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I think lovely runner production wasn't even costly either in comparison to some other dramas. It's just overall good writing, great actors, good production and it entertained the viewers without spending ground breaking budget on.

I'm sure actors with dedicated fans contributes to the viewers tuning in but a limit on the salary an actor can get per episode should be set so stories can be produced more and more without it destroying the industry because this year... Not much Korean dramas are catching my eyes. The only one I want to watch is When Life Gives You Tangerine because I heard the writing is immaculate. And so far, I'm not hearing much hype about Kdrama about good shows... I'm currently just on Cdrama train to satisfy my boredom from Kdrama.

I would say good actors aren't hard to find, it's really the writers and budget of set. They should be allocating a good budget to finding good writers or story because a good story literally make or break the drama. I've been watching so many dramas with top actors in it and if the writing isn't good, no actor will change that.

So true. I'm not as familiar with the Chinese industry so I don't really know who is the idols and who is not. Sometimes I may recognise them from Kpop but otherwise, I don't know just like I discovered Tan Jian C is a singer after I finished LYF and started Filter.

You can just tell he was writing whatever came to his mind and wanted it to be insulting because he didn't care who was going to read it. He didn't see him as a threat.

Him coming out of an acting school makes so much sense because his acting really is different and leagues above his female partner. I feel like sometimes people don't understand when I tell them I can tell when an actor is just acting but it's just that. Nothing stand out worthy. Like yes, they smile when they are happy and cry when they are sad but that's literally it. The acting doesn't seem to go outside of the box.

Actually, I'm enjoying the interactions more than the storytelling so you are right in that regards. It's really the leads that's making me go through it.

Yes, I'm surprised users here clocked it because he is basically destroying culture and conquering through force but with each empire having an empress, I feel like that's the author way to preserve culture somehow.


If it was before censorship then I got nothing to add but this is one of the things I always find confusing when most of the story is fictional but it got real people's name lol because out of everything, they could have just changed the identity.

I like Cdrama because of the length too actually. It feels like you have enough time to get to know the characters and get more plot fleshed out. But when you watching multiple back to back, you can also drop the ones that good and enjoyable but nothing exceptional.

Yea, I'm fine with it having no angst lol I enjoyed the angst here doesn't mean I want to see it every time. Definitely need that breather moment. And yes, I actually am watching Are you the one. It's actually good but it's nothing great. I feel like the show have many great moments but I also feel like it's lacking somewhat. I do, however, enjoy the actor skills. I can tell now that he is a great talent and actually have so much potential. His acting is not one dimensional.

Currently on ep 29

Huai Yang keeps flaunting his PhD. Almost every damn episode, he is reminding me he have PhD in gaslighting Lmao we are hitting royalty waters now. It's like I'm witnessing his dissertation on how to manipulate everyone like SIR, how do you keep getting away with thiiisss???? Gaslight others sooo good, he accidentally gaslight himself too early on when he was like, "I'm not here to play house." Excuse me? You are the one who pretending to be her husband IJBOL

This dude never missed a single opportunity, I'm crrrrying. Broke his leg and sir can't even believe he accidentally did it yet immediately started yapping about how he is crippled now and needs to marry the princess ASAP to get rid of a royal decree.

Also ever since he came to Beizhou, it's been funny lowkey. Lord of Beizhou been spying on him, thinking every move was a threat or scheme while Huai Yang was busy trying find ways to woe his girl back. The joooookes. And the fact it was a very great and working strategy for some reason is killing me. Them as a pair are hilarious especially when Lord Beizhou was saying he let him have his troops to "win his woman back." And of course, our gaslighting king respond, "Why did you offend Prince Sui AGAIN? Now you can only go to the capital." I've no words. An unexpected funny duo.

Gotta give props to my girl. She finally got a fight scene here and she slayed. Why aren't they giving us more of this. Need to see her fight more but I'm sure budget played a role.

My favourite romantic so far gotta be when she stabbed him with the pin, he pulled it out, wiped his blood off and put it back on her hair. Cook.

Yea, yea, they wanted that Lost You Forever for EVERYONE 🤣 the writer really said spare no one! It's kinda odd funny. Very idealistic message but it's fictional so anything can happen.


I did hear it was based off something but like I'm confused why didn't she go full fictional instead of making it a mythical version of an existing empire? This really causes censorship. Like nobody needed to know who was referenced because doesn't follow through it completely?

Omg thanks for letting me know because I wanted to reply to everyone but it kept showing me when I was replying "error" over and over again so I gave up on replying but I see the system just repeated it 😅😅

I think I reached a point where I need a break from Chinese drama because of how long the episodes are and how it's like an investment each time to start. Been watching multiple back to back to back like a lunatic. I'm likely to give Go East chance before this one because detective/police/investigation type of shows I don't like. I find them very predictable which makes me less impressed to watch.

Need to cut this line real quick please 😭

Under the skin? I was going to skip it as I'm not into modern drama that much but I'll keep it in my mind since you recommended and it had good ratings.

It was so common (I noticed new drama aren't doing this fity million blood spitting so I'm assuming the audience complained ENOUGH). I completely forgot how someone like her might find it so odd because I was used to seeing it in multiple dramas. Cheng Yi was almost on par but I think no drama beats this one in the blood spitting.

