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I am watching now.. Episode 18..
Truly adorkable...
But I also feel deep empathy and heartache for Du Lei.

It's the first time since Kim Woo Bin in Heirs am I feeling dread and heartache for second male lead

Just like you .. am here post TTEOM ;-D

And watched the first episode.
Adorable.

They are both EXCELLENT actors

YOU MUST MUST watch Bloody Heart!!!!
It's unique!!!

Elegance and style and novelty

Also will give a shout out to "The Red Sleeves" and "Hwang Jin Yi"

I got carried away I guess ;-p
And hyperventilated.

I admit, it's just a personal bias, the role as played by Ni Ni stopped working for me post her fleeing from the Qui residence.

It maybe just poor directorial inputs, or her interpretation of it.
I found the portrayal increasingly staccato, uneven and even inconsistent with her character as laid out in the initial episodes - I had loved the characterisation.

I am also wondering if the current episode's (post Qui House invasion) uneven pacing has a part to play in this drop in tautness which had gripped and sucked me into the drama.

I agree that Mr Sunshine is an adapted fictional drama but based on real historical events (as is Empress Ki) while TROP is set in a fully fictional world with fictional events, but character portrayal is of 'real humans' in 'realistic' setting, in a historical era which has been pretty well recreated for that period (vis a vis wuxia drama or sci-fi, fantasy settings). So while the two shows maybe Apples and Oranges, I can't agree with characters being apples and oranges :-D

And of course I am happy to agree to differ on this.

I totally agree that strong people aren't always 'wooden', what I probably meant was that "emotion" can be nuanced in facial and body action; as well as placement in a scene in relation to others, or via camera work.
I meant taking the easy shortcut of reaching for "teary eye / weeping / tear streaked cheek" shots repeatedly as the only thing on the palette is either a directorial or acting failure because for me it started to get annoying and tiresome,

If it works for viewers it's great, just saying it was detracting for me .. I began to lose connect with otherwise promising leads and storyline.

I hope it all picks up tempo going forward. Am sticking with it with for sure.

One of the commenters actually gave me a tip : to remember that FL is 18 and brash :-D I'll try.

Thanks for your response

Yes she's been getting on my nerves a lot for the last 6-7episodes!!
Given her "supposed" intelligence she's not showing much "frontal cortex" activity ..
Besides the minute a director gets FLs to carry "watery eyes" - ready to let go of waterworks .. Strong FL character spines begin to liquefy :-S

Waif like Kim Tae Ri (Mr SunShine) in her teeny frame didn't once give you a sense of the waterworks about to burst or in full flow even!!! AND she came across as SO strong and INTELLIGENT ..

Ni - Ni's role is unevenly played .. inconsistent .. she was great in the beginning and now mostly too "self righteous" to be considered "smart".

anyway I am still holding it in and watching hoping her role and acting prowess evolves!!

Try Empress Ki if you haven't already OR Bloody Heart

Try Empress Ki if you haven't already OR Bloody Heart

Sorry I must have made the remark confusing.
No no TROP is not an adaptation of Empress Ki by any stretch of the imagination.

I meant the underwater kiss supposedly in TROP might be a doff the hat at the below water kiss of Life scene in EK.

Saeguk PDs must be aware of all the top rated award winners in the genre

😁 you must have watched really long back.

;-D LOL

But it's a "saeguk" of CDrama ~ sparky chemistry is as good as it gets .. and if well done .. it's fantastic .. Case in point
~ Empress Ki
~ Mr Sunshine

etal

😆 interesting!
So a tribute to the original Period Classic (Saeguk)

Wonder if Mandarin has a special word for their historical setting dramas

Oh good !!
Actually sparky chemistry between leads doesnt require explicit stuff.
Case in point Mr Sunshine.

However recently Ive found myself begin to cringe at the fake lip touch and camera freeze holding the shot.
Not having such token is far more elegant😝

In the early days of drama watching as a noob to Asian Drama it was all cutesy - now as a veteran often it looks infantile ~ unless the script calls for the quick shy peck

Empress Ki had fantastic scenes between JCW and Ha Ji Won.
Including the MOST FAMOUS underwater Kiss

Does this drama have skinship / kiss scenes between Chen Kun and Ni Ni?

Does this drama have skinship / kiss scenes between Chen Kun and Ni Ni?

Does this drama have skinship / kiss scenes between Chen Kun and Ni Ni?

Please tell .. it's 70 eps long .. Am a romance fan and will break down if I am not rewarded

Does this drama have skinship / kiss scenes between Chen Kun and Ni Ni?

Dramacool has an EXCELLENT print

LOL .. enough to satisfy me ;-p

https://youtu.be/8HnkkJkW18Y?si=jJv6UQ_Hxf6SGKxh

https://youtu.be/8HnkkJkW18Y?si=sJ-N8-eCqm4Y3rOU

Can't get any hotter than this .. right ;-p

https://youtu.be/8HnkkJkW18Y?si=jJv6UQ_Hxf6SGKxh