long and a much lighter story. He notices her in I believe episode 11 of 25 and they also get together at about the halfway point at episode 16. There is flirting and cute moments but still somewhat of a slow burn romance imo as there was a lot of build up to there actual relationship.
The First Frost is more of a second chance at a beginning...friends to lovers....deep love. It deals with a lot of triggering topics. SA, parental death, abuse, neglect/abandonment...etc. There are a lot of light moments as well...but there is trauma that has to be overcome.

But he's still a man that she doesn't know. No matter how much he trusts his friend Sang Yan would never have another person in her space without first running it by her. Even more so a man SHE doesn't know....because that's what actually matters. Not his comfort with his friend, but her comfort in her home.
I watch a lot of book to screen adaptations and can think of 3 different ways to have the same result without compromising basic characteristics of a main lead.

I think that person was talking about The White Olive Tree.

I think so. Here is a link to both the novel and part of the Manhua if you do decide to read
https://www.shushengbar.net/hard-to-deceive-first-frost-%E9%9A%BE%E5%93%84-by-%E7%AB%B9%E5%B7%B2-zhu-yi-he/

This is a slow burn romance so don't expect much development until about the halfway point. This one might not be for you right now.
A shorter web drama might do the trick for you to have a nice balance. Or, maybe it's time to pull out an oldie but a goodie....aka one you've already watched so that you can skip the scenes that don't matter to you. This is what I sometimes do when in a drama funk.

The eye acting from all four of them was comedy gold.