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maybe you can try dramacool, myasiantv or falldrama?

or another option is to just wait for everything to be released and watch it through legal streaming sites :)

the new eps are raw, so no sub available yet.

actually it should be 3! ling xi + jiu chen \ qing yao + yun feng \ shi ming + shi san (although their story ended on a vague note because [spoiler] shi san lost her memory in the ending.

this is probably an unpopular opinion but i enjoyed this spin-off a lot more than eternal love (which i found myself skipping a lot and didn't enjoy it until around ep 30 because the first half of the drama was too cliche for me (yang mi has played too many similar roles and it became boring for me) + i was more invested in the side couples (such as dongfeng) rather than the main, which is disappointing imo despite their brilliant acting especially mark chao.

in love and destiny, the pace is slower than eternal love but as the story unfolds, everything will make sense and you'll see that the events that happened in the early episodes are necessary. personally, i think the acting in love and destiny is a lot better than eternal love as well. there's a review on yt that i think it worthy to watch if you're feeling a little hesitant to start love and destiny —i agree with the reviewer 100%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3kiJNzKuzs

it's been a while since i finished the drama, but from memory none of the one-sided love became couples. the furthest that happened would just be "friends", such as ling xi and jing xiu in themortal realm arc. [spoiler] rather loving ling xi as ling xi, jing xiu was in love with her mortal identity, lin mo.

a year late, but if by “exist anywhere on its own” mean something like they have their own story, then yes :) plenty of cuteness compared to aol (deng lun looks soooo young lmao)

the drama’s story is essentially about the four ‘sisters’ and they all have their story and fair share of screentime. however, many of it is told through ye fan’s narrative as she is the one who eventually reunite the sisters. not sure if ‘dramatic’ is your cup of tea, but since this drama was written by chiung yao, so it’s pretty old-fashion and dramatic (with deng lun and yang zi serving as the more calming and comedic couple). i personally think that it was overall enjoyable —nothing amazing though.

adding to olivia's comment, "xiao" basically translate to "little/young", and "bai" means "white". so dijun is literally calling her little white haha.

i concur everything you said —exactly what is on my mind in regards to the ratings and the progression of the show so far. i haven’t rated anything either since i think it’s only fair to do so after finishing a drama. tbh, i didn’t didn’t enjoy tmopb as much as i was expecting myself to; i spent most of the time more invested in feng jiu and dong hua which is why i’m giving elod a try now + probs some hope that the next arc would be better, just like how love and destiny improved.

i would have to agree with SreyUnknown on this one. even though michelle is somewhat “pretty”, but her prettiness is not really suited for the xiao long nu character. imo, liu yifei is still the most suitable for the xiao long nu role to date; this is backed up by jin yong himself (the original author).

a fair call, i guess. but that pretty much happens to almost all rating sites and the internet haha so it's still a 50/50 for me.

it's interesting when you mentioned "past beef between their faves" because not only that, the fans also tries to boycott their fave artist(s) to push for better production quality/works (which i find odd), such as what happened to jaywalk studio last year :/ (but in a way, i understand their concerns, but boycotting a production/company/or an artist is not the way to do it.)

it's sort of a 50/50 for me since i sometimes agree with the harsh criticisms from the c-netizens. it's like rotten tomatoes and imdb, there are movies well received by the public and fans but ratings would still be low.

at least the people on MDL are more lenient than the people on duoban —an average rating of 5.6 :') hopefully it can pick up the ratings like love and destiny, which boosted from 5.4 to 8.3.

zheng shuang is known for her “bad acting” so it’s no surprise that you caught up on that haha. but if you’ve seen her on TV shows, she actually admits that she doesn’t really like acting and if she has a choice she would prefer to just be an internet celebrity.

i think it’s unfair to say that this drama is a “copycat” of the heirs though, because it’s nothing alike. and because you mentioned that you’ve only watched 6 episodes, i think it makes it unfairer to compare it to the heirs. if there are dramas to compare to the heirs, i think better fits would be boys over flower and meteor garden. imo, love o2o stands on its own despite having cliches here and there, because its central plot is about gaming&romance, which the heirs does not have in their plot.

