MadelineMaureen

So far Jia is a girls girl...giving Mei Lin a sex ed book for her birthday because "gifts should be practical" 🤣🤣💀

"I wish for her to remain forever innocent" - the Emperor talking about Zi Gu to her brother Yue Qin.
Man pretty much said that he's more adopted Yue Qin's sister as a daughter and not a wife and that he will never have intimate relations with her, and will keep her safe and away from conflict within the court. Kind of love that the other wives of the emperor that I've seen so far seem to like Zi Gu like a daughter/sister and not competition for the emperor's attention/affection.

The heart lens usage in the final shot of San Ha looking at Ju Won in episode 3🥰

I feel like it more plays into the 2ML's story than anything. It's showing how close of a friend he lost and how that loss will color his moves/decisions from now on. Yeah, it was a bit on the longer side for a death, but after watching The Long Ballad, extended side-character deaths became par for the course in the revenge/hidden motive anti-hero stories for me.

From what I've read in the comments I love that they changed it for the live action adaptation. Making people think you are evil, while actually just working in the shadows to get revenge/justice works so much better imo if a happy ending is what is going to happen.
It's like going based off of "historical" documents that actually are just what the victor wanted you to know about the loser...so falsehoods, rumors, and lies incorporated to paint the victor's version of events. But now we are seeing what "actually" happened. (This is how I'm interpreting the differences in novel vs show)
If you know anything about royal history from any nation, rumors were used to wipeout potential threats all the time. It's one of my favorite plays on history that artists use in film/television. (Not the Menendez Brothers though...Ryan Murphy seriously what the actual hell are you doing over at Netflix? sit down and stop it; get some help.)
I think it's dark enough with him secretly training her for ten years and poisoning her so that she could be used as evidence is enough to show his moral grey anti-hero side. If someone is already willing to die, he kinda just says 'bet' and uses them for his own means.

I think drama wiki has an up to date list of who is dubbed. The three lead actors are using their real voices for this one.

The romance hasn't so much started as the building of trust/understanding is building. The very first..."well, I might actually care if you died." kind of feelings, not "I live and breathe for you" feelings.

With how unreliable the narrators have been with regards to past events I'm always questioning the new information we receive. ML's origins are even in question. Did his mother seduce his father or was his father so "drunk" that he raped a servant and then blamed the servant so his concubine wouldn't be mad at him. The servant, ML's mother, died in childbirth. Though common at this time sus as fuck in this family with Concubine lurking in the shadows.
FL's mother died from complications due to childbirth a few years after giving birth to FL. The servant the ML found says she was kidnapped & assaulted, thus resulting in her pregnancy with the FL. She says the mother took drugs to make the birth come early on purpose. Was this to end the pregnancy altogether or was it to make FL's birth not line up with her abduction date? aka hide how she got pregnant. Why was FL's mother throwing out medicine & why was that medicine killing the plants? so many ways to interpret the same information.

Although I'm looking forward to the romance side, I just feel sad that she is eventually going to have to grapple with her true birth story. I didn't read the novel so I don't know if there is another twist, but yeah as of now her origins are a bit traumatic. And if true they both come from non-consensual relations.
Honestly don't know why I'm editing my language so much like I'm making a youtube video.

That response wasn't present at the time. I was responding to "So you’re saying that they did get intimate whereas the poster above your response said it didn’t happen. Interesting. I’m more on the “yeah, she spent the night with him” theory. 😝" comment.

she stayed in his room so that people would THINK something happened, when it didn't. he actively spreads rumors about himself so he can work in the shadows & be disregarded by people as a hedonist & lunatic that murderers anyone he wants.
yes, he's using the FL, but she was already on a death mission the moment she entered his home 10 years ago. so he figures her life is forfeit & would better serve the dead(her city & his army) as a martyr. As his army would not harm civilians, the army was killed by the surviving civilians of the city massacre. he barely made it out alive.

nothing happened between them other than the kiss. He lets outsiders believe that he is lustful & a murderer. She let's people believe she is his so she can be close to him or use that as a reason to cause harm. He wants people to think that he's "taken" her against her will. She wants some people to believe that & others to think she seduced him. She wants to investigate him herself before acting on orders as she doesn't kill the innocent.

