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I totally agree! I think they just didn't want two BL adaptations to air so close to each other. I think we should all wait and see. I don't know if the others will air so soon either. I know there has been some talk that Winner is King will come out in May but I'm not going to trust that until we see it either!

I don't know why it wouldn't? It's been two years since The Untamed and even so there was some tension pitting the two shows against each other even though they weren't really anything alike. There has also been a lot of hype for "battle of bl dramas" from Chinese reviewers so competition is heavy for all these adaptations. Tencent is too business savvy not to consider the fandom wars while releasing highly anticipated adaptations.

Tencent always releases its shows on its official channel on Youtube, I think.

I heard they won't be airing any in Q2. which is around April to July, I think? Then maybe it'll come out in August. I think they planned to release Immortality in April but changed their minds.

That show was nowhere near as good or popular or successful as Word of Honor? like that's not a good example here at all. Most people totally overlooked it! Immortality is a very expensive project, they won't just air it as an after thought to a bigger, better project. I'm not being just random. The Long Ballad just replaced The Sword and The Brocade for Tencent and by the time it ends, we're well into Q2 which all Chinese fans say is an unlikely slot for historical dramas. It's convenient to cling to the speculative part of my comment and totally disregard the logical parts but I'm not just being "negative". I'm using my deduction and studying the actual situation. Think what you will, like I literally can't make you think sth you don't want to? but I'm making myself ready to not be disappointed.

I wonder if maybe it will be good at all. I think they air the good stuff in Q1 and the leftovers air in fall/winter.

Well this won't air anytime soon! I mean with Long Ballad out, this show won't air now. It also makes sense to not air right after WOH now that Word of Honor was such a success because they probably wouldn't want their hypes to clash. It definitely won't air in summer either so it would be a miracle if they decide to air it this year at all. I have to say...the prospects for this show are rapidly dwindling these days...

Oh, this is hilarious! I am laughing myself silly. Is there just one episode? Is the one episode 2 hours? Is there more than one episode and each is 2 hours? I am so confused!

See this was my exact concern for Immortality all along. Apparently, the director is really bad? I tried And The Winner Is Love which he also directed and it was bad too so I'm so worried about Immortality.

May and June is in Q2 and it's very unlikely for any historical drama to get an air date then so it's either now or in Fall.

Mood! At the end of the day, men in long-hair wigs determine which cdrama I'll watch! lol

Ok so I did some research and I'm wondering if the issues can be fixed after some rewriting? I mean, no one really knows what is in the show yet anyway. Maybe it's all a misunderstanding?

ok, thank you for this explanation because I was so confused by the news and I didn't really get what it said but now I have a clearer vision.

What does "misrepresentation of history" even mean?! It's historical fiction???!?!?! This is so messed up. People nag about censorship then go out there and create their own censorship?! I am so confused

I am kind of curious to check this out. I really like Zhao Lusi but I kind of don't like big age gaps...what should I do?

seriously! If I was the master, I would tell the guy to back off but everyone keeps acting like she still has some kind of choice in her partners, like she might still choose him even though she's already married and I also get a feeling she actually likes her husband too. So she would choose him still if she had a choice.

I don't know, I don't think so? Like he keeps facing off with her husband as if he is protecting her from someone she really doesn't need protection from and he keeps creating this misunderstanding in her life. She asked him to leave and he still stuck around and really he is creating cause for her husband to divorce her. I'm also side-eyeing him for taking advantage of her husband's possible death. He just irritates me and I trust nothing he says or does.

I really dislike Ou Yanxing. He is such a useless, unnecessary character and honestly, he's the one thing that threatens my suspension of disbelief the most because I just can't see any historical setting where anyone would put up with a random dude just constantly thirsting after their wife. Like the man has no shame for the context they're in, going after Shiyi, actively pursuing a married woman (and married to THAT man, as if she would leave Lingyi for him...).

honestly! His mother is a real piece of work. She's just too much to deal with.

I just reread this scene today and I thought I hope it'll make it in: When Mo zongshi and Chu wanning argue about food and Mo Ran manages to trick Chu Wanning into eating meat.