Lycoris Radiata

Only up to episode 15 but the death of Yan Li made me so mad😭 didn’t even get to celebrate his son’s one month anniversary 😭

Yes and there are so many bts videos of Chen Duling lifting weights/dumbbells backstage whilst doing hair and makeup. Also she’s been filming a lot with Guo Jingming and he’s obsessed with making actors lose weight/be thin so that could have contributed.

I think it was common even in Europe—at least when my great great grandmother died in Sweden, her sister married her husband to protect her nieces (my great grandmother and her sister). It was amazing too because the husband had been an abuser, but the sister made him pay back 100 fold what he had made his late wife )her baby sister) suffer.

I hope someone writes fan fiction where he wanders and meets up with Ping’an—his story was so sad.

I think the same—especially how he always seems to give vague responses in court/never act directly

Very mature and realistic drama. Thankful it doesn’t have any of the annoying comedy like so many others have (just my personal preference). Really keeping me hooked!

I thought your points were very cogent! I think many people fail to realize just how deranged Henry was. I have a friend who worked at Hampton Court Palace and when he gave me a tour and described how the tapestries even were woven to promote Henry’s obsession with relating himself to people from the Old Testament or mythologies, it was so eye opening that he was truly ill.

No an annulment can only be granted if the marriage wasn’t consummated, or if it were a forced marriage, or lack of knowledge of entering the married state. None of these applied to Henry as he even petitioned Rome to marry Catherine of Aragon, his brothers wife in the first place. Annulment is not Catholic divorce although many misunderstand it. It signifies the marriage never was as the sacrament either lacked matter or form.

it wasn’t the Catholic Churches fault. He killed them because he wanted to and he had already started his own church after marrying Anne Boleyn. He could have divorced As he pleased but instead chose to kill them based on fabricated stories he invented.

Poor horse had to die too😭

Yeah it seems popular to hate on Yang Zi when even a very famous stylist said she was the NICEST in the industry to work with. She even buys food for her colleagues when the filming team drops the ball. Especially as someone who started out as a child actress, she is a remarkable case of talent.

The characterization is so good. Yang Zi and Wei Zheming are in particular so good at being emotive just with their eyes. Li Xian is masterful as usual—such a good cast and storyline! I love how I hate but still like and feel for Liu Chang bit—shows how well portrayed he is.

There are plenty of other dramas to watch…why did you choose to watch her drama if you’re sick of her—sounds like trolling.

ARP and Bai Lu are so gorgeous together. I never finished Ancient Love Poetry, but I’m just loving this. Maybe when it’s done I’ll go back and complete ALP.

Yes Xixi is adorable! I was thinking of trying to crochet one because it’s a cutie patootie.

Finding a good drama is like coming home—so happy for this to air! It’s not let down a single expectation so far!

This looks amazing!

Poor Ming! Her name meant bright and she was a bright star that flickered briefly, with no one to truly love it’s beauty 😭

I’m a bit behind y’all (only on episode 13) but gosh this drama has really gotten to me. I also saw my dad die when I was young (5) and so yingying’s grief and reactions were so close to me. That aside I also really marvel at how centuries later, worlds apart yet human nature hasn’t changed at all. Anyone who has grown up in a small town or village knows there are those who just hold the power and nobody will go against them.

Ming marrying the Duke is like casting pearls before swine…I hope she can be happy but I doubt it.