I responded to the person above you with the link. Didn't want to spam the feed with really long links. But the WeTV site has a whole bunch of videos up and teasers for upcoming episodes.

Sorry for the late reply. Went to bed right after this then went to work and only just got back to my laptop. Couldn't find the share button so long link it is.


https://wetv.vip/en/play/iwf554loilcazjm-The%20Rise%20of%20Ning/d0046i2tvk7-A%20Wrap%20Special%3A%20Zhang%20Wanyi%2C%20Ren%20Min%20Dancing%20In%20The%20Snow.%20So%20sweet!%20%7C%20The%20Rise%20of%20Ning

The wrap video...the director is so funny. He is showing Ren Min what he wants her to do and I was cackling.

Are You the One and The Rise of Ning were filmed in the same location sets(aka exterior shots). This is what happens when I watch too many period shows back to back. I just see all the other shows that were filmed there. Sometimes productions do a better job at redressing the location to make it seem different, but 9 out of 10 times you can clearly see the location. Chinese dramas aren't as bad as Korean period dramas though as there are only a few folk villages left in Korea so the same location is used 100% of the time instead of 50%.

I would be interested to know the cities these shows are shot in so I could get a better idea of reginal location. Anyone know any articles or videos that deep dive into this topic?

Trying to add Wu Mian to the cast list as Old Madame Luo. I knew I recognized the grandmother, but couldn't place her and then couldn't find her in the cast list.

DUDE, when I say this girl's character knows no rest, I mean, THIS GIRL KNOWS NO REST. I swear I think by the end there were tops 5 people(possibly alive, as we never checked back in with over half of the characters introduced) that didn't try to murder/harm her at some point. Did everyone that tried to unalive her get their comeuppance? I honestly couldn't tell you, because AGAIN they left so many plots in the dust that I was wondering who is alive and not at the end. But it was all a dream anyway...because censorship board, so did it really matter?
It was very mid. I watched it as I waited for the next round of shows I was waiting to start airing released.
I highly recommend 'Kill Me Love Me' that just started. All departments currently working at full artistic capacity. 'Rising of Ning' is a bit of a slower calmer show that doesn't ask too much of it's audience. Aka it's a pleasant watch like New Life Begins.

I know, right!? I was shocked and appalled when a video popped up talking about it saying she somehow catfished people with social media posts looking different....it's social media...in China...
They need to look at their own overly filtered photos before they start throwing stones in their houses made of glass.
Make-up could easily slim her nose down if she so chose to. She doesn't need to compromise her ability to breathe just to please strangers on the internet. I about had a panic the other day thinking LuSi had a nose job, but it was literally just how she did her make up that day. Poor girl had to remove her make-up on camera to remind people that she is a human with pimples.
I really need the general public to understand that it's the differences in peoples looks and the "flaws" that make a person interesting and unique.

PS: Another wide-set eyed girly that is killing it these days is Bailey Bass from Avatar: The Way of Water and Interview with a Vampire.
Okay, stepping off my soap box now. Remember, what makes you different, is what makes you, YOU.

Also if my suspensions are correct this show might take it's time with certain scenes. Letting the establishing shots shine and also really soak in the environment that they have created. If they do the coverage right on the background and the closer detailed shots it sets the tone for the scene. A lot of the time there is beauty found in the silence of a scene. It lets the vibe build. With larger action pieces throughout this they are going to need those slower to build until boiling over scenes to juxtapose the fast paced edits of a fight scene.
Aka I need longing and weighted moments...this, if done correctly will add time to the episode but not feel as though the episode is dragging.
So far the sound mixing is good. I'm generally looking forward to how they craft each episode.