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Also didn't they add some stuff in the middle of arc 1 and arc 2 that wasn't in the book? Like RuLing saying she'd get FL a job, in the book FL was at that job already.

I do not love it. I like version A of FL better. But... I did read the novel, and it's good, I like how it played out.

I speed-read some parts of the book... did they merge RuLing and HongLuo into the same character? Or were they the same character in the book? Some of the later parts in the book are so freakin funny, I can't wait to see if they leave them in. Like Sima Jiao catching the snake eating the dead body, and then he transforms to not get caught, and he's got the guy's sword sticking out of his mouth and then SJ is like "spit that thing out." and she's like "you're the one who taught him to do that"

I think this is the best ml/fl pairing arthur chen has ever had, hands down.

I'm glad it went to Ying Lu then... I really like Lusi, and she was so great in Secret Love, but I feel like this role would have made demands on her health and she wouldn't have been able to give it 100%.

Also YL and Arthur have some completely next level chemistry goin on and it's so magical to watch. I think this was a better choice of FL in the end.

Sounds terrible, count me in.

I just saw 'worst chinese drama to have ever been created', and instantly you have my attention.

I am a huge bad-drama/bad-movie affectionado. So when you say it's 'bad', I wonder if you mean 'bad' like My Lethal Man, or if you mean 'bad' like The Sound Of My Voice or....?

What kind of 'bad' are we talking about here. I wonder if I should watch it for the lulz.

IMO this is by far the most chemistry I've ever seen Arthur Chen have with an FL costar.

I bet he understood the first time, and just likes hearing her say it occasionally. He doesn't ever get to hear sincere and nice words while someone is under a truth spell probably.

ikr, i rarely laugh audibly, but i did at that.

yasssss.... i hate it when i get invested before I even remember to ask something so basic. Which is what I did here. So I'm relieved now.

Is the novel an HE or SE?

Seven has a narrower more upturned nose, and a rounder face with fuller cheeks.

Why need to control what other people think or say? Tone policing the internet is an exercise in futility.

Taiwanese and Chinese are so good at making an incredible show on the strength of the actors and the script, without leaning so hard on the production value and a high budget to cover over creative laziness. I wish some other countries would learn from their examples.

(coughcoughsouthkoreacoughcoughcoughcough....)

I get Rosanna Arquette vibes. I like it. She's super cute without doing the "baby" act that grates on my nerves so often.

imo, people are being really generous by calling this a melo. True melos have elements of heightened angst, sadness, and dramatic tension. But you'll notice that every time a scene starts to ramp up strong emotions, the whimsical soundtrack, or some comic relief, or a scene switch or topic change, comes in and dampens the actual drama part of this "melodrama".

When I think melodrama, I think My Heart Twinkle Twinkle or Que Sera Sera, or What Happened In Bali.

I don't even know what i'd call this except "confused". And this happens when the producers/directors don't have any strong creative vision for a story.

Better than Ambien!

I can. When youre in what you percieve as a life or death situation, sometimes the self-preservation is to completely shut down and go on autopilot. Combine that with the fact that she's not sure how real the world she is in really is... and you could get like a kind of shellshocked lack of reaction.

Props to Arthur for actually putting in the effort to try to act and feel the way a 500 year old might. Sometimes when an actor plays what is supposed to be an extremely old character, they drop the pretense and just act like a normal ML or FL. In this one, because ML's acting is conscientious, it's easier to stay immersed in the plot.