Mailyn

I refer to the one who was alive kissing the one who was dead.

How did THAT get past the censors? Was it filmed outside China?

You are welcome. In Rise of Ning the second ML is the First ML in A Splendid Match. I have watched it three times - but not for the FL lead, particularly. She is just as straightforward / mentally strong in that drama, too, but a lot more 'genteel' - and less brash. But overall, I much preferred Rise of Ning to this production as the storyline is, IMO, much more exciting. As for the hairpin Ceremony - she went through that, too, in Rise of Ning. I have seen at least four dramas where they show it.

I know what you mean - by 18, I was getting annoyed - but by 19 and 20 things started moving.

Yes!

Really? "Her character has managed to make me feel sorry for her parents." This could give the impression that you think that the Father's behaviour towards his own daughter (when she was born) was jusified in light of her spolit behaviour now. (Not only does this make him look clairvoyant, but it implies that the father's disgusting personality was shaped by how he was treated by his own daughter - in the past.) Now, I know that this is probably not what you intend to say - bu that is how it reads.

It was a 'rite of passage' for girls when they reached fifteen years old; the age at which they were treated as adults. It was called the 笄禮 (Hairpin Ritual). Before that age, girls did not use hairpins but always had their hair in braids.

I wonder if you meant 'funny' when you asked about the 'upstaging' scene being amusing? Regardless, it was not supposed to be funny but showed the mind of a fifteen year old girl who might have a knee-jerk reaction because the ML used her. She is only fifteen, after all. In other scenes we see that she is quite capable of self-reflection and that she has the character to admit that she herself does the same thing in other ways. (Even if we were not shown said realisation in this instance.)
P.S. Did you see her in the Rise of Ning?

I wonder how old you are. The closer in age you are to the character (who is only fifteen in the drama) makes all the difference when it comes to your own tolerance levels (similar to the the sibling rivalry effect). This is a normal response. I look at her differently - perhaps because I have grandchildren older than she is. Is she spoiled - probably. Does she use people? Yes. But she is not the only one. Does she, to use your words, "stamp on" people? Definitely not. She is brash, but she is caring and considerate of others.

This whole drama is giving the equivalent of a BBC Regency period production vibe.

I thought that that was what you, meant, but thanks, anyway.

Oh. Okay. Thanks. I'll have to rewatch that part again.

"I’ve seen more than one person say how he wouldn’t have gotten hurt on set if he was filming with TXW…" I do hope that the people who made this asinine remark were just twelve year olds with room to grow. If not, they had better seek psychiatric help. I can't believe that you have seen it more than once.

Sorry. I am a retired teacher and a retired copyeditor. So, old habits die hard (as they say). It was definitely not meant as a criticism. But I do agree with the point that you were trying to make. I watch some scenes on ff but would not then expect someone to answer a question about something that I had 'DELIBERATELY' missed - (something that I had genuinely missed / not understood notwithstanding).

'Not bothering to do something' is not synonymous with laziness. Laziness is a lack of willingness. Not bothering is a lack of value or priority. Fast-forwarding certain scenes is selective engagement. Laziness, on the other hand, is usually about avoidance, not prioritisation.

He can see colours now though. We saw the first colour that he saw - red, and by ep. 12 (?) we know that he can see indigo.

They are fine on KissKh.

That may be true - but that was not the point of my hyperbolic rhetoric. Perhaps I should have expounded upon the emphatic 'as usual'. Discounting historical dramas, that figure is lower. Secondly, many of the more recent dramas that 'I' watched, or wanted to watch, had sad endings. I assumed that other MDLers would understand my use of the figurative rather than the literal.

Thank you so much.

Has anybody placed any bets on whether or not this will be a sad ending (as usual) for the ML ?

Hate! Really. Tell me, what word do people use nowdays when they want to say what used to mean 'hate'? Just because someone does not like something - and there are different levels of like and dislike - it does not mean that they are haters - not in the devalued sense that that the word has come to mean on this platform and, I dare say, elsewhere.
On a different note, I agree that people can not comment about how good or bad a drama is if they have not watched at least a few episodes.