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we will be going that way. In the next ep preview xiao jue shows up and clearly he yan had stopped li kuang from making that grave mistake

Yk i ta;ked abt this in a earlier comment, i think its not necessarily a bad thing. He became a deputy general bec of his abilities, intelligence and loyalty in the army. Not for his personality and world views. Li kuang also reflects the 99 percent of the population of this dynasty/ era where they think women are just acessories and them losing their virginities means they are worthless. It also reflects on the modern world where we have miliatries of so many countries, Im sure there are capble soldiers and generals but who can really say that their charcters are not chauvinistic? So i kind of love the drama really potraying us this scene.

Lol yes they seem to be giving unnecessary screen time to chu zhao but what you're saying also wont happen. I think the reason is that in novel chu zhao was a grey character. But in the drama they are trying to white wash him so they need to give him reasons of why hes on xu jingfus side and somehow make xiao jue and he yan collaborate with chu zhao to bring xu jingfu down. Remember chu zhao has been gathering evidences of xu jingfus crimes secretly so he will probably give them to he yan. For that they need to work on his charcter and show his sadness so viewers feel bad for him and his switch from being on the wrong side to the right side isnt too abrupt.

Xu jingfu was consolidating power and was a corrupt official.Hes prime minister and its a v v v imp position. Xiao jues father, xiao zhongwu petitions to emperor to beware of xu jingfu and not keep him close so battle of mingshui was orchestrated to make emperor wary of xiao family instead. But xu jingfu doesnt expect that xiao jue would reclaim the miliatry authority in battle of que city that he worked so hard to revoke. So now he has to eliminate xiao jue too so his schemes are ongoing.

they probably wont follow that as it makes no sense in the drama. In novel she was miss he daughter of a city gate officer. In the drama she is still he yan from the he family. He cant say i brought her into the garrison. Bec her identity is not just a woman but also that of feihong general. And also he yans identity is also that of a dead woman.

not general. I think the translation of subs messed up. General means jiangjun, commander is Dudu. And her title is Wuan Lang. Google says Lang means a status either as minister or official. And the title is wuan. So she is simply granted a empty title called wuan. Not a general or commanding officer

I feel like his very gray character is being whitewashed. In the novel, chu zhao was the most compliacted and complex character. The drama has also done that but they seem to be white washing him in the recent episodes. I wish the drama wouldnt do that because I think chu zhao is a very good character and doesnt need justification. He is morally grey and thats fine, he is the most relatable because like the teaser says mr chu is not inherently evil. I think a person can do bad things selfishly and yet also have a concience that leads them to become morally grey and thats what chu zhao is but it looks like they are giving him a good enough reason to be a villain. And personally i have seen that when someone does sth, giving them reasons to become a villain , people all tend to support because they were made evil.

We have seen in many dramas where male leads all had sth done, making them morally grey (best example is wei shao, his fam was killed he wants revenge,none can blame him and yet fl wants to protect qiao fam)
They can simply let chu zhao be a charcter driven by selfish desire but also going through the apparent character development instead of showing that he was on the 'good' side. It takes away from him his very complex characterization.

Also I have a feeling that the emperor now knows that he yan is the loyal feihong general. His convo with xiao jue was cut off and the scene after he refuses to meet he ru fei but on surface rewards him for winning battle of huayuan. So xiao jue has definitely done something

no i think this way is better because it really shows the eras thinking. Just because they 8 warriors were her confidants doesnt mean they will share her thinking. The whole point is that Xiao jue is the exception to this kind of thinking, to xiao jue he lives by one rule. Do what you can do, he's shaped by his experiene of que city and witnessing that kind of tragedy and knows that life is supposed to be lived. Chu zhao tries to be he yans ideal but even then he's only just learning and still has quite a narrow minded view, I'll blaze a trail for you vs I'll blaze a trail with you. The men in this drama are all mostly with the thinking that women are simply accessories and the military rations to protect the remaining citizens is important. He's he yans trusted general because he is a good general with abilities, not because of his personlaty.
And isnt that the case for most military or institutions in the world? We have miliatry, they have capabilities, they are valiant but that doesn't automatically mean that they are good to women or have good personalities in their daily life and i think li kuangs cgaracters shows us this

i planned on saving todays episodes for tomorrow to watch 3 together but i couldnt lol

WAIT OMG i didnt even know it was a horse until u said it. I thought it was a dog lmao. I was like why is she embroidering a dog for xiao jue?

HRF in general was never the focus of the story. This is he yans story of healing, gaining ppl she trusts and being who she is with the name he yan. HRF is a coward and not actually a formidable opponent and he yan knows she can easily defeat him, he yan cant be bothered to gaf abt him. Because of this charcterization, showing more of a dumb villain is just a waste of screentime and they instead choose to show us more of chu zhao who is a grey character and prime minister xu

I mean yes at the end of the day i will love on because i do still like the drama but i talked to someone and genuinely i feel like the script writer messed up. Blossom was based on 500 chapters novel and yet eveyone loved the adaptation. LOTFG is also on 270 chapters and while they tried, the script writer defintely messed up a bit. Misunderstanding trope wasnt needed to create angst. Blossom was also a reborn drama and they did rest the timeline in it. LOTFG was simply too lazy to find a creative way to do that. For example the story of kunning palace used the it was all a dream twist but the fandom collectively ignores that part. They shouldve gotten a better screenwriter and this drama couldve done amazing. Like it couldve been the drama of the year instead everyone is divided in different opinions of whether they like it or hate it

ooh ok i get you but i tbh dont have such high standards, yes i agree they couldve and thats on them but legend of female general is just such a fav book for me that no matter how dissapointing some things are, i still continue to love watching it. I can easily treat it as a completely diff and getting to see some scenes come to life

Its not that she stopped talking. Xiao jue says to her: How can i trust your one sided account. When the other person talks abt trust, nothing you say convinces them so she tells him I'll get evidence so you know its he ru fei you need to suspect not me for delaying troops. In Xj mind, she was the he ru fei in the battle, t=chai anxi said he was in contact with he ru fei who delayed troops. To XJ, the new he ru fei being involved when he yan was the current general makes no sense, they simply need to investigate atp.

Their SWORD skills are the same.She is seen using a whip, a short knife, twin blades or spears but never a sword

tbh same and at the same time im enjoying seeing iconic scenes come to life like her confession in the watergod festival

omg can we talk more novels because i genuinely fell in love with chinese novels. I first read lost you forever then this and ever since Ive read many. I'll defo check out the one ur talking abt rn. Im always looking for a good novel. Have u read the rebirth of malicious empress by the same author, I loved that and the assasin healer so much

yeah i think in terms of iconic scenes they have done well. Even if they are not following novel page to page, every single arc is there and not a single one left out

i also dont mind the plot changes, instead ive been excited to see what direction this story could go in but this part really dissappoints me bec i think xiao jues charcter in novel and in the drama has clearly been gentle to he yan. And he treats the people he cares about very well. I dont think he is one to simply dismiss what he knows abt he yan. He has always been clear headed so he would give her the benefit of doubt and investigate instead of outright saying how can i trust your one sided account. it felt out of charcter to me,discuss with me so i can get in his psych lol