Republican Era (民国 Minguo) dramas in which the almighty screenwriter and director bless us with a main couple who miraculously skirt death…

Happy Ending:  the main couple is alive and supposedly together. No promises of seeing them enjoying married life, they're just alive and together.…

C Dramas with cold male/warm female trope, often with boss-subordinate or student-teacher relationships and some mental illness or child trauma…

Toxic, possessive, and mysterious. You've never met a man like him before. Is he trying to hurt or protect you?  Did I mention that he killed…

C dramas in which authors (and sometimes actors) are accosted by their own creations. 

Happy Ending:  the main couple is alive and supposedly together. No promises of seeing them enjoying married life, they're just alive and together.…