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Laughing aside, the darker part is he is abusing his power and the author made sure to write the FL character as naive as possible. This is totally unrealistic considering women of the time are lucky to get an education. A person in her position, would not prod that bear further. It's so obvious, it's lazy writing to create that hammy scene of the classic fall over the man and it was all her fault and never his. Come on, we're still seeing these dated tropes.

Yeah, it's definitely getting out of hand. Quite hard for me to forget this, especially as we are meant to root for this relationship. Even if it's set in an era where men have certain opinions on women, this drama/writer is pushing the limit of what's acceptable. My main concern is if this is left to slide it is opening the gateway of normalising and glamourising toxic behaviour and dressing that up as "passion". It is not, because he is abusing his power and taking advantage of her. That's not respect but cruel...

That's because the author has deliberately written her like that so we can see more cheap initiated fighting and ML grappling with her. It's a tired old trope. Normal humans let alone the FL would learn to keep their mouths shut to survive. No they write FLs with a childish attitude that does not chime with the times. It's just lazy writing.

Honestly, this is a ML growth project. FL is just an object and you can feel the lack of interest in her character. The author is just writing soft porn and hiding it under the guise of republican mess of warlordism so the ML can play sadistic cruel tortured soul and then get to do the soup kitchen scenes when he wants to get the girl. If he was double her age and harassing her and forcing himself on her like the ML character, I wonder how many will complain that it's wrong.

I have questions for the author. They clearly wrote a drama for ML growth. The FL is just a vessel for some readers as some fantasy. There are no interest in the FL's character. The weaker the better. It's just a soft porn novel hiding behind a time where women had less rights.

Making her self righteous is just to make her seem prim and innocent against the controlling and knowing ML. It's not about her rights or her pain but about the ML and his uncontrollable desire and brilliance in his job.

People shouldn't be picking the FL's choices, but more on why the writer created a feisty young girl do-gooder in a childlike way . She is able to have an education and hang around the elite of the town. But have little of connections. Clearly, not accurate or even realistic. They just tried to shoe horn modern day desires but use the lack of women's rights to push the questionable tactics the ML uses because it's convenient to fall back on the idea that men in those days felt that was their rights so they're not wrong.

But the scenes where he forces himself on her later is disgusting. Normalising and glamouring it is disturbing. Locking the door and snuffing her to stop her crying for help is very sick. If we're supposed root for him later, these scenes puts the blame on the female and some men will use this to legitimise their reasoning for doing what they do.

A lot of what's seen so far constitutes as stalking, harassment and sexual assault. But no, as long as the ML is buff and good looking, it's all ok. If he was 20 years her senior and had a body mass index of over 30 I suspect some will suddenly say he's committed a crime. This drama has brought home the true meaning of pretty privilege.

Admit it. This is pure soap opera. He is not cheating because she deserves it because she is no saint. How about they deserve each other? But no of course not, this drama is all about the ML's journey. The FL needs to endure this and the SFL will also endure it by taking out the FL but not dealing with the "toxic" ML. The story can only be accepted when FL comes to her senses to see ML is a caring sharing type. Just misguided. Such fairytale...😉

Coming back from "education" in Japan 🤔

Disagree with your analysis. Wang Kai & Ou Hao had undisputed main lead roles. Had masses of screen time. I would complain why Peng Yuchen & Zhou Yiran had lead status. It may be happening elsewhere but not with The Long Watch.

I haven't got that far yet but judging by the comments here I can imagine. She doesn't need growth though...from the beginning she's already smart and able to tackle difficult situations. It is the ML that will be the journey. We are watching him grow basically.

He invades her private space, had cupped his hands over her face, and orchestrated torture of her in an underground prison. I only watched 5 episodes.

And this is why historic dramas are the best place to hide sadistic obsessive behaviour so that people can excuse it because men behaved like that at the time. It's a common way to spice up dramas without making people feel like they like violent expressive relationships that are often built on cruelty. Let's be honest, in real life he'd be called an abuser.

He is sadistic. He takes great pride in torturing the FL and even turned on by seeing her "endure" the pain and suffering he has orchestrated. In fact the more he sees her like this, he gets more and more closer.

That is juvenile and very under developed. Basically it's another drama that normalises a FL's struggle olympics test. We're supposed to pump our fists in support every time she continues onwards and upwards.

She is the one to 'tame' this wild beast. And only she can and will because it's so much more exciting and dramatic. Anyone that says it's female empowerment I will flick my eyes. This drama couldn't be more ML growth project.

I agree.

Sadly, very true. They often prey on those that are already vulnerable, often still keeping valuables in the home... and they have done their homework, because they know they are less likely to put money in a bank.

I guess, every generation will have a weakness, and a new updated scam will be adapted for it!

See a Wikipedia link page for it...watching this drama reminded me of this scam that's been happening lately 😮

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing_scam

But then, maybe not...don't know if you have ever heard of the blessing scam. A problem that has arisen in modern times that targets Chinese communities abroad, particularly the older generations. Watching this drama reminds me how a big part of Chinese culture are still rooted in superstition.

Not for everyone but I loved that drama. Maybe because it's about space and science. And of course you get to see Alen Fang play a studious top student that is trying to break out from his family's control.😉

I recommend To the Stars where he is joint ML with Qu Chu Xiao. He played a bookish serious character. His performance was great there.

Based on what I have seen so far, I think it's set mainly in 1996. Nothing high tech so far, as far as I can see. Only drama I have seen that seems modern is Spy Game. If you haven't seen that I recommend it.