Windchime

Is the fl actually strong? Just asking cause I've been betrayed by the 'Strong Female Lead' tag way too many times in the past.

Edit: I can't reply to all the comments but I just want to say that I really appreciate everyone's help. Thanks a lot for answering ^^

I feel like most of viewers misunderstand Li Bi's intentions and take all his decisions at the face value. Yes, he SEEMS to care more about the Crown Prince than the people but let's not forget a stable Empire need a wise Emperor and the people need a stable Empire. As a loyal subject, he can't just let the future hope of the Great Tang die in a ditch and the right counselor (who has been shown to not give a single f about the people either lol) take the throne. The Crown Prince might not be perfect but he's at least better than the counselor and by supporting him, he IS basically taking care of the people. He's not selfish since he's willing to give up his life without a second thought for the people but not the Crown Prince's. Li Bi is not Zhang Xiao Jing, he's just a young man with limited experience but tons of responsibilities on his shoulders already, who has always dreamed of helping his country and is willing to spend all his life trying to archive that; he can't give everything up for a case. The only similarity Li Bi and Zhang Xiao Jing share is that they love their country no matter how imperfect it might be and this reason alone is enough for them to join hands to save it despite their differences. I love Zhang Xiao Jing too but please cut my boy Li Bi some slack, dude didn't even get a girl in the end to make up for the amount of criticism he received.

Even,
After 2 lifetimes
After 3799 steps
After 311 chapters
After 1 year of waiting
There's still no trailer in sight...

I've read all of them and yeah we do get to see a bit more of meimang (I think just one extra was dedicated to them?) but it's still not enough imo.

Nonexistent. Even my delusional spidey senses couldn't detect a crumb of bromance between them, but I assure you that there's no need for any romance in this drama at all. It's worth watching for the intriguing story and the well-written characters alone.

What did you not understand? If you had read the original novel, there's no way you wouldn't know about our Caibao.

Who wouldn't be? We all are fans of the original novel here, So of course everyone wants to see a cast who can portray the characters well. The point is just because an actor got suggested due to resembling XL/HC look-wise, it doesn't mean they can't act. It's alright if you don't care about whether they look like the characters or not, but it's not nice to insult the actor's talent just because you disagree with their fans. That's all.

I really liked this documentary so I saw a few interviews of Li Weiyi and realised that there's a tiny detail about Green's backstory that wasn't told in the movie:

"Therefore, the villagers decided to kill the mother wolf as well. They put out poisoned meat, because they thought that would be the best way to kill the wolf while keeping her fur in good condition so they could see it later. To their surprise, while the mother wolf did eat the poisoned meat, she scratched her own skin up before death."

They only said she purposely ate the poisoned food to commit suicide but they didn't translate that she also scratched her own fur, which makes this all even more heartbreaking.

This is basically a blessing for those who shipped them in 'In a class of her own' XD

Same, they would've been such an interesting side couple :(

Heard Immortality's spin off is called "龙城宝刀 / Dragon City" and it will be focusing on Xue Meng and Mei Hanxue's story. Now I'm even more excited for hyx than I already was!!

A short summary of this comment section:
15% Excited fans who had no idea Tgcf was getting a drama adaption.
25% Users peacefully discussing which actors should get casted for XL and HC.
20% Fandom wars for no reason, when both side's faves are equally amazing actors.
40% "I'm here for the ~A C T I N G~ idc care about looks I have just hope the actors they cast can ~A C T~" - aka blatantly assuming the actors who got suggested so far can't act and only got a pretty face, without even seeing any of their works...

Honestly 'Kill the Wolves' (it's alternative English title) isn't much better either... Both titles are kind of weird but at least 'Winner is King' makes sense when you consider the novel's ending. Sha Po Lang still would've been the best title though.

Chen Feiyu really went from playing Ning Que who shakes the world with his gorgeous calligraphy, to Mo Ran who barely writes at all yet still shakes the world figuratively and literally with his actions... We love a diverse king.

Awwe glad to be of help! ^^

Oh.. Seems like I misunderstood your comment. Sorry if my reply sounded rude, it wasn't my intention.

Thanks, I just ran out of tissues. Now I can finally cry a bit more.

WE WERE ROBBED (╯ರ ~ ರ)╯︵ ┻━┻

Cdramas in general are like that. It seems to be a trend between them to keep the release date hidden just to suddenly drop all the episodes in one day.

I know I'm reaching but what if Song Jiyang cross dressed in this drama tho? lgbtq content is banned but it's not that unusual to see cross dressing in cdramas (like in The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty, Dance of the Sky Empire and Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain) and Cao Niangzi was pretty fond of dressing up as a woman in spl... So shall I expect a bit more and plan my funeral already. I mean, one can at least dream right? ^^;