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It's hinted they both died, yeah, given that neither of them covered their nose and mouth after all

New profile pic? I think I still like the previous one better, but this isn't bad

I was looking up some of MZJ's old stuff and dang, I want whatever he's having - how does he not age?! https://i.imgur.com/BwnXKHI.jpg

No problem! Republican era dramas are basically first half of 20th century, after the fall of Qing Dynasty and includes WWII. Because of tumultuous times and of course the war, most Republican dramas are generally somewhat tragic.

It's a Republican drama, most Republican dramas are tragic 😂 (it's why even in China Republican dramas aren't super popular too)

The lead actor for golden hairpin, Kris Wu, is currently being investigated for various crimes and all his endorsements, including with Tencent, have been taken down. All his images on golden hairpin's weibo have been taken down too. Unless the production team is willing to spend more money either swapping out the lead's face with AI or hiring a new actor and reshoot his scenes, this drama will probably never air :(

His role in Winter Begonia won a lot of hearts and tears, plus WB is adapted from a BL novel too if that interests you~

I guess we'll never see the golden hairpin now :(

This is already Song Jiyang's third BL drama 🤣 can he be the lead in one someday please

There's this video on bilibili where you can hear Tan Jianci calling out for Chang Geng and everyone's praying he can dub Guyun himself because of that http://b23.tv/em8n76

Can't say for others but Singapore dramas haven't been much good these 10 years or so... Most of them were pretty meh and a few were basically govt advertisement 😑 I miss the old days of late 90s-2000s dramas...

Not an article I was expecting! I did notice some interest from China regarding this drama earlier, which was unexpected. I also haven't watched a local drama in years apart from Last Madame last year...

It's adapted from a BL novel.

Luo Yunxi is really so gorgeous ugh he's definitely the perfect choice for Shizun

Season 3??? Since when?

Yeah, and actually I think it's better for WIK to air earlier than Immortality, just in case Immortality's popularity buries it even months after it finished airing. I definitely will watch Immortality when it's out (Luo Yunxi is just so freaking gorgeous ugh <3) but SPL has my heart too. And for sure, I bet Immortality's budget is really high, though I don't have any numbers right now.
I saw LON's trailer and it looks great actually! I'll definitely tune in to it.

Definitely a good idea, in MGTV I do not trust. Let's hope the rumors that they're selling production rights to the other broadcasting companies are true, this drama deserves a better chance.

I've seen jokes that the director definitely actually filmed BL (as in, actual romance) which is why he's keeping it so tightly sealed xD

After the Kris Wu scandal and all the rumors that The Golden Hairpin's timeslot would be given to a BL drama, I was actually leaning towards Immortality at first. THP being an S+ drama likely had a golden timeslot, and it would make sense for Tencent to give that slot to its only BL S+ drama, Immortality. Moreover, the summer season is usually regarded as a good time to air dramas because it's the school holidays in China.

However, now I'm actually leaning more towards WiK being released first. This year, being Olympics, might mean lower viewership for dramas. Releasing it now would also mean a relatively short amount of time for Tencent to promote the drama before October 1 arrives, China's national day and which means that they basically can't promote the drama for some weeks after Oct 1. Tencent wouldn't want to sacrifice its golden goose Immortality by releasing it now. Rumors abound in the Cnetz sphere that Tencent is considering releasing WiK now and see how it does; if it manages to be popular despite Olympics then it'd be great, if not at least they didn't sacrifice Immortality. (I have to stress that these are RUMORS and nothing is confirmed until it's released.)

(I say all this, but inb4 A League of Nobleman releases instead LOL)

Not always, ZZH and GJ had their Bazaar photoshoot before the drama aired. But yeah, they can always have the shoot after the drama airs!