Luv Peony

KISS KH

like i say, with or without...folks complaining about the ML and FL having the same 'personality' will complain if they are something else.

lol you can’t win with it without these traits. I doubt audience will like to watch an ugly unsuccessful weirdo as the ML or an annoying bratty untalenteded FL. People will really riot if the m at in leads are that flawed.

isn't ML's cold personality a type of flaw?

crush is not the same as love. it seems like the bff has a kind of admiration/infatuation for ML. you can see a rectangle forming here: ML likes FL, 2ML likes 2FL, 2FL likes ML, FL likes ? first love is hard to grasp, it turns a lifetime of love or a lifetime of bittersweet/regret. here's hoping all the characters embraces their 'first love' and realize what kind of love is for them.

That’s the vibe I get from her character

that drama production was so bad...such a waste of the star actors.

she was 13 and he was 17-18. when they met again, she was 17 and he was finishing college. fast forward, she's 21 and he's 25. it started as an innocent crush/admiration to a high school fantasy crush to adulthood where they explore the possibility of a real relationship. this drama is about the childhood crush that is more than just a crush for the FL; that turn into something deeper.

i read the novel (breaks down DJX's emotional conflict w/ his family tragedy and why SZ is very protective of him) and saw the drama...a pretty good adaption of the novel.

we all have a childhood crush on older relative's friends. it's a normal childhood fantasy...
a lot of moms in china wanted this to be ban b/c they think it's bad influence on girls who wants a relationship with older men.

the turning point for DJX and SZ is when they met again when she is in college. he treated her like family/sister b/c he was treated like family by SZ's brother. DJX is forever indebted to SZ's family for helping out during the toughest time (passing of his mother). In turn, DJX treats SZ like a little sister. SZ is super protective of DJX, giving DJX a sense of being loved, that he then started to like her more than a sister figure.

Go Ahead---they grew up like siblings but not blood related. It's a beautiful story of what makes a family work.

Story of MingLan: a modern lawyer in her 20s dies in an accident on a work trip and when she wakes up, she is the child that is MingLan. It's a weird combo of the modern girl demise, wakes up and is living in the past. she has no other choice than to live out her life as ming lan. She retains memories of her past life while living/growing up as MingLan. Time period is around the Song Dynasty.

i just finished reading the story of MingLan...it navigates female's society standing/status in a very conservative time where it favors men more. the drama adaption is pretty good and also follows closely to the novel with some minor changes.

Love like the Galaxy followed the novel pretty closely. It cut out some parts but didn't effect the overall quality of the novel.

Yeah, Xia Lanhua is more like the damsel in distress vs. strong FL

all adaptions so far...changes the FL's vibe/fierceness, gives villains' more screen time, villain's fluff story that no one care for, villain's end is medicore vs the deeds they committed. even with modern dramas, adaptions are still lacking.

The novel version of Legend of An Le's Di ZiYuan is the strongest and pretty bad ass character I had read about so far. Her will to revenge and seek justice in the novel made her character admirable. It's a pity the drama made her meek and love sick...and they kill the theme of the novel as well.

SUUUUUUUUUUPER SLOW BURN.

the children do not even look like the parents...that's poor casting.

i hope they do this as a post drama epilogue...like those 5 minute story.

it's soooooo not the same!!! :(