AleksandraSucur

I remembered he played a bad person in Blemish Flaw and we liked him nevertheless, lol. Veeery attractive 😍 beside being a really good actor (that memorable drunken monologue is still in my head)...

Thank you. Yes, I also think most of the authors prefer for their characters to grow up on us.

your remark is on spot as always, but I doubt this FL's characterization will remain such for a long time. It's true she gets continously into troubles, bc she is overconfident of her skills as a scammer and a small thief, thinking she is able to adapt to or escape the worst outcome in every situation. What she lacks is a knowledge to assess the situation in the world she doesn't know, bc. we've seen she is capable of such assessment in the world she knows when she saved the Pig from humans, meaning she isn't dumb, just unaware of many things and not particularly knowledgeable. Besides, she is unaware of who she really is and what are her real potentials (her blood seems to be half demon). Such characters don't remain unaware and clumsy for a long time in dramas.
As for love triangles... Bing Zhu seems to be more obsessed with the revenge of his sister than interested in her. Besides, we wouldn't feel bad if someone with Wang Duo's face was interested in us, so I suppose that even in that case (which I doubt), she won't be praticularly upset, lol

Ok then. Let's check it out together tomorrow

ah ok. And Ferryman?

Is BH 2 subbed? Can it be watched independently of S1?
Yes, the thing made me curious, too. Let me know if it is subbed, I don't understand Mandarin

Me too 🫶

Gino is a common Italian diminutive/hypocoristic for several names of Longobard (=Germanic) origin (like Luigi, which in diminutive form is Lui-gino, meaning "a famous warriour"), Greek (like Ambrogio, meaning "immortal") or Latin origin (like Remigio, "remedy").
I like Neko, it's smth like "kitty" in Japanese, right? It sounds similar to Italian Nico (from Greek "νίκος", "victor"), a great name.
I also think he captured well cat's traits.

Hi again! Yes, indeed, and they made the CGI cat and the actor even more similar with this eye condition.
The problem is it reminds me so strongly of my dear Gino, it will take some time for me to focus on what's happening in the scenes with Xiao Meow.

I had a cat with the exact heterochromia iridum as this demon cat. Each time he appears on the screen, both in his human and CGI cat form, I can't focus bc thinking of my beautiful clever cat. 🤦‍♀️

Immortal Zhao Liying and evil Juwen uncle from PA in the very first scene... 😂
One must check this out, lol

That means his dream of them "thousand years after" was a hint for the story of the leads (played by the same actors) in Ferryman. Cool, thank you very much.

Thank you! I think you'll like it. As for Li Chun, I was a bit confused initially seeing a gentle, comprehensive and supportive mother and wife with the face of Ms Su from LoM. 😂 Great actress, able to play whatever role.

Yes, it was cool, that's the right word.

Yes, two angsty dramas are a bit too much... especially if you're in a ski resort, coping with sharp slopes like you, lol.
I think I'll finish VoA later in the evening; honestly, despite ST is more nerve wrecking, it's way more interesting and better written story imo, so I prefer it to VoA.
As for the story... it's a docufiction, based on real accounts of both the real events and real figures. HX is Ho Yin, have no idea if the characters in his name are differently pronounced in Cantonese and Mandarin, but it's basically his bio, combined with those of Ma Qi, and Ke siblings, who are also real historical figures. I've checked also Portuguese and Japanese people who held those offices in real history, the names are changed but maintained their initials. Sawa character could be a combination of two Japanese officials, one holding the office of chief military police (and having the same name) and the other an agent working under him who was previously imprisoned by British in HK. I found no records on Qiao siblings, Mary, Mr Rodrigues, Pak Lok and Huang gangster, so I suppose they are fictional, created on the general accounts of the time (eg. Japanese really recruited gangsters all over the Guangdong area, it was a strategy to work with members of triads to create a sense of illegality and insecurity as a way to step in as a force which will ensure order in a "messy lawless China"). I've also found records of the events, they were slightly modified in order to engage the characters present in the story, like the comandeering of Sun Qi cherosene cargo ship, which indeed happened but it was conducted by the Japanese navy. Guerrilla East River communists were also real. The story is a great testimony of the time although it simplified and fictionalized real events and real people in order to convey general atmosphere and struggles in a comprehensible way for general public. A pure documentary would be boring for general public after all.

7 reasons why you should not miss this drama
https://mydramalist.com/profile/11598319/review/523090

Oh, thank you very much for this info.
The review is here https://mydramalist.com/profile/11598319/review/523090

Oh, I've finished it today and I intend to write the review after dinner.
I see on MDL only the screenwriter, not the original author. Could you tell me his/her name?

Thank to you too!
If I haven't seen your positive comment last week, I wouldn't even look into this gem.
Thank you again, merry X-mas! 🫶

Thank you very much for these insights, which furtherly confirmed my own (very good) impressions on this drama and reflections when compared (as Frost edelweiss suggested) with WoF, which is highly rated on MDL. Somewhat undeservedly, imo, despite its good start and cast.
I am a bit sad ST haven't reached much of the international audiences, because the story is a gem. I've spent the whole night yesterday (good way to pass X-mas eve, lol) reasearching the wwii history of Macau and I am still completely amazed after I found out that the majority of characters in this drama either really existed or are inspired (with slightly different names) by real persons, with many events that really happened (like the Japanese comandeering of a cargo ship), although the author changed certain things for the purposes of this story. The story which is amazingly consistent from the first to the last episode, perfectly delivered by the cast. Such a rarity nowadays...
And yes, I agree RJL's microexpressions as HX were perfect.👍