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the ml and fl fit together like clockwork, the side characters are fleshed out, and the acting is sublime,
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6) I appreciate that all of the leads are obviously adult-age, and that on top of that, the age gaps are definitely narrow
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5) I appreciate the ways in which divorce is depicted for SanNiang and YinZhang, as something that can uproot people, but also rescue people,
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4) it just feels so rare to see wuxia in which the leads are already passed or recovering from major life lessons, they're not naive, they know how the world works, maybe a little jaded but still moving forward.
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3) we also don't know anything about Ouyang other than that Pan'Er saved him three years ago, but we know he hates having to turn her away nowPan'Er had been in Qingtian for 10 yrs, and somewhere in there she pulls a man out of a lake, but did she ask him any questions?
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2.5) we still don't know what happened to Pan'er's family that she had to be a registered musician, and we know she began at the age of nine and received amnesty at 16We also don't know why Gu QianFan is registered under another family than his father, or his motivations for pursuing his current position
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2) i love it when they down weigh down ep 1 with backstory. they know we know the character archetypes and goals of musicians like Pan'Er and YinZhang, so they hit the ground running, which hooks the discerning viewer.
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1) My favorite thing is when the m/f L achieve 'married pple' level of interaction early in a story, even more when the major ship conflict avoids relying on Misunderstanding
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genuinely intruiging plot, plenty of swashbuckling, try and tell me the leads aren't convincing, i will list the ways
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