Hermine Voltaire

Yeah...
You used the right word, “Memorable.”

If we are lucky, we get:
- A masterpiece one like, “Nirvana In Fire1”
- A couple of memorable ones like,
“Joy of Life1”
“Love and Redemption”
- Some good ones like,
“The Untamed”
“Ever Night1”
“Once Upon A Time In Lingjian Mountain”
“Arsenal Military Academy”
“Cross Fire”

*And that within a wide sea of atrocious disasters.
*However, 2020 is a SPECIAL one. This year is the year for a copious number of wtf... Chinese dramas.
(I apologize for my French)

True about what you said.

Few of the climatic and emotional scenes could have used a better voice dubbing.

However, I am restraining myself from nip-picking every single detail of the drama.
This has been a horrible, horrible year for Chinese dramas so I am just appreciating one of the very few great ones without my regular nip-picking self.

Hahaha...
Girl, you have to do what you have to do...

Do your thing!!!

I like her.
And I am very and extremely selective about my female lead characters.

Throughout her development, her growth and her evolution within the storyline; Xuan Ji manages to keep that beautiful tenderness from her early years.
And also think that specific voice dubbing was more than appropriate for her character.

*Crystal Yuan did a damn good portraying that character.

Hemmm.
I checked my profile but I can’t find what you are referring to.

However, my favorite dramas with badass female lead characters can only be, either one of those followings:
- Song of Glory
- Lost Love In Times
- The General and I
- Ancient Detective
- Under The Power
- Princess Weiyoung
- Legend of Lu Zhen

*These female lead characters would be my types of “Badass Female Leads”
I hope that helps...

You and I both...
However, I don’t think that we are the only ones.
The whining and the complaining that i’m earring from my friends about their spouses strangely are getting more intense.

Tell me about it...

Lol...
That is what happens when they build a perfect character of a male lead.

Now, we have to struggle through the symptoms of “The Si Feng’s After Effects.”

The editing in this drama is a complete nonsense.
And I thought “Love a Lifetime” was bad... No, this one is way worse.

*The storyline is doing more jumping jacks than a physical trainer.
I feel like that I am on a parkour trail; I can’t keep up with the crude chopping and editing.
Hahaha...

Me too

And that’s a drop.
The cutting, the chopping and the editing are so abrupt and crude; then in turn, the storyline itself stops making any kind of sense.
Following the Chinese entertainment’s regulations, those reductions of episode are doing a ravaging job on those dramas...

It’s hard to develop any kind of attachments to any of the characters.
- The Female lead is over the top intrusive with a bizarre hybrid personality/soul.
- The Male lead was in love with his sister-in-law and showed no decorum about it.
- The Emperor’s character is a slimy snake with an insecurity/inferiority complex.

*No, no... This is a drop for me.

Cross Fire with Lu Han and Leo Wu.
It is on my very, very, very short list of best dramas this year.

I always thought that Cheng Yi was a good actor.
I found him very captivating and mysterious in both the Noble Aspirations and the Lost Tomb’s series.

But I do agree with you about his full potential has never been put on display until now, with L&R.

To me, Cheng Yi has always been a good actor. He just never had a chance to display the beautiful range of his acting skills until L&R.

As for these 2 that I mentioned above. I always had unfavorable views toward them. Until this year, that is...

Indeed, It is a magical love story told so beautifully by a not-so-famous lead couple.
But good grief, they both were so convincing.

My biggest attraction to this Xianxia drama was not only for the lovely romantic sides of the storyline but also how they tackled the numerous social and governmental issues... That are still being applied even in our modern and non-fictional era.

*This year, I got utterly impressed by 1 actor and 1 actress:
- Lu Han
- Crystal Yuan

Lol...

Poor Si Feng.
His girl is fatally high maintenance:)

That is exactly what it was.

The heavenly emperor/father told him, the celestial prince/little Phoenix, that he will spend the next 10 lifetimes guiding her, assisting her and teaching her how to grow a warm heart before reascending.

Call me “a sucker for grand romance” or “a sucker for martyr storylines”
What Si Feng did for Xuan Ji was simply magical.

- Best (Boy/Girl) couple in recent years, goes to:
Si Feng and Xuan Ji

- Best boyfriend, fiancé, husband and male partner, goes to:
Si Feng

I wish and I hope for L&R to receive huge success in South Korea.
Also, for either Viki, Amazon Prime or Netflix to license it.
(I would love to rewatch it on a bigger screen)

Those would be of tremendous help.