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I even signed up for an online creative writing course here in my country. I need to keep studying. And not give up, as you said: let the germ of the idea flourish. Thank you!
PS: I hope you can have success with your book, that is, reach the minds and hearts of your audience with your book.

Yes, in the book: apparently, (for the purpose of redeeming him at the end) female writer leaves the male protagonist paralyzed (for most of the book), depending on Mei Lin for survival. There are many moments of humiliation for him in the book. He can only use his brain and knowledge from being a prince and general to help her in the moments when they are running away from the villainous brother who is on their trail, much of the book.

These two trailers better show the meaning of this drama:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkNc987h1Es
And this other trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQi--ZtftwY
PS: She is always encouraging him, giving him strength, giving him the courage to persist and survive and achieve his goal. And he is also very considerate towards her.
PS: Although there is a mistake he makes that he will have to confess to her later in the story.

But these changes made the male protagonist perfectly deserving of his happy ending. Do you get the point? Because in the book (the deplorable actions of the male protagonist, especially in the first third of the book) if they were kept (it was like saying: female writer of the original novel, we screenwriters, we can't keep the happy ending you wrote for your protagonist, it's impossible, sorry).
However, the changes they made are like saying: Okay, now, we made all these changes for one reason: we want a redeemed, transformed hero with a happy ending with the heroine, enjoying the flowers (the biggest symbol of this story), as the original female writer wrote in her book.
(The negative becoming positive), as the director said.

Thanks !!!
If I could, I would like to write a book. But I don't know if I could, even if I studied the techniques, I don't know. But... I would like to... yes I would like to, even if it took me 10 years to try to write like the scriptwriters of another drama by Liu Xue Yi that I watched: "In Blossom", he took exactly that long to write his plot.😉

I hope they keep it the same as in the book. All the changes they made to the plot found in the book make me think they want to keep this HE ending, because even the director in the last special video of the end of the filming of the drama, the director says: "It's the negative becoming positive. I like this concept". That's the director's speech. So... I hope they can keep the ending as it was described in the book.

I think this triangle doesn't exist. It's as if it doesn't exist, because it has no impact. What has impact is the love between Jing He and Mei Lin. The immortal flower in the plot so far symbolizes Mei Lin and also Jing He. They always say throughout the first half of the drama: "This won't kill me. Don't worry, this can't kill me." And every time they help each other and sacrifice for each other, they always think about the goal they both seek. So, the immortal flower could mean the persistence of the two of them, if they survive, not to lose their sensitive and human identity, even though the tragedies of the past have marked them. But I also hope that this immortal flower symbolizes a love that is not doomed to not have the chance to live it fully. May they overcome all obstacles and enjoy the blooming of the spring flowers together.
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I see a happy ending in the positive development of the two main characters' personal development. Messages hidden in the plot, which if we pay attention, are telling us something positive in the end. They always say, "It can't kill me." There is a reference to the immortal flower in the story, a flower that never dies, which is Mei Lin's favorite flower, and which despite showing Jing He's admiration for her, also represents himself (the personality that does not accept defeat), in most difficult moments in life. They are two similar characters. Like sides of the same coin. PS: In addition to a hidden message on the board that Jing He's mother left for him before she died (giving a warning, explaining her love for him, that she trusted him, that everything they accused him of, she knew he was innocent) . She died but managed to leave this message for him. And it was Mei Lin who made this possible. (In addition to the 5 trailers), and the ost. Some can see a sad ending, but I see many messages in text drama showing otherwise.
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Another element, lines from the trailer: "I pay back what I owe you. Everything I made you suffer, I will spend my whole life making it up to you. Mei Lin, I'm here with you."
And the main symbol is the immortal flower (which serves as an analogy for the two main characters).
(And in the book it's a happy ending. I think the 4 writers of the drama want to keep the happy ending).

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if you watch drama " road home " , the fl is one of best fls I watch , because how she was respecting ml and do a lot for him and she was a good partner and have boundaries in the workplace and think about ml feelings,
not like majority of fls just do everything they like and don't care about mls and call it it's independent and new age thinking and womenpowerment that women are free to do everything without considering their relationships or partners and their men should be okay with it and have no say about it)))))⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️
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These last paragraphs you wrote: Then, (KMLM) fit this type of mature love, of giving and receiving, of making mistakes and getting things right, of sacrificing and understanding each other. (The main couple fits this picture much more).
Even their teenage moments are romantic in the right measure and interspersed with very mature and impactful dialogues.

I hope so, because even though I haven't watched these two dramas you mentioned, I already know: SE. (So....that here in KMLM it's different, besides....the final part of the book is like this: HE). And if the anti-hero was redeemed, then, as a hero, in fact, he deserves a hopeful ending and not a tragic one.

I hope that the screenwriter who wrote the main keys of the first half of the drama (such as the symbol of the immortal flower), is the same one who commanded the plot of the final episodes. (which is in accordance with the final line of the opening song. In this flame we will find hope. (at least, I hope so....)

This drama is not and will not be a failure in any way. Despite all the flaws and not being able to maintain the rhythm it set in the first episodes, I think this drama is very special. And the wonderful things that happened in the first half of this drama will be answered in the final episodes of the drama. All the pieces of this romantic and psychological chess game will be put in place. (But I hope for a He ending, like in the book). I don't know if the writers think so, at least one of the 4 writers.

I understand. But I do want to know how this drama ends, because the main meaning of the drama is in the first half of the drama, and the answer to that first half is at the end of the drama.

I can't forget an observation someone made here about a speech the emperor made about his eldest son, the Crown Prince, Murong Xuan Li. The emperor said that he had also acted like this in the past. (I didn't understand this until now.) To be an emperor, does one have to be cruel and soulless at some point?

This drama has everything to have a happy ending because of the way the plot has unfolded so far, and because of facts that we know will still happen in the drama (and even the glimpses of the opening song). But... Chinese scriptwriters love sad endings so much, that I don't know (but I hope for a He), like at the end of the book.

The crown prince never liked her (Mei lin, female lead) in this drama. He always liked the female general, Luo Mei. And Luo Mei has liked the Male lead, Jing He (who never reciprocated her feelings) since childhood, but she didn't insist on it, and even in the story, later she falls in love with the crown prince (despite all the evil things he did ). As for Yue Qin, he likes Mei Lin (but Mei Lin), never reciprocated this love (in any way). She is just grateful, and so far in the drama (there has been nothing concrete between them). This drama is a little different from other dramas.

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I think the story shows that Mei Lin understands that Jing He's confronting his own brother and punishing him is for the greater good (achieving her goal of justice). But... I don't know... it seems like the plot wants to show us that there were more people involved? (Prince Yue Qin still doesn't seem like that bad person to me, he has sensitivity in small actions throughout the drama and even now). This plot also seems to want to show that no evil (at least among the main characters) is totally evil, there is some humanity in each of them.

These are all elements of a story that could destroy a person's personality. But it is a relationship that also needs to be built or rebuilt. Father and son.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MGZzWxaxw8Q
BTS- The couple's charm when trying the medicine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nq8zRmsL5g
Liu Xue Yi talking in the drama makeup room.