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Do as you wish. I simply do not believe that your original comment was promoting another actor, so it did not deserve such harsh treatment, and you did not need to apologize.

But not everyone on this site has access to American movie sites. I don't know if they will ban him or not, I don't follow the thread, but I know that many users of this site use Chinese sites, not American ones, and Tencent Video may withdraw his dramas in Asian countries.

Personally, I don't see a problem with mentioning other dramas of this type and the actors who play in them. Comparing dramas and characters is not promotion, but normal discussion, and this site does not belong to XZ and his fans, but to people interested in the drama, even if they want to compare it to another drama.

Right. Even the most rigid and emotionally closed person takes off his mask when he is alone, no one can see and hurt him. So at least in scenes of loneliness, when he thinks of someone close and important, his face, his eyes should change. This is a general comment, not to a specific actor.

Since my previous comment is no longer applicable, I will delete it. The error has been fixed so there is nothing to sensationalize. I hope you don't mind.

Hi, I don’t know everything either, I’m also from Europe, but I’ll try to explain a few things (and no, I’m not apologizing for the long post. If someone doesn’t like my long posts, they can just skip them). C-ent is more complicated than European entertainment. First of all, in China (and Asia in general), there is a very strong fan culture and an even bigger business of black fans — both paid and self-motivated.

XZ is a phenomenon in China, and his popularity has remained unshaken for many years, which is a thorn in the side of certain actors and their agencies. You know, he’s an obstacle for them — as long as he’s number 1, they can be at best number 2, and that doesn’t align with their ambitions. So it often happens that when an XZ project is released, it gets bombarded quite heavily by: fans of actors who can’t break through, people who professionally run black campaigns, certain actors’ agencies, and competing production companies. They attack both the production itself and the actor. That’s exactly what happened with Legend of the Condor Heroes. And this is very common.

This time, things are a bit different, because Zhanghai will be aired on CCTV, and government television doesn’t like it when someone criticizes productions it broadcasts too loudly. So there will be some black aimed at XZ and Zhanghai (mostly from fans of other actors or those who are simply anti-XZ), but in general, professional heizi should stay rather quiet.

Okay, I forgot about one more loud group that might stir up trouble — IP fans (original book or series). Until now, they’ve stayed quiet because the drama was promoted as being disconnected from the original series, but the headless rider shown in the trailer suggests some connections to the source material. And now it depends on how the drama approached the IP. If it was done with respect, the fan response will be positive. But if they did something sacrilegious to the lore, it might trigger a huge wave of anger.

To sum up: as far as I know, there’s currently positive excitement in China. The black focus is on another unfortunate production (they shot themselves in the foot, so they have to suffer a bit). Things will really heat up on the day of the premiere, but whether the dominant voices are positive or negative depends a lot on the drama itself.

Well, the music in the trailer is good.

Why should I be mindful and not everyone else?
If you had written that you tried to change it but couldn’t do it because you couldn’t find a picture that meets MDL criteria, I wouldn’t have tried to change the picture myself twice and I wouldn’t have come across, twice, the quote I sent you.
Yes, it is hard to find a proper photo, so I spent quite a bit of time completely in vain trying to help someone who sounded like they needed help – especially since a few weeks earlier that same person admitted they didn’t know how to submit changes.
Sorry, I can’t read other people’s minds. I have no magical way of knowing about the skills they’ve acquired. What I see is that on every forum connected with this actor, that person runs a “vote for the change” campaign instead of a “help me find the right picture” campaign.

We’re not all the same. We have different personalities, different life experiences, different cultural backgrounds. Why do you expect us all to behave and speak the same way?
I’m not insulting anyone, I’m not using foul language, and just because I’m not trying to sugarcoat things? Maybe I’d apologize for that, but it would just come off as sarcasm anyway. Sorry, that’s how I am and I’m not going to change just because a few people don’t like my style.
Besides, if you’re so mindful, you should have noticed that my long posts appear rarely and usually in specific discussions, not everywhere possible – and they’re usually marked as spoilers so people don’t have to scroll endlessly.