i also think that the fact that this is a drama, we shouldn’t always compare it to reality (although there are limitations depending on target audience and market). some people seek pleasure from dramas like these in order to de-stress themselves from school life, work and etc. by saying how can people like these kind of dramas is sort of degrading the viewers who actually enjoyed the show. there’s the right for freedom of speech, but we should also be mindful for other people’s feelings as well as know the boundaries how of harsh we can critic a piece of work.

not even sure what to say.

just speechless :/

fyi, i was referring to “the eternal love”. not “eternal love” aka “ten miles of peach blossoms”.

i wouldn't say it's draggy. the romance is enough to be tasteful, but not steamy or intense since this drama is more of a war and family drama.

out of the condor trilogy, my favourite is the story about huang rong and guo jing (a majority of people prefer the second instalment). i find it interesting when people really like her character because she’s strong and sort of feisty. i think her character is mainly influence from how she was raised by her father, huang yaoshi who is known as someone who doesn’t like rules and likes to do things his own way —he’s described as an unorthodox radical and in some way, huang rong used to be the same until she met guo jing who exposed her to what’s right and wrong. and what made her so attracted to a “dumb” character like him is because of how he sincerely treats people, but unfortunately this is also his weakness. i think the saying opposite attracts really fits well with our leads haha. huang rong’s character was actually pretty unlikable in the second instalment of the condor trilogy (in which yang kang’s son is the main lead with the famous xiao long nu).

i like your romeo and juliet example; it’s probably a better example than my macbeth one HAHAHAHA

yang kang does play the villain, and no his character does not have a happy ending. this is the beauty of jin yong's fictional characters since he gives karma to characters who deserves them. even the nice/good characters are not glorified as saints.

fun fact: yang kang's villainous character has a huge impact on his son in the second instalment of the condor trilogy (in case you become interested in watching the other adaptations from the condor trilogy, yang kang's son is the main character in the second instalment).

yang kang and mu nian ci

i agree when you said "if you’re a huge fan of wuxia/martial arts this would be your cup of tea" because the story, written by author jin yong (or louis cha) is considered as a wuxia classic and those who have been longtime wuxia fans would already know this story. jin yong is like the chinese version of shakespeare and his works are very popular throughout asia and some parts of europe. i think that unless you know where the roots of the story this drama was adapted from, it would be hard to enjoy it due to its complex "jianghu" character development —just like how some of shakespeare's fictional characters (mainly the villains) are considered quite controversial, such as macbeth...i thought he was quite stupid just like how you think yang kang's character is "stupid".

this drama was made to cater to the condor heroes fans, therefore i think it is unfair to compare it to other chinese historical dramas, especially since other wuxia/historical dramas/novels are heavily influenced by many of jin yong's works/fictional characters.

legend of the condor heroes is a classic story since the 1950s and is nothing new to those who knows the story/or have watched the other adaptations. therefore, it would be fairer to judge it against other adaptations rather than other historical dramas; the director made it clear that this is a remake of the 1983 drama adaptation (on a low budget) because he felt dissatisfied with the other adaptations as they were unfaithful to the novel. the instrumental theme song in this new adaptation is actually from the 1983 version. michael miu, who played huang rong's father in this new adaptation actually played yang kang in the 1983 version and he rose to fame because of that role as well; it's a nice change imo.

personally, i think this is the second best adaptation since the 1983 version and the director has successfully reached his goal. it deserves its high rating and this is proven to be deserving too since its rating on duoban is also high (duoban users are known to be very harsh. most of the dramas that are considered as good on MDL mainly has low ratings on duoban and this shows how picky the c-netizens are...minus the fanwars).

by all means i'm not trying to offend you or change your opinion about the drama/story. but as a fan of the condor trilogy, i was just itching to explain :')