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Ep 1 Rambles

I feel bad for Zhou Mo. He genuinely seems to be a decent guy and truly cared for Xie Huaian, but they are on different sides. Huaian really shocked me when he so decisively and ruthlessly killed Zhou Mo, but I get him....General Yan Fengshan is also confusing. Is he the good guy or bad guy because in Xie Huaian's POV, he's definitely the bad guy that betrayed his father who is the original founder of the Huben Army? But at the same time, he got so many people that are loyal to him. Can't wait to know more about what actually happened 15 years ago!

Side note, Zhou Mo's actor did really well here! I remember him from Yanxi Palace.

This is seriously my kind of drama!!! I love crime, thriller, law, and more political/strategical kind of dramas. I've watched ep 1 and now I'm halfway into ep 2 and I'm like literally holding my breath in some scenes. I forgot to breathe because it was so intense!! So many veteran actors that I recognised too, the acting is so far excellent.

There has always been plenty of female-led dramas in the history of cdramas. For example, Yanxi Palace starring Wu Jinyan. More recent, Sword Rose, starring Dilraba, is a police drama (non-romance) focused on the main female character and trafficking. Yang Mi's recent drama this year is also female-led. Sun Li, another good veteran actress also has many female-led dramas. The Glory starring Chen Duling is also female-led if I'm not wrong. It's just that most in female-led dramas, the female lead usually has love interests. Zhao Liying's Princess Agents and Tiffany Tang's Princess Weiyoung are also female-led. Zhou Ye is also currently filming a female-led drama. There's just so many.

I know it's a revenge focused drama but I hope there'll be some lighthearted/funny moments as well, maybe between Xie Huai An and his allies! Really excited for this drama!!

Sighh really wasted potential. CY and LYT in Hero Legends bts clips look so sweet together too.

Right!! I am so shooked, it's like a hate army, they call it the water army (水军) 😩 As a fan of over 30+ actors/actresses, I feel like I'm stepping on a place with many landmines everytime I open Weibo.

But yes agree with CY and LYT. They have been friends for 5 years and have cooperated for 2 projects. I hope the hate doesn't ruin their offline friendship 🥺

Sameee 😭🥹 I hate how Weibo fanwars kept ruining friendships between actors and actresses. Why are the fans or anti-fans there so toxic 😭 Like you, all I just want is to get updates on the drama and my fav actors/actresses but I get bombarded with hate posts...

Ohh I see thanks for explaining! I don't really remember that but it makes sense because the I'm sure Madam Yin had sent many spies into the Wangquan Manor before. Naturally, Hong Ye won't show mercy to demons invading his territory.

I only remembered the livestream where Hong Ye's actor answered a question on whether he would really kill Qing Tong then. Ken Chang said most likely not haha

It was a promising slow burn between the main leads from ep 1 to 18. It could've been further developed into a fleshed out romance in the latter half! However, the scriptwriters and director kind of ruined it. It seems like different people wrote different parts of the script. Second-lead couples have more romance.

Wait I don't think Hong Ye wants every demon dead? Or did I remember smth wrongly? I only remember him being very upset because he viewed Fugui sparing demons as a sign of weakness, not that he actually believed all demons should be exterminated.

I actually don't know much about Wang Yixu, but I liked some of his dramas. I'm also not on Twitter, but I do think at least Twitter bans people? Somehow on Weibo, those crazy hate accounts and people spreading hate never get banned...

That's not true. CY doesn't have a no kissing clause. It really depends on the character and script. If I'm not wrong, the original also doesn't have a kissing scene. It really depends on the script of the drama.

I like how most people here are rational, only blaming the people in charge like director, producer, and scriptwriters. I don't blame any of the casts but over there on Weibo's side, war is like going on. Apparently Weibo is place like Twitter, where wars between fandoms are constant sigh. I actually don't know who made the English title like this. The original series is just Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Wangquan Arc. The romance scenes for the historical part is quite little. I thought they will expand the romance part since they branded it as a romance too, which actually is possible if the scriptwriting is good. Like they could've focused more on the relationship build up and not some random spider siblings storyline (completely not in the original series) which seemed to separate the leads more...

Overall I do love all the cast but am upset with the scriptwriters, director, and producer.

I think you want to see him in a villain role? He does play a villain role in Immortal Samsara (he plays three characters there). I think in Stand by Me, his character is also grayish? I'm not sure, didn't watch that one but I saw some scenes. Ooo also Vendetta of An may be what you're looking for. From the trailer, CY's role definitely looks like a morally gray character that's out for revenge.

I do think his roles are not generic, though. They are indeed all "good guys" who care more about the world, but each character's personality, background, journey, and goals are all different.

If I'm not wrong, the script for all three FSMM series were already written and filmed before the first drama (RMP) aired. I think when RMP aired, SaB (the third one) was just recently done filming.

They unfortunately can't learn as they already filmed all three...

HAHA sorry err I knew her from "terracotta warriors" but the drama's actual name is Ancient Terracotta War Situation (2014) 🤣

I think I've watched her in Autumn's Concerto too, she was indeed quite a popular actress back then haha

Omg yesss same!! Ady An! I was telling my mom she looks like the terracotta warrior actress which I couldn't remember who and it is Ady An indeed.

I am quite puzzled by Qing Cheng as a character. I usually can understand characters (even villains) well, but Qing Cheng? I don't know. Is he written by a different scriptwriter or something, I am so confused.

The general and prince love story is actually one of the main stories in the donghua and has an arc of its own. FSMM adaptation tends to combine arcs into the dramas because the donghua has too little material. 😓

It feels like it's a different scriptwriter. The first half and the second half don't seem like it's written by the same writer....so weird.