Michelle Topham

Relatively common in South Korea and Japan.

Yep. One of the best dramas I've watched in a long time.

The fandom is often toxic both for the C-dramas and the K-dramas. Sad little people with sad little lives, IMO, as they spread so much hate. The actors themselves must detest them privately.

She's absolutely beautiful, and perfect in the role. And you're kind of toxic.

One of the reasons I watched it too was the low rating and, no, I'm not remotely disappointed. It's one of the best dramas I've watched in a long time -- superb performances, fascinating story, absolutely gorgeous sets, costumes and cinematography. Enjoying this one immensely :)

One of best of today's Korean actors. Have enjoyed every one of his performances. What's funny though is these losers wasting their lives leaving nasty comments under Anonymous names all over the Internet (don't even have the balls to comment under their real names!) seem to think Korean production teams listen to them. Hahahaha.

So happy every time Choi Si Won gets a new main role. One of my faves.

I've actually paused this on Episode 13 and moved onto finishing Korean dramas I haven't yet finished. But... I plan on picking it up again and finishing it as soon as I've finished the 5 other dramas I'm in the middle of as, apparently, I like The Untamed more than I thought as I can't stop thinking about it :) )Obsessed with the soundtrack music too :)

Thanks for the suggestion though. You're correct - there are tons of superb looking Chinese dramas, I keep adding them to my 'to watch' list on Netflix and other platforms now :)

Viki is abysmal at promoting their dramas. KOCOWA does a great job with trailers, snippets etc. Viki acts like most of their dramas don't exist. Half the time, you can't even find a trailer for a drama on Viki's YouTube channel. They either need to pay their social media person more or, hire one if they don't have one :) as they must lose a lot of business via social media.

Meanwhile, KBS seems to pick one or two dramas and promote the hell out of them. Then ignore the rest :)

Look at their daily dramas or Korea Khitan War. Can't go to their YT channel without another video popping up every 10 minutes, but if you want to see what happened on Love Song, forget it. :(

People think that, but in my experience it's not though. I lived in Asia for almost 15 years (3 countries) and knew several people where the wife or husband was quite a bit older. Nobody cared or treated them any differently, as long as their relationship was a good one.

Families also rarely cared, especially if the man was the older one, as he was often more established in his career than the woman so, in their minds, would "take care of her" better. (NOT that the wife usually needed taking care of :) )

I think on MDL it's usually very young people who complain about "the age gap" because they have little or no experience with relationships themselves. Shows a lack of maturity, IMO, and is highly annoying when it appears on any drama where the couple has a more than 2 year age difference. Especially when it has no baring on the story at all.

We really need a down vote on MDL. So damned tired of people whittering on about "age gaps".

Ah, thanks for the info. And I didn't know it was a web drama, so that does make more sense that the FX is so low-budget :)

And I'm just disappointed that I really enjoyed the first 10 episodes or so but have felt the last three really, really, really drag, to the point that I'm watching it on double speed and still continually stopping it to do something else.

I can't figure out why either, as I like every single character (they're beautifully written and all of them have their captivating quirks), but for some reason the drama is not holding my attention.

I'll get through Episode 17 then, and then let you know if it's a continue or a drop :)

Like I said, really wanted to love this as so many people do, and I loved the Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua (I've ordered the first volume of the book too, which should be delivered today :) ), but the last three Eps of the drama are not holding my attention at all.

Oh and I think for Xuan Lu (sorry, I mistakenly used her character name) her habit of pausing for a long time before she says almost anything is what I find the most annoying.

Will give it a good go over the next 4 episodes though, and let you know how it pans out :)

BTW, this is my first ever Chinese drama (I've seen more Korean, Japanese and Thai than I care to remember, but never watched a Chinese drama before, so that may have something to do with it).

Anyway, onwards and upwards and, fingers crossed, it will re-grab my attention as I greedily gobbled up the first 10 episodes :) )Oh and Xiao Zan and Wang Yi Bo's performances are definitely a reason to watch this -- superb. Especially Xiao Zan -- easy to see why he won awards for this).

