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Second that! The only character worth rooting for IMO haha

It's all camera angles and aides too. Yes the actresses are tiny, but most male actors have topless scenes (or bathtub scenes in CL's case lol) so they work out. Weight training.

If a scene is long and they have to carry the actress for long, they may make it transition from medium to close up shots. They may even rest the actress on something like a bench, or even wires, so he's only carrying her half way etc.. Lots of show and movie BTS tell you how they do stuff like this.

I found his dialogue on the river hypocritical, so it lost some of that wise undertone for me. Though Changxuan has shown awareness in their fireworks scene, despite having forced kissed her (again) moments prior.

He doesn't get it, I don't get it, and sometimes I don't get Pingjun either lol

That just put the cherry on top of the post I just made above, I cannot!!

Okay, I'm going to say this. This drama is getting very exhausting. I mean this even more, because we've just hit the half way mark. They say they're going to let each other go, and then immediately in the next scene bro goes to save her again. And then says cause he found her, he's never going to let her go again.
Aside from ignoring her post war, did he really let her go?

And then PJ - she finds out JXT is framing YCX and is disgusted by him shakes him off when he tries to reach out to her. Then when she finds out that Tao is her dad, she leans into him for comfort (family comfort I presume).

If I was her, I'd kick them all out. Parents, half sister, Changxuan, Xue Ting. They all contribute to her getting hurt time and time again.

I also found CX's dialogue on the river, beautiful but ironic. "Let relationships go if they hurt you". Like bro, are you including yourself? Cause you've been pretty harmful and toxic to her too.

I'm not usually this logically atuned in dramas and let things slide, but because of the length of this drama, and how they don't do time slips/transitions as clearly, one character's behaviour literally being contradicted the next scene is so jarring.

And this is literally just past half way. We still have 19 episodes of this rollercoaster, which I am sure the separation arc will be a lot too.

His magical super fast research lol

I hope so.

30 eps of Youku 33 on CCTV with shorter air time.

I actually replayed some scenes because when we moved onto the next ep, I thought I had missed something (I occasionally skip long-winded scenes in dramas).

Agreed. It's the same when Zhou Fu is mourning that A-Chou leaves her in the palace and in the next scene she already knows she's a stand in and wants to boil her.
Same as in ep 11 when Lu Zhuo goes to save her and he immediately knows Wei Rao isn't his wife and that his wife was inside.

But the biggest one is him doing "all the research" in one night and coming guns blazing (almost literally) and ready to break the stove with her.. Like what?!

I wonder if they cut episodes in this, or was it always meant to be 30 eps?

Oh it definitely was a ploy, because when he strangled her, she trusted that he wouldn't kill her. Even on a subconscious level, she knows he likes her. And perhaps as you've said, a part of her is attracted to him too.

Plus I get it, we watch it in a vacuum and the episodes are sequential in order. But because of that, the behaviour can be jarring because gurl, you were repulsed by him 2 episodes ago. It's like a 180 in a matter of 90-100 minutes of drama lol.

I knew the seasons passed to demonstrate the gap in time, but I didn't realise it was a year. I'm reading the novel, but after seeing some spoilers online, I don't know if I want to continue.

She softened because he was nice, and saved her. Doesn't excuse why she was so hell bent on saving JXT (because him being a spy is ok, but not if he tricks a girl for patriotic gain, her ethics seem to have inconsistent flex), nor Fifth Master's r*pey vibes.

It's not that I don't want them to be together, what I want to see is MORE change from both of them, and quality time together that instigated the evolving feelings. It's like she went from hating him to liking him, it doesn't quite gel with me.

Okay, so I like that the life and death situation that is war helped Changxuan mature. Losing his fellow soldiers who he bonded with was a traumatic but also humbling experience.

What I can't stand is that when Pingjun tried to unalive herself and he let her go - she now comes back. Yes, to thank him. But suddenly him coming back a hero, JXT not being as flawless and kind as she thought he was, YCX is suddenly more appealing? She's inconsistent. He gave you what you want (freedom) and now you want his attention? That doesn't negate either PJ nor his behaviour in eps 14-16. I won't get her walking into the den and then not holding her end of the bargain because that's been discussed.

Human psychology can be infuriating at times. lol

I asked a similar question below .
Also, do we have the airing schedule for this?
Netflix shows until ep 14 which is week 1.

Thanks for clarifying. I wondered because some sources cited 30 eps, some 33.
I did note on Netflix which airs the Youku eps that the episodes are longer than the usual 45 mins. The eps are more like 50ish mins.

Was the episode count readjusted on MDL?

🤣🤣🤣 she said he could have her body or false smiles, but Lord Lu Zhuo wants care and true affection.

Our man hasn’t spit blood yet, awaiting for that.
Him saving her in ep 11 was pretty hot though 🔥

I’m sure there is some twist — it doesn’t make sense for two girls to look almost identical. I know there’s a secret behind A Chou’s identity that is to be uncovered.

We all did. Noble Lady Wu’an

A Chou aka Fake Wei Rao’s noble title is Lady Wu’an?! I cannot 🤣😝🤣😝

I was going to ask something similar!! We’re about 1/3 into the show, when do we think Lu Zhou is going to find out she’s not actually Wei Rao? And knowing his personality, will he confront her?
And is it going to be an open acknowledgement, or a quiet, mutual understanding like in ATC?