Rachel

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.

Your statement is a sweeping statement. I am a CY fan, but I am also a LYT fan and fan of other actors/actresses. I have even defended LYT from people who said her acting is bad. So why are you generalising "male lead fan"? Are you trying to incite hatred and cause fandoms to fight against each other?

That is quite a beautiful way to put it. Truth!!

Seeing everyone's comments, I guess it's good that I'm too busy to watch the latest four episodes 🤣 Hopefully by the time I'm more free to catch up, Fugui and Qing Tong will be reunited ><

Surprisingly, LYT is known in China for her strong acting and emotional roles. You should check out her older dramas. Some of her older dramas are really really impressive. For example, Royal Nirvana and Bloody Romance. However, these are older cdramas and are not like the current "idol" drama trend. These dramas are heavier.

In Sword and Beloved, episode 12 also showcased her acting ability.

Cheng Yi is really a man who gives other a sense of security ❤️ I remember Guo Junchen mentioning that fighting scenes with CY also gave him a sense of security!

Haha that's great! Bilibili is a good place to get more content on cdramas! ><

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1UD1MBJESA/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click

I only got the bilibili link, not sure if you can access it. No subs though!

I don't think it was CY and LYT playing around, I think it was filmed but they decided not to add it hmm It's not even such a big change to the drama, adding/keeping those scenes will make the characters' chemistry shine more 🥺

The hug was included but I don't remember Fugui smiling like that haha or am I mistaken

Me on Weibo everyday because I can't get enough of Fugui and Qing Tong 😭 I found this deleted scene of them during Chuxi. Fugui was smiling so sweetly when Qing Tong hugged him, why did they not include that 😭 And them running together 🥺

https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5227794662359126

I also dislike amnesia tropes, but I am all for it if it means more romance between Fugui and Qing Tong hehe

That would be great 🥺Unfortunately cdramas are also known as ctraumas...