Beginning to loath this.
Loved the first 10 episodes, bored stiff through the last 3 as the story drags so much and the acting gets worse by the episode. (Jiang Yan Li, by the way, is probably the worst Asian actress I've seen in any drama -- simply cannot act).

And don't get me started on the "special effects". :) Really wanted to love it as so many people do, and will struggle through another three or four more eps, but if it doesn't improve, it's a drop for me sadly.

Just ordered the first volume of the novel. Can't order all 5, as I'm currently in the U.S. and would have to carry them all back to Austria next month :) Will be ordering the last 4 volumes when I get back home though, as the story in this alone is wonderful.

it's more fantasy than BL. And beautifully done -- epic story, fascinating characters, superb acting, gorgeous cinematography and a unique plot. Beautiful soundtrack that really sticks with you too.
Be aware, the first episode is a little confusing, but get through that and it all starts to make sense. I'm only in the middle of Episode 8 at the moment, but this is one of the best Asian dramas I've watched in a long time. Can't believe I haven't watched it up until now :)

Ignore the laughably low rating. It's excellent - beautifully acted, interesting cinematography and an intriguing plot.

It's so pretty, isn't it? I've had it on repeat on Spotify for the last 3 days :) -- https://open.spotify.com/track/7ItsOX85K4rXqGgjq8u2XA?si=c3297f35849a4efc

And overall, Tell Me That You Love Me's soundtrack was one of the best K-drama soundtracks I've heard in a while.

I'm absolutely obsessed with this one -- Seo Young Ju's 'Silent Ode to You' -- gorgeous.

https://open.spotify.com/track/69XM1o5AFSw1HKM3QnmxfD?si=748f450fed0345e1

Yep. And that's how those lies start to spread, when the original person is so confident and sounds like he/she knows what they are talking about, so another person spreads them, and another and another. And, of course, like the Chinese Whispers game, it gets worse and worse and even more of a lie with every new re-telling.

And before you know it, an actor who went to bed having announced a possible new project wakes up to the Internet talking about him being married to a cheater, having 3 children out of wedlock and, oh by the way, did you know he killed someone in a car crash when he was drunk?

ZERO TOLERANCE is my resolution this year, as I've spent too long just scrolling past comments riddled with lies, and started to realize we all need to fight back against it. It's poison and it destroys actors' careers and, for some, causes them to end their lives.

And thanks for deleting the misinformation about her being a single mother -- and, no, there's nothing wrong with being as single mother. It's just that she wasn't one.

No, WTF is wrong with you? Spreading lies you cannot even be bothered to spend 5 minutes checking before you spew them. In the space of 5 minutes, you spread the lie his wife was problematic as she was a single mother (she's not), and that's why his career looks unstable (it's not -- he's signing on to new projects and considering others, while his own agency is producing the next drama he will likely star in -- proving he also has financial backing).

You also insinuated things look bad for him as he started his own agency (proving you know nothing about the Korean entertainment industry, as any actor with any common sense eventually starts their own agency, as have many Korean actors who are the most successful).

And everything you said was simply to "prove" you know more about Song Joong Ki's career than anyone else in the forum. You obviously don't.

And I responded as I did, and will continue to respond that way, as I have ZERO tolerance for people spreading lies, especially about Korean actors.

The Korean entertainment industry has a MASSIVE problem with suicides by celebrities and, in many of those cases, they were due to so-called "fans" starting to spread gossip and lies, or magnifying a tiny mistake an actor made so that they became "the worst thing anyone has ever done" and tens of thousands of other fools joining the harassment and making things even worse.

You would think after Lee Sun Kyun's suicide not even a month ago, caused by police harassment and tens of thousands of people lying about him online, that people would now be more careful about what they say.

But no, it's the same fools spreading similar lies about a different actor just so they can feel better about their own sorry little lives.

ZERO FUCKING TOLERANCE for any of it.

And here's a hint -- don't get your news from Twitter and don't spread information about an actor, until he/she or their agencies have confirmed it.