As you guys know, my sister doesn't watch cdrama , this is like her third so she is not familiar with the game especially with cdrama from pre-2023 but she suddenly asked me at ep 29, "How much blood does he have?" I laughed so hard because she finally noticed. She was saying, "With the amount of blood he is vomiting, he can start a blood donation center. He can save the world."

It sounds like she is LMAO I was gonna say no because I was here first, I was here when book fans were so annoyed that everyone was rooting for TTJ and I defended him, even have multiple comments in here and in comment of the drama comment section too back when it was airing. But sis started saying things like, she wanna change her profile picture, she wants him as her wallpaper, we hitting new level of obsession that I can't compete on LOL

I'll keep you guys posted lmao She watching him crash out right now with Xi Wu dying and she have thoughts.

We got her guys!! Another Moonie friend to the list.

I've been trying to get my sister into Chinese drama and it was a tough battle. I recommended her LBTFAD because it was friendly for newcomers and she did watch it till the halfway point but she wasn't obsessed. It's been a couple months since then and I tried to entice her with Lost You Forever because I was watching it and knew Jian Ci role there was going to nail it and it did. Toxic Sliver haired men? Approved! Anyway, my next suggestion is Till The End of the Moon because Luo Yun Xi was too phenomenal here and it's been years since I've seen this show (I was here when it was airing episode by epsiode) . It was tough getting her on this because she HATES fantasy. She did NOT want to watch it. She doesn't like the cgi, flying, which is why she wasn't a big fan of LBTFAD. Like the first half an hour, she was bored with this show, I'm like in the background trying to convince her to please give this show a chance. The end of the first episode intrigued her but she wasn't convinced. Tell me why this traitor watched it behind my back and suddenly she 8 episodes ahead and she was like, "Oh my god... I'm crying. Why is it sooooo sad. he is suffering a lot..." Yea, that's my man Tantai Jin. Now she finished the Dream arc and she is all like, "Oh my god, my heart is beating fast." She fell in love with Luo Yun Xi guys LMAO

She ruined my rewatch chance but I knew Tantai Jin was going to get her. I was counting on him. There is no way you can watch this show and not root for him. Funny though because she previously didn't think Luo Yun Xi was handsome when I showed her his edit but now he is the love of her life. Irony. Just in time to get obsessed with him just before his new drama to drop so she can watch that with me. My evil plans finally working.

This is a fictional show and characters live for more than thousand years. Nothing about it makes sense conceptually. And this is not Chinese empire rule, this is every country rule. An ill king leads to the downfall of any country which is why they establish the Crown Prince early on so if anything happened to the king, he inherits. I understand monarchy because I live in one. I just think it would be much more entertaining, in fictional story, to have an prince like that while he hides how his sanity is degenerating.

Currently on ep 2

My introduction to Wan Yi was through Si jin. There was nothing extraordinary about that show but while I was watching, I figured the actors were improvising the romantic scenes. It was just a guess in my head because some of the romance wasn't typical like in other dramas. It could have been part of the script but it didn't feel typical. A month later I wanted to start LYF for Yang Zi and people were encouraging me to start it and noticed all the actors that I knew from 2025 were there as leads except one. And boy.... was I impressed by Wan Yi acting skills there. He made a character I usually would dislike as my favorite. I feel like he played the biggest role on why I ride and die his character so much while he was everyone's least favorite. Someone even on my tiktok edit informed me, his role here was even better.... I didn't want to start it because I was worried it might be a typecast (he looks too similar, the role might be the same too... another victim of casting directors who don't let actors branch out from that one bloody role, you know?) but I decide to just go for it so here I am and two episodes in and I'm already impressed once again. The voice crack, the tone manipulation and as usual his expressions. I can tell his really talented. I already feel refreshed by the acting. Like finally an actor who plays around with his voice. Do it more.

I also like the female lead acting, she plays the innocent, kind but secretly smart girl. I'm looking forward to see what she will deliver.

Finished this show. Episode 31 was kinda off healing for me when he talked about how the camera distorts your face and how it's okay to make to use make up to either feel confident, to please yourself or to look attractive for someone you like... Like no man will ever say that, let's be real LMAO but the message was very healing.

A little bit of a backstory about me, I'm Su Cheng Cheng here and I also have a sister who fits the beauty standards of where we are from. She was always chased around by men (currently she gained too much weight from stress so less men are chasing her but she still pulls). I was like her bodyguard. Men are being pest to her? Send me in!

Either way, I've come in terms with the fact I'm the ugly duckling and I was okay with it because I'm a bit too rational LMAO Unwanted attention from men is still UNWANTED attention from men, do you get me? Like I don't care if I don't get attention from a guy I never cared about? Teenager me was such a slay if you ask me LOOOOL But I had self image issue. I'm okay with my face when I look at the mirror but when I took a picture, I always feel ugly. It looks so bad that I stopped taking pictures. I may take a selfie of myself maybe once a year, during special occasions. That's it.

Hearing him say that kinda made me feel better. It's okay to use make up to feel confident, camera distorts the way I look... I should do what I feel like it and it would still be authentic, a part of me.

Show had a overall, good message and fun storytelling to boost.