Yess I think so too. But... according to the novel, was the great tribulation the final boss? if so, it seems…
I’m currently reading the novel, about 1/3 way through—it is long, 761 chapters at Readthedrama. At this point his goal is to get a position in the Heavenly Court and wait out the Great Calamity. At some later point he takes a more proactive stance. At the moment, no demon lord or mystery about Ling’e origin. Yes to harem, but no romance for him at 1/3rd point though he is friends with all 3
Great review; totally agree with your wish for another role like in My Journey to You. In the case of this drama, blame the script writers for turning a very interesting character into something so much less. Pretty well all of your critiques, which I agree with, weren’t in the novel—the novel had such a unique way of each confessing to the other
Question: for C Dramas what distinguishes “idol” from “non-idol”? In K Dramas, it typically refers to one of the main leads crossing over from music to drama, e.g. Yoona or Sooyoung from Girls Generation.
That intro was a huge mistake, as was the editing in the early episodes. I don't know what the team was aiming…
Finally updated on Viki, but did take longer than on other platforms. I wouldn’t have noticed except for all the talk about it as I usually skip the intro until the last episode
Did that little twat of an emperor remain in power? lol I feel like this is one time where book version of the…
The book and the drama are so different that another adaptation is always possible. For a point of comparison, the drama is, in many ways, as different from the novel as *O, Brother where are thou* is from *The Odyssey*.
I wish Ye Ying’s character is better developed. I still wonder how Ye Ying ended up being so in love with Prince…
When talking with Ye Li after her attempted suicide, she said she fell in love with him because of his writings and music. Ye Li tried to tell her that the real Prince Li wasn’t like her image of him, but to no avail.
look up pneumonic plague, that's what they probably gotincubation: 1-4 daysdeath from onset of symptoms: 2-5 daysaverage…
If one is looking for a particular disease, certainly a possibility. CFR is somewhere between 90 and 100%. I’d guess one would posit the bacterium arriving in rats with a food supply and then infecting the lungs instead of the lymphatic system
Agree an explanation of why she was “okay” and others not would be nice.
However, immunology at the individual level is tricky. For example, in the case of the pandemic flu of 1918-1920, the case fatality rate in a group of Alaskan villages ranged from 0 to 90% (with exposure not being the determining factor). In a similar vein, if you get “into the weeds” of immunological studies you will find a range of immune system responses to a specific pathogen in a population, ranging from complete “protection” to no “protection”
If you want here are some possible reasons: Had a disease similar hence immunity to this one (for example, cowpox and smallpox) Had disease but was asymptomatic (Typhoid Mary is an excellent example)
Is YX in the novel?
Never mind, she’s now shown up. : )
David Tennant has an interesting story about this
However, immunology at the individual level is tricky. For example, in the case of the pandemic flu of 1918-1920, the case fatality rate in a group of Alaskan villages ranged from 0 to 90% (with exposure not being the determining factor). In a similar vein, if you get “into the weeds” of immunological studies you will find a range of immune system responses to a specific pathogen in a population, ranging from complete “protection” to no “protection”
If you want here are some possible reasons:
Had a disease similar hence immunity to this one (for example, cowpox and smallpox)
Had disease but was asymptomatic (Typhoid Mary is an excellent example)