NotThatHisa

so far no pestering annoying characters or love triangle (one character is interested in FL but wouldn't call it a love triangle)

i am SEATED for their real fujun-furen era !<3

i ended up dropping the novel bc i didn't like the ML but i'm loving the drama version of xiao jue <3

i was confused at the beginning bc he yan wasn't reborn then i remembered they aren't allowed to have those plots on tv broadcast so i wasn't mad at the Deus ex Shifu plot device. i dont think we need to see her so pitiful and waste time on her evil husband especially as there's so much else to show.

apparently they cut quite bit from the earlier eps bc the actor who originally played cheng lisu got cancelled and they had to Face/Off him so it was a bit choppy but it got better (or sweeter lol) so i didn't care

yeah it was a striking first ep but overall i couldn't really get into it.

i think the hype had me expecting a different kind of drama - clever reborn FL who slaps faces and gets revenge - when i think they were trying to portray more 'realistic' constraints on the leads power and ability to affect change in their circumstances

i didn't really care about the overarching palace plot and the romance wasn't doing it for me so it was difficult to get immersed in. ML looked great with grey hair though, more grey-haired MLs pls!

The Double had me hooked from the start and i binged like 25 eps like a fiend haha. The leads have great chemistry even if romance isn't the main focus

i think her main motivation was to redeem the name of General Xiao who had been so important in her life, a father figure who gave her the recognition her own never gave her. its a kind-heartedness in accordance to the male-centric military life she grew up in

i felt the same way about Blossom, i enjoyed the Double though. its very much a revenge drama so if you're looking for a romance-focused story it might not be so enjoyable. do watch the special ep too ;)

the directing and editing leaves a lot to be desired too

im enjoying it bc i like cultivation stories and they aren't made into dramas that often but it does feel very low budget overall

okay thanks very much! :)

Is Zhuge Yue in this drama (played by Li Yun Rui) a different character from Yuwen Yue (played by Lin Gengxin) in the OG princess agents?

ep 35

NH: Wait, you haven't taken off your hairpin yet
SYM: In costume dramas nobody really minds that
NH: What if it pricks me?!

omg i was cackling!!!!

yeah even if there is some hidden reason, he has been too cruel for forgiveness!

i assumed he intercepted it from the scout and destroyed it so nan heng would never see it

and can the dead empress come back as a ghost and tell the emperor he's a PoS

please can we have some sugar soon 🙏

me too!

eat sh!t Chu Gui Hong!

for the 'iconic scene' in the script to work she needs to fall in love with the FLs man and be caught with him

so it kinda makes sense that in this timeline/version of the script that since Song yimeng loves Li Shi liu that she would also fall for him

she was super arrogant and entitled from the start with "li shiliu" and didnt even notice when he was switched out for nan heng so i take it that she has fallen in love with the idea of the chivalrous and righteous jianghu hero - rather any true feelings for the man behind the mask - and sees him as a way to escape her fate of being married to someone she doesn't like for political power

i think we're seeing his pivot to the main bad guy since nan heng is actually a good guy and this is a drama world with set rules and roles to be filled

when he finds out he has wronged nan heng over and over again he will realise what he has become

also all her big talk of loving someone for the first time, bish you didn't recognise there were different dudes! smh

poor nan heng, the most misunderstood man in dramaland T~T

he is time-weary, resigned, unfeeling and ruthless but also tragic, flawed, abandoned, gentle but lonely, haunted by unrequited love he doesn't understand