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POJ did alot of things well in the first half before spiralling downwards. I don't know why you would compare these two. Zhou Yiran is being wasted in Ashes. He's an amazing actor and a better actor than most his age. Hopefully, he next historical drama will be better than this one.

No the drama is not good, imo.

I love Yiran but man the director for Ashes to crown did him dirty. Doesn't know how to direct him at all...Making our boy over act 😭.

The 24 ep format is not the problem. On paper, the drama was never going to work out.

The build up to it was not convincing enough. The writers and director just wants us to assume the relationship between her and her father is absolute filial piety and that's a cop out. The palace relationship is not that complicated.

It looks like I’ll be dropping this drama. 😭 I was really looking forward to it because the reuters were so good. The acting from the two leads is pretty solid, and the story is passable, but omg, I just can’t handle the cringey post-production. My brain keeps going: “Why this jump cut? Omg, this framing. Why is the color grading off?” and I can’t turn it off.

Even the dialogue doesn’t feel natural. There’s no world-building or proper character setup. I don’t understand what’s motivating any of the characters’ actions. Why is this throne above everything else? Why does the FL suddenly want absolute power? ☠️ Things just keep coming out of left field.

Or they could just write a good story 😒 The reason short dramas are rising is because, narratively, they stick to a tighter structure. But you can still take that structure and create a good long-form story. The problem with long-form dramas isn’t the style itself — it’s the poor writing and execution. AtC is proof that the short-form style doesn’t work well for long-form storytelling.

the over dramatics, loud OST, choppy editing, asynchronous voice dubbing, poor lighting/cinematography.

I'm not the only one...yeah it does. they didn't even bother to color balance. everything feels weird.

This drama is screaming they rushed post production. Dam...the voice over and voice dubbing is the most distracting part.

TBH...ZYR is probably the best part about this drama so far.

😱😱 I was hopping this was a rumor. why?!!!!!

landi fandom is also very cool.

XTH have always promoted Tan's characters solo since Xiang Liu. They don't push for CP. But I think there's are alot of fake fans stirring up the fandom to cause problems. It has gotten worse since Filter.

So excited...🤭 I love the first look trailer. The fighting seems like it's well choreographed.

I've ways felt her relationship with QXS has always been physical attraction first, so the sweet moments don't happen because there's so much tension in the space between them. But her relationship with ZYH started sweet and innocent, so it stayed the status quo.

No one is jealous...🤣🤣🤣🤣

Us older fans know the hate was a manufacturered bait and switched to villianize Tan and cause fandom wars between the fandoms. Could be anyone at this point 🥴 But yeah keep on hating cus that's what the real haters want anyways.

I understand. Definitely, they fell for the tactics. And unfortunately, they have themselves to blame for.

The SH allegations are serious AND they have been thrown at her costars. There are lots of screenshots from her fans (bots included) and big accounts all over Weibo.

Looks like the black marketing has entered its next phase. Now the narrative is shifting toward portraying the actress as the victim of XTH bullying. The ragebaiting feels intentional — provoke XTH fans, wait for reactions, then flip the story into “look how toxic they are.” 🥴

At this point, it honestly feels like the objective was to manufacture a cyberbullying narrative from the very beginning.

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