My adventure down the Liu Duanduan rabbit hole has lead me to this reality show called "The Sound" and it's such a delight: https://youtu.be/zZQaP7PrPvY Seems like the show's entirely about showcasing dubbing skill, and he did so well in it! Him voicing Eddie/Venom is my favorite, but there are other cuts where he dubs more emotional scenes that are equally excellent. Me realizing I like his voice and delivery the most in the whole cast of RP then immediately discovering that show must be fate lol
After ep 31, I'm kind of reluctant to watch further. I don't like how her parents ended up. I can't understand…
If you don't like how things are now, I think you're probably not going to enjoy the rest of the show either; in the novel the last half is arguably more tragic and angsty so I expect the show to follow a similar route, unless the crew decides to change stuffs up.
Regarding A'Wu's father, he never really has full control of the Crown Prince with the Queen still around, and there are many scenes that suggest the Crown Prince lowkey resents him and has come to trust Xiao Qi way more than him. Knowing his desire to control everything in his life, his motivation makes sense to me; he doesn't want the throne, he wants absolute power and that means the new Emperor has to be a complete puppet to him. I hate that they killed off his wife though, her death's so unnecessary and clearly a cheap ploy to milk the angst, as if A'Wu's miscarriage wasn't enough.
Was rewatching some scenes with Huai’en while waiting for new episodes and I have to say, the actor is probably my second favorite in the cast after ZYW. I’m really impressed with how he portrays Huai’en’s ruthless and feral side without making it too hammy (his lowered, half growling voice whenever he’s angry or impatient? Impeccable), I can’t wait to see how he handles the character progression in the latter half of the show. I looked up Liu Duanduan’s filmography and it seems like he’s mostly among the supporting cast, can anyone recommend a drama he’s in where he has decent screentime/is given a good role?
She's specifically General Hu's sister, Hu is one of Xiao Qi's subordinates. So they picked her on purpose, it's…
I do remember the motivation behind it (not her specific background, it's been a while since I read the novel), I'm just interested in the crew's choice to include her in the story before that whole plotline. I think on one hand it's a good decision since her character in the novel is not quite fleshed out to my liking, but I hope they don't do that just for the sake of extra drama later on.
All I want to know is does the novel have a good plotline? And does Xiaoqi pick up concubines later??
"Good" is subjective tbh, but for me it's one of the better written stories I read when I was younger. To modern standard the plot's pretty outdated and tropey (it's published 15 years ago after all), but I think the characters make up for it. I've replied to one of the threads below about your second question, you can look for that for more details, but the gist is: No, XQ stays loyal to A'Wu until the end
I think if you look up Emperor's Conquest, there's an English translation that stops at ch.7, I hope someone continues it one day. I read the Viet translation, not English so if you know Vietnamese you'll probably find a complete translation of it somewhere
I can't believe it took me 24 eps to remember who Hu Yao is lol To people who are interested in some novel spoilers: At some point later on Xiao Qi puts Zidan on the throne but the power still lies in his hands, and Hu Yao (the female general in XQ's army) is picked to be Zidan's wife. If I remember correctly, in the novel that's the first time she ever appears, and she's merely a nobleman's daughter so I'm curious at the decision to change her into one of XQ's subordinates, I wonder what they're gonna do with her later on or they're just gonna change this whole plotline
Is it true that ahwu will ask xq to take weixin as concubine? I understood that she can’t give any child cause…
he definitely doesn't take any concubines in the novel. when he becomes king he orders to disband the royal harem and declares that his heirs can only be his children with a'wu. also yes a'wu has health problems and they get worse later but she manages to give birth to a pair of twins, she also adopts a daughter but i don't remember that bit very clearly tbh
Seems like the show's entirely about showcasing dubbing skill, and he did so well in it! Him voicing Eddie/Venom is my favorite, but there are other cuts where he dubs more emotional scenes that are equally excellent. Me realizing I like his voice and delivery the most in the whole cast of RP then immediately discovering that show must be fate lol
Regarding A'Wu's father, he never really has full control of the Crown Prince with the Queen still around, and there are many scenes that suggest the Crown Prince lowkey resents him and has come to trust Xiao Qi way more than him. Knowing his desire to control everything in his life, his motivation makes sense to me; he doesn't want the throne, he wants absolute power and that means the new Emperor has to be a complete puppet to him. I hate that they killed off his wife though, her death's so unnecessary and clearly a cheap ploy to milk the angst, as if A'Wu's miscarriage wasn't enough.
I've replied to one of the threads below about your second question, you can look for that for more details, but the gist is: No, XQ stays loyal to A'Wu until the end
To people who are interested in some novel spoilers: At some point later on Xiao Qi puts Zidan on the throne but the power still lies in his hands, and Hu Yao (the female general in XQ's army) is picked to be Zidan's wife. If I remember correctly, in the novel that's the first time she ever appears, and she's merely a nobleman's daughter so I'm curious at the decision to change her into one of XQ's subordinates, I wonder what they're gonna do with her later on or they're just gonna change this whole plotline