Suliabryon

Totally relevant question. I am going to miss all of those sleeveless shirts in Speed and Love.

IKR?? I couldn't believe some of the Meng Ziyi hate I've been seeing. I adore her and have since Blossom. I also really enjoy Esther Yu. Like...why do fans seem to accept MLs just fine, but when it comes to the actresses there is so much hate? Speed and Love comments were SO full of haters who could not stop picking Esther Yu apart for everything from her voice (which was NORMAL in that drama, not overly cutesy) to her clothes. I'm SO over it. HALF of the chemistry in any drama is the FL. The ML doesn't do it all himself.

Yes, it is a happy ending, although it APPEARS like a noble sacrifice at first, but BIG SPOILER, his death is fake and after a several year time jump he comes back and they do have their HEA.

Who knows? Speed and Love is being called his breakthrough role. They may push up its release to try and capitalize on his current rise in popularity.

Thank you!

Well, this isn't really a rom com, it's an action romance. But yeah, the third act "break up" is pretty much all romance genre 101 for writing, so....very rarely does it not happen in some capacity, and since our ML is an underground fighter/street racer also doing UC work for the police, the type of trauma was always going to be something like this.

I can't go into these episodes without knowing, someone please spoil me, RE: do they do the same thing in the novel and amputate his leg, or does he just get severely injured?

Oh, that is very possible! Good to know. I haven't read the novel and was only going by spoilers I know from other people.

The clips we've seen from later episodes (him in a long tan coat, or a tan sweater) look like he has both legs. They look like clips from after the time jump, so....I'm guessing no amputation. Maybe just an injury?

Oh, I see! Yeah, it gets A LOT better. In the beginning there's a lot of long silences used to communicate how awkward they are with each other. It gets a lot better I think not too far from where you're at. Keep going, I don't think you'll regret it! LOTS of great dynamic between them later. Like, almost an insane amount.

Wow, really! I loved LGIEF, but found her acting in it a little over the top at times. (No hate; I like Esther fine, it's just that when she leans TOO far into her "cutesy" brand, it can be too much. I DNF'd Ski Into Love because of that). I've actually found her to be perfectly cast for the role of Jiang Mu, and don't find her over the top here at all. And I think both leads are doing a great job with the acting. Just interesting how people experience the same dramas differently. What about her acting do you find really bad here? I do think you might get used to her portrayal of the character ad the show continues. IDK, those early eps feel so far away now after everything that's happened in the show!

You should see the BTS footage! In the scene where he carries her up the stairs and then she stands on his feet, he is sweating SO badly! In between takes they put cooling patches on his neck and wiped sweat from his face, and he was clearly suffering. The moment he could, he took of the jean jacket he was wearing.

I mean...IRL police organizations use "civilians" who can more easily get an in with these crime organizations all of the time, often people with records of their own (like Zhao) who agree to this dangerous work (the police promise to protect them as best as possible, of course, but there is no denying it's dangerous work) in exchange for some benefit that can give them a better chance in the future, ie, immunity from a crime they committed, clearing something off their record, etc. This is not that far fetched of a storyline. No one is forcing the civilians, they agree to do it voluntarily. They are often called confidential informants and their use is definitely an ethical question, but it absolutely happens.

Could be! IDK, I haven't noticed this being too over the top, I guess. But I felt like the kissing scenes we got in Love in the Clouds were 🔥, for example. Or Deep Affection Eyes had some really great scenes. I think this drama FEELS less censored because we're getting SO MUCH tension. Like...so much. The actors are really excelling at selling those moments where they're just looking at each other but you can feel the chemistry on fire. And things like the hand holding scene in 15 that felt honestly even more intimate than the kiss they shared on the roof. But at the end of the day, all of those are "chaste" scenes. Nothing is actually happening in them of a truly suggestive nature, so maybe it feels less censored but the censor board din't find anything too egregious to make them cut.

😂 I just really dislike seeing the negativity thrown all over something I'm really enjoying. So I block and then I don't have to see anymore comments by that person, ever again.

It's crazy! I block users on MDL who are unnecessarily negative or spam negativity, and usually it's maybe one per drama. Often none at all. I've blocked three people so far, and it would likely be more if I came here more often.

What the WHAT? Okay, I've seen some crazy stuff go down in k-pop fandoms. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But IMO the people that do this are not really fans. They thrive on negativity, not the positive shared enjoyment of something that fandom should be.

For real, the tension is so palpable it feels like my screen is about to combust sometimes. And that's not even the kissing scenes, which are also 🔥

😱 What?? But I love both of them. I really like Lusi. Is there a reason her fans are so...aggressive to Esther? I assume a subset of Dylan's fandom is being toxic because they see him and Esther as a OTP couple and don't like her paired with anyone else, which is honestly just ridiculous and completely unrealistic in the Chinese entertainment industry.

I don't want to stir anything up, but there's a lot of vague referencing in the comments. Could someone explain to me which fandom targets Esther and why?