PeachBlossomGoddess

Indeed, she has a bad habit of getting captured doesn't she???

That was a great episode, I can't wait to see how it plays out...

Yeah there are lots of soft guidelines that are fluid and tend to shift with the political environment but as long as they don't become hard rules I don't get that worried. It is a sensitive year bc of the 100th anniversary this year. Even the promo page, I was specifically told in the past it is only all the promotional content that needs to be reviewed again, not the entire drama, they don't have time to do that. But that could have changed if they say wanted to just make it hard for a BL to be launched at this particular point in time.

Have you seen any nos on the budget for the Long Ballad? I am enjoying it but all the fan pages are overwhelmed with fan wars its a bit too much.

AvenueX. She even mocked the hairstyle by modelling it on herself. I almost died laughing.

LOL... you mean many fans and even a supposedly highly regarded drama critic. smh. This really is the best thread!

Yes indeed it does but at least the propaganda aspect is not strong. We are gonna get a lot of that stuff this year - I started making backup lists of older dramas...

LOL - he was literally dressed to kill!
We got a c-drama drought coming up into the 100th anniversary so definitely one to keep in the back pocket.

He rejects her saying he has no prospects going forward but she follows him anyway. Its up to you to decide if they eventually get together. I personally don't think so because he just was never into her.

Don't worry about it for now - only ~500 out of 5000 watchers have rated the show so far. When I see stats like that, I ignore the rating. Like many watchers, I don't rate anything until I have completed because the ending is critical to my rating.

"Who the hell watches dramas at .01 speed?"
Someone with no life.

Its a super silly comment on a widespread industry practice. No production risks injuring their main actors if it can be avoided. One bad muscle pull and they can be in pain and performing below standard for the entire production. This has happened to countless actors in countless productions, the most recent I can think of is and Yu Menglong in Love Lasts Two Minds. and Luo Yi in And the Winner is Love. He pretty much had to be written out of most of the fight scenes after that.

Its open.

The whole thing was a huge struggle for me even though I really tried.

This is the first time an actor singing out of tune makes a song such a huge hit.

As I said, that is certainly one way the drama can choose to tell that story. We don't know until it airs. But this is how it went down according to history:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanwu_Gate_Incident

Haha - there are some great stories about Wei Zheng and Emperor Taizong that I hope make its way into the drama. I don't remember them all but the vinegar celery one stuck bc it is one of my favourite dishes as well.

That is certainly one way the drama could choose to tell the story but that would not be consistent with recorded history, although arguably not in direct conflict either. I actually hope not though. To me, it will be much more interesting for Changge to forgive him or give up on her revenge, not because he was not guilty or had a good reason for what he did but because he is a worthy ruler. In your scenario, he was morally justified so her "decision" becomes trivial.

Thank you for that additional color. What happened to those two broke my heart.

Hilarious - I just love it when Ah Xu throws his weight around!

Yes indeed. This show sends a strong message it is done right, regardless of whether its a BL or not, its gonna be a huge (and hopefully very profitable) hit!

Yes of course and that is what it is primarily about. But people always say there is no romance and I always feel there was a very sad one.