Daffodils

Not sure if this will be for you. I feel that if you don't like it very "soft and fluffy" in the beginning you may not like it. For me every "ingredient" was right.

Yes, I don't understand this one. Actually after ep 30 the series start to lose "traction". I was even glad with the added scenes after "The End" with the portrayal of a a more peaceful life for all the characters in an alternative storyline. It was nice to see Qi Min as a normal royal, acknowledged as such, without he being the monster that so much suffering made of him.

If you have not seen The Double or/and Blossom are a must watch.

Not just you....

The Double and Blossom, are super good.

In the live series, she "did" in the Stockholm syndrome way. I believe this is why the director chose to portrait their sex scenes in a quite passionate way and why she cried when he fell and when he took the poison. Snow Kong explained touchingly in her farewell to her character (Weibo). something like "all was an act but I did believe it to be real at moments" In the novel she did not (well this part is narrated by Qi Min and he himself-believed she did not)

I think you have the right to express your opinion. One should not be afraid of doing it in MDL, but there is always a bunch of obsessed "fans" that won't let you get away with it. I am not sure which rating did you gave in the end, but anything under 8 I would consider really unfair. I gave 10 because the entertainment value is big. Agree that when the FL become "that" war hero it was very cartoonist, but it keep me amused, from ep 30 it was painful to watch, but still I gave it 10. you see I have watched Chinese productions for 10 years and I can compare. The current average of productions are pedestrian, so this is pretty good. Finally, my main reason: I love villains and this series gave me two excellent ones. The amazing Qi Min, the silver haired prince, no redeemable qualities at all, but such a powerful presence. Deng Kai, the actor, excelled in this role and then the younger villain, his younger "brother" was delightful. They killed him too soon!

Indeed, but The Untamed has the highest significance in the history of Chinese productions 1) It was based on a BL novel done as bromance to pass censorship. However, nowadays it is also forbidden in China to make bromances based in damnei (BL), so something like this would never be repeated. 2) It made top artists to its leads: Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, throughout these years they still topping all ratings of popularity and income in China. 3) They managed to hire the most beautiful man in China - XZ (this is even internationally acknowledged) with the second most attractive one (WY) so it fulfilled all the fujoshi and wider audience fantasies/preferences. Again never to be repeated again. Pursuit of Jade, you can see I gave 10/10 that much I liked it, but it is not an original formula. It can be repeated; maybe the leads will collaborate again, certainly the 2CP looks like have a couple of productions aligned to be together again. So there is no reason why we could not have another equivalent Pursuit of Jade, but certainly we won't enjoy again something like The Untamed as a mainstream Chinese production.

As The Untamed is so iconic people could have mixed feelings. I was just joking really.

🤫(please don't say it, let's keep it a secret)

Totally, he was my favourite character in the drama and his "love story" -if one can call it like this- stir a lot of emotions. This is what I want from fiction, because is fiction. I love Tai Tai Jin too.

That's normal. I scored it 10, but if somebody who also love it but did not thought it was perfect score 9 (which is a great rating in MDL) it will take the rating down I am afraid.

I read the extra chapter in the novel about Qi Min. It does gives you a strong background on how they met and how they made their first baby. Lots of turmoil there. Qi Min does not have any redeemable qualities, but how much he suffered and endured is painful to read. There is not a separate chapter for QQ, so I really don't know where the story that she is from modern days come about. It must be in the main chapters but I did not have time to read them yet!

It has shortcomings, I noticed too, but otherwise is a great series.

The finished very much together, but not wedding shown

Her character has shortcomings. Scriptwriters/directors could have put more effort to make her more coherent. She just took decisions on her own and in war with the responsibility of other's lives it comes across as arrogance and silliness. All the same is an excellent character for TXW and a great series.

Blossom

I don't know why, this is a great drama, some people may not like some aspects but I don't know why there are people who are just simply mean and give scores that are so divorce of reality, but it happens all the time.

Always happen in MDL, and probably will keep dropping.

This is my favourite https://x.com/Lou_Anne0404/status/2037502909185937715?s=20