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I'm afraid it is far deeper than that. The recordings form part of leaks from a screen writer of Blossoms Shanghai where she is gossiping and making fun of Tan Yan and other well known stars in China. Allegations of exploitation of writers not credited and she was part of that with director Wong Kar Wai. He will be cancelled separately for that and his insulting comments on China's COVID policy and comments about the CPC leeching its citizens...

Yes I heard that too. To be honest, I didn't rate her performance here. Other actors like FL and Liu Yi Jun had more complex characters to play.

Update now. Support cast, Zhang Yaqin & Shen Yue.

Can someone confirm if this is linked to the Strange Tales 1,2 & 3? Is this Strange Tales 4? Why isn't YXW & co on this one?

Well, everyone can have their opinion. I think the role was quite hard to pull off. PXR did well, and didn't over-do the falling in love. Cutting parts out can be quite ruthless. I don't know all the details here, but I don't feel anything major is missing.

Sorry I can't help on that. I only know Youtube one.

Sometimes, they don't pick it up because it's not a demand. It is now available on Youtube for free via Huace. Enjoy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDfbPriY9GA&t=20s

SMY crying was the highlight. How could he suddenly look so pretty when crying?

Check out Love In Between if you want homage to Wuxia. Morally grey characters, but dark as in literal. Most of the drama may be lit too dark for some to enjoy.

I'm surprised that anyone could label her that. Ironically what I have seen on other dramas are of viewers constantly complaining about MLs' characters putting duty over love, especially those Xianxia tropes. Why is it not accepted when a female character does that?

The many storylines from Dashing Youth to Blood River, the underlying story is about what love can do and change things. It's a classic of duty and love that sometimes collide and it always makes for good stories. It's a tried and tested formula in story telling. Why single her out from all the other characters. I think this role was really beautifully done.

A large portion of viewers watch based on current culture and current standards. Many will not know the full details of living in that time. They will know the basics like concubines, age of consent much younger, slave contracts and death for spouse and servants should emperors deem them guilty of treason or similar.

But, morals is a tricky one. Often it's fake outrage. It is ironic, many have upped their morals due to the many storylines told in these idol-style dramas. I doubt many follow that in real life. They think they do, in their head, but reality does not match it.

It's fake outrage. You see it all the time. When posting on forums, users seem to inflate their morals often influenced strangely by the very many idol-style dramas that try to paint extra high morals. When there's actually a bit of "realism", they are caught off guard. Of course in their real lives, those standards don't truly exist.

Thanks for all this. It now all makes sense. Yes, I got mixed up with where the story ends and TBOY starting. I regard that as a happy ending!

Thank you for your review. Very enjoyable read. But was the ending happy? I didn't get it. Did SMY kill SCH but it was never shown? I was told SMY dies in TBOY, so was that 12 year later scene before that? If so, that would not fit for the future. Blood River should have disbanded if he were to live happily ever after with FL.

No problem. I only suggested this because you're open to watch Mobius. And you want something modern. But yes, try Blemish Flaw to see if it suits your taste. I'm really enjoying it. The production company is quite respected in China.

Another superb drama that came out a month ago and ranked one of my top dramas this year - Twelve Letters. I highly recommend that too.

The jumping and fleeing is part and parcel of Jianghu Wuxia. Just like flying in the air and healing though stuff coming out of their hands. It's just in China, they don't do many of these dramas anymore so when new viewers seeing this fleeing stuff, it looks odd. Fight scenes with strangers suddenly are part of this genre. The emphasis is different sects, their politics and sometimes how they intervene with the courts, but much of the time, they are living amongst others in a parallel world. Therefore, some of the scenes you describe will seem odd to someone not tune with this behaviour.

Quite a lot of dialect in this drama. I heard a lot of it was filmed in Sichuan. But, I have never heard Cantonese described as melodic!😅

If you like Mobius, have a try with Blemish Flaw which is airing right now. It's very fast paced and has many twists and reversals. I dropped this drama in the first episode.

Did You not watch her in A Dream Within A Dream? I would say it's one of her best performance. A Prophet looks to be a very good role for her. I am looking forward to that drama. These Fox Spirit dramas are dated and in the wrong hands without intervention, will easily seem stale and tired.

These types of dramas are usually delayed so don't expect them to pick up straight away. It is available with We TV and Tencent Video but you will be behind if you are not a member.