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Exactly. "Idol" dramas tend not to be as well regarded (as "prestige" dramas) by Douban voters.

What is it about my posts suggests that I did not see your "almost" qualification? I discreetly and literally stated that I did ("Yeah, I noticed"), and you're accusing me of not reading properly? Seriously?! Aside from the fact that "decent" doesn't correlate to an exact number, I emphasized that I was making a (possibly poor) pun.

Here's the thing, if you want to keep arguing about this or that part of your unorthodox rating system, feel free to do so. But I'm not that interested. I made an off-handed remark that a 10 is more than "decent" (which it is no matter how many 10's you give). Why you got triggered by that I don't know or care, which is why I'll gracefully exit this bizarre exchange.

You're generous. That's a good thing.

Yeah, I noticed. But you did give one drama a 6.5 and a "decent" (pun intended) number of others below 10.

You gave it a 10, so more than "decent."

Chinese OSTs resonate much more with me than those from other countries. Aside from the music, the Chinese language is very poetic. Because of this, a lot gets lost in translation, but they still move the listener.

One reason doesn't necessarily preclude the other. Unless someone polled the Chinese audience, it's mostly speculation anyway.

The Long Season is probably more of an acquired taste that requires greater (insider) background knowledge and understanding of contemporary Chinese culture and society. (I'm guessing
because I haven't seen it. )

Regardless, you obviously have different tastes than the Chinese public. What's there to know or don't know?

It's all relative. Generally speaking, Chinese citizens are tougher on themselves and the products and accomplishments of their own people than outsiders. This includes their dramas.

It is this chip on their shoulder that helped motivate them to lift themselves out of crushing poverty into developing the 2nd largest economy in the world within a couple or so generations. Look up "Century of Humiliation" to get a better idea of the origins of this phenomenon.

As for Douban, a 7+ rating is considered very good to excellent for the Chinese fanbase. Falling into Your Smile's rating is sort of an anomaly. It had more to do with the realism (or lack thereof) rather than the quality of the drama. Apparently, disproportionately high numbers of the Douban-voting netizens have gaming experience and weren't convinced by the gaming aspects that, to be fair, did take up a lot of the drama and its plot.

All this is to say is that Blossoming Love's rating is more positive than it may appear at first glance.

Last but not least, your opinions may diverge from the consensus opinion of either the Chinese or the international audience. It's ironic and possibly hypocritical for you to complain about Blossoming Love's low (to you) rating when you give Moonlight Mystique a 1 (out of 10) MDL ranking.

I want to remind this to you that Vin Zhang doesn't need you to defend him. He doesn't even know you exist.

If Vin Zhang is gold and Wang Duo is silver, what are you? Aluminum foil?

Thank you. Thank you very much.

You gave all of the other popular C-dramas currently airing: Flourished Peony, Moonlight Mystique, and Guardians of the Dafeng 1 (out of 10) ratings.

It's fairly obvious that you have some kind of agenda. Why don't you spend more time supporting your dramas and idols and less time putting down others? At the very least, change your username from "Lovers" to "Haters."

That means the actors are doing their jobs of portraying their characters.

I have yet to see a Bai JingTing drama that isn't good. He disappears into his roles; he literally embodies his characters. For example, when I started watching Reset, I didn't recognize him at first though I had just finished You are My Hero. Not to mention, he's equally good in modern and historical dramas. I'm especially looking forward to First Frost.

Good recommendation. Both Blossoming Love and Eternal Love include "peach blossoms" in their original Chinese titles.

Some MDL time travellers went ahead to the future to see and rate episodes that haven't aired yet.

Only 76!!

You're welcome.

Yes, but does it mean I am a cis male or identify as male? Or, maybe I'm non-binary/transgender and only using the term "guy" as a (gender-neutral) colloquialism.

I don't currently live in China, so I'm not sure about recent "prestige " dramas. But a classic example would be
"Empresses in the Palace" (aka "Legend of Zhen Huan"). It was originally exclusive for the Chinese domestic audience. But due to its popularity in China, international streaming services (Netflix, then Amazon Prime) picked it up a handful of years after its nationwide release. This C-drama is 76 episodes long. Netflix didnt think its international audience would have the attention span for it, so it condensed the entire series into 6 ninety-minute segments (the length equivalency of only 12 episodes). Needless to say. Netflix literally butchered the series. As a response to Netflix's (& AmazonPrime's) decision to dumb things down, China's LeTV uploaded the complete series (with English subtitles) on YouTube three years later.
This is a good starter course for someone who's interested in investigating a classic "prestige" C-drama, but may not be proficient in Chinese language, history, and culture.