Apparently, she has a legit Martial Arts background. I found her very convincing as a highly-skilled bodyguard/assassin in this one: https://www.haixingduanju.com/duanju/info-7568875711746804761.html She is not listed there, though. And I couldn't find her profile on HXD, either.
It's been so many years, and still no version exists with the complete subtitles. It's a pity, as I remember opening episodes to be quite entertaining.
Title: "Evening Stars Gently Sway, Falling Upon the Sunken Boat" | 晚星轻摇落沉舟ML: Yi Hang |…
Oooooh, another potentially very strong female lead played by ZCH. Unfortunately, Yi Hang is partnering with her :( It was such a blessing by Drama Gods that other actors were playing ML in "Lu Songli Adventures" and "Listening to Silver".
Just finished watching Episode 1, and it actually looks quite engaging. Having Bao Shang En play the female lead helps, as I liked her a lot in "Legend of Heroes". Still, 37 episodes are a lot, especially with all the vertical Dramas tempting.
Very entertaining drama featuring a truly badass and yet very quirky female lead, and an awfully creepy brother. The only disappointment is the very poorly presented mother's redeeming act.
How is the female lead here? I'm talking her skills/intelligence/ML's help need? 1-10 scale, please, where 1 is a "Damsel in distress on estrogen ", and 10 is "Mary Sue on steroids"?
I never understand why people say the FL was weaker than the ML. So she was evenly matched with Wu Yuan and Huang…
Cheers. Thnx for the discussion.
Btw - you can find some impressive and well-positioned female leads in Micro Dramas. Partially, it's possible because some of them don't have MLs (imagine that!!!), but there are examples like the "Queen of the Battlefield", where the ML is a powerful general on his own, yet the only moment he had to step in was to replace a spear with a wooden stick, so the female lead won't kill her opponent :).
There is also a wide variety of female leads running the shows in strategising, planning, scheming's way..
I never understand why people say the FL was weaker than the ML. So she was evenly matched with Wu Yuan and Huang…
Well, the JTL's heroine was supposed to be an unbeatable assassin, but already in the 1st episode some schmucks soldiers injured her with a poisoned knife, so she had to take an antidote which limited her Qi/skills for half of the drama and hide inside ML's house. And it went downhill from there...
She had some truly great moments and impressive kills, but unfortunately, in the long run, the writers didn't have the guts to make her look like the legendary assassin she was supposed to be. And she was supposed to be so legendary that the ML (former chief of the spying agency) even didn't know she was alive nor what she looked like.
And don't start with her desire to get pregnant during the most important mission of her life. Talk about a character killer...
Among the dramas I had a chance to watch, the most powerfully impressive was the female lead in "Veil of Vengeance". But it was possible only because the ML was pretty much useless. When we are talking about "Power Couple", the MLs are always stronger; it's just a question of by how much.
I never understand why people say the FL was weaker than the ML. So she was evenly matched with Wu Yuan and Huang…
Yeah, yeah, female leads and women getting poisoned so the writers have a cop-out to make her/them appear weaker is a typical one. Only amnesia is missing :).
Regarding "JTL" - the ML was clearly stronger, even if based on previews and trailers, it was supposed to be rather a female-centric show.
I never understand why people say the FL was weaker than the ML. So she was evenly matched with Wu Yuan and Huang…
Episode 1, or 1-2? They had the same type of opponents ambushing them - FL got injured and had to be helped/attended by the ML, while the ML walked through them later like nothing when they tried to stop him travelling (or vice versa, not sure now about the order).
And like I said - even if I believe that ML was presented as the strongest fighter between them, at least the difference was not big. Unlike, for example, in "Journey to Lowe" where it was more obvious.
i feel like it's the story of the ML as told through her perspective kinda. i kinda see the vision. I am arguably…
That's seriously advanced level of mental gymnastics to explain why making potentially a mostly ML-centric drama from the mostly fL-centric novel is a good idea. Lol :).
And a million other things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0t4WmVuwg
I found her very convincing as a highly-skilled bodyguard/assassin in this one: https://www.haixingduanju.com/duanju/info-7568875711746804761.html
She is not listed there, though. And I couldn't find her profile on HXD, either.
It's a pity, as I remember opening episodes to be quite entertaining.
It was such a blessing by Drama Gods that other actors were playing ML in "Lu Songli Adventures" and "Listening to Silver".
Having Bao Shang En play the female lead helps, as I liked her a lot in "Legend of Heroes".
Still, 37 episodes are a lot, especially with all the vertical Dramas tempting.
I will never understand why people have such a low bar regarding "strong female leads" lewel.
The only disappointment is the very poorly presented mother's redeeming act.
Regarding dramas for you - did you watch https://mydramalist.com/776871-qing-chuan?
ML sucks big time, though.
It has the badass female lead in recent C-drama history.
And it took me a moment to realize what do you mean by "certain points", lol :)
Thnx for the discussion.
Btw - you can find some impressive and well-positioned female leads in Micro Dramas. Partially, it's possible because some of them don't have MLs (imagine that!!!), but there are examples like the "Queen of the Battlefield", where the ML is a powerful general on his own, yet the only moment he had to step in was to replace a spear with a wooden stick, so the female lead won't kill her opponent :).
There is also a wide variety of female leads running the shows in strategising, planning, scheming's way..
She had some truly great moments and impressive kills, but unfortunately, in the long run, the writers didn't have the guts to make her look like the legendary assassin she was supposed to be.
And she was supposed to be so legendary that the ML (former chief of the spying agency) even didn't know she was alive nor what she looked like.
And don't start with her desire to get pregnant during the most important mission of her life. Talk about a character killer...
Among the dramas I had a chance to watch, the most powerfully impressive was the female lead in "Veil of Vengeance".
But it was possible only because the ML was pretty much useless.
When we are talking about "Power Couple", the MLs are always stronger; it's just a question of by how much.
Only amnesia is missing :).
Regarding "JTL" - the ML was clearly stronger, even if based on previews and trailers, it was supposed to be rather a female-centric show.
They had the same type of opponents ambushing them - FL got injured and had to be helped/attended by the ML, while the ML walked through them later like nothing when they tried to stop him travelling (or vice versa, not sure now about the order).
And like I said - even if I believe that ML was presented as the strongest fighter between them, at least the difference was not big. Unlike, for example, in "Journey to Lowe" where it was more obvious.