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My thoughts are that Kdramas have the best Modern dramas and C dramas shine with costume dramas. There are a few Chinese modern dramas I like, but I mostly love the political or wuxia costume dramas.

I think my Xian Xia genre like is waning as well. The only one I have ever really liked was Three Lives, Three Worlds: Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. After that, almost all Xian Xia has fell completely flat for me. My Starry Love wasn't to bad.

Also, I agree with you about Zhao LuSi, I absolutely love her. She is an amazing actress and also seems like a sincere and kind hearted person as well.

I can't find it either. Usually if it says Disney + for the US you can try Hulu cause that is where they usually put this, but I can't even find it on Hulu either.

I disagree. She builds all kinds of things by just looking at them one time. She is actually pretty clever. The male lead does not always save her, she actually saves herself plenty and she is very strong in heart. The way she stands up and fights, especially toward the end of the series. I don't know where you get that she isn't very bright or annoying. Naive maybe, but you got to understand the character was not taught how to be a lady, her parents left her with her grandmother right after she was born and the grandmother and aunt never taught her to read or etiquette, etc.

I miss seeing him. I want to see him acting in dramas again. I hope he finds a good studio or better management team to get him better roles.

I have recently become a huge fan of Gong Hyo Jin, so I am excited to see her in this, and especially with Lee Min Ho. They look like they will have amazing chemistry. Although, I am not fond of any type of sci fi series or drama will try and give this one a shot. I don't really like supernatural stuff that much either, but I surprisingly enjoyed GHJ's The Master's Son.

I think it will be hard to watch this, because I absolutely love the Korean drama. I don't know about the casting either. I guess I will have to try and watch it, but most often when I try to watch a drama after watching the originals or something similar it doesn't usually go well. The only exception being Hana Yori Dango/Boys Over Flowers/Meteor Garden.

I wish she had more fighting scenes as well. But honestly the last fight scene she had, I definitely could tell it was a stunt double. I like being able to watch and not tell and imagine that the actual actor did their own stunts. As great as I thought this was, there were a few off bits during the fighting scenes.

General and I, Legend of Fu Yao, New Life Begins, The Legends, The Princess Wei Young, The Rebel Princess, The Song of Glory, The Story of Ming Lan (she is not very strong, but she is extremely smart and cunning), Under the Power, The Blooms of Ruyi Pavilion

These are a few that I like, very smart women, some are strong and smart. Some are just really smart and cunning, especially The Princess Wei Young and The Story of Ming Lan. They are all very good, imo. Most of them are older (as in before 2020), but they don't make very man dramas like they use to. The newer dramas are sometimes harder to keep my attention, because they are reusing bits of other stories or are just predictable. New Life Begins is really nice and easy going, very smart female cast, it is one of the few more recent costume dramas I have enjoyed. Also, of course (I didn't put this up at the top, but) Love like the Galaxy.

Just finished this drama and I loved it. It was really good and cute. The story was so much better than a few of Jeremy Tsui's recent dramas. This one actually kept me engaged and I enjoyed the story and the acting. The only negative is I hated the "3rd Couple", I guess you might call them that, not her maid servant, but Yun Han and Xiu Ying ? pairing, their story was a bit boring to me and probably the only parts where I would have fast forwarded and probably will if I ever watch it again.

I absolutely love the FL and ML. Although, the story and writing in this is very lacking. It is also very predictable. I did start fast-forwarding after episode 15 or so and then started skipping episodes at 20. The story itself was a bit boring and basically repetitive of most other xianxias. It did have great acting (actors as well) in it though, which is disappointing cause of the lack of unique story made it fail. The sets and the costumes are beautiful. They did really well with the scenery as well, but I think that is the only saving grace of this unfortunately.

I am so excited for this!!! Just watched the last episode wrap video, it showed the production, behind the scenes, costumes, set, etc. It looks amazing.

I am usually prefer K Drama Rom-Coms, but I have been enjoying the melodramas and thrillers lately, as well. So I am excited for a bunch of these.

I love ZRY, he is so good. SSS is suppose to have a second season, because there is so much more story to tell, but how they did the ended it won't hurt it if it doesn't get its second season, unlike JOL which left on a huge cliffhanger.

I read it someone's comment about Esther Yu not to long ago and I think they said it best (let me see if I can remember what they said). "Basically she shows no growth as an actress, because in all her dramas she has that same "cutesy" (I would call it annoying) voice and acts exactly the same way be it modern or ancient/costume." That's kind of paraphrasing the comment I read, but I agree.

A lot of actresses you can see the difference in their acting in different dramas vs real life. Esther Yu is the same no matter what context you put her in. Li Qin, Bai Lu, Landy Li, and Peng Xiao Ran (whom I am watching now) just to name a few of the actresses that have a lot of depth to me and can take on different roles without it seeming like the same character from drama to drama.

He made watching the Void scenes enjoyable. I loved that character.

Yeah, everyone seems to love it and normally I would probably love it too, but I can't get past her or the body switching they do. I don't like body swapping dramas ( I know it wasn't in there for long, but still..)

I am not trying to dismiss your statements. I personally hate FLs who are bratty and childish. The others have made great points the FL in this has a reason for being the way she is and she has great development in this drama. She was never taught decorum or the proper way to behave, because she was treated with disdain and an outcast as she was growing up. Her only close friend being a mischievous bird.

Another note, the two main FLs in this both are actually mortal, and a mortal in ancient China got married between 12 and 18, you hardly ever saw a female get married after the age of 18, she was an outcast or a maid, etc. The actors playing these characters are actually over 20 years, but they play them like they are in their teens. I know there are several ancient/costume dramas that have strong, smart, etc teenage FLs, but sometimes, especially like this FL (who went through a lot growing up) have turned out "bratty" as you say. I necessarily wouldn't call it bratty, I call it more uneducated.

I so agree about the FL in LBFAD. I am so not a fan of Esther Yu's and I honestly have tried watching multiple dramas with her in it. I think the only one I finished was Moonlight and I am not sure how I finished that one, maybe because of Ryan Ding, because I love watching him.

this is where I am at right now. I watched the first 6 episodes then paused to binge watch The Starry Love, since it finished, and now I am back to watching ROTF and at episode 7 now.