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HEHE.... I can't believe 2 characters aren't accepted in MDL

I never hated Liuran. I just think it's poor writing and I kind of feel sorry for Song Yi. I am more annoyed with the writing of her character and the romance than the character and definitely I'm not blaming the actress.

This is partly because I had expected a good slow burn romance in this arranged marriage trope. It didn't materialize. The moment Baili started to thaw, they made Liu Ran into this clingy, brainless girl, totally different from the mettle and intelligence shown in earlier episodes. The short sweet scene in the latest episode showed what it could have been. The actors delivered but the writing didn't.

Anyway, she's nowhere near the worst written characters in cdramas. There's a lot of poorly written characters. Maybe she just stood out more in a quality production like this one.

same!

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Thank you! I have 'resisted' joining MDL until now. I'll probably participate whenever there's a drama worth discussing. I don't catch details well so I rely on good folks for help 😉

Preview 39 is so short and looks like the final scene of the drama. People are celebrating in the streets so this can't be just after Baili had a drink with GBZ. I wonder though why would they post such a spoiler but then does anyone expect GBZ or Baili to die?

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fenghuang

So it's not necessarily a female

Chinese history is very interesting but there aren't many historical dramas or movies made that are set in earlier centuries. So we can only settle for stories set in these dynasties.

I am all set for a ride!

Oh that one! Now I remember, she was fussing over the princess and blaming WSY. Thanks!

Thanks for your research!

So Prince Zhao is Li Dan? He's the father of Prince Dong Chuan?

How about Crown Princess? They didn't show her in the drama, right?

Maybe they did but it wasn't corrected to their satisfaction. Drama trying their luck to see how far they can go?

Does that mean BAH is not bowing to censors?

So far it manages to surprise me somewhat and not in a bad way.

I can't find any write up on this drama. Guo Jing Fei is an interesting actor so I like to check out his works. Subs are awful though, I had to turn them off

Perhaps I have a deep mistrust of any kind of ratings and rankings so I paint them all with the same brush.

Talking about SSS, I am on the fence. I really liked JoL but this doesn't seem to have the same quality. I might still try after Luoyang, I can't do two period dramas simultaneously.

I am not that confident. MDL ratings are more skewed and less reliable when you have popular star(s) in the cast. In Luoyang, it's Wang Yibo and Song Qian. Both have sizeable fandoms which will pull up the ratings but they also attract people and fandoms which will pull down the score. In the end, it might just be a tug of war between the two extremes.

Out of curiosity, I checked out a drama which I was deciding if I should watch next. The comments in there were talking about sub accounts, new accounts, malicious downvoting and guess what? Luoyang was mentioned.

To determine if I should watch a drama, I sieve out those which are obviously not objective, be it positive or negative.

I don't think that happened this time round

Is there a relation?

They are definitely up to no good but I think they aren't working with Divine. There can be multiple groups whose common goal is seize the power