So yeah, sorry but I’m not sorry for being who I am, and I won’t apologize for it. And I won’t apologize for wanting to help someone who sounds helpless not by giving them a fish, but by teaching them how to make a fishing rod.
This misunderstanding wouldn’t have happened if in that post you had clearly written that you tried to change the picture but your suggestion was rejected.

Anyway, have a nice day. I wish you good luck with the campaign, although personally I think it’s a waste of time and resources that fans could use to search for a proper profile photo for these actors.

If you had spent all that energy you're using to write those posts on learning how to change profile pictures, you wouldn’t need to spam every thread. You go to the actor’s page, click edit this page, choose what you want to edit, make the changes, add a link and an explanation, and request approval for the update. I learned how to do it—you can too. Just remember that:

" According to our guidelines, pictures should be in a 300x360 ratio, with the person facing forward and centered on the face, without anything obscuring it. If a picture meeting these criteria already exists or is closer to them than the one you submitted, we unfortunately cannot approve the new one. For more details, please check: https://kisskh.at/profile/xxmai/feeds/1zm6Baur

Just to clarify, please don't confuse the 300x360 ratio with 300x360 pixels; they aren't the same. Ideally, the image should have the highest possible resolution, but the cropping should be within the 300 to 360 range. To give you a better idea, Instagram used to have a 1:1 ratio, which was square, and now they use a 4:5 ratio, which is slightly vertical. So, the ratio actually refers to the crop style, not the size of the image.

In short, the cropping should look like this: https://i.mydramalist.com/b3N5xj_5c.jpg"

Good choice. Start with episode 11.

The Rise of Phoenixes (2018), Nirvana on Fire. More propper c-dramas in that genre.

:).

Oh! My Emperor is not a super good drama, more of a silly comedy, but it started a second wave of fans for XZ (the first was X-Fire and X-Nine). When XZ was chosen to play the role of Wei Wuxian, fans of the book welcomed him very enthusiastically because they already loved him in Oh! My Emperor. Many fans to this day are very fond of the role and the “2ML syndrome.” Besides, XZ as Baitang Moran is absolutely beautiful, and XZ never played this type of role again. Anyway, think for yourself if you want to see him as the young uncle of the current emperor who holds power in the kingdom, even if that kingdom is a bit... strange. I personally had a great time watching this drama.

He was with Zhao Luci in "Oh! My Emperoro", both seasons.

Thank you, NilouCatLover, for blocking me. In any case, I will always stand by the law and the truth: innocent until proven guilty in court. And all the self-righteous lynchings carried out by the mob will always be, to me, nothing more than self-righteous lynchings carried out by a mob.

You're clearly upset, but throwing insults doesn't make your argument stronger. Just a few facts:

1. In China, a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
2. The actor was charged with ordering an assault, not murder — huge difference.
3. I never claimed he was innocent or guilty. I simply explored different possibilities and pointed out the danger of mob mentality and online harassment.

If you can't control your anger toward strangers online, maybe take a moment to reflect before lashing out. Civilized society starts with how we treat each other — even when we disagree.
Whether he's guilty or not will be decided by a court, not by a lynch mob.

Such content is very often removed from streaming platforms, and new series are not shown. But so far I haven't heard of a ban on Darren yet, so maybe as he's from Taiwan, mainland China isn't so strict, or the issue was just exaggerated in the media. And it probably was. In any case, the actor is accused, but not of such a serious crime as rumored by the gossip media.

He has always been a tragic hero and not a villain, and if anyone thought otherwise and waited for the explanation for the second season, it means they didn't understand the character. YBY rules!

Yanbingyun is not a villiain. He is a tragic hero.

Patience pays off :) If their role is not main, but supporting, someone let me know. Both of them were quite important in the trailers, in the lists on other sites I think they are also as main characters, that's why I gave them this status. But if something needs to be changed, it needs to be changed :)