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Happy Ten Day to all who celebrate.

If you haven't seen it yet watch The Story of Ming Lan! No fantasy at all, it's a legit Chinese historical set during the Song dynasty. Not a palace setting but there are still power struggles within the families in the show. It's my favorite drama and an extremely different kind of historical than the ones China typically pumps out every year.

Also I'm a Xiang Liu fan myself😭 I loved the character and thought his actor was the most skilled of all of the male leads. I just hate when fans go crazy over fictional characters and start attacking real people. And for the record I think DW's fans are nuts too for what they said about YZ. But that was all on Weibo. In my original post I was referring to people here on MDL.

Well that's where we disagree. I don't agree that silence in regards to silly fandom shit means anything about what an actor really thinks. And I'm not blaming the ENTIRETY of Xiang Liu fans. I'm referring to a few specific deranged and very vocal anti-Tushan Jing/Pro Xiang Liu fans on mydramalist. They really should go to Weibo for such silliness. They JUMPED at the chance to tear DW apart as soon as the news broke. Meanwhile they've been spending months attacking his character in the drama and spamming the comments with posts about Xiang Liu.

Exactly. It makes zero sense for DW to do what they're accusing him of. It doesn't benefit him, what would be the point?? Now I'm not starting a conspiracy (but I kind of am lmao), but a large number of the accounts here on MDL who are jumping to attack Deng Wei already hated the character of Tushan Jing and were dedicated Xiang Liu fans. If that in fact is the reason for their outrage, it makes this whole thing even sillier and more sad. The fact that people are letting their personal bias toward a fictional ass character affect how they treat a real person 😭

It's only February 😭

This sounds like a hit. I'm very excited

Thats why i said worse than usual 😭 She kind of always puts on that baby talk, but in HL it was like on another level lmao and that paired with the super childish character and then pairing her with a mature older brother type who she always called gege. *shudders* it was too much for me at my big age. I can see the appeal for teenagers tho. In LLTG her voice was still goofy lol but i liked her character a lot and the story was good so i got past it.

Oh yeah I don't need it to be sexy or have a bunch of skinship, just everything about Hidden Love was clearly geared towards younger girls. Nothing wrong with that, but it wasn't for me. I'm gonna give it a try, thank you for your response!

Oof. I'm still going to give it a go and see. I don't mind immature if it's done well. HL's FL was a bit too much for me, but I didn't mind the one in Lovely Us and other similar dramas with cutesy immature FLs. Thank you for your response!

Oof, kind of what I'm trying to avoid lmao

Thanks for all the info! I'll give it a try when I'm in the mood for a straight up romance.

I rated HL similarly, not cuz it was bad necessarily but I'm just definitely not its target demo and I know I would have enjoyed it more when I was younger. WIFTY I just could not get into. From what you say, this drama sounds promising! I'll give it a shot. Thank you!

Zhao Lusi is adorable but oh boy she talked like a baby the whole show, worse than she usually does lmao.

Oh right on. I'll try it. Thank you!

Oh yeah Zhao Lusi's baby voice in HL was um, off-putting. And that with how they kept jokingly calling the guy old and emphasizing their age difference and her calling him gege so often, it was not my favorite. I know if I was young I would relate to the character and the fantasy of dating one of my older brothers' cute friends, but as an adult, yeah no I'm good lol.

This drama sounds quite different and I'm excited to start it. Thank you!

Only grown ups respond please lmao. Is this drama actually good or is it "good" like Hidden Love where it's cute but definitely made for a SUPER young audience?

Are you sure? The FL's voice sounds super artificial and like I've heard it used for others before. The rest of the actors all sounded like their own voices though

Netflix has caused the koreaboos to swarm to MDL and it's ultra frustrating ngl. But...she does remind me of Suzy lmao

Been far too long since we've gotten a legit and actually good romantic melodrama. I was so excited with these leads too. I mean, I'm still excited cuz I've loved most of Kim Jiwon's dramas, but I have to admit I am a bit let down.