Avi

I sure hope she did 😂😂😂

That whole scene was so uncomfortable to watch. With the romantic BGM it set up a nice dichotomy between the dread the viewer is feeling and the butterflies Xiuwan is having.

Poor Xiuru has been bursting at the seams to get all of her thoughts out but not daring to. Her moment with Jinqi was really nice considering his 3rd and 4th sisters aren't close to him at all. I hope she gets to say what she needs to in the next episodes.

Ep 15: I'm catching up right now and as they depart I find the show frame their stations to matter less at the military camp. The hierarchies are still there, of course, and the conversation between the two young lords still frames Lanxiang as an object. But among the soldiers a maid can be a storyteller raising up the lowborn and, instead of making everything a competition, people are amused by each other's words and habits. The barriers still exist, but the people are closer to each other.

This is the one that made me into a CDrama fan and as everyone compares Against the Current to Story of Ming Lan, I really see the tragedy of being maids but also the blossoming friendships echoed here. Those friendships brought so much warmth yet heartbreak. The tears I shed over this story will always stay with me. Wei Ying Luo was much more out to uncover truths at the start, but she too learned to live well.

What a win! 🥹 I really hope the story delivers until the end. Everyone who worked on the show and we deserve it.

And she has been humanized a lot too given her interactions with the maids. Not to mention Episodes 13 & 14 really show how she responds to trauma after already going through so much trauma at a young age. Episode 14 shows once again that her main motivator isn't to be a good person but to live a good life.

I love that Lanxiang is as amazing as she has to be to survive and now we're slowly starting to see how she can thrive even in the society she lives in. If not for her skills, she wouldn't ever escape slavery AND return to her status as a noblewoman. Of course she is exceptional.

He seems to speak deeper when he is with the military, which is a nice touch.

> Let Lanxiang have a life before and after Jinqi enters it. Let me get to know him separately too.

This!!!^^^^ So much this!

Yes, it's so nicely subtle given their status differences! He's also been looking at the painting her dad/she recognized whenever he is in his grandfather's study. The last moment of those seemed to deliberately imply that he was thinking of her.

Every day I'm just gonna say the same thing, apparently: The episodes end. too. fast.
Whereas I really felt for Xingtang, I'll love to hate Cuique. Get away from Xiaolian!

It's killing me how short these episodes feel. More. I need moooore. The tense scenes really hit and the sweet moments are enjoyed so much.

Just some jealousy/infighting. Partially because she didn't belong to the four maids Madam Lin chose to be possible concubines. Baogai didn't take it well when Lanxiang and Xiuwan became second-rank maids so quickly. She made snide comments when Lanxiang was punished and in that scene in which they brought washing water to Ms. Zhao.

Loving Lan Xiang and her maid besties ❤️

So Xing Tang had TWO other men? No wonder things went wrong. (Edit: Ok, two different crossdressers. Shame that he betrayed her so fast.)
That's one traumatic past she has. All the more despicable is the father of her dead child.

The cast lists are rarely updated in their entirety and now it'll take some time for additions to be approved of even if volunteers have already submitted updates.

I'm still waiting on more dramas to give their female leads as incredible fighting scenes as Ren Ru Yi had.

I only wanted to watch the first episode today but after THAT how could I. Then episode 2 was over way too fast. Where did those 45 minutes go. It's already so difficult to not binge this as far as possible.

I hope in the possible Season 3 there will be a missing link flashback episode about why Jinman actually joined Babylon. S1 showed why he left. S2 why he was put on the recruitment list. But why did he join? Because he couldn't get into a commissioned officer position? Because Q seemed well-adjusted and then he was surprisingly stuck with Bale, lol?