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Oooh, that was him too! That show was good but one giant trauma, I think I am trying to just blank it out!

who was a completely despicable character, but the actor did a phenomenal job. I rarely watch Chinese Republican dramas, especially those with a revolutionary subtext (spent my childhood in a socialist country) but this one was really good.

I just realized that the actor playing the Taijin emperor played the main character' father in This Thriving Land

Yeah, I kept thinking where I saw the other Taijin prince before, now I remember!

I know who you mean, but I don't think he fits the demon aesthetic of this show ;). Which is not to say he isn't good-looking.

And the Chanxi Palace brothers weren't too bad either:).

Yes, my eyes definitely thank the casting team

This started out kind of slowly but I am really liking the last five or so episodes, hopefully the upwards trend continues.

While in general I am not a big fantasy fan, so far I am enjoying this s whole lot more than I did the much-hyped LOFG.

Yes, exactly.

See, that's my problem. I don't think they built up the delusional part very well. Sure, CZ tried to manipulate HY in his direction. But given his mother's history he didn't seem likely to force himself (figuratively, not literally) on a woman who clearly didn't want him. But maybe I am just expecting too much subtlety from a romance cdrama. This one was just not up to par in my book.

Yes, exactly. This last arc was completely unnecessary. But then, to me, this snow didn't have much going for it beyond the chemistry of the leads. And, fwiw, I actually thought that the actor that played CZ was quite good.

Ditto

On Viki, I mean.

Mine says Not Available in Your Region in the US. Annoying.

Oops, so sorry!

But wouldn't he have been the concubine's son? Well, what has happened had already happened.

Yeah, it would have made much more sense for the general to take the boy and not the girl. But... the plot.

Yep, and that escort agency was supposedly so great but nobody gave a crap about the poor kid beyond throwing him some food.

I actually was fine with TS being Yesha but I wanted Feng to be Bei Kun for purely emotional reasons. But I am at peace with what we got.