stellaris

episode 28 is ok, everyone appears including rufei and there is a cool fight with our leads + feinu !!

i’m a bit frustrated right now i need more of them 😭

depends what you’re up for !
both are light-hearted and fun with serious themes (lotfg tone got more serious in the second half and it’ll probably be the same for the second)
lotfg is more of a slow romance with two powerful generals, where the plot focus on getting justice
wdbtd is fantasy, with an “evil” powerful ml (the real evils are the immortals) and the fl is a modern girl transmigrated who just wants to sleep and be pretty, the leads have a very fun dynamic
i’m watching both and enjoying them :)

warning everyone episode 27 is about chu zhao, the leads only appear one time 😭

it's sooooo fun !!

episode 25 was so good, i love seeing he yan in action !!

27k!

why would she be a cook in the army when her skills are good enough to be a general ? isn't she allowed to cook for her beloved and be a general at the same time ?

she loves him and cooking for someone (or sewing in their era) can be a proof of intimacity... she already gifted him sweets, fought next to him on the battefield, she just wanted to do something more personal and there is nothing shameful in doing such a thing if you're not forced to do it, in the novel he's the one cooking for her

i mean yes? the goal was to find anxi and get explanations from him, wether the reason behind his betrayal or the people behind him, which they did get... they were also planning to bring him back to the capital to innocent xiao jue's father but he got killed before they could... and also they ended up saving the city from yet another invasion so they did accomplish things

i’m not defending him (feel free to dislike him, that’s his character’s purpose lol) but i’ll just say he mentioned before to his pretty bodyguard that he doesn’t need her to make excuses for him as he willingly picked the corrupted path, so it means he’s actually aware he’s no good person (and in the novel, he’s actually complexing a lot as he was born out of wedlock and knows only by becoming a powerful villain’s underling could he survive in his family, this part is present in the drama but less intensely)
he yan is becoming more and more aware of his bad dealings but she’s just a good-hearted person and also sees his good sides (even if he doesn’t deserve it), to her all hopes aren’t lost for him, he can still go back on the right path so she encourages him to cut ties for good with his master, he yan is a true heroine haha

i believe in the drama she does as she studied at the academy with xiao jue, just probably isn’t that good at everything and also mentioned wanting to hide her identity from him !

because he treats people like chess pieces and he yan is the most interesting one on his table 🤧 i won’t say more you’ll have to wait for more episodes

if i remember well he yan didn’t kill him in jail to innocent herself but someone else did

she mentioned she used to be a good drinker but she isn’t anymore (i forgot the reason she said tho) and i agree it’s dangerous haha, every time she got drunk it’s not because she wanted it but her emotions took over her 😭 (could be a way to deal with what happened to her)

“ - will my beauty kill everyone ?”
“- kill everyone ? how about i give you a sword ? “
😹😹

today episodes were so funny 😭

nothing wrong with it but people are using the word negatively to criticize the fl performance as a boy :)

some said that because of her characterization and i’m replying to them in particular haha.
for the physical apparence honestly i don’t mind if people don’t feel convinced, i love this genre too and i was never convinced by anyone except for one actres :
https://kisskh.at/people/22418-xing-en
who often plays men roles.
to me, (and at least) the distinction between when he yan is dressed like a man and like a girl is actually very clear and different. the chinese audience is also absolutely convinced. as i say, she could pass for a girl with boyish charms but then also as a boy with feminine charms, because among others men she does look petite and frail but she doesn’t look out of place. but again, that’s my personal opinion and we’re free to have different opinions !

i might remember wrong but basically chu zhao wanted to forge a new path for he yan, where she could be a woman freely (ignoring her wishes to keep it a secret lol) and wanted to take down xiao jue at the same time (killing two birds with one stone), because having a woman in your army is forbidden and pretty much equivalent to lying to the emperor. as the commander, xiao jue would be the one punished (and likely killed) while he yan with all her contributions to the empire, would probably only receive a light punishment and leave unscathed.

with xiao jue no longer in the middle, chu zhao probably thought he would also be able to marry he yan. but he didn’t expect xiao jue to beat him to it and actually reveals things himself in front of the emperor, leading to the marriage decree.