Skibbies

Doesn't exist on any music platform and not listed in the credits. I honestly get the impression they didn't get permission to play the Cantonese version so they just did that.

I can't find it in Chinese either lmao. The lyrics are the same as the Cantonese version and that's the version the book refers to too. The actors were singing the Cantonese version and dubbed over. (Usually when you do a Mandarin cover, the lyrics are different because they rhyme differently. idk what's up with this drama.....this song trips me + many people up so so much)

It's the same song they play whenever Team Solo is together, Beyond's A Brighter Future 海阔天空. Mandarin cover, I'm not sure who sings the version in drama. It weirds me out so so much and I keep mentally replacing it with Cantonese version since the lyrics are the same.

While I agree it dragged towards the end, especially if you are only interested in the romance. The 40 episodes does include all three novels in the series. If you care about the friendship between team Solo, episode 36 is pretty good payoff I think. If not, then it's pretty fair.

I think Li Xian was better in Tienstin Mystic (available on netflix) and I liked Yang Zi more in Ashes of Love. I really didn't like the initial setup/characterisations for this, novel or drama.

? Sorry you got the idea I'm upset, I'm not lol. Mild confusion maybe.

Ummm. Su Cheng isn't HSY's boss, she's his business partner's wife + team leader. I don't know where you got the idea she's rich, she's not. She was broke and not doing well, and thought Xiao Ai would do better with Team Solo.

It's the lips lol. Ni Ni actually really likes Shu Qi and sometimes they interact on instagram.

It's when a lot of stations have variety shows and special programming. Even the dramas that air might get less episodes or different scheduling.

Have you seen the original Scarlet Heart? I don't think RotP is a bad start to historical, since other people have started with Nirvana in Fire, a similar serious, political focused cdrama that's not SO heavy it's difficult to get. I've known people that started with either and loved them. But it really depends on your taste.

She did really well at school so she was reasonably popular I'd think. The book was written from her POV and heavily focused on her feelings, so it's little hard to gauge. With You's Luo Zhi have been previously criticised by book fans for being too outgoing, actually. But I feel she could have been like that with Geng Geng, hell, with anyone that wasn't Sheng Huai Nan. She's pretty easygoing with other people in this drama too.

Since you watched With You, maybe My Huckleberry Friends, by the same company? Not really fluffy though and it still leans down to earth slice of life.

Put Your Head on My Shoulders and Le Coup might be more your thing if you are looking for fluff dramas.

Fairly close to the book since the author was the screenwriter and did parts of the directing after the previous director flaked out. It's a fairly down to earth series, but like the book it suffers from fair few misunderstanding and melodramatic bits. It also feels fairly anticlimatic, and lacking focus due to sheer amount of characters and their rather complicated love lines. I know it's to show different outcomes of unrequited love, but it resonated less than the book for me, there were too many bits where I just eh. Okay watch but not amazing. Luo Zhi is pretty great, even though I feel both leads could use better haircuts.

Yes.

They are married, they had a ceremony and everything. But yeah she went to battle half to avoid consummating the marriage, half because Helian Zheng didn't have that many Generals he could trust.

For this drama, it technically make sense (IMO anyways), but the last episodes really wasn't flesh out well, paced well or even written well.

As for sequel hook, while they are annoying, it's usually funding or casting or in China's case, different restrictions that makes sequel poof into thin air. Hollywood movies are frequently stuck in development hell, cdramas have them too, then there's also ones that never got to air for various reasons.

Because it's not even listed on her douban or baidu baike (wiki) lol. I found her in the credits, her name is Yue Xin 岳辛. Weibo is https://weibo.com/yuezhiliao?from=feed&loc=at&nick=-%E5%B2%B3%E8%BE%9B-&is_hot=1 (her douban's website link links to her weibo fanclub lol)

The eating thing is due to his...OCD, or I guess it can be speculated he's on the autistic spectrum? He's very sensitive to textures so all his clothes are finest quality, he eats in eights, not very good at communicating. Gu Nanyi's parts were severely reduced so it's a really minor point.

They are looking for Bloody Pagoda because they are remnants/supporter of previous dynasty, it's essentially to erase chance of uprising/unrest if that make sense? The emperor is the one that's looking for them, his sons are just doing the dirty work and showing they have the ability to do so.

If you are talking about the stablehand who was trying to assassinate the emperor. He couldn't be kept alive because a) he knew Zhiwei's true identity, while she was under disguise of Weizhi too. b) Zhiwei is closely linked to Ning Yi enough that information (the fact Zhiwei is under disguise, and possibly the fact she's actually a princess) would get him in trouble. c) they were technically under crown prince's control and there's no way to ensure they wouldn't just tell on him. The stablehand knew it, and purposely tried to stab the emperor so he would die.

Ning Yi is pretty blinded by revenge yes, and believes in ends > means. He believes that he needs to kill the crown princes because leaving him alive pose a threat, a potentially small one, but one nonetheless. Threat that can breed hatred and other bigger threat. The emperor let him do it too (but he probably hopes it won't come to that), he specifically only mentions "don't dirty the ChengMing Palace" and Weizhi was there to protect the princess. (although she was to save the crown prince too but I think that's bit naive)

I don't think he has reason to kill the princess yet, aside from her indirectly helping to poison one of his trusted helper. The princess is pretty cruel and careless in general and outright rude to Ning Yi, but not deserving of death. which was Weizhi's reasoning, and she was there by emperor's order. It's a clashing of ideals and that's what I like about their relationship. Although even if he wants to kill the princess, to him, it make sense because she would hate him for killing her *only* brother (she doesn't see the other princes as brothers) and could raise hell since she's adored by the emperor. However, if he did kill the princess, not only would Weizhi be in trouble, he would also lose out favour with emperor. More importantly, Weizhi was stopping him because there's no ends to revenge and it's dark path if he keeps doing this yadda yadda.

Anyways, shooting her in the leg is fine IMO, she was in the way, there's no other way to disable her. In the end, she believes in good of people and he believes in the evil of people, because of the way they grew up, I think it mostly works in the drama? Of course, you don't have to like it.

Douban is super excited by things that are fresh, and is sometimes influenced by how terrible the recent dramas have been. The mysticism/supernatural bits and other elements might have prevent it for being a "real" mystery drama, so it's not subjected to similar level of criticisms other mystery/thriller shows get. The rule that douban high score dramas/movies might not be to your taste, but its low score ones are usually trash mostly stands I think.

This drama have themes, core plot, style that's right up my alley, and the short length made the second half's plot issue less annoying for me. I can totally see why someone would be disappointed by it though.