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it's a good ending

Alec Su's version of HWQ was the best. Nicholas's portrayal was ok but I couldn't take him seriously with that ugly hairstyle. But the 2005 adaptation was all kinds of ridiculous with how much they've changed from the novel.

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it is not like censors can differentiate between hints of bl and intimate brotherhood and friendship

I watched the raw version...we are at ep 39

Actually, production for this drama started in 2018, around the same time as The Untamed. So the styling of these characters being similar to CQL's may have just been a coincidence.

The siblings are getting rly intimate...feels like I'm watching bl or maybe HYT and CZY just have that great of a chemistry lol

The latest episodes finally has the twins becoming friends, both actors have great chemistry alright, but I'm laughing at the drama team on Weibo promoting them as BL since it sells lmao

Xiao Yuer is like Gu Long's own version of Jin Yong's Wei Xiaobao.

Men and women are supposed to show a polite distance in ancient times. If a woman strips her clothes and the man saw part of her body, he has to marry her or her reputation will be ruined. It is almost like losing their virginity. HWQ stopped attacking him partly bc of how shocked he was by her actions and bc he was a gentlemen and could not push her away.

She actually strips completely naked in the novel, so this was a lot better than I had expected.

In the novel, his intelligence is on par with Xiao Yuer's. There are numerous occasions where he gets to see through XYE's schemes and lies. Gu Long's purpose for making them twins was to show how they both can excel and reach the same level of skill and quality when it comes to intelligence and martial arts. Now, how he is portrayed here and how faithful it is to the characteris a different story

Got from Douban that HWQ will find out about the "truth" much sooner, which changes the whole storyline compared to the novel and previous adaptations. Lots of rants from novel fans.

She is Hua Wuque's love ultimately. But Xiao Yuer is her first crush/love. I don't know how much they are going to change that in this adaptation tho

I wish they can show Yan Nantian duel with the sisters of Yihua Palace (Yao Yue & Lianxing) eventually. In the novel, both sisters are the most powerful fighters in jianghu and individually, they are slightly above Yan Nantian.

No you're definitely not. Weibo comments about this drama is full of Hua Wuque and Hu Yitian

This is Gu Long's novel for you.

Watching this with all the wuxia-ness (the core of the drama) made me miss wuxia dramas and the nostalgia of it.

Watching Zhu Qizhen makes my blood boil, considering his stupidity and immaturity led to Ming Dynasty's downfall. Like, what the hell? Changing the route only for your 500k soldiers to become exhausted and lose the resources, thereby allowing the Mongols to make an ambush with their army of 20k, which ended up with him getting captured and his entire army destroyed? Beyond stupidity. If not for Yu Qian's remarkable capabilities and commands to protect Beijing, Ming would've ended already thanks to this stupid emperor. Not sure if I'll be able to watch the ep where he'll execute Yu Qian once he gets released, without
feeling even more infuriated. I have to say though, Yixing does a good job portraying him.

Watched the first two episodes. Too early to form my thoughts, but it is watchable and the fight scenes are not bad.