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I've watched that scene at least 20 times :)

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True, but if we follow through systematically on this we'd have a couple hundred cdramas with the same title.

What’s with the profanity? Don’t you realise that nobody who uses this kind of foul language is taken seriously around here?

And the reason why this person says what they say may be hinted at by their chosen name here on myDramalist: Dilrabaloveu. Sigh :( I just cannot understand why people must hate on every actor/actress outside their circle of favourites. I loved PoJ and I am currently enjoying Dilraba in Love beyond the grave and I am looking forward to Bai Lu's next drama, etc. I've never dissed any actor/actress and I never will.

Interesting. Is this a detail from the book?

I find it hard to imagine what is going on in someone’s mind to make such a nasty comment. It suggests a great deal of anger and bitterness. Very sad.

Do what I did and just jump to where they are back in the real world. The story seems to be back on track there. Still enjoying the drama this way :) I may go back to the skipped bits later.

I also had enough of the void at some point and simply skipped a couple of episodes. Now back in the real world the story appears to be back on track again. Overall still enjoying the drama immensely and will get back to the skipped bits in a while.

Dilraba and Arthur make a fantastic couple in this drama. The only thing that really put me off at the beginning was Arthur’s RIDICULOUS hairstyle :( Luckily I persisted, just finished watching ep 25 and cannot wait for the next episode to come out :)

"she always approached him in the name of escape thats what u call romanticization of abuse" What sort of statement is this? The show clearly frames those moments as part of her desperation and lack of options, not as something inherently healthy or ideal.

Pursuit of Jade, the title of the drama.

"The y were literally romanticicing abuse". We clearly watched two different dramas. What I watched was one particular kind of abuse alongside other kinds abuse and NOTHING else. The abuser and the abused happened to also be very attractive individuals and out of context they did "look good together". However, if anybody interpreted what is going on there as anything but abuse, that's really their problem.

Why?

Unreality check (Is this your first cdrama? Did you really watch this drama at all?): Interesting what you single out as ridiculous. As far as I can tell none of it is any more ridiculous than all the hundreds of things that are common place in historical cdramas in general (e.g. in EVERY historical cdrama at least one person drops off a cliff and the worst that can happen to them is that they lose their memory for a bit, moons are always full moons, even the beggars have immaculate make-up, etc.). Changyue defeating General Changxin is ridiculous? By the time this happens it's well-established that Changyue is physically incredibly strong, has practised martial arts forever, is a martial art prodigy, kills things on a daily basis, has killed a few professional killers before, General Changxin has no idea who he is facing and clearly underestimates her from the beginning, etc. "how much time was given to toxic side couple’s romance (ugh!)" That was NOT romance that was abuse and the time spent on this part of the story was to establish a villain. Seriously!

Have not watched anything with Dilraba in it of quite a while. A couple of episodes into this one I have to say that I love her portrayal of this witchlike character!

Yes, he (must be a he) is that clueless.

There has not been a genuinely (ancient) historical C-drama for quite a while, since any attempt to depict real events or historical figures tends to run into censorship. What we now call a historical C-drama is essentially a modern fairy tale, with no real claim to realism. To single out one supposedly unrealistic element among the many is simply ridiculous.

How does "the full beat makeup used on a poor orphan girl" compare "to people regularly surviving falling of cliffs". Isn't the latter a lot more ridiculous than the former? Also, they actually did include a justification for the former (sort of) in that the mother was super sorted out and classy.

I've watched the final scene of this episode at least 20 times (the fight and her finding out about her husband). Some people complain that her fight with the general is not realistic. At least as far as Cdrama world rules are concerned this is not the case. By this time in the drama it is well-established that physically she is incredibly strong. It's also clear that she's practised martial arts forever and that she is a prodigy in this respect. For me this fight scene is simply great in showing how she is adapting her fighting style on the fly. In the novel her growth as a fighter is developed over many, many chapters. To pack the novel into 40 episodes they had to carefully pick and choose where and how to fast forward certain developments. And personally this particular fight demonstrates just how brilliantly they often succeeded in this respect.