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Amen to that. Though here I don't think that was the intention. At least in my view most of these FLs had a man or someone/or someones backing them. The Story of Kunning Palace, as great as she was she couldn't have done it alone, same with the double, and with Love like the Galaxy. But what these girls had was resilience, and wit through trials. And this does make them very strong. If I was in any of their positions I'd definitely have been headless within the first month haha

Does someone helping you...regardless of their gender make you weak? They saved the ass of male leads multiple times. The reason hollywood big budget films are failing is because ...Instead of making the leads realistic and vulnerable, they are hell bent on proving "she doesn't need anyone to save her". They are making undefeatable one dimensional female characters. We live in a society. The leads are gonna form alliances and have partners who will save them..and who will be saved by them.

I am surprised that people think a strong FL means she doesn't need a man to help her or save her. Everyone needs someone. The person who thinks that you can do everything alone is a NARCISSISTIC PERSON. You need someone's help at every step in life. No wonder the world has little respect for mental health issues. Getting support or help is seen as a weakness no matter how strong the character is. The gender of the person doesn't matter. It could be a male lead helping...it could be a maid or a bodyguard. Those women in powerful positions needed a lot of people to save them. They saved many too.
I cannot believe that after hating those one dimensional narcissistic male leads, people want the female leads to be like them in the name of "strong independent women".

Great and well written 👏

Can't believe you are complaining about something like this. It’s just up to writters whom their wanna include and if they don't include someone you want it doesn't mean they're haters. You can write article yourself and put anyone you want ^^

this drama needs more recognition fr. I loved Su Qi Xue there

SRQ actor Bought the director a house.

Another informative editorial that is balanced, on interesting topics and drama focused. That's what we're here for, not clickbait sensationalism. Thank you, thank you. Keep them coming. :D

Rewatching, and noticed when Jing failed me again, and did the Lamp of Time, that when he woke up from being passed out, he had Xiao Yao's image imprinted on his eye. I can't wait to hear what YaoJing thinks that means.

what are you talking about? Most of the comments here, yours included, are YaoLiu shippers - Scroll down and you'll either see comments like yours or comments hating on TSJ - stop thinking your ship is the underdog when your ship had every advantage from the beginning.
I'm a TSJ ship and I don't go around questioning why people like XL or criticize him. If I really wanted to, I can point out all the things TSJ did for XY and all the red flags that XL has, but why bother ruin the fun for other ships to force them to be on mine, but that's just me ¯\_(ツ) _/¯

Brother,dragon and flhad traumatic childhood that’s why all of them have narcissistic vibes and keep control over Everything and on the other hand fox was raised with family love and support that’s why he loves uncondionally and fl chooses him over them, but he is too soft cause of it at the same time. I like the complexity of the characters in the drama, everyone has its flaws and it makes this drama interesting to watch , lot of discussions and fights, everyone taking sides but no one is indifferent

Thanks for this! You've given me a whole list of dramas to consider.
I LOVE modern C-Dramas, but I'm not a fan of the costume drama genre, mostly because I've found 'historical settings' can often be used to reinforce gendered stereotypes. (I.e.females being considered less than males, in a range of ways) This list definitely makes me more optimistic!

Loved loved reading this article

I would like to add:
Sheng Ming Lan ( Zhao Li Ying) The Story of Ming Lan
Li Wei Young ( Tiffany Tang) The Princess Wei Young
Chu Qiao (Zhao Li Ying) Princess Agents
Wang Xuan (Zhang Zi Yi) The Rebel Princess
Feng Zhi Wei (Ni Ni) The Rise of Phoenixes
Lu Zhao Yao (Bai Lu) The Legends
Li Wei (Tian Xi Wei) New Life Begins

I really like this article, honestly there are so many females who could have been added to this list, that are really good. I could have even added a few more to my list even. Great article! Thank You!