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Exactly. He was taking a dig at himself without realizing lol.

Maybe someday lol.

Lord Lu: What kind of a sane person who would do such an immoral thing (killing his father in law)?

Me: Apparently you.

It doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, I tune out once they start plotting and the political machinations take center stage. I tend to appreciate dramas that I can relate to or move me in terms of plot/characters, I find it hard to relate to political dramas, unless of course there's a clear cut motivation other than just power struggle.

That's true. What's life without some colors?

Aww, that sounds romantic lol. In that case, I'll put that on to watch list. I love a good tragic drama but I tend to shy away from political drama, I don't mind if it's a fraction of the plot but if it takes up the whole plot, I'm dead.

Maybe I will check that out when I have the time, but political dramas tend to bore me to death, that's why I haven't tried Nirvana in Fire. I can stay engaged if there's a slight romance to keep me going lol.

I have not seen Chen Kun's Ning Yi but I'm glad I didn't cuz I actually enjoyed Lord Lu's face expressions. Sometimes he's talking like he was about to smile, he really looks like a dummy, lol.

Hahahaha you are crazy to wake up at 5 am for a drama! Although I used to wake up at 4 or 5 am on school days to catch Fushigi Yuugi on TV lol.

That's the problem with adaptations, they rarely get it right or it just doesn't translate well on screen. I haven't read Ashes of Love novel, although now that I've finished the drama, I don't really feel compelled to check out the book, I'm completely turned off by drama Jin Mi. I love the Pillow Book novel though, I always go back to it when I don't have any good dramas to watch.

LOL, I'm trying my best to finish it without fast forwarding (I'm tempted though) because I actually wanna know what's gonna happen to Lord Lu (I know his ending) and the martial arts world. I'm very distracted tonight so I've been stuck at episodes 39 for an hour now haha. Maybe you'll have better luck with chinesedramafan, s/he is close to finishing.

Episode 39.

Yep, just saw that. I'm not familiar with C-drama directors but I'm definitely taking note of that. Although I'd stand by my previous comment that Feng Jiu is a much better character than Jin Mi.

I see. I didn't know that. I see Yang Xuan credited as the only director in both Wiki and Baidu.

I remember a comment here saying Lord Lu's upper lips doesn't move that he looks like a ventriloquist dummy, now I can't unsee that. Haha.

Hmm, I checked and they have different directors? Or you mean the directors are the same type? I can't stand Ashes of Love and Pillow Book being compared on the same note because Jin Mi was a terrible character for me in the drama, she was beyond stupid it's like she couldn't think for herself and they blame it conveniently on the unfeeling pill, or should I say brainless pill? Feng Jiu, on the other hand, started off naive because of her young age and crush, but ultimately grew up from her experience, she fought her own battles and in the end almost die trying to fight a battle with Dijun regardless of her own power. I did liked Feng Jiu in the novel better but I thought the drama did well too.

It's easier to laugh about it now because I'm too old to be punished and I have a closer relationship with my mom now than I did in my teen. I get it though, nagging is part of the Asian culture so I've learned to just pretend like I'm listening.

Angst? It hasn't even started yet. They're officially together on episode 19.

You were punished? In the past, my mom would pinch me if I say anything remotely rude so I mostly just smile. Now that I'm older, I'd say something like, "Fat runs in my genes." "You should see my factory (my mom)." My mom thinks it's outrageous and funny at the same time so we'd get a good laugh out of it now.

Ugh, it'd be fine if they stop there, sometimes I'd hear on end about my bad eating habit (I have none, I don't even eat midnight snacks, mostly just coffee), drinking too much cold water it's bad for the uterus, and not eating vegetables or fruits yadda yadda, hence, you're fat. I avoided my cousin one time cuz she always makes fun of my weight, she's a stick, and she ran after me to my room just to pinch my thigh. What in the world? I agree that camera puts on the extra weight, it's easy to look unattractive on camera. I feel bad for the actors and actresses, sometimes they'd be wearing thick costumes and sweating like hell on set, I wonder how they'd go to toilet sometimes.