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Right? Dubbing is SO COMMON, but even then they have her dub herself, so. Clearly it's not a problem for the people making these dramas.

RIGHT?? I have never understood hating something and STILL watching it. Like...why? Plenty of dramas are airing right now, go watch something else. I'm an author and let me tell you, I feel the same way about people who leave 1 star reviews on books but KEEP READING THE SERIES. Like, why? Just do us both a favor and stop. Move on. Not every book or drama is for everyone. No one is forcing anyone to watch.

Personally, I love this trope. I clocked it in the trailers and immediately put it on my to-watch list. One for the "forbidden love", and two because the trailer looked like Esther gets to be a bit of a bada** once her character matures a bit into the series, and she so rarely plays that. I'm here for it. Also, He Yu looks AMAZING as the "had it rough bad boy" vibe.

EVERY single Esther Yu drama, people have to come to the comments to complain about her voice. My gosh, if you hate it that much, don't watch. Simple. And actually, her voice in this one is pretty...normal? Like she's not TRYING to make it cutesy like in the first part of LBF&D or most of LGIEF. Also, she is perfectly cast for this role: the somewhat naive "good girl" archetype, right?

Second, everyone worrying about the "but they're RELATED". Uh, NO THEY AREN'T. SO many comments here already give long explanations so I'll just keep it short and sweet: HE has known their entire lives she isn't really his sister. SHE finds out in episode 1 even though the show doesn't explicitly show that (according to an official synopsis I read, BEFORE she flies to Thailand to find him, so make of that what you will), AND they haven't seen each other since she was NINE. He's a stranger to her now and nothing like the person she remembers from a decade ago.

And finally....all of this was pretty much in the trailers and synopsis before it started airing. You all knew they were (not) "siblings" who later in life fall in love. If you struggle that much with the trope (and it IS a trope)...why are you watching it?

Well, I didn't know I needed this in my life, but here we are! Yan Zixian in a bromance? Wow. I'm so impressed so far with the acting, the storytelling...the chemistry! I'm only a few episodes in, but how did this gem fly under the radar? I haven't heard anyone talking about it in the usual places, and my algorithm loves serving me new drama news and talk. I was lucky to stumble across it on YT.

Right??? It's SO bad, skipping whole lines and sections of dialogue. :(

Imagine being the military pride of your nation, a strong family with seven strong sons who grow into seasoned warriors celebrated for their bravery and proud service, and the calamity that befalls the family of losing them (except one) all at once. That poor mother! Lost her husband and almost all of her sons. 😭

It's actually why the military actively discourages brothers serving together today, because of a situation in the Civil War when it was thought all five brothers of one family died together (later turned out not to be true) but at the time Lincoln wrote that mother a letter of personal sympathy, so now the military has a policy and actively tries to prevent brothers from serving in the same area.

This might be the most visually stunning drama I have ever seen! The cinematography! Does anyone else here game? It reminds me playing Ghosts of Tsushima for the first time, where every frame was just so beautiful. I had to stop and rewind sometimes in the first few episodes because I was too distracted by the gorgeous scenery to read the subtitles.

You guys, the beginning of episode 10 - the jerk husband and the cheater girlfriend - "Baby, were you impressed?" Me: Dude, what was that, ten seconds? The most disappointing ten seconds of her life. 😂

Meanwhile, our lead couple know how to kiss. 🔥

Lots of great recs here! I’ll add Marry Me Again to the list.

+1 to everything you said! Prisoner of Beauty’s scenes are next level because they were directed by a woman (specifically the final love scene) who focused on the emotion, chemistry, and playfulness between the couple. Plus the chemistry between Liu Yuning and Song Zuer is so natural and 🔥. They are very good friends IRL and if someday it comes out they’ve been secretly dating the whole time I won’t be shocked.

I’ll add the scenes in When Destiny Brings the Demon are beautiful and sensual.

IKR? I was like "....and you're just....carrying that around?" I thought he was going to a handkerchief, which is what these dramas normally do, and would have made much more sense, lmao.

Really? Ha ha! Guy did fine for someone who may have never acted before.

I think that about FJ, too! She's definitely come a long way!

The story is not actually all that similar to Embrace once it gets going. Not like Love Lurking that was almost identical but not nearly as good. And really I feel there should be MORE dramas like Embrace in the Dark Night and Mysterious Love, not less. We get 50 million revenge dramas and transmigration dramas, why not more action romance?

🤣 Right? Came here because I'm SURE someone is going to complain about all of the red flags, etc., and me, I'm like "well, you gave us the FL from Embrace in the Dark Night and Yan Zixian who is unquestionably one of the best short form drama ML's for kissing scenes, and then put them together in a WILD and trope filled short form drama that leans HARD into the tropes."

Me: I'm in.

Some dramas you love because of how well done and well written they are (Fated Hearts), others you watch for the chemistry and the hot leads finding every possible excuse to interact in completely improbable but sexy ways.

Right?? That whole thing made me so uncomfortable! And then his attitude after, demanding some unnamed promise from her in the future. WTH was that? No. None of that was appropriate or excusable.

I have to say, I normally really like the actor playing Situ Ling. It's not his fault he's playing my least favorite kind of role in these shows - the obsessed SML who can't see beyond the FL and just honestly makes a fool of himself.

Like, dude, you SAW them walk the path that only appears to lovers! You KNOW they're in love! ALSO, you have Fuyue RIGHT THERE. A beautiful woman totally head over heels for you for reasons that completely escape me, honestly, who you KNOW is in love with you, and you use her anyway. It's really insidious and despicable. I hate it. I hate the storyline for it, I hate that it keeps dragging on, I hate that they are deliberately putting in misunderstandings to keep dragging it out.

She is not into you. NOT. INTO. YOU. Move on. Don't be an obsessed stalker. Nobody likes those.

Okay, and I have to say the conversation between JBZ and his dragon after took a hilarious turn when the dragon started imitating Situ Ling and JBZ's jealousy got the better of him. 😂 Also, that dragon's solution to every problem is to k*ll it, lol! "I'll just go remove whoever is irritating you or standing in your way today, my lord." Meanwhile, JBZ never lets him actually go do it. 🤣

JBZ's FACE when she gave credit to Situ Ling for healing her! He could not believe what he was hearing! 🤣 This is why you should have told her from the beginning, sir.

Ha ha , right?? 😂