PeachBlossomGoddess

I doubt it but at this point anything is fair game. The book is not a roadmap anymore.

Ji Chang is more interesting and empathetic in the novel - his story is told as the second part of the novel but it is actually a prequel chronologically.. Unfortunately they changed too much of Tilan's story and marginalised General Tang to tell that part properly. He is one of the worst written characters here IMHO.

Biggest shocker: Emperor is MVP. I really want him to live.

In the novel General Tang is stubbornly loyal to Ji Chang but he loves Tilan. My guess is in the novel he still loves Tilan so what he does is a coin toss.

At this point, anyone can be.

Ah tyvm and this is a guess - note that I haven't watched any trailers so I could be way off. But what I appreciate about this drama is how surprisingly well the script has been written to change and still keep many parts of the novel at the same time. So I am just assuming the writing holds up and in that case, the ONLY way to have a good ending is to make it HE. Anything else is gonna be a BE bc there is no going back to the good sad ending that was the novel.

I am expecting a HE.

How can this noisy empty vessel Gao Sheng be head of Judicial Court he is so lacking in common sense!?

So far this director usually does sad followed by happy.

Pearl Eclipse does not start that well and its guilty of its fair share of filler scenes etc but unlike many other c-dramas it does get better markedly in the second half. Idk the ending we shall see.

Heheh... I get up and walk around, pour myself another glass of wine etc... not missing anything no need to understand a food soliloquy unless you are really into WYB.

Its not what I want. I think the book ending is actually the best, most memorable ending but we are not going to get that due to the changes they already made. So that is the only other way to end this in a good way. Everything else is a BE to different degrees only.

Oh no doubt she was brilliant and exceedingly manipulative to have ascended to that level from where she was. And karma is a bitch, she was mowed down by her own daughter-in-law, a woman just as wicked as her. Subsequent dynasties vowed to never allow another Wu Tzetian to come to power again and proceeded to socialize and institutionalize policies that suppressed and constrained women's role in society for centuries to come. Song emperors in particular wrote dire treatises on the dangers of ambitious women and by the time we got to Ming dynasty, it was incredibly stifling to be a woman you could barely move about freely or meet men not related to you. Tang women were the most educated, free and unrestrained, even often holding official positions.

I actually think all3 couples will get a HE. I also don't watch trailers.

Yeah that makes sense, if he can travel he should just go to the mermaid wtih Haishi.

Sigh! Even if FJM hears her, his EQ chip processes this info very inefficiently. Both the emperor and FJM start out true to their book characters but one has evolved while the other made some baby steps progress but is still needs lots of therapy. I didn't like XKC acting in the beginning I thought he overacted too much but he has really gotten into character nicely.

Option 2 is the worst ending IMHO.

Well in any case, this one you just want to strangle the lead actress.

This. The book was really good. https://mydramalist.com/38703-wanku-shizi-fei

No not really. It’s like many assassination plot, overthrow plot etc dramas and movies written around her bc she was a controversial figure around which many conspiracies were hatched. So all those Detective Dee movies for example take place during her reign.