Even until now this discussion is still hot and filled with nasty things on weibo. I want to see the opinion here...Personally,…
Honestly, both characters were badass but lacked the background info. Not just ML, but FL also.
FL has a backstory with the empress and scarlet guards but it was only shown through small flashbacks which didn't give a strong impression while ML was shown a strong bond with his brothers and we see all this through the journey.
I felt like instead of focusing her all on the scarlet guards, FL would have had a better arc of having a mysterious background come into play and overcoming that. Don't forget, they fast forwarded her arc with the first prince and second prince. Plus, her d***h scene was the quickest.
I feel like ML is fine. He's the leader of Liu Dao hall. He's the one that they can trust. The reason his character is so popular is because of his compassion and love for his country, brothers, and to Ruyi. His righteousness to be good and do good. One thing I would change about him is not to be too green and be an initiator since his character always gets overpowered by FL.
And sorry, but I felt like 3rd ML never learned his lesson; he kept having the same issue and no growth until the very end after everybody was -....
And haters will hate because there's nothing wrong with Ning Yuan Zhou's character. Weibo haters just want to bring LYN down, but I do agree that FL's arc was pretty underdeveloped.
Yes, casting is always very important! I always look at casting first, then sypnosis, then screenwriter to director, and then wardrobe, and then quality video of the drama.
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FL has a backstory with the empress and scarlet guards but it was only shown through small flashbacks which didn't give a strong impression while ML was shown a strong bond with his brothers and we see all this through the journey.
I felt like instead of focusing her all on the scarlet guards, FL would have had a better arc of having a mysterious background come into play and overcoming that. Don't forget, they fast forwarded her arc with the first prince and second prince. Plus, her d***h scene was the quickest.
I feel like ML is fine. He's the leader of Liu Dao hall. He's the one that they can trust. The reason his character is so popular is because of his compassion and love for his country, brothers, and to Ruyi. His righteousness to be good and do good. One thing I would change about him is not to be too green and be an initiator since his character always gets overpowered by FL.
And sorry, but I felt like 3rd ML never learned his lesson; he kept having the same issue and no growth until the very end after everybody was -....
And haters will hate because there's nothing wrong with Ning Yuan Zhou's character. Weibo haters just want to bring LYN down, but I do agree that FL's arc was pretty underdeveloped.