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This might be a controversial opinion but if they can't manage to re-shoot the drama with a different male lead actor, I'd still want them to release all the film material they have. They could censor Kris Wu's face and use a voice actor so he doesn't profit from this drama. There are so many actors and staff who were part of this production. Isn't it disappointing for them that no one ever gets to see their hard work in this show?

Well, having a FL doesn't exclude having strong brotherhood friendships. A drama can have both as long as the FL isn't written as a love interest but as a sister or co-worker with zero romantic undertones.
I'm pretty sure there are K-dramas that manage to have a strong and smart FL while the two MLs are friends/partners with each other and there is no het romance😄 Most C-drama writers, however, seem to think if there's a prominent female character, she needs to be paired up with a guy. Oh well.

I assume from the very spoiler-y trailer that this is exactly what will happen. This may be one of those dramas where the female lead ends up with the 2nd male lead aka Mu An He for once and not the 1st male lead. But I'm open for any surprises 👀

I don't think she meant it literally. I understood that line of hers as her choosing to live a human life in the human realm because that's where all her mortal loved ones are and that's where she spent her past ~20 years. Also, the heavenly realm is portrayed as pretty boring. Teng She even said there's no good food there compared to the human realm and we all know much Xuan Ji loves delicious food.

When she dies, I assume she will get her immortal form back. That's what usually happens in other xianxia dramas at least. From then on, maybe she and Si Feng will go down to the human world again and spend another life there.

His feelings for her were pure obsession and possessiveness and had nothing to do with real, genuine affection, though. It's pretty clear the script considered what Wu Tong has done to Ling Long as mind rape. He literally stole half of her soul, put it in another body and treated it like it was his girlfriend. Ling Long never consented to it. He doesn't care one bit about her well-being and her feelings.

I totally understand liking villainous characters but Wu Tong's actions are completely inexcusable 😅

It took a lot of squinting at the credits to decipher the titles but here's what I found:

The opening song is a cover of 等风来 (Deng Feng Lai), sung by 朱文婷 (Zhu Wenting).
The closing theme song is 风的嘱咐 (Feng de Zhufu), sung by 姚朵 (Yao Duo) who seems to also go by 姚小姚 (Yao Xiao Yao).

Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

On YouTube, I've seen a few Chinese-speaking comments, probably from Taiwanese or overseas Chinese people, that pretty much say the same things as everyone else about female characters. For example, they're also frustrated when a female lead is written as dumb and naive.

And it actually makes sense that dramas aimed at a female audience have more interesting male characters. A lot of women want to watch handsome guys being cool and smart on screen. You can see proof of it right here in this discussion thread 😆 Script writers cater to this preference but neglect writing smart female leads to match with them. They also seem to love the phrase "opposites attract", that's why we get so many clichéd combos like a clever ML with a stupid FL or a mature ML with a childish FL.

Just watched the trailer and the story looks so dramatic and intense, this is going to be an entertaining drama for me.

Yeah, it seems to be a typical hate-to-love relationship.

But I don't find her disrespectful during their first meeting. She's just not afraid of confronting a stranger. All she wanted was a simple apology because he accidentally broke her belongings, but he had the gall to pay her off with money 🤣 The ML isn't particularly nice or polite either.

Yeah, it's really disappointing when I read about yet another female-centric novel getting turned into a male-centric drama. Apparently, some dramas even make the role of the female protagonist less capable and smart compared to the novel so that the actor for the male protagonist can shine better and attract more fans. Which leads to viewers criticizing female leads for being stupid, dumb, naive etc. again and not deserving of the oh-so-perfect male leads. Hopefully, that's not going to be the case for this particular drama.

I don't know why the decision makers behind dramas can't just choose to adapt male-centric novels if they're so keen on making money with fans of male actors and leave stories with female protagonists to other directors and scriptwriters who can do them justice. Oh well.

I think it's amazing these rumours came true, lol. By the way, thanks for continuing to provide us with information about this show!

I'll be honest, I hope the drama will be better than the trailer. Some trailers make you look forward to watching the show while some others don't 😅

I think LHY was convincing in Love Better Than Immortality; he made me believe he was in love with the female lead there. He also played a character who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. However, I wouldn't recommend that drama for many reasons unless you really, really want to see more of LHY.

Based on the trailer, this drama seems to be full of your typical rom-com tropes. I like the lead actor and actress, though. Might watch it when there's nothing else to watch.

If the romance scenes really get cut, I hope someone will leak them at least. Such strict censorship is really annoying.

Sigh, I love C-dramas but it also means having to accept that censorship is a thing. I can understand censoring political or anti-government messages in mass media but it seems so nonsensical to do the same for common tropes and romantic scenes in romance dramas, especially if it takes place in a fantasy setting.

By the way, is there an English translation or summary of the new regulations?

Thanks for the background information! It sounds like it's not uncommon to change FL-centric stories to ML-centric ones when they're adapted into dramas which is a bit of a pity. Can you tell me a few dramas that have done that?

Because there's an audience for it, in and outside of China. Have you ever played otome games where you are the heroine and get to romance different fictional guys? Dramas with reverse harems appeal to people who enjoy these games, me included lol.

Despite the bad subs, we still click on all their videos and give them views. That probably makes MangoTV think they can get away with not hiring professional translators. They don't have to spend any money nor time on the subs but still benefit from foreign viewers 🙁

As an otome game enjoyer, I love dramas with plots like this one as long as they're well-executed. I'm looking forward to the subbed episodes 😄