Shaoyaoville

well imo the "joining hands to solve a problem" trope is actually WAY better than all the other recycled xianxia plot lines about jobless gods falling in love for 3 lifetimes or those rebirth and revenge stories with corny court politics that give you the impression of having been written by teenagers. Journey and conquest setups allow for a VERY broad range of storylines and really diverse thematic deliveriy unlike the other common tropes in Chinese fantasy historical fiction. And they're actually the perfect ground for a good romantic build up that's slow burn and actually realistic. (to me most believable romances in xianxia/xuanhuan/wuxia dramas shape when characters go on a journey tgt)
And tbh this trope is just a VERY common wuxia foundation...like to a point that makes it more of a literary cultural heritage than trope/cliche lol. Even the most critically acclaimed pieces of wuxia media start their stories like this 😭

I was #here since those short clips of them swinging their swords dropped btw I KNEW the chemistry was gonna break the internet since day 1 baobao you will be FAMOUS

They're about to be proven WRONG bc there are only trailer s out so far and he's serving that "long hair strands falling into a melancholic looking face" look the way no gege has done in ages ^_^

This is gonna be another case of a drama lead by 2000s born actors serving amazing performances and amazing chemistry!! There's a reason cnetz are obsessed with the new gen actors and WE'RE ABOUT TO NOTICE

for the new year I wish annoying ppl get tfff out of Esther's business AMEN

Everybody saying it's for the better that she's free from this...I mean yeah they sucked and didn't deserve her but I'm genuinely tired of rebirth revenge girlboss stroies and the same wooden mls😭 I was looking forward to this one bc it had a fresh premise and face like WAY... the ppl in this prod team will start coughing in 3 days

The industry is becoming an endless cycle of greedy production companies picking up romance novels (that WOMEN write and read!!!!!!!) and sucking all the girls who are the audience dry off of money and clout but not having an actual ounce of respect for women. Always billing their beloved popular gege 1st, reducing the fl's screentime in his favour, dumbing her char down to make him look mighty and strong and selfless and intelligent and_

Billing a dude 1st in a drama named malicious EMPRESS is actually foul. He should just pick up male centric ips if he can't stand being equally billed to a woman

Like every time I see online discourse over this adaptation I can't believe an stupid tropy web novel can have the most insufferable fanbase on planet earth...like is a novel that reads like an ao3 fanfiction you gag over at the age of 14 really worth being gross and ageist and misogynistic to REAL women like this??? And most of these ppl don't even care abt acting skills...they just care abt appearance and age bc the actors they deem as suitable for the roles can't move their facial features if they're held at gvnpoint

Hope the drama ends up flopping and being badly received bc the psychopathic fans of this cliche boring recycled revenge rebirth whatever novel harassed the living hell out of every single actress that got rumoured for the role...I still hope the best for Meng jie if she gets cast though 😭

Yesss more dai luwa please 😭

I love seeing androgynous beauties bc I look at the fl here and think wowww even the muggiest geges could NEVER outmug her

she's so adorable omgg

well if she doesn't get offered better scripts she HAS to pick whatever at hand to keep her career going 😭

yesss iktr but she needs better resources and better dramas 😭

omg are you kidding??? The way she was such a charming char and didn't even get enough screentime despite being listed as a lead 😭

Yes please we need the LBFAD and LGIEF glory back

I have close to 0 hope for all of those stellar media dramas atp but cdramaland is really unpredictable 😭 though I must say I did like Love in pavilion so Idk maybe she'll lock in lol (it's interesting that 2 of her original novels that were adapted actually turned out really good but almost none of what she wrote the script for worked)

I feel so so horrible for pxr...she could be the it girl after GMP's popularity but her label fumbled the opportunity and her resources kept getting worse and worse until she almost got back on business with anhezhuan, then they decided to release this show right after that one and now she's caught up in a mess again 😭 Is she ever gonna get what she deserves or what???

bloody romance is actually the only good one tbh. It has a low rating on mdl but it was pretty well received in china