honeylemoncha

at least you won't have to wait for episodes to come out!! have fun :~)

oh...? do elaborate 👀

i must have missed your comment! i adore that detail now that i know of it. i'm currently rewatching from the start, and i find myself even more appreciative of all the subtle details that the director incorporated. and i'm glad that yuzheng fought hard to stick to the HE! i remember in another post he called this drama a sort of fairy tale—and we all know that fairy tales end with a happily ever after ^_^

it made my day too 🥰 we gotta treasure these little details hahaha

when XFF visits JYB (JL's father) after XH leaves for war, she tells him:
"If [XH] can't make it back, I'll tie my hair and be a widow for the rest of my life."

in the ending sequence she's wearing her hair loose <3

ahh today a friend pointed out a nice bit of connection between XFF's dialogue + visuals re: the ending that i didn't notice the first time! (spoilered below)

it's still there for me :O maybe you can see it from harper's bazaar's profile page?
https://weibo.com/u/1708288824

yesss they just posted teasers!
https://weibo.com/detail/5051054957794293

definitely give it a watch!!! i didn't know about the age difference before starting and honestly it didn't stand out to me at all (i thought WXY was in his mid-20s haha). both the FL and ML act out their characters in a very confident/mature way, so there isn't an uncomfortable power imbalance(?) + they have a lovely push-pull dynamic without the usual annoying miscommunication/jealousy tropes

WXY himself said he was very comfortable acting with WJY 👍 he doesn't mind the age gap at all. and offscreen they've mentioned how they had lots of discussions about how to depict the slowburn romantic development between their characters ^^ it's very organic and not awkward

oh hmm weird 🤔 i wonder if they're combining the later episodes so they're longer? or maybe they'll have a different release schedule for the last 10

i think they're releasing the remaining episodes on thursday?

yeah they incorporated quite a mix of influences for this drama's styling! the pearls on the face was depicted in a lot of song dynasty portraits

here's a cool thread that someone wrote about the many references found in the double: https://x.com/tiff_ilosophy/status/1803436897869722090

oh boy what a mess indeed... people on the cp super topic were losing their minds too 😭

XFF has experience and she wields it well 🤭

gotta appreciate him a little for fighting to stick with the HE 🙂‍↕️

ugh yeah idk what his studio was thinking releasing that b-cut 😐 i keep seeing a lot of scathing remarks on weibo and honestly... it's understandable. why do they have to disrespect the /canon/ happy ending

here's her exclusive interview!!
part 1: https://youtu.be/uA8_w4XSt50
part 2: https://youtu.be/gCWyK-Cd2jk
i watched it quite a while back and loved her insights into XFF's character :> she's so thoughtful and articulate

this interview is SO good and informative. i love that we got to hear LYQ's pov of SYR's character and intentions

i avoid her modern dramas for the same reason 🙈 i love her acting for historical/costume drama scripts much better haha. definitely check out story of yanxi palace if you enjoyed the double!!!

you'll see his intentions fleshed out more as the drama progresses! but to summarise without spoiling too much: he's got an obsession (that stemmed from childhood) about wanting more power so he can punish corrupt officials. it sort of becomes a self-righteous campaign given that he's willing to corrupt himself in order to do so...