princess wanning

yea because the OP is implying women. we all know that’s the case. but you can keep gaslighting like the weirdo you are.

because it’s a female derogatory term regardless

OP called them ugly b*tches but i know you can’t read

“stanning men is so misogynistic but what else can you expect from stupid f*cking women” — this is what you sound like

personally it didn’t get good for me till episode 5 but you shouldn’t force yourself. for me i liked the beginning still it just got better and more focused after 5 episodes is all.

Thank you for this. I agree, her character only exists secondary to TLC. If you take him away, she doesn't exist. This may be a narrative choice to slowly give us information on her but as of 1/3 of the way through the drama her screentime has been much higher than what we actually know about her as an individual.

This is a huge pet peeve of mine when writing female characters. Zhong Chunji, we got a backstory for her. She exists and has a story outside of TLC. If you take TLC away, her backstory and the themes they provide for the audience still exist.

Similarly, Chi Yun and Shen Langhun are just TLC's followers. But they have pasts and desires outside of TLC. They have whole wives and ex-fiancees even! If you take TLC away they will continue doing what they were doing originally before they met him.

Do you know them personally? I find Ah Shui's writing boring and lame at the moment and it has nothing to do with her being in the way. Her "usefulness" is overblown and a lot of what she does is errand running while TLC makes the real plans. She would be much more interesting to me if we saw scenes of her doing things on her own (with her own agenda, not just listening to orders) and got a glimpse into her thought process outside of thinking of TLC. However, I am open to her role improving in the story and like the potential spy theories. I anticipate we will get a backstory for her later as well.

Yes, a lot of people dislike female characters who "get in the way" but it can also be true that the writing isn't good either. There's nuance to everything. I like BL and bromance but have watched bromance dramas where the males pair up with women and enjoyed both relationships. It depends on how they contribute for me and in this case she's not doing it for me.

you put into words what words what i’ve been thinking but unable to verbalize. it’s been the weakest part of the writing for this drama but i am hoping she will gain a function outside of this at some point.

just because someone is critical of one female character out of three main female leads doesn’t mean they are here to watch BL.

what about viki?

I haven't gotten a chance to watch the latest episodes with the dance scene but just want to say it's so lovely seeing a fox-like and somewhat androgynous character portrayed accurately and be the lead character!

LOL ok whatever helps you sleep at night

there's 3 main FLs with different roles in the story but ultimately the story is very MC focused. even the other MLs are side characters compared to him.

was wondering if that was the case as well 😅😂

lol tang lici, chi yun and shen langhun. counting three people there.

i prefer gritty fight scenes as well but i really enjoy luo yunxi bringing his dancing talent to
the show because i mostly see that on the female side rather than male. it’s nice to see a male that’s get be more elegant and fairy-like.

no it’s not a romance drama and there isn’t even a true couple otherwise romance would be in the tags. other wuxia dramas which has small romance side plots get tagged with romance but this one didn’t. neither did mysterious lotus casebook.

ENOUGH about shipping. Let’s talk about how Alen Fang and Jeremy Tsui are killing it in their villain roles.

we don't know for sure yet

As long as it exists in the censorship dungeon, I must exist in this world to watch it lolol