AleksandraSucur

three lifespans in this order: sadistic, sexy and sweet.
One knows the actor/actress is skilled when able to catch the attention and "create magic" even when performing the most cliché roles within the most cliché, nonsensical and forgettable plots.
I knew He Lan Dou was this kind of actress, but didn't know Jerome Deng is also this kind of actor.
These two are able to keep the watcher's attention till the very end of otherwise totally unattractive story.

totally agree with you, bravo!

yes. And her sister and mother, too

I feel the same about the alliance, but if it was a normal environment, there would be no reason for ML to abandon that place...

The first 4 eps were sufficient to stir up my curiosity on "what will happen next", given the premises laid. Despite the storytelling already showed certain flows, related mainly to the FL (her hardly convincing sword dancing show & bickering with her ex, her relationship with her sister...), I'll continue to watch it

yes, the Song generals fighting against Liao (Khitans).
The style used in the drama also mimics the Song era, in particular, the armors (although the helmets seem to be a bit exaggerated)

😂😂 True, that move was so awkward. Jumping from the horse, her body should have been vertical and not horizontal if she tried to choke him with her legs, but thinking better, why would she chose to land on him at all? It's such an illogical move for the first strike, especially for a woman. Well, we laughed at least, lol

yes, but for how much irritating, that template can actually work well in stories, although it's mostly used in rebirth revenge plots (which seems to be the one in the original novel), so it's probably not the problem with the character design.
I am not saying there are no flows in character's early presentation and development (her show on the roof, sword dance, dialogue with her ex etc. - objectively, that entire scene wasn't thought well and her dialogues with her sister are off, too) but I think the story still has smth interesting to tell us, despite these initial flows. And I continue to think this actress was a miscast, this one is not completely able to deliver a "mixed" character which shows one ("shameless") face in public and another (serious and thoughtful) in private

I agree with you there's smth off with the FL, but I think it's the actress and not the character.

It doesn't look like a rebirth plot at ep. 1.

His first strike in their first fight was... opening her legs (at 31'19''). Indicative what will happen next with these two 😂😂😂

oh, you're right, ofc. But as for the time being, we have no knowledge of other people from "Tang" family (except for a certain Tang Bing, young male, in the cast list)
My question was for those who read the novel and ofc, for all the rest, who maybe missed this detail when he was presented in Sword City gathering

So, Tang Lici is the emperor's brother-in-law? And where's his wife?

Thank you 😘

Way better than Love in Pavillion which I've dropped in a certain late stage but can't remember anything except the protagonists, the ML wearing a mask and a black fox antagonist... and that it was deadly slow paced and boring.
It would be great if someone, a good soul endowed with patience, could summarize the main points of LiP, maybe even opening a topic in the discussion section for all of us who'll truly suffer if forced to refresh that prequel, in particular the characters mentioned in this one which were present in LiP and the role of "magic objects", like this prophesying spirit stone etc...
Thanks a lot in advance

Finally I've finished watching this drama I loved so much for the first half and suffered equally for a total derailment of such a nice story for the second half. So many "best" to describe the first half (best amnesia, best father-son bickering, best enemies to lovers trope and so on...) and so many "worst" (eg. worst villains' motivations, worst split story, worst backstory from the past on a sect...) to describe the second.
I don't know even how to rate it as whole, as there are two different dramas glued together.

you're not biased towards Hiyang and Jinxiu plot bc I feel the same, even more: I think Jinxiu plot is a diversion from the fact the main plot hasn't been sufficiently developed (motivationally speaking) and the characters started not to be convincing, as I've said 2 days ago

It gets better till ep 20, then the plot splits in two, taking also some weird turns, with characters starting to show few inconsistencies. In the last aired ep (28) the violence returns, foreboding a makjang in the last quarter.
If violence disturbs you, I don't recommend you to watch it.

"the economic basis determines superstructure"
it's not marxism, just a profound breadcrumbing 😂😂😂

No, it isn't about being right or wrong. We were both discussing and brought our arguments, thoughts and sensations.
Good night to you ☺️