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Thanks for getting back on that. Regards to Twelve Letters, it becomes pretty evident they knew what they were doing when they were writing and receiving letters. No third party was involved.. That's why I asked because it seems to not be censored.

I will be watching "The Triple Echo of Time" soon, and again, this drama looks to be on 3 time lines and from what I can see, the same character knows or sees himself in 3 timelines in his life. So it would be interesting to see how that plays out. This drama was only filmed not long ago, and already out, and it doesn't seem to be any kind issue.

When I was watching Wild Ambition Bloom, that drama dived by 0.6 overnight. BTW, one of my top 3 dramas of this year. We put that down to not a lot of people watching, so any voting can quickly change the score.

Maybe the same has happened here as the lower the amount of people vote, the voting can be very unstable. Also, a large portion of people don't vote until the end of the drama. Maybe it would be best to see the outcome at the end of the drama.

Sorry to insert into your comment. So essentially, the recently aired Twelve Letters drama is a way to get around rebirth? It's using a letter box to send letters and receive letters to try and change history. I am a bit confused with so many comments mentioning banning re-birth so modern day ones are like Ground Hog Day style theme whereby this is another way of getting around re-birth?

I don't completely agree with your comment. I always say idol style drama if I am categorising some dramas. When I say that, I mean, the main focus is on the main leads and side characters are often filler and don't form part of the plot in a coherent way.

The morals in the dramas are high because it tends to cater for a younger and more impressionable audience, and normally features growth and journey as the central core. The actors don't need to be super young, but the leads normally need to be well above average looking. It's a style, but I don't think it's elitelist.

Do you mean ones not aired on their national TV is OK?

Xianxias are mainly reincarnations and rebirths. I'm told, if it's a dream, that will get around the re-birth storyline. I'm assuming time travel is fine as I have seen numerous time travel being recently Twelve Letters touch on that topic.

I don't understand that. Aren't most Xianxias reincarnations? In Scent of Time, I was told they got round things by making it into a dream, but most Xianxias don't do that. In fact that's the gist of most of those dramas.

I'm assuming time travel is fine, but rebirth is not? Anyone know?

Yes, friendship starring is one those confusing ones 😉.

I will leave someone else to do it for now as it's too time consuming looking for links.

Thanks for showing me that. I think there are too many titles there and on MDL maybe they don't have all those titles. If they are leaving the rest of the cast as guest, best leave out which episodes they appear as it's misleading and in this case with GJN, it's wrong.

The cast list is inaccurate. Earlier Guo Jia Nan's character Xie Xuan was support role, and now it's guest role only appearing on episode 11. Clearly that's wrong 😉.

That's interesting. I don't follow things that closely but have not seen any big headlines over there. In fact I saw a very warm welcome. Many productions now keep an eye on the fandoms, so if this drama still went ahead, I think two things. Not really enough complaints to change casts over or they are the type of production that do not let outside influence their 'art'.

I get your point, but the reality is, inside China they do not see it as a big deal as maybe international viewers. Everyone is entitled to their opinion on this but fact is, actresses before her also started super young in their hey day. So essentially, the question is would they change as this is normal.

If you remember, as far back Guo Jin Ming had already started this by pairing her with a love line at 15-16 years old which is a signal to others to have it accepted and even normalised. Deng Enxi was also in a similar position and if HYTT was not temporarily held back, she too will have been another put with someone much older.

I don't like it myself, but this is often hidden with "he doesn't look that age or she doesn't look that age", so casting directors can use that line when fighting against ones against this sort of gap in age. The issue is not age gap. It is whether she has been exploited by industry insiders that want to push the pre-pubescent look that is in a weak position with someone that is more older, stronger and domineering. Basically, is this a fetish.

Triple Echo of Time is coming out today so maybe check that out. I am expecting it to be quite like this, over 3 time lines meeting and colliding. So a little different but no doubt very soul destroying to watch.

I remember seeing him like a young teenager in The Bond, but look where he is today!

I think you miss the point. It's clear to me the director didn't want those scenes to be in this type of drama. The language of love is meant to be through subtle touches like words, actions that changes the outcome etc. Of course there would have been intimacy but that distracts from the raw emotions that affected them outside of their little bubble and the gist of the drama is that.

Wow this happened very fast. It didn't seem that long ago a certain actor was holding up this production, but here we are! Anyone that may have enjoyed Twelve Letters might like this one too. Also have Blemish Flaw on watch too. Too many dramas releasing at the same time...

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I think she is doing very well considering her early roles like Parallel World, and I'm sure she is thankful for her role in My Journey to You which gave her the break.

Directors or scripts etc may be a factor, and yes there is an element of luck in play too, but if she was a natural, playing a side role can still make you shine. My point was she didn't immediately shine in Parallel World and Serendipity which I believe was filmed around the same time as My Journey to you.

Her character in My Journey to You was what the public fell in love with, and it was due to her being very good at speaking slowly and quietly and using very limited expression. But as you say, she has a charm in her and that is important in the performance industry.

As to the range, I think at this moment in time,(youthful appearance) she will be given roles where it's about personal growth, or roles where she's a victim or roles where she is spunky. This is what actresses like Li Landi are also good at, and I think this type of character will also suit her a lot. Not many actresses can play these types of roles convincingly, even though there are 100s of these types of dramas for FLs. So it's a wide variety for her to choose if she is now in the position to do so.

Yes, she is charming. I have written about this on her page. She has a youthful demeanor which suits her being smart, quick witted, but also klutzy at times. She doesn't sit well doing scheming, manipulative as seen in Romance in the Alley.

Her role in My Journey to You and Blossoms In Adversity was very perfect in that she plays submissive and meek very well. Her voice and delivery also suit slow, or limited lines. Where she is expected to delivery heavy long dialogue and where she needs to exert dominant energy through her voice, that is not suited to her voice and face.

For now, she should do very well in modern romance and idol style costume dramas. She resonates with many young fans because she is a bridge of being a star, but also relatable to the viewers.

Her performance in Romance in the Alley was terrible. She was unable to push her voice out where it was needed. She was supposed to be scheming and failed to portray that. She can only do quiet or cute. In Parallel World, she simply was not noticed much. It was only through her "character" that people fell in love with in My Journey to You. This is a common thing. People love the character and confuse that with the actor/actress.

This has been talked about on MDL before. The proposal is 6 months until that time has lapse can someone rate. Also not allowed to rate until episodes are out. These 2 simple steps are what's put to MDL but because it's run by a load of volunteers it would be another 2 years to see that take place.

MDL does not represent international audience. This site is more a glorified fan site dominated by fandom culture borrowed from China etc. Very often, ratings here is a lot higher for romance and idol style dramas. It is also no big secret that on dramas with high traffic stars, multiple accounts are used to do "data" in the background. You will normally see artificial comments just to inflate the comment count.

These are all classic fandom behaviour and does not show a drama is actually good/bad. Just fans supporting rather than really analysing the drama's plot/dialogue or logic. Many just want to see kissing and see a happy ending. That type of formula does not require a high degree of acting skill or thick plot lines. Just a group of beautiful people swanning around crying beautifully and looking tortured beautifully.

You see the comments as a barometer of a drama when more than half is dedicated to how wonderful the costumes are or how beautiful they are they "cannot" breath. If it's not that, it's whingeing about the second leads stepping on the main lead's romance. Come on, that's how you fill 30 plus episodes, or it would end in half